The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-03
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NJ. NJ. MURDOCH. Editor.
SOME THINGS.

The effort Of the French and German
governmental administrations to con-
vince the American people of their
friendliness, respectively, will fail.
Not only is the German emperor an
enemy, but so also are the rulers at
Paris. The German dynasty has not
even declared its neutrality, and is,
therefore, not held as a nOn-combat-
ant under international law. Germany.
in short, has done what no other power
has, that is. reserved to herself the
right 10 succor Spain, either directly or
by obstructing and embarrassing the
United States in its efforts to free
Cuba. The German emperor has a
brother visiting by appointment the
countries of Asia, in royal state. On
reaching Hong Kong this princely am
bassador gave an entertainment to all
the representatives Of the other coun-
tries residing at that port, to which
Commodore Dewey was invited. Toasts
were given by this German prince to
ell countries save the United States,
and Dewey, in a gentlemanly way, re-
scented the insult by withdrawing.
There is hardly q day passes in which
this country is not given to understand
that His Mighty Bumptiousness, the
Rooster of Hohenzollern, is not in ac-
cord with the American doctrine that
the western world is no place for
crowns or for planting imperial colo
MES. When this war is over and while
yet the navy is at its full strength,
and before its veterans shall have been
disbanded, number Of things ought to
be settled, even if the employment Of
far-fetched pretences should be found
necessary, and the first one thing
among these is a lively demonstration
10 llt ATelUlan tlIlIflpI llldI bO4
reigns and the government at Wash
ington still lives" This being wrought
out to the satisfaction of the world,
half-dozen South American pro-Span-
ish oligarchies should be lacked up in
way that would cause their teeth to
rattle. There is no sense or heroism,
craftsmanship or destiny, in the richest
nation on the globe, with it's SOOO0,OO0
Of people, supinely submitting and
otherwise permitting second-rate and
no-rate royalties and mObocracies to
spit upon US, with such powers left to
go on figuring how TO partition off the
Chinese empire among themselves. to
divide up Africa, and to gobble all the
;lch islands of the Orient and Occi-
dent. Grant, in two of his messages, as
president urged the immediate acqui-
sltion Of San Domingo as a necessity
for the satisfactory settlement of the
Inevitable and ever impending Cuban
question To read Grants messages
now is to find the proof that he knew
more and understood the trend of af-
fairs better, and had a broader concep-
ton of the destinies of this republic
than both houses of congress. San Do
mingo, at that time, would have cost
us just s1,5oO,OOO or about two days
expenses Of the present war, and Cuba |
would have fallen into our hands ere !
this legitimately and as well ripened |
fruit. Next to Washington and to /
Grant, as generals, and to Lincoln, as
a president the opportunity of Presi- /
dent Mckinley to accomplish lasting !
greatness for this country has never |
been equalled. The opportunity is his |
to place this republic at the forefront /
of the worlds powers, to elevate it to /
that station in which Germany,
France, Russia nor England can cut |
any further colonial didos without first !
gaining the consent and approval Of the 1
United States Of America