New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-03-02
No | or Sc
An II. D ou.blt.
The Theory Of Accident e no Longer En-
tertained Regarding the Disaster Is
to the Maine.
Proof that the Ship Was Blown Up by
Dynamite Placed Under the
Starboard Bow.

Dynamite Placed Under the
Starboard Bow.
Mondays New York Journal tele-
grams from Key West state positively
that the Maine was blown up by q mass
or mine Of d namite placed directly un-
der the ship.
They state further that the Maine can
never be raised. The rupture in her
plates extends from bow to stern. The
damage came from without and is plain
" shown in the condition Of the plates.
The tangled and horribly wrecked con-
dition of the ship above the magazine
is from the explosion of powder on
board and shows an upward force.
The effects below show that the force
was all exerted inwardly from without.
The man who furnished this. informa-
ton was on board the ship at the time
of the explosion and has given testimony
before the court of inquiry. He says:
II can't speak at this time but the peo-
Pile of the United States should know
that the Maine was wrecked Intentional
ly by the Spanish. When the oppor-
tunity arrives I will prove every state
ment have made" ~. ~ =
When asked if there was hole show
ing where the explosion had taken place,
he said: 49,.
otis all holes; the great jagged mass
es of plates are torn completely from
the bottom and forced in board. The
ship was not sunk 10y the explosion of
the magazine, but from the first explc-
sion. This was sufficient to have sunk
her in three minutes" 49,.
Just at present unusual interest at
taches TO anything that may be said
regarding Cuba by Senator Cushman
K. Davis. He is chairman of the
committee on foreign relations and there
fore ought to be in position to know
the purposes and policy of the present
administration. At Detroit on Tuesday
he delivered an address in which he used
these words: ...
1--WE have suffered from SPANS pro-
crastinatlng policy always. While no
overt act of war las transpired, there
have been several occasions when we
have been perilously near it. There has
been raging in Cuba an instruction,
terrible strife for liberty, which has been
met by Spain with examples of horrors
which have deeply shocked the civilized
world, and more especially the people !
of the United States. Such things have
IN Poland, Hungary and Ar
menia, and the procrastination of nations
in dealing with their horrors has pressed
heavily. upon the hearts of the people.
~ speak, however, from the head, not
from the heart. I do not wish to fire
your enthusiasm to any unwarranted
The duty of congress
md of the president are confined solely
% the interests and advantages OF the
people of-United States. However pro-
oundly our sympathies may be stirred.
md God knows my heart sympathlzes
With these struggling patriots as much
IS that of any man, we are still brought
'ack to the question of what, in con-
lection with out foreign relations, is for
he interest, honor and dignity of the
people of the United States.
:'What would Washington say were
re here today. No entangl1ng alliances;
10 entanglements with foreign powers I
When tho South American states revolt
d in 1910 many of our people clamored
or belligerent measures; the history of
he time OF Monroe and Adams reads
much like that of the present; but it was |
lot until 1926 that the United States
ecognlzed the belligerency Of those
truggling nations. &.
.Where the hand Of cruelty or indig-
lity is laid on our PEG pie, better war by
and and sea than peace under such cir
but SO long as no American
J deprived of his rights and liberties
speaking from the head, not the hearty I.
a the interest Of my own country, i'm
lore you (and 7 would that my voice
ould reach all our people) I implore
'ou' let us be moderate in act and in
vord.
81 ct US take the advice of Captain
'1gsbee and suspend judgment on the
daine disaster. II then our dark fore
,odings are justified by the Investigation. 4