The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-08


From the London Financial News April 49,
Late on Saturday night the United States
senate resolved, in the teeth. of President
McKinley's advice, to recognize the IRE
public OF Cuba" There is no such repub-
lie; but apparently the senator's note in the
motley group of insurgent chiefs some of
the qualities which distinguish the leading
: politicians of the United States.
There are limits of endurance, and it Is
marvellous that Spain has endured so long
The knowledge that the original fault the
continuous administration of Cuba Is
theirs, may have led the Spaniards to brook
more than would be stood by these possessed
OF clear conscience; but allowing for
shame as a moderating influence on Spanish
temper, the reserve and long suffering of
government and people have been astonsh-
Spanish paper the other day pointed
out that the affronts Of the American press
and politicians might be taken calmly be-
cause there was not single nation in The
world which has not been similarly treated
in turn. That is quite true. Even the
president could not refrain from a pointed
insult to the six powers which, with the
gravity appropriate to a threatening stu
alton, and with more than the courtesy Of
old-world diplomacy, begged him to prefer
peace to war.
country so new to International politics
need not have rejected with disdain the
and, above all, it might have learned from
the manner and the matter of the protfer
of the powers the spirit in which interna-
tional affairs should be conducted. But
the crowd and the press heaped contumey
on the ambassadors who sought to pre-
serve the blessing of peace for the United
States. and the president, in recapitulating
the recent history of the crisis, had no word
of thanks for this spontaneous act of
friendliness.
Badly as Spain has administered the af-
fairs of Cuba, and thereby forfeited all
sympathy. the United States has conducted
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tally which throws Gen. Weyler into the
shade. Hence it has come that even among
the strongest champions of the pure and
disinterested government of subject terri
tories and races there Is to be found more
than GOODNESS towards the United States
Spain, by her willingness to compromise,
by the exhibition of a desire to meet the
views of the civilized world and the Gu
bans. and by the courtly dignity of her
bearing, not only at such times as those
of the Dupuy de Lone and Maine incl
dents" but right throughout has won the
respect and good will Of every one. On
the other hand, the American disregard
Of all the amenities of civilized intercourse
the violence and scurriiity of the speeches
in the legislature, and the free trade in
falsehood practiced by the press, have
extinguished every remnant Of sympathy
and every shred Of belief in the humane
and elf-denying nature of the intervention
Blood is thicker than water. and II ia
bitter indeed that it should be our kin that
today lies under the ban Of universal con-
tempt and condemnation. Every fresh act
Of discourtesy to Spain, every rude refusal
Of the olive branch inflicts a new pang on
English hearts, which cannot privately
condone any more than they can publicly
condemn such offences.
little blood letting, more recent ac-
quaintance with the horrors of war, may
bring the United States to the frame of
mind of the European nations, who not
only eschew purely qulxotic adventures.
but in pursuing their undisguisedly sci.
fish aims take care not to trespass too
near the fine line which separates peace
from war.
fortunately the News has little influence
in moulding public sentiment in the United
Kingdom. Its editor is a type Of the Eng
glsh irreconcilables so virulent in all things
American and Irish as to suggest that the
rims of their bath tubs are the range of their
vision. the horizon beyond which all things
are clouded to their view. They jeered Henry
Ward Beecher and Thurlow Weed on their
mission to the English people in the early
eos. They are to be taken as seriously as
Punch and Judy-no more seriously in fact.
than we take PETER and Bill Chandler and
other acrobats who have given performances
In our national senate.-Ed. Globe.)