The age-herald., 1898-03-26
IMPORTANT NEWS
 HAS BEEN PASSED Between the United States and Spanish Government UNCLE SAM COMMENDED For Making Maine Disaster Side Issue and Undertaking to Rid Cuba of Spain's
 TyrannicaI RuIe-WiIl Earn
 Praise of the World.

London. March 2s.-The Medrid corre- | spondent of the Standard says: The ministerialists are making no secret | that important communications have al ready passed between Washington and Madrid acquainting the Spanish govern | ment with the drift of the policy President Mckinley is about to adopt and which has been met with concilatory but firm protest and representation on the part of Spain." The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
 "The tenor of the comment of the Span l ish press Is that the American commission | of inquiry into the Maine disaster Is afraid | of an international investigation.
 "The general belief in Mardid Is that America does not consider the Maine ques- | ton sound basis for conflict and is seek | ing to provoke Spain by sending help. | nominally to the reconcentradoes but real | ly to the rebels" The Daily Mail, which regards war be- | tween the United States and Spain as in | evitable, says:
 win Earn Worlds Praise.
 America will naturally triumph and earn the worlds praise for ridding Cuba | of ruthless tyranny. but she will be at a disadvantage if compelled to fight imme- diately."
 | Mckinley for making the Maine matter | side issue, and says:
 1 "President Mckinley should either help | the Sagasta cabinet to make home rule | realty or should give Spain notice to quit" | The Morning Post says: "The gravity of the Cuban question Is enormously reased by the American report because, even If no | distinct indictment of the Spanish govern | ment is included, the reserve hitherto main tained will be abandoned and Spain will be | charged by the American papers with treachery and malice while the American people will be excited to fever point.
 "Spain, however, has already borne so | much that conflict may stir be avoided; | but if her object has only been to gain l tfme it may be that she is now in a posi- ton to adopt a more martial attitude"
 Beyond sii Praise,
 The Daily Chronicle, after expressing a | doubt whether .he Spaa'sh inquiry has | been conducted ns carefully as tho Amer | ican, the report If whos5 commission IL | says "Is in harmony with all the prota | bil.ties of the case,' proceeds to ,cview tho | principal aspects of the jurisdiction. "The patience of the Washington government,
 says the Chronicle, ''and the calm, pa
 cifc policy of the president have been be-
 yond all praise. Had the people of the
 United States been boiled on the question
 war would have been declared before now
 on grounds of humanity and because Of | the intolerable stench or thlS open sore
 close to the borders of the great repubiIc
 But it is evident that the time for action
 has arrived. President Mckinley must
 take such steps as to challenge in the most
 direct way Spain's right to murder her
 revoltd colonists any longr. If sh at
 tempts to resist the entry provisions for the tempts to resist the entry of provisions for the starving Cubans from American ports
 war there will be and must be. t
 It is quite certain that Spain will have
 no allies and the result will be the liber- | ation of Cuba" c I
 The Telegraph says: "Supposing the
 American report to be substantDated, there
 can be no question that Spain is primarily
 responsible, as any country woul1 be If a
 similar catastrophe occurred ilong its
 coast line. If the Spanish authorities were
 ignorant of the position of the submarine
 mines, their ignorance is culpable. The
 report adds fuel to the flame" 1