The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-21

exactly ms c1bsesf 20 tae Associated PEesa.
ssaor sAgassa. Ia conversation ~ita Gen,
Hoodfar3. did saggass mat friendship ana
xfssa ~In nesween tss two countries would
be promoted were eseu Lee 10 ae recalled.
and. after consulting hts government, fsen.
woodfoEs did iaferm fbs premier That
vssca step could n9t be conss1efed.
@a.hsyar would haze been known cf the &f-
fair mad IL not bean tnat some one tn t1,
Spanish foFes2n office oonfde3 the iafor-
nation 70 the official news agency u
spaln tie FrabFa agency. The fact that
this agency received II and that the censor
allowed Il 10 he tslegraphed by them
in Madrid. coac!uslwe evidence taat II VAS
correct. II was onig when ihe effect this
news produced In America was eaeiesi back
here ard after there waa fall OF the
boaf.e. that there Has any question Of
denying Tie authenticity
The olobo. iha spanish ministerial or
gan. Ia q leading aTrlele today. says IL
can only mislead those @ho are Ignorant
Of the traditional eensltiyeness of the
stock sxcaaugs. adding that neither tae
government nor public opinion saouid pay
greaser attention 10 the phenomenon thaa
it merits.
s.'rae present blow il continues, comes
from Paris and Is due 70 two aosUt.i IA
gYaFs namely that THE United States GOV
eminent refused 70 remove Gen. Lac At the
request OF the Spanish government, aud
that no lasser person than ms holiness
Pope Leo KILL has. through his secFe-
tary of state committed himself To favor
able statement with regard 10 tae IL
bar lasstrgentg The first has no na~is
whatever me government naEins nsIth"F
officially Eof Indirectly suggested 80 r.
muval; the iattsg We opine. arises fF9.ii
Cardinal ea@cannares' pastoral i5ut 4 -
we'll knoan that the said pastoral has
mol been well received at ROM.
The smpareiai refers 10 the Gen. Lee rii-
n4oF afa To the government denial q. he
truth as accounting for ths fail in prices
I .sresii es 10 decide on whi II side the
truth really lies. Commenting On tfe tran
guilty Of th. government. aud especially
Of senior sagaata. it says.
We presume the ministers have reas-
sartag information which discounts In their
minds the panic ysigniug ia financial! cir
eies But IL adds ~ they have not,
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them. Ne do not wish % admit II, nor
even 20 think H. for II the day should
come when war is inevitable, and the pres
ent government Tranquility turns out 10 he
guilty OF neglect ard want of foresight.
tsen the foreign question VII be ~ noth-
ing compared 10 the home one started III
our midst As we have already pointed
out. the most dangerous thing whicn can
happen IL that the nation should imagine
the government Il neglecting either the
defense OF our honor ar our interests. For
that viii leave the road open for some am
bilious man who has a name or a poltiicai
party Of some stfength.
With respect to the affair Of Gen. Lee
the Pals says:
III IL quite clear the government Is de-
terminad so live - divorced as possible
from public opinion, ana Il carries ont
this psan with "a consistency worthy OF
better cause. Al the very moment when
the whole Of Spain-~or rather the whoia
of Fnrope-is rejoicing at the yurnors OF
complaints addressed by the spanish gov
eminent to that % the United states cur
minister az state iabcrs 70 prove that no
such complaints have ever been made. ahd
tlyas sha government has rot even inch
iensaily occupied Itself with tae affairs
The. people doubt tbs truth ef these state
f,lsnts We do rot. We prefer To credit
othersis. have happcne's. tnat the govern
Fneat made The complaint. but ia face OK
fhe fnsaiaut refusal 81 the Yankees 20
make satisfaction. had not the courage 20
abide, by them. Nevertheless the ramors
49, must admit. look 1rae. All the woFld
believes in their as~hents.4ty and those
WHO tia not are of the opinion that taey
Snxhf Ia he tr3se
Tasa Pals adds 'tsen. t.ee mAy now
quietly continue plotting IN his Havana
consulate.
iseeerrlnx g tbe '-sbna' IN Spanish
foufs. sbe literal eharae,erzes as ahsasi
the aetseo attributed % me l~pe HIS
lofty prudence IS recognized all the world
ever" &or does i, creaT, 5he lee ruFsors
sith t.tsnx TIE real csuss ~ tae falt
s--rhs faag ortgaa. e Is says 'Is ta be found
Ia thH prominent state o. alarm ana*r
mhlch (av Spanish ae& European people
have lEeed Tor Hssue E3use. ia the tension
IL a4tnt tn she g3rasa ~ suspicion NiIa
whtEh they are sgfFpau*jeG ~ tine fe>eff~sa
excitement y s8ea lead. tagm to saAe Rg@~
caution against . gUptuTe. aHd 81 t4s
saeYy rrstssssue*s u atgA iseTH-s3ts al. ;n
3 gaar 81 unknoeH hangers. St@a by step
a .ss.sst ysisestsete 5s>}s. w@ ard tnt3 hata
rta eheti = STATE uf armed fsr&a4 sats- 3"@@
agf.aaus and ufugs4t sv n}arr dsn2tssas Elf1E
+ goAN actual WAY " a5ie tn3t &s continue IN
tnts gositsou Vt EHay "a eaes step cNtect.
ssu4ls4r gaG$ wstao1} {at Necessity @f a
eanexwia lae2 bringing f1gz1 stVtt p
aaufseaEy guE Tggatt1gS wt3# the tftSae.i
/ States SITE daily accommodating iae9n-
I selves ~ tho st,et dictates * sf83et~*
agd assiAeEis@ @t1f, aess i<}@ s~N&t ni''t@' t
FsattN believe tAas t1e mstEaa IAN, ~sfH-
sug essTeFsgA trysteeuss e2e ssss pst an fpF
1. feW Faaatas uaafe wtTh tsfs aissf5sasl.tag
su.3es s5au aua es@%yv&tse.N HEs-sFtA sitS