Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1898-06-16
Mexico Audran County Missouri Thursday 49, 1893
EASILY SATISFIED.
Sadness In Spain Dissipated by
News Of American Losses.
CAN'T UNDERSTAND SaMPSOySPLANs


CAN'T UNDERSTAND SIMPSONS PLANS.
spanish Hopes and Patriotism Rept Alive
on Falsehoods Manufactured. Most
Of Them. Out OF Whole Cloth
Peaoe Talk Less Popular
LONDON, June 9-The Madrid corre-
spondent Of the Times, telegraphing
Wednesday says; "The news from
Santiago produced little or no excite
ment- At first there was feeling of
sadness because only Spanish losses
were announced Gradually the feel
ing changed on learning that the
Americans also suffered, although the
loss has not been reported In detail.
In any case there was justification for
patriotic satisfaction in the fact that
the attack had been successfully re-
pulsed with fewer casualties tisnn have
sometimes occurred in insignificant
skirmishes with the insurgents.
This is the tone adopted by to-day's
morning paper. Ell Liberal says: '''It
is u new failure Of the Americans, but
| considering the results, we must not
attribute it to the Importance of real
Evictory.' The specialists, of course,
are endeavoring to determine the OBJ
| ject the Americans had In view In ex-
pending such q large quantity of
valuable ammunition Some are
inclined to regard as simply
another manifestation Of the
| prevalent 'bombardomania' another
| sop thrown to the impertinent
| amateur stretegists, who are ignorant
ly clamoring for great military and
naval activity. Others believe that
the real object was to occupy the at
tention of the Santiago garrison while
the landing of troops was effected.
| This view is confirmed by the news
that a landing was attempted at two
separate points, namely, punta Cab
rera and Aguadores. Unfortunately,
the dispatches on this subject hitherto
received are very meager, but they
agree in stating positively that at both
| points the Spanish forces effectually
prevented the intended disembarka-
| ton.
In the absence of trustworthy news
from the Philippines the widest ru-
mors are again afloat Credulous pa
triots cling to the view that Admiral
Cervera can work miracles, and they
believe, despite all evidence to the con-
trary, that his squadron is well on the
way to the Philippines
The peace possibilities continue to
be discussed Some sanguine people
urge that negotiations mighr be
opened at once. During the last few
days several influential personages
have tried to convince me that the mo-
ment psychiologique has arrived, but 1
confess am still skep ticaL All sensi-
bic people continue to say, as they
have been saying for weeks past, that,
short of miracles, there is no doubt of
the final result Of an unequal struggle
and that the longer the struggle con-
tinues the greater will be the sacri-
fees. But still fail TO perceive in
any influential quarter a readiness to
act on this conviction. When / ask
my friends why, they reply that Spain,
being the aggrieved party, cannot take
the initiative.
"On analyzing the opinion that the
psychological moment for starting
peace negotiations has arrived, found
it was based. not on the consciousness
that Spain is rapidly exhausting her
resources, but on the belief that the
great majority Of Americans have al
ready tired of the war; that President
Mckinley Is consequently becoming
unpopular, and that the peace sugges.
tions of the Paris edition of the New
York Herald We're inspired by Presi.
dent Mckinley himself.
"As for Spain, my friends maintain
that she Is in no hurry. as recent events
have shown her powers Of passive re-
sistance to be far greater than has
been supposed The conquest OF
Cuba, they say, will require two
years at the least, and prob
ably much more, and If the is
land is ever conquered it will
be, they argue, white elephant for
the United States. The conclusion Il
that America has much more reason
than Spain to desire Termination OF
hostilities. Such is, If diagnose i
Alright, the present state of public opin
ion among most reasonable person!
here. Such an attitude is hardly likely
to servethe cause of peace.
~ venture even to declare that dur
ing the recent days we have driftet
away from, rather than toward the goa
all reasonable people desired to see. Th'
Spaniards naturally shrink from adopt
ing a conciliatory attitude, when they
find platonio expressions about the de
sirability of seeking some honorable
solution Of their international difficult,
only excite the offensive and bluster
ing tendencies of American journal
ism, expressed In such headlines a
Spain crying for peace and Spain
, abject poverty
ION the other hand the Spaniard
have still to learn that the Americans
in spite of their clustering propensi
, ties, have some of that dogged tenac
ity of purpose which forms the domi
, nant trait In their own national char
| artar"