New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-21

ENGLISH VIEWS ON SPANISH AND AMER
lCAN FEELING.
From The London Spectator.

From The London Spectator.
The threat Of a bombardment OF spanish
ports docs not appal Spain, which IS not an IN
dustral country. and an invasion OF the lne,i'
land would be met by desperate scattered hgn,,
ing in the old guerilla way The Spaniarus VII
lose no more as they think, by making peace
after the Americans have crossed the Atiahtic'
they by making It now. and they have one over
whemng reason against adopting me latteI
course which none Of our contemporaries seeih
TO see. The Spdniards 1--we under "A conscrlption,
they are penetrated with Continental military
ideas; and they would regard the surrender or
Cuba with It's army stlll undefeated as the
basest OF military treacheries. The regiments
relenecd by peace would return home mao WIN
rage. and camoring for VENGEANCE upon tneir
hotrayers While the army in Cube con nght
Spain must fght-that and not bomoast' Is
what Saeasta means when he says thot MS
Government will continue the war while there
is n soldier In the island under arms. lie VIII
probably he overthrown In any cage. for the
crisis demands n Dictator. and. the Latin races
when pressed by misfortune believe In dictator
ships but If he nude peace dishon2ra ~ ,,,o
that H. with an undefeated army still in the
feld-the soldiers of Spain. who form the only
coherent and active body in the country would
spring at his throat demard MS execution as
q traitor, ana conduct thu war for themselves
WILL SPAIN BE RUINED?
II is easy to say they would ruin Spain; but do
they see that and Is II true? That they 90 no,
zee IL ia clear, and We greatly doubt whether. II
we look at the whole business with spanish
eyes, the statement in Itself is true Nhat is
1; source Of great expense and 70 visible gam.
she will perforcc leave her colonial armies
while they are locked up. unpaid and unsnl-
piled 10 live upon the colonies they DEFEND
She will lose her colonies. but so she VIII II she
makes peace. and in losing them she loses me
greatest permanent drain upon her strength,
Spain. reduced to herself alone Is great ana
compact kingdom. with a rich soil and popula.
ton which can and does furnish an army OF
two hundred thousand men, who. II they were
only decenty led. and allowed to garrote me
thafr nav q n
fight very well indeed. 1t Is said that there
would soon he money in Madrid FOR current
expenses but there is O. revenue. paper can ne
issued. Russia has repeatedly issued IL;
I'll If sinks TO half its value. and II
the services Of the debt is suspended,
If civilians are paid in promises and liberty 10
take fees and If the whole income OF the state
&c devoted TO the war, what soldier will mutiny
on that ground? The Spanish-American states
have faced this very situation repeatedly an, anu
have survived 1t. and why not Spain hersei =
which we repeat for the tenth time Is IN essen
tial characteristics not modern but media
val State The fnanciers are very angry u,
such a prospect. and all holders OF spanish
bonds: but arc the generals angry or even the
statesmen? Lot our readers add 10 these con-
alterations that the Spariards do no. h"'"'e
the Americans to be actuated by anything put
lust of gain. and that they are. as theI al"agS
have been. a gloomily vindictive people, sa'is
fed 10 suffer II they can only inilict upon their
enemies suGerings like their own. and they VIII
cease we think. to believe that the Spahiarus
pelled Spain. which TO this hour regards CID
raltar as n place Temporarily In British occu-
patton" was seven years before she achnoMI-
edged the independence Of Mexico ana hotnihE
has occurred TO take the stubbornness OUT OF
her people who when taken off the Nlzcaya
stark naked. covered with wounds and burns
never emitted. says on English or American ODD
server "a whimper or groan
AMERICAS POSSIBLE DEMANDS.
Nor do we believe. as our contemporaries
seem to do. that the United States VIII grant
such easy terms to Spain as TO tempt her 10
make peace The American people nave taken
I'D this war much more eagerly than the hmeIl
can Government. as is proved by their oter OF
SEQ 600 in little sums 10 meet tho demand
for loan of f40OOooo0. and the American peo-
pie are not Al all kindly disposed TO Spahiarns.
They regard them, on the contrary. as hefce
and cruel people. whose dominion In the New
World has been one long series or crimes. VINO
have az republicans set UP series or anarcni-
cal States all hostile to the AnGlo-Saxon, ana
who have proved in cuba and the Philippines
that their ancient methods of violent ana cor
rupt government have been IN no way anah-
doned They believe that the Spaniards blew
I'D the Maine. n friendly American warshlp lying
in a Spanish harbor and they consider that the
war now being wagcd Is prOtracted out
of sheer spite and vindictiveness. tho enemy
knowing that at last they must give way.
We do not believe that the Americans
will give back 10 Spain acre Of the
territories they may acquire In the campaign,
and greatly doubt whether they VIII hot
ask to be repaid all the expenses or the war.
money but they certainly will not pay more
than the expenses Of the war. by repaying or
guaranteeing any Cuban or Philippine dent
whatever They refused to do that even In the
case Of the Confederate debt. though they were
eager to reconcile the South. and payment
might have helped that process. They may. as
we have said. being rich people. toreSo the
indemnity which IL has now become usual 10
demand after a victory-always excepting an
indemnity tor the Maine, which Americans VIII
exact If they have to set the world on fire to
get it-but If we understand their mood Alright,
they will give up nothing. pay nothing. and do
nothing incomplctey The notion Of their al
lowing Cuba to be treated as il II We're another
Crete. and permitting Spain to retain a small
garrison in some one port or Europe to guar
antee" the terms Of the treaty-that is. really
impossible financial torns-is simply silly.
THE PEOPLE WILL DECIDE.
We suppose the basis Of the idea is the repute
Of President Mckinley for kindheartedness; but.
though that repUte is well founded. Il must be
considered with n rider. President Mckinley Is
one of the most kindly Of mankind much the
most mercifu living ruler but If the American
people in a constitutional way directed him to
eXtirpate the people of Spain. he would only or
der that each Spanard slain should be consult
ed as to the mole Of dea h that he preferred.
HIS duty as he understands IT, is to execute the
will of the people the responsibility for that
will resting exclusively with them. He hates
the very idea Of war. but he proposed the war
because the people willed II. and he viii carry
out their will az to terms Of peace. II the
American people desire that the terms should be
hard they will he hard. and we think. they
will he too hard 10 tempt Spanards TO abandon
their ideas as TO what in the way Of resistance
IS demanded Of them by honor. There will be
Deace no doubt. IN the end. Indeed, when bull
dog and bloodhound meet in combat there al
WAYS is peace serene pease-for the survivor.
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