The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-09
HUMoR OF THE SITUATION.
A Great War Syndicate to Take Up
the Affair with Spain.

Prom the New York Press
The following letter has been prepared
for Transmission to President Mckinley by
a Wall street man:
To the President. sir-I have the honor
to inform you that there is now forming
in this city a syndicate. with a capital OF
S5oo.0c0ooo, to undertake the adjustment Of
The Spanish question by contract. We are
prepared to invade the country OF the dons
at months notice, and will not call on
the government or the United States for
men or ships. We have options on sixty
vessels Of war. and can enlist within two
weekes over 10000 trained soldiers in
Germany. England and Russia. The
United States need not strike blow You
sir, will not be called on TO fire shot
The American army and navy may be
kept for home defense. The syndicate win
deposit in the treasury at Washington
$2J0O08,0Oo as a guarantee of good faith to
bind the contract. All that we desire is
the consent and approval Of Congress and
Your Excelleney.
Trusting that the plan will meet your
hearty appreciation, remain, with great
respect, your obedient servant, -
For obvious reasons the name OF the
writer cannot at this time be published.
In an interview with him / learned his
general plan OF operations. Said he: 'sWhy
not war by contract well as any other
business? Here is our helpless navy con-
tracing with the Merritts for the raising
Of the Maine. Why not contract with my
syndicate 10 lick Spain free Cuba and how
er with the whitley winged angel of peace?
We relieve the nation of all trouble. You
people can go along about your business
and be spectators. Our plan is TO go
straight TO Spain and end the war there.
We can do nothing by landing forces in
Cuba. In three months Spain viii sue for
peace We will demand an indemnity-my
syndicate of course-of 81, 900 10000, OF
something ike that; at any rate. enough
TO make handsome profit by the con-
tract"
II would as lief undertake contract 10
lick Spain as ! would one to build the I'M
derground railroad in New York. con-
tinued the contractor and promoter. Both
are dead easy. 1t is merely a matter of
money War is chiid's play when it comes
to contract, but terrible when a nation
fights for itself. Let our men remain at
work. / viii settle Spain with foreign
troops, who win flock 10 our standard by
hundreds of thousands. Our syndicate
would virtually own Spain when we get
through with her, and we could dictate
such terms as pleased u.s. If such a syn
dictate as mine had been in charge of the
war of the rebellion, under contract with
the United States government. the day OF
Appomattox would have arrived in the fall
of 1851, instead of the spring of 1865, and
the nation would have been saved 100000
men and $3,OO0Oo0,000 or $4,OOO,O00O0O. We
call our organization the United States
Peace Syndicate, because our business is
TO make peace"
l endeavored to learn the names of men,
bers of this strange syndicate, but the
promoter was shy. He said that pros
pectuses had been mailed to nearly every
millionaire in the city and many in other
places in the hope of securing a represent
tation which would make each mans la
bility not over $5,0OO,O00 This would re-
qulre 100 members of the syndicate, and
do not believe there are so many men in
this country rich enough to carry such a
risk. We could name several hundred
millionaires, but not many are millionaires
five or ten times over. 1 imagine it will
be necessary very soon for DIR. J. Pierpont
Morgan 10 ''remorganize' the syndicate on
the basis of unlimited opportunity. He
might himself be inclined 10 invest $4,000
600. While X. Vanderbilt might like $685.
100000 at par. George Gould is likely to
chip i'm the ATLANTA, which he cannot af-
ford to keep In commission. They say
that II. o. Havemeyer. who resigned from
the Consolidated Exchange because he
feared its destruction by Vizcaya's guns,
is a fighter from way back, and might put
up a few pounds of sugar. Moore Schley
and Elverton r. Chapman, fiscal hero Of
the Senatorial Syndicate of Sugar Dealers,
may be employed to finance the United
States Peace Syndicate.