The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-27
THE OPINION In ENGLAND.
Report Of the Inquiry Court dust
What Was Expected.
AL NOW DEPENDING UPON SPAIN.
0is Only Hope Is to Pocket Her
Pride or Get Thrashed and
Wind Up bankrupt.

London, March 26,-(Copyrighted. 1898
~ tho Associated Press. although popu-
" opinion on this side of the Atlantic, as
America, already discounted the findings
0ne United states court OF inquiry into
ine loss Of the .lainC and actual confirma-
WI was expected, the verdict only served
whet peoples appetite. 1t has in no
Wy alieviatsd the suspense or the anxiety
regard to the immediate effect produced
'ne report, nor the eagerness to know
We position which President Mckinley and
g caolnet propose to take up on this diff
WI and delicate situation. So intense is
's interest in the latest turn of the kaleid-
xsope that 1t has UNNECESSARILY increased
W. nervous tension which has been agi-
Auns europe for the last month. There
AVue hope that hostilities can be averted
Wy " Is believed the revelation officially
Isp0 VIII combine with other factors OF the
''uaIlon as to make war inevitable. though
~ sui regarded as possible that Spain
'ae last moment will see the hopeless
o. maintaining her position and yield
he inevitable
rs.. H AZ last realized here that the move
~ 49, wwards the Cuban is no longer In
rn,, nauas OF the jingoes, but the solid
,e unmeht OF the United States bids the ex-
mn. act when the proper moment ar
M .nat the risks have been estimated
re,as Aa. me great body of Americans are
eoss;,, 70 lace them. So far as 1t is
ascertain Jfy,I, -,
a. .'vn u can be summed up in the words
ON .ueign Official, who remarked:
Il. ~ preservation of peace depends upon
s,,,,s, iper Spain displays when the IN
n,siSss notification is delivered. The
y di..t, proposes to relieve the sufferers
a. saiputing food, clothes and medicines
rse. a,inerlcan warehips and transports,
4 IA as Great Britain is now unofficial
ia ~. On a smaller scale doing in Crete,
en,. Isiess Spain pockets her oyerwecning
nlticr which has hitherto made the recog-
fun,r, u ner failure impossible to her. a
epair must come from that quarter ans
sron. WI put herself hopelessly in the
M r.. SPANS pretensions OF prepared
ssransa war and her finance minister's as
q ara .nat she has sufficient funds there
epntsm ,s,qually unterable unless The latter
specIa p r the immediate suspension OF
lnfnraet anu Tie payment Oh Lut
q thss On the debt in paper The truth
Gsht - spain Is no more In a position to
asht me- me United States than was Greece to
Iurns.rkey The one great hope OF the
dent ,,.,m chancellorles is that tho presi-
IN VII succeed in delaying the explo-
aDrs,, unaer the guise OF autonomy ar
eljista s may possibly be made to fa-
kms,nh spain giving up Cuba. II must be
min bred that for two years. although
NtuXs nss always assumed vigorous at
IN sne has Invariably failed TO main
surrss,, wen the crisis wes reached The
tsfvsn,,o un OF the continental press of in
s. 4 ,,,, upon. the part OF European pow
t,In ,nm'schievors and nothing is more GER
Il - Provoke hostilities."
b ynas oeen suggested that the presence
pertsa uph OF the Infanta Euialie is con-
a H., some way with diplomacy. but
rlsAre q guests at the official dinner
|,relx Z ner honor at the Spanish embassy
,, ryous lends color to the assumption. The
,,sesS shess OF the stock exchange is evil
fu,,h y TIE crumNlinR in prices. and it
'sns aer indicated bv the fact of the in
Il ~ AGAINST war risks taken at rs per
essust aays: while the outbreak