The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-14

eminent and wrest from Spanish misrule
,aud malevoient sovereignty the garden
spot OF the Western world.
THAT awful crime. the destruction of the
Ma.ne-this is a~separate portion OF the
question now before congress and the
people Of this nation. / believe that the
president and the government at WASH
ington realize the weight Of responsibility
they bear In probing into the causes that
led to the loss of one Of the finest Of our
hattleships and the murder of 26S brave
American seamen. The testimony of mine
experts from abroad. the telling evidence
of the manufacturers that sold to Spain
those dread implements OF destruction that
fill Havana harbor, and the report OF the
board OF inquiry. all point TO Spanish re-
spcnsibiