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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25

Another version is that one day. dur
ing this empsror's visit at the castle. the
little maacap was, as u2uil, amusing
herself by sliding down the banisters.
Just as he came in from a hunt As he
started TO ascend the stairs, She lost
her balance and incontinentlv tumhlel
net only into the arms. but into the af-
fections, of her future husband. But.
though the emperor had failed to be
impressed by his destined bride. she, on
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

ternaUional law is doubtless excellent,
but as statement of the situation in
Cuba and the responsibility for it it is
entirely one sided and pre5udiced. In
holding the rebels responsible for the pres
ent condition of the island he leaves en-
tirely out Of account the fact that they
We're goa1ed into rebellion by years of
Spanish robbery and misrule. In sense
they are responsible no doubt-ln
the same sense that the embattled
farmers Of our revolution were response
bic for the sufferings at Valley Forge, but
behind them lies the real responsibility.
When men ara gosded into rebellion by
misgovernment the blame for what
follows lies not with them but with the
government that has misgoverned them
until it has made them desperate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31
PHELPS ON INTERVENTION.
Some Principles Applicable to the Cuban
Cause.

(Letter of E. j. Phelps in N. Y. Herald.
There seems to be an impression among
unrefecting people that what is called in
ternational law is merely scholastic sci
ence, of no practical Importance. and te
which Americans are quite superior,
They do not perceive that it is as impos
sible for nation to make law for it
self in its relations with other countries
as it is for an individual to do so in re-
spect to his own conduct in the commu
nifty in which he lives.
The fundamental principles of interna
tional law have been established by the
general concurrence of civilized ant
Christian nations, because found by Ions
experience to be both just and indispensa
BILE. Hence they derive even higher
sanction than always attends the Law
that is enacted by legislatures orsspromul
gated by judges
Every government is alike bound by
these principles, for the sake of its owr
protection as well as for that of others
and the general peace, and is under al
serve them. If nation departs from
hem, it violates this agreement, sets it
Eelf against the enlightened opinion O.
the world, does what is universally con
coded to be wrong, and establishes the
dangerous precedent which, sooner Oh
later, with unfailing certainty, viii
come home to itself. No nation car
afford to take such course.
Among the rules of conduct that have
thus become imperative none is more
clearly defined than those which limit
the right of military intervention by one
nation in the internal affairs of another
certainly the most important and deli
cate of all questions that can raise inter
national concerns, for it involves the
peace of the world.
These rules are not new. for they have
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

The impatience of certain members OF
Congress to take some action on the
Cuban question is explicable enough on
the ASSUMPTION that they want war. II
they were opposed to peaceful solution
of the trouble they would naturally keeI
tanning the war excitement by resolu
tions and fiery speeches Just as they are
doing or trying to do now. sbecause the
higher the war excitement rises the more
serious the obstacles in the path of diplo-
matte negotiation. 1t is too obvious to
need argument that daily denunciation OF
on the. floor Of Congress, threats to sweep
them from the face of the earth, are well
calculated to render the onerous task OF
settling the Cuban question by negotia'
ton more difficult, ard hence to make an
appeal to arms more probable. Yet the
people who are doing these things profess
to be against war until every means Of
a peaceful settlement is exhausted. AL
of them profess too to be full of sympathy
for the starving reconcent rados, and yet
UQT6dLtlt W luolot Ul0u tllCy Slletil AOo Nv
fed unless war is declared against Spair
which is equivalent to insisting that they
shall5not be fed at all The only explana
ton that can be given for this conduct
unlessIwe arctic assume that they really
want war, is that they have gone com
pletely daft, that excitement has turned
them topsy -turvy. The Cuban cause can
not possibly be injured by the slight delay
that the President asks for. If negotia
lions fail recourse can then be had tt
force with just as much prospect of sue
cess as if resorted to now. Some della,
may even be for the advantage of thu
Cuban cause since it gives us more tim
for preparation so that if a collision
does come we shall be better. able to max
it short and decisive. Democrats ant
Populists may think they see party CAPT
tai in obstructing the administration an
thwarting its purposes, so that the
can 20 before the people and point to
record of failure, but no such notion al
this can be appealed to to explain Repub
| lican obstruction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

and the crime that have exhausted it will
soon come to an END lns humanity 81
If the Infinite calamity of war and the
unspeakabIe crime of unjustifiable war
are to be averted it must be through the
self-assertion and patriotic effort in this
crisis of the best GLASS of American peo-
ple, In the best sense Of that term-men
who are not afraid to be opposed to any
war which is wrong no will not listen
any political party are to be furthered
in the next election by drawing the coun
try into such war; w.lo are not fright
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31
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SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.

