The herald., 1898-04-14
TnfAMERICANDEMANDS
MAKE TURTHHR NEGOTIATIONS
IxPossIBL1
THE GOVERNMENTS OF EUROPE
Gradually Coming to the Conclusion
That the Hispano-Amsrican
Crisis VIII End In War

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, April 1A-Ths Times. COM
menting editor!ally this morning on the
resolutions submitted yesterday to con-
gress Gays:
They embodv Asmands whtoh cannot be
addressed to sovereign power without
rendering negotiation and compromise
impossible. Even II they do not amount IN
form to a declaration Of war the resolu-
tions are accompanied by violent and Of
fensive reports Offering gratuitous provo
cations to the Spanish government and
people In the eyes of the civilized world.
The American case cannot but be ser.-
orsly prejudiced by the manner In which
it Is now presented. We doubt, after yes
tsrday's ecenss. whether congress is fit
body to deal with great national issue or
to act az the avengsr Of wrong. The aitua-
tion u that congress has declared for war
In everything but name, although without
having defined. except in the vaguest man
ner, the objects for which It wishee to
fight.
Other editorials assert that America is
heading delibera ately for war. and that
there il only the faint chance now that
the delay will stili enable a peaceful solu-
ton to be found.
The Daily News says: The true meaning
Of President McKinieys action cannot be
mistaken. If he were opposed to war he
would not have written euch a message
He has been most unfairly attacked for an
alleged abdication of his power. The fact
| is he has done the utmost he could to avoid
| war, but he did not mako the American
constitution, which entrusts a war declar-
alton to congress.
The Daily Chronicle which similarly de.
fends President Mckinley against crit
icism, says that "the Times, with the ac-
customed faulty of its treatment Of Amer
lean affairs. makes against him. and
adds: America Is being driven along by
elementary forces which her best states
men and shrewdest fnanciers cannot con-
troll"
The Daily Graphic says: The war vii
not be childs play. There will be trag-
edies on the seas. but there win be worse
tragedies in Cuba, whore the United State.
will have to force an army OF 1000 men.
The Pail Mall Gazette supports President
Mckinley. saying: He has comported him
self with skill and propriety throughout
As a result he 10 now able to take . lint
which will not fail to get America solid,
| dTOubu 1He CilSio hd8 CoAASs Gh0 4
finds the president ready to act.
French Comment
PARIS, April 13.-The Temps, comment
ing upon the Cuban situation, says: "By
a curious contradiction President McKin
ley renounces the diplomatic path at tht
moment when he was beginning to gathel
the first precious fruits of his activity. H,
gives up the reins and direction to con
gress at the very moment there 10 supreme
danger In slackeninsy his hold of this i'm
patient team. and when 1t would have besl
comparatively easy to obtain the uppe
hand"
Spanish Sauce
MADRID, April 14.-The impartial Unde
pendent) rakes the presidents messag
fore and aft and suggests that 1t sup
presses the truth. and turns disdainfull.
away. appealing to the government t
unite all spaniards by bold action"
Continuing. the impartial says: Tn
ministers must see that zach act Of weak
ness will beget q fresh American insult
Mckinley scarcely notices the armistic
except to tell the insurgents that shoul,
peace not result from 1t Intervention will
follow.
| IA OtuCI WOLubs QOu yicl0s A%ct 6pdll
send her fleet to Cuba. Let the truth b.
known, and so soon as it is known the in
surgents will surrender. Honor and com
mon sense demands that course.
Ell Correo, the organ of Senor Sagasta
says: The Madrid press Is unanimous ii
its unfavorable judgment upon Presiden
McKinley's message, and public opinion
has received the document with marke,
hostility. Special indignation is caused b,
the clause referring to Intervention and b.
the hypocritical lamentation over Cubal
misfortunes.
El Epoca Conservative says that
reading of the message reveals that "whil
originally written in a warlike tone, 1t wa
subsequently softened down."
The paper considers that the Spanisl
government has done much to assist Pres
ident Mckinley in a difficult position with
out getting much in return.
The congressional debates. says Ell Epo
ca, prove President McKinley's right posi-
; ton, and it is still doubtful whether he will
succeed in controlling the warlike element
in America.
Ell Heraldo de Madrid independent
|, says:
The message has removed the masl
America has worn too long. 1t closes al
diplomatic action, leaving Spain face t