New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-20
Events Inl he Crisis,

The pope is exceedingly upset over
the latest developments in the Spanish
American situation and on Wednesday
said to his encourage: 81 have prayed
to Gcd with the whole force Of my be-
ing, with deepest fervor, to avert war
and not to allow my pontifcate to end
amid the smoke of battle. OtherwiseI
have implored the Almighty to take me
to himself that / may not behold such
a sight,
The comment Of Spanish newspapers
since the publication Of the presidents
message has been worthy Of note. For
instance leading Havana paper takes
the ground that the armistice, or sus-
pension Of hostilities in Cuba, by Spain
removes all pretext for intervention by
the United States and adds that inter-
ference at this time would be, s'arbitrary
and impossible to tolerate from the
standpoint Of right" It continues:
ssBut, if congress, in spite Of this,
should recognize the independence of
Cuba and decree the Intervention of the
United States, and President Mckinley
could not avoid war with Spain, then
the Cuban question would convert itself
into European question. In any case
the proposal to intervene, with no def
mite date fixed, instead of intervening
Immediately, demonstrates that the cause
for Intervention has disappeared. Thus
a great danger, provoked by the United
States, has been avoided by suspension
OF hostilities, brought about by the med
iation of the great powers, which repre-
sents failure for the United States"
Some of tie administration journals
are pointing with glee to President Nc
Kinley's quotations from President Jack
sons messages, in support of his refusal
to recognize Cuban independence or bel
Egerency, as a "crushing answer" to the
newspapers which have recently ex.
pressed the wish that an Andrew Jack
son occupied the White House today.
But they are chuckling without reason.
President Jackson wrote with respect to
Texas, and between that case and the
present one there is absolutely no par
allel whatever as the New York World
shows, as follows:
1. The war between Mexico and Texas
in nc way involved our interests. It did
not destroy our commerce or subject US
to continued expense, or compel our
government year after year to a course
offensive to the moral sense of the Amer
lean people. j
2. 1t was war, not butchery. Mexico
fought the Texans. Spain cruelty op-
presses and starves the non -combatant
Cubans. Mexico sent armed men to
fight armed men. Spain makes war on
women and children and helpless old
men.
8. Mexico did not insult our flag,
treacherously explode mine under any
of our ships or wantonly massacre 266 of
our sailors. Spain has done these things
and thus given US justification for any
act of hostility that will hurt her cause.
4. Texas was remote from us under
the conditions then existing. Cuba is near.
5. Texas, as Jackson urged, was still
liable to recouquest. In the case Of Gu
ba we have ourselves undertaken to pre-
vent that. It was for that purpose that
congress voted $50,00O,O00 into Mr..
McKlnley's hands.
There is absolutely no poiEt of SINH
larity between the two cases.-Duluth
Herald.
Many significant remarks were made
by Senator Mason Of Illinois in discuss
no l.