The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-30

Tsnes and sa6ifsrsn; Ii the pas Tn.-x
- Tie tAgfniu. massacre: ira. vax TIA
boar - which we should have tag~a.
SPAN asT is~s5n- Eoas years Of -1re-grx
and c.D2dsned woas& EATs been avssse,s.
a. - i1as to say tlsaf the yirg.nils was
as"1 az american snip. Mary Of the men
ASoarG FER were American citizens and ne
sap was caught On the hssaI s~as. The
a'sa " ere ssos in colS sloo<3-asa5 ~e ssoad
IL We endured Such ar outrage with
tfsh. dsapt. lFaYe ard true ncaa. at IRE
fseG2 az affairs. Il wss not cowgrssscs on
'n@ part of ne American pee2ss Bat !:
~as ietIssgy and Indifference, lha. was
5is'e AZ detoass'sg IL the ssgat o. ne world.
= A@E .as waaf justified 81 Subsequent
Sasrsn bluffs ard orsva1o
Bat we have risen Il a new .Iara.a
the level tina: We wera really intended !,
nod al along. Nothing but the snssgsr-
s.<1s OF os4F Statesmen has prevented yt1,
Iuate2 States sroTn oecupgiag re place %
Tnlen Il fslonysl. The American f@osla
nave n@d sae courage Of tae-r destiny ali
'fs tlni@. They have never eassares Here
aflef- tell you. the maritime CONNER
cal and political genius Of gsxr paorle VIII
nor permit. their governing rsow.r 10 r.
inaiaeFent - their noaa- q. saesr progress
An outrage BIKE that a. Santiago De Cuba
~wasre nearly half hundred Americans
we're stood 1p against a wall and shot
would ra1t be passed over today How II,
SoN s1ppoge = EsfrEla~ massacre % Arnerf-
can citizens in Havana wo3ld be rece!4es!
this afternoon? Way. our warships would
be on tAelr way 70 that point in an hour.
The United States has CEASED 70 he Ire
1air.a o. the western continent We ara
alive, thank God, and must. not he n
quilted by any power In It's world great or
small.
That's the difference between Ire United
States OF the '5p~ and today. And Is not
TIE cnaFige enc lhat ought 10 make every
PAfffct glaiF Wars are lnegitaria-Gr ar
history Is false. Steam power has bread
eucd The arena. No nation is safe Japan's
triumph over China las ro5bed OF most %
its vsiGe 10 the victorious nation by tire
intervention Of stronger y9wer.
Are We 10 lie weak Ike Japan Can we
contemplate for an instant the interference
Of any power that shall abri3gs the majesty
and glory laid at Our feet by the incompar-
able Dewey? say 'Never' Therefore
You may quote ns just as strongly as you
can rs saying. More hattlasnlps and after
that more cruisers ard hatttasasps again
TIE MEN VIII step forward as fas. s 3 We
can bu,ld the ships
.'suppese that Dewey had been
defeated at Manila: What might
have been the fate Of the Hn-
wniian islands and our Pacific
coast from herring sea To san d.
exos
''Tbe Assatic situation IL one
that deeply concerns II We
arc outwitted there we must at
once prepare for a defense of our
western coast line from the anne
agGr~ssioEs that have humbted
the oldest empire on earth IA the
eyes of modern civilization"
What IN you think % tho cordial rela
tIGus between this country and Great Brit
ain ."
They are timely ard welcome. The
aversion OF greatness has passed away
"W!ll the Cubans govern Ihemsalvesr"
II hope So We have made them free
from the yoke q; Spain. ant their destiny
Is before them.