Having consolidated with the Portland
Safe Deposit Company, the Portland
Trust Company now offers its patrons
and the public unequaled facilities for
storage of bonds, stocks, valuable papers
and silver ware.
The security offered is the best in
Maine. and the location is the most CEN
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

eped by clamor nor by apparent MAORI
ties which would speedily turn out to be
minorities ifsthey were resolutely faced, ;
The time is long past in enlightened
nations when President or monarch can
make or prevent war. That alternative
depends upon the sentiment and deter
mination of the people over whom they
rule. When those make for peace, with
courage and decision, there will be peace.
When they are wanting, all is wanting
that such an emergency requires.
I am, dear sir, with high respect and
sincerity, yours,
March %, 1898.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

The officers of the Cuban junta in New
York say the insurgents will not agree
to an armistice for six months or any
other period, unless it is accompanied
with guarantee of complete independ-
the rainy season would be of great ad-
vantage to Spain and disadvantageous to
them, since it would enable the Spanish
army to be recruited and in every way
improved, while that of the insurgents
would melt away during the long mac
ton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

The letter of the Hon. e. j. Phelps
upon intervention, extracts from which
ye publish elsewhere, as treatise on in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

Russia has officially announced that
she has secured lease of Port Arthur
and Talien-Wan for twenty-five years
with the right of renewal, and will i'm
mediately occupy both places. AS regards
the latter place she announces that it will
be open to foreign trade, and that the
largest measure of hospitality will be ex-
tended to ships of all friendly nations.
This may bs equivalent to making 1T a
free port and it may not. The largest
measure of hospitality may have string
to it. 1t may mean simply the largest
measure of hospitality consistent with
Russian interests-and that may not be
so large as other nations, especially Eng
land, would like
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

The eagerness of the Populists and the
: lver Republicans to declare war is sus-
picious Do they think they see in war an
effective means of bringing the country
to a silver basisP When they get together
a Id adopt war as party measure it looks
very 1nuch that way.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

If only the: American Board of Inquiry
had investigated the Maine disaster and
reached report Spain would find it COM
paratiyely easy TO offer us some repara'
ton. But jnasmuch as a Spanish board
has investigated the disaster and come
10 a conclusion Numerically opposite to
that of ours and one that acquits her en-
tirsly of responsibility. direct or indirect,
to offer US reparation she must repudiate
the findings OF her own board, and afront
her own people, for presumably they be-
Iieve as implicitly in the report of the
Spanish board as we in the report of the
American board Assuming that Sagasta
is willing TO offer reparation and inclined
to do SO it is difficult to see how he can
do it, while the present excitement
lasts, without danger of provoking an
outbreak en- the part of his own people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

AS has frequently happened before in a
crisis, in the present emergency the
House is the conservative body and the
Senate is the place where all the fire
works are let off. That is not as the faith
ers planned it. They instituted the Sen
ate as sort OF air brake upon the house.
There is no lack of air in it now. but ii
is unconfined and fails to operate as a
brake
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31
FASTING AND PRAYER.

Senator Chandler thinks a war with
Spain would last about fifteen minutes.
That would not be long enough to restore
silver to free coinage. The Populists and
silver men will insist that it last longer
th IN that.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. MARCH 81.
STATE OF M AINE-
A FAST DAY PROCLAMATION.

In Difference to the practice of the early set
tiers of New England, and following prece-
dent that has obtained ever since Maine was
admitted into the Union of States, and also
with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, 1 do appoint THURSDAY, the 2sth
day of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight as a
day of
It's fitting that this time-honored custom
should still be respected, and 1 earnestly re-
quest all the people OF our State to properly OBJ
serve the day in their homes and churches, and
to refrain from all unnecessary labor. remem-
bering, reverently, the source from which SO
many favors have come to us.
GIVEN at the Executive Chamber. in Au-
gusta this twenty fourth day OF March, IN
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dred and ninety-elght, and of the hide
pendence of the United States OF America
The one hundred and twenty-second.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
'- BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To Owners of Dogs.

EVERY owner or keeper of dog more than
tered. numbered. described and licensed for one
YEAR, in the office OF the City Clerk in the City
where the dog is kept, on or before 6fe 1rSt day
r re- to COMPLY with the law relating to thu
licensing of the Same. Dogs not properly
censed are liable to be killed
GEO. W. SYLVESTER,
mar19d2w City Marshall
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-31

Undoubtedly the wisest policy the
Spanish government could pursue would
be to acknowledge the Independence of
Cuba and accept an indemnity OF $500,
0O0, coo. Even if Cuba could be pacified and
restored to Spain, for many years it would
be burden to her rather than help
financially. 1t has been laid waste from
end to end, the population has been i'm
poyerished, and industry of all kinds
Frustrated Under the most favorable
circumstances the revival would be neces'
sarily slow, and the island could not be
looked to for revenue for many years. An
indemnity guaranteed by the United STATES
would give Spain what she needs for her
own recuperation more than anything
else, a lot of ready cash. Yet Spain has
so long looked upon Cuba as a priceless
possession, her statesmen have so often
rejected with scorn propositions looking
| to its purchase, tn at it would be hard to
bring the government even to entertain
such proposition, and even harder to
induce the people to consider it. Yet
when it is drilled into their heads as it
may be in course of time that the alterna-
tive of a sale, of the Island
| is the loss of it without any
compensation whatever their pride may
abate sufficiently to make it possible to
discuss such proposition with some hope
of success. 1t is doubtful if the time has
yet arrived when this can be done, though
there are signs that the attempt is being
made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
NAVY YARDS AND DOCKS.
Recommendation and Annual Report
of Chief of Bureau EndicOtt.

WASHINGTON, Nov. lin his annual
report to the secretary of the navy, Chief
Endicott of the Bureau Of Yards and Docks,
makes a strong point of the necessity for
ample docking facilities, not only for small
vessels, but for the battle ships, in the
waters near Key West He said this place
was, during the war and may be in the fu-
ture, an important base of naval opera
tions, able strategists having pronounced
Key West and Dry Tortugas the key of the
Gulf of Mexico. The small showing we
make in dock accommodations is very
marked as compared with the other naval
powers of the world, and, although the ex-
penditures for dry docks by the United
States will be large in the next few years,
Chief Endicott says he cannot fail to ask
continuance of the liberal policy in this
particular until the country is well fitted for
handling it's fleet in the dock yards without
compelling vessels to perform long sea Voy-
ages to reach docking ports The estimates
submitted for the next year provide for only
one new dock, which is to be of the largest
type, constructed of granite and concrete,
and located at the Norfolk navy yard
Under the head of coaling stations, the
report tells what has been done toward es-
tablishing such station at Pago Pago, on
the Island of Tutuila, Samoa, showing that
the United States has acquired fifteen acres
of land at Swimming point and Observatory
point, and has contracted for a steel pier,
coal shed and other improvements necessary
to store 5000 tons of coal and other sup
plies.
The report states that the United States
has come into possession of the port of San
Juan, of a naval arsenal. founded in the
year 1900, containing a number of substan-
tial concrete buildings and three good piers.
The total value of the buildings and ar
senals and ground is about 100000, and it
has been erected into a United States naval
station. The total estimates of the bureau
for the next fiscal year aggregate $6,S47,421.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18

pers continue to abuse the Americans, cater
ing to the lower elements and striving to
create a feeling hostile to America. The bet
ter class of Cubans, of course, regret the
affray, but they do not exaggerate the out
rage after the fashion of the sensational
press.
The United States transport Port Victor,
Captain Brickley, arrived here to-day en-
route for Ponce with United States troops
on board. Captain Brickley reported that
while passing near San Salvador island
CWating's islands) he saw large ship,
bottom upward, which he almost ran into.
Owing to the darkness he could not dis
cover whether she was sailing vessel or
a steamer.
General Wood has temporarily suspended
foreclosure proceedings, owing to the fact
that the money sharks have been trying
to force the collection of small amounts
loaned during the war. He believes the
mortgageors should have a reasonable
chance to redeem. Having satisfied HIM
self Of the incompetence of the staff Of meat
and slaughter-house inspectors, that held
over from the old regime. General Wood has
dismissed the whole force and appointed
new inspectors. Now that the cooler wealth
er has set in he has issued a general order
directing regular drills.
At Guantanamo General Perez, the mayor,
now seems to be making an earnest effort
to disband his former Cuban troops. Yes
terday one man refused to lay down his
arms and drew his weapon on a Cuban Off
Ger, who promptly killed him in self-defense.
The incident has had a good moral effect.
and the others OF Perezs former command
are now voluntarily relinquishing theira arms
preparatory to dsbandment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18
ToLBERr WILL NOT RETURN.
Governor of SOuth Carolina Cannot
Afford Him Protection.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17-James w. Toll
bert has received Governor Ellerbee's an
swer to his telegram asking whether the
Governor would afford him protection from
mob violence in returning to his home, at
Mccormick, S. c. The Governors reply,
which is substantially as published in this
mornings papers, is regarded by Tolbert as
a practical admission that the Governor cam
not afford him protection and, therefore, it
is said, it is not likely that he will jeop-
ardize his life by returning to his home
in the present state of excited feeling. Up
to this time no definite plans with respect
to the prosecution of the participants in the
riotous proceedings against j. w. Tolbert
have been decided upon. The fact that Toll
bert is the assistant postmaster at McCor-
mick and not the postmaster may have an
important bearing on the case. Assistants
to fourth-class postmasters are not recog-
nized by law as officers of the government,
they being appointed and paid by the post
master. In the Postoffice Department they
are recognized as miscellaneous employees.
Assistant United States Attorney Cochran,
from the Tolbert district, has been ordered
TO washington for conference with the Off
cials of the Department of Justice, and upon
his arrival here tomorrow the whole South
Carolina situation will be gone over and a
line of action decided on. The case of r.
H. Burning, United States commissioner at
Wilmington, n. c., is said to present none
of the difficulties which have appeared in
the Tolbert case, ana it is thought that in
structions viii soon be given the United
States attorney there to make an investiga-
ton Of the facts with view to beginning
proceedingS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-18

British cotton cloths received preference
of % per cent. in the duties. The American
commissioners feel that if they can succeed
in having this British preferential stopped
1t VIII be greater than any reciprocity
agreement. The debate thus far has en-
couraged the American commissioners to
believe that they will succeed in having this
preferential wiped out.
The fisheries question is Of long standing,
and aside from it's Importance to the COM
merce of the New England and Canadian
coast, it is said to give the basis for pos
sible serious conflict between this country
and Great Britain. Wearied by the length
of the controversy, Canada of late has inti-
mated that in case it remained open re-
course might be taken TO the seizure OF
American fishing vessels in Canadian
waters. This doubtless would lead to serl-
Gus international complications. This has
been the view of members Of the commits
sion and as a result they are exceedingly
anxious to secure settlement of this ques-
ton. It is understood that there is some
likelihood of a commission of American,
Canadian and English lawyers being ap-
pointed to determine the meaning of the
treaty of 1918, which governs these fishery
rights. The suggestion of this international
body has come, it is understood, from Lord
Herschell. Should such body be appointed
it would do away with the chance of any
collision occurring between the Canadian
officials and American fishing vessels during
the approaching fishing season.
In the course of a long statement, high
Canadian official said to-day: "A Canadian
fisherman and an American fisherman are
fishing side by side on the banks. The
n. !, 4-I,
duty, of course, in the United States. The
Canadian fshermap, on the other hand, has
to pay a duty on his fish going to the United
States, and when, in addition, he is asked,
in the teeth of the treaty OF 1918 to give
his rival, thus favored by circumstances,
all the easements and conveniences involved
in the commercial privileges obtainable in
Canadian ports he feels that he is being
asked to assist that rival in comprising his
further injury. This 1 suppose, is only nat
ural 1t is only natural, too, that the Ca
nadians should expect free fish as in times
past in return for the concession of those
easements The present Canadian govern
ment seems most anxious to have this ques-
ton settled. 1t would infinitely prefer
friendly adjustment, commercial privileges
in Canadian ports being exchanged for the
free admission of Canadian fish into the
United States If this is not done-I am not
making a threat but merely stating the
bare truth-there is no alternative before IL
but to enforce the treaty. The matter is
one of no particular Importance to the
United States, the fishing industry OF New
England being now relatively of no great
account, and every friend of peace and
amity between the two countries must earn
estly hope that way out of the difhculty
may be found along the lines suggested.