The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-19

floor of the senate. But this announce
ment, like others, turns out to have
been absolutely untrue. In talk
with The Constitutions Washington cor
respondent, Senator Foraker shows that
not only has he not had occasion to
change his mind, but that he is more
strongly convinced than ever that the
proper solution of the Cuban compllca-
tons Is the recognition of the Cuban
republic, this government giving it rs
long as necessary a strong sustaining
hand.
This does not mean that we should
rob the Crbans Of the liberty for which
they have fought through all these
years. 1t does mean our help and our
sympathy: and it would result beyond
question in the success Of that infant
government. and in the building up of
such relations of friendship as would
in tho end lead to the joining of our
common interests.
Senator Foraker has given his views
at some length He has traced the
growth Of the anti-Cuban talk from the
time when IL was first heard. Curiously
enough, that was just the time when
the heat of the Cuban sun, combined
with the intensity OF Cuban fever and
crossed with the good American malady
of govt had conspired to melt the back
bone Of the Observation-Disclosures
pound American fighter who was the
nominal head Of the American forces.
AS that backbone melted, kilograms talk
ing Of retreat began pouring in upon
Washington. One reason for such re-
treat kept prominent in those dispatches
was the failure OF Garcia and his men
to head off Pando, who had, according to
these advices from the front, got into
Santiago with several thousand Spanish
reserves.
The American commander complained
Of the dereliction of the Cuban general
and his men, and then and there they
were branded as towards. 1t turned
out, Of course, that PandO never did get
into Santiago; that, indeed, he was not
near there; but the dispatches hurled at
the head of Garcia were never recalled,
and on every possible occasion they have
been repeated.
The men who came in actual contact
with the Cuban soldiers bear testimony
to their bravery and good conduct. Even
those who sheer loudest at the poor APP
parel of those soldiers have borne WIT
ness to the strength of the men at the
head of their movement-GOmeza ana
Maceo, Garcia and the rest. AS Sena-
tor Foraker points out, these are men
OF high class, men of ability, men OF
patriotism. We have no more rlght TO
charge them with incOmpetency to pro-
vide a stable government that have the
CubanS to charge President Mckinney
and the generals of the army with the
acts Of gbOuls among the volunteers
who robbed graves in Virginia, or or
the hOOdlums who were sent to Santiago
to DO guard duty and who were guilty or
about all the crimes that can be charged
up against man.
The anti-Cuban hOwlers have hoWied
themselves out of court. They nave
been so loud in their claims and so gen
eral in their misrepresentation that the
Transparency of their case has revealed
itself to the world. There will doubt
less be strong effort on the part or
these people to make congress enter
uron q scheme of Wholesale robbery
with regard TO Cuba. but although it is
evident that TINS conspiracy is strong in
administration circles and has many sup
porters among the republican leaders Of
congress, we do not believe they can
succeed. Theirs is too unhOly a cause
for even the republican majority to
father.