New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-30
MR.. DEPEW'S PANS INTERVIEWS.
WHAT HE HAD TO SAY oN THE WAR TO FRENCH
REPORTERS

The Temps" o; Paris published June 2.
under tho lite a Conversation with an Ameri-
can Statesman" long and Enthusiastically
French interview with Chauncey ". Depew. 1t Il
interesting to note. by the way. that Pars.ans
hyphenate Mr.. Depew'A name. The article I'm the
Temps" begins with Il brief sketch Of his career.
and continues:
You have come 70 osi perhaps. Monsieur on
political mission. Like Franklin ..
II have come TO attend a wedding ccula wish
Il the marriage Of your country Win mine.
And mus the Conversation begins. IN the unique
Chinese salon Of the Countess de Sers The 'ounto-'
Is 4 niece OF VI. Chaurcey -Depew. ana D." D. stay
inc NJ her house Resting both hands on the arms
OF a great chair of curlOusy .acqu"rcd wood. VI.
ChaUncey -Dcpew speaks IN an animhlcq way IL
fortunately. he speaks only English. bai b. Spoi'
American Chamber OF Commerce at fAIlS. trans
why have we determined to undertake tms
war" repeats NJ chauncey-Depe~- Well for
Here he traces back the cuban troubles TO their
o'tt'a Am"r,rans synpathized with tho Cubans IN
their struege 70 liberty. We had suffered much
damage moreover TO our Own ini'reStT' va a.,
considerable IN the ISLAND We Na.d 10 VIZ Pm a.,
iards This IS lasting -" lorf JHs a." ,D' , %
To end IT, spain sent 'ci'eIhl W. l ~ ~, :,
leave their fields and their homes ana 10 son''n-
four hundred thousand 81 MN , ~ -
hunger and exposure A. the sane tiihe amer @
can sre why public opinion ln America began :"
be violently stirred Then came the disaster to me
which
officers perishcd II was tho last fifd" our P'"-
nlc Jaw I'm this sinister event 'ith'i "l"h%it ''
tightly the hand Of the spanish Government. -
.ntv-fuo millions Of citizens rns" ana d'IntHI.I
from congress that Spain should "vaoNat" una
"Rut Monsieur. perhaps the opinion ~ IN" b'lt'r
classes I'm the Emitted states your own "phl'"' l"'
evamnle.-l IL not that Of the common people
"WeU DO not believe that either 'aIt 'teHtidI
Rlonco or Spain It's ~ was concerned with thdt
dnstardly deed But u Was probably som" onccr;
prrhaps Il friend Of General Wtylcr, "h" "hh'',i
n avengc the latter's recall Perhaps, .V'll II
NAV have been "A fanatic. 4 mailman but the
American pcop.e had decided. -
- have one more question. Monsieur. Nh'h you
have The victory. how vii. YOU use u
Il should favor giving 10 tuha IN" mems OK
siabiishlng herself free and independent Sthe
I think we ought TO keep Porto Rico, whch would
serve us as a coallug station. and s"cur" Tor our
Selvcs some port In the Philippines for IN" same,
nurpose II Spain yielded nj once, thlhk W. c"u +,
se,tle with her on such terms But Il th"r, Shv'il
he a great battle think the sentiment IN Am,rlc !
would be more exactng. IL would prophbIy INSIST
on anncxing the Philippines tn" longer me war
lasts the more strict Will our people hccor IN t' II
demands for q Spanish accounting ana TeAu'u''o"'
On the day preceding that on which THIS article
appeared the "Matin' also had long ihlerVe"
with Mr. Depcw. in which he expressed much the
same IDEAS but dwclt particularly upon the friendly
relations between France and the United states