Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-11

tually been one OF friendly Intervention
In many ways. each not OF Itself CON
elusive. but all tending TO the eNer'ioh
Of potential influence toward an ul-
innate pacific result Just and honor,
able to all interests concerned. rue
spirit OF all our acts hitherto has been
an earnest. unselhsh desire for pcace
ana prosperity In Cuba. untarnished py
differences between the United states
and Spain aud unstained by the BLOOD
OF American citizens,
INTERVENTION AS a NEUTRAL.
The forcibie Intervention OF the
United States us n neutral TO stop the
war according to the dictates OF hu.
manity and following the historical
prccedcats where nieghhoring states
have interfered to check the hopeless
sacrifice OF life by interncoine CON
iilcts beyond their borders Is JUSTIN
able on national grounds. IL lnVolNes'
however, hostile conatraint upon both
the parties to the contest as well as 10
enforce u truce rs to guide the eventual
settlement.
The grounds for such Intervention
may be briefly summarized as follows;
Frst-In the cause of humanity aho
to nut nm end to the barbaritles, blood
she'd starvation and horrible mlserles
now existing there, and which the
parties to the conflict are either unapie
or unwilling to stop or mitigate. ~ ~
no answer to say this IL all IN announcer
country belonging 20 another nation
nnd il thercfnrr mono of our business.
n 10 exureaslv MIR duty. for II Is right
at our door.
second-We owe 1t to our citizens
in C,,bo :, , fYord theu that protection
and indemnity for NE and property
which no government there Gun or VIII
nfford and Ia that end terminate the
conditions that DEPRIVE them of legal
protertion.
Thlrd-'The right to intervene may be
iustifed nv tho very serious injury to
The commerce. trade and business OF
our people and by the wHnton des-
truction OF propertv and devastation OF
The Island
Fourth-And which Is of the utmost
Importance. the present condition of af-
fnigs I'm cuba IL n constant menace
to our neace. and entails upon this
government ain enormous expense.
With such n conflict waged for years
in an island so near us and with which
our people have such trade and busi-
ness relations-when the lives and lib
erty of our 'ltizens are in constant dan
ger and their property destroyed and
themselves ruined-where our trading
vessels are liable to seizure and are
seized at our very door. by warships of
foreign nation the expeditions of
hlibustering that we are powerless to
prevent altogether, md the irritating
ing--all these and others that l need
not mention. with the resulting strained
relations, are n constant menace to our
peace and compel us to keep on semi
war footing with that nation with
which we are at peace.
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These elements of danger and disor-
der already pointed out have been
strlkingly illustrated by a tragic event
the American people. l have already
transmitted to Congress the report OF
the naval court OF inquiry on the des-
truction of the battleshp Maine in
the harbor of Havana during the night
of the 18th of February. The destruc-
ton of that noble vessel has filled the
national heart with inexpressible hor-
ror. Two hundred and ffty-eight
| brave sailors and marines, and two Of
| ficers of our navy, reposing in the fan
| cied security of friendly harbor, have
been hurled to death-grief and want
brought to their homes and sorrow to
| the nation.
The naval court of inquiry which, It
is needless to say. commands the un.
| qualified confidence of the government,
was unanimous In it's conclusion that
the destruction OF the Maine was
caused by an exterior explosion. that
| of a submarine mine. II did not as
sumo to place the responsibility. That
remains to be fixed. In any event the
destruction of the Maine, by whatever
unae es,,. sauss s IS u patent ana I'M
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| ioreisn alulrs, assured MN posltiVcly
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honor unu justice inIuires IN the mat
yer OF the maine Inc reply above re-
| ierred TO OF the Sist ultiino, also con-
tanned an expression OF the readiness
| OF spain 10 submit 10 arpitratlon an
| the utirerences Wnich can arise IN TINS
matter, which IL subsequently ex-
| planned by the note OF the spanish
minister at Washington OF the 10th in
slant, as follows:
AS to the question or fact which
| springs from the diversified views be
tween report OF the American and
the Spanish boards, Spain proposes
that the fact be ascertained by an i'm
Astu Ia lob,