The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-23
LONDON COMMENT ON WAR
SPECTATOR COMPLIMENTS A1IERr.
 C1NS' BEHAYIOR RATS4NTIAGo.

C-1NS' BEHAYIOR AT SANTIAGO. It Says, GAS the Americans Marched
 in, the Middle Ages FIed,-The satur-
 day Review Predicts "a War of Ex-
 termination Between Americans and
 Cubnns Six Months After the Conouest
 of the IsIand.,
 London, July 22.-The weeklies devote themselves to discussion of what tha Speaker terms Compulsory imperial ism," and compliment the behavior of the Americans at Santiago. The Spec tator says: "As the Americans march, ed In, the middle ages fled. The moral ists would think the Americans had contracted weighty and even terrible obligations to the colonists of Spain, which they were bound to discharge without thinking too much of the con- sequences to themselves. Most of our European contemporaries are crying to Washington to be generous Generosi- ty would mean that Spain should re- cover authority over the eight million dark persons whom she has misgov- erned for three centuries, at the mo- ment when every virtue and every vice of the Spaniard would incline him to SnUaritU n bY,oo r. or1 fo 1,o+r the tribe of the Tagaels into the hands of the Spaniards would be nothing less than baseness It is doubtful whether Washington can govern Cuba through protectorate. The Americans have enfranchised people and must see that enfranchisement is not curse If generosity is to be exercised it should be in Porto Rico where the conquest is only claim"
 Discussing the influence of dependen- cies upon the United States and it's policy, the Spectator says: "The world s future greatly depends upon the polit- ical character of the Americans. When in 1850 they are two hundred millions they can crush any people except the Slavs. To fit them for that destiny the | Americans should have difficulties, de- pendencies and complicated relations with the remainder of mankind. At present everything is too easy to them. They live too much to themselves. They must learn to govern as well as | to be governed, and must add to their | splendid patriotism the English gift of cold and lofty tolerance. They must | keep subordinate governments as free | from corruption as their supreme | court"
 The Speaker says: .The presidents l proclamation opens a prospect so much | better than could be offered by Gu ban republic as to make 1t clear that 1 annexation is manifest destiny. The l acquisition of Cuba implies that of Por- to Rico as provision against menace | to the American coast and the Near ! agua canal Directly the Spanish ports | are attacked the Monroe doctrine will | be abandoned Though bombardment | would be a grievous mistake, it is prob- | ably the most natural method of bringl | ing Spain to her knees.''
 The Saturday Review predicts war | of extermination between America and the Cubans six months after the con- l quest of the island"
 
 | American governors; and the reign of | the American boss is not likely to be | exemplary. The cost of the whole pro- ceeding will be more than two hum sdred and fifty millions; and the game Isis not worth the candle"
 l The Statist says: '"The new policy will necessitate great change In the | American governmental system, the | president and house of representatives | acquiring powers and the senate losing them. The United States will speak with more potent voice in all inter national affairs than any continental country. None of the latter could in- fiict serious injury upon the United l States in the event of war; while the | American navy before long would be | able to sweep from the sea any conti- | mental navy. The time Is not far dis tant when the United States will speak
 with unequivocal and determined voice in the far east. While 10th at first to meddle in purely European affairs such events as the Armenian massacres will | certainly lead to the churches of the | United States to raise the cry that such l atrocities mast be ended.'
 The Saturday Review says also: The lesson of all our conflicts with America | was that the American soldiers and
 sailors shot markedly better than our
 own and won brilliant victories. It
 looks as if the old lesson holds good
 to-day"