The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-04-12
STERLING. KENTUCKY, TUESDAY April. 12 1898.
Editor KlOpsch Called Down.

The editor of the Christian Herald
went to Cuba. On his return he ad-
vocated the cause Of Spain. He ia
yors autonomy. and not independ-
ence, and thinks that for the United
States to go to war with Spain would
he the greatest crime of the century.
In the Sun of New York, II. M.
Evans, after showing that the editor
is foreigner and not thoroughly in
sympathy with American ideas and
principles, proceeds to say:
"The American heart beats strong
" in sympathy for the oppressed OF
whatever nationality or race, and it
will take more than the statements of
publisher of the Christian Herald TO
stifie the feelings of manhood OF
American citizens. 1t was no i'll will
toward Spain that prompted us to
send food and clothing to the desti-
tute in Cuba. Did not the American
people contribute literally of food
and clothing to the people of Russia,
India and Armenia when in reduced
circumstances? Ship loads of pro-
visions were sent by this country to
all of those people, and the givers
were thanked by the soverigns of
those countries for such generous
benefactions. But it does not please
the Dons. 1t interferes with their
devilish designs to starve the poor
peasants and thus sweep out OF exist
ence hundreds of thousands of inno-
cent human beings.
"The Cuban patriots are of the
same Celtic and Phoenician origin as
the Spanish, but the difference is that
they are natives of the Western Hem
isphere. They have imbibed free
dom from the air they breathe, from
the example OF States and nations of
the continents to the west and north
of them.
"Spain has fully demonstrated to
every intelligent nation her incapac-
ity for governing the island of Cuba.
She must be made to let go her grip.
There is no reason why the Cubans
may not govern their own country as
successfully as the Mexicans govern
Mexico, or the inhabitants of the sew
eral South American States their re-
spective countries.
'Tn our dealing with the Spaniards
it must not be forgotten that the
Spanish murder of 26S Americans in
Havana hsrbor on the night of the
18th of last February is still unpun-
ished. That murder was committed
on the vessel of a friendly nation
while on a peaceful mission. 1t was
committed in the night, when these
seamen were asleep. Obviously Span
i9h officials were the directors and
abettors of the crime. Has Spain
ever made any effort to discover these
criminals and bring them to justice ?
"If the Government at Madrid was
not directly implicated in this terrible
crime, then why does she not seek out
and bring to merited punishment the
OF this foul murder? 1t
was in the power of the Spanish
Government to have arrested the
criminals within few hours of it's
The inference is clear that
the Spanish officers had knowledge OF
the crime, premeditated it, and
planned it. Every member of the
Naval Board of Inquiry was convers-
ant with this fact long before the ses-
sion was closed, but for obvious polit-
ical reasons it did not embody this
conclusion in it's report.
"Yet with q mantle of charity this
DR.. Louis Klopsch, publisher of the
Christian Herald of New York, would |
have the United States play into the
hands Of the Spaniards, assist in
crushing the liberty-loying, freedom
aspiring Cubans, and give counte-
nance to the murder of 268 American
sesmen. No, no, DR.. Klopscb, you
DO not understand American charac-
Ter. r. M. EVANS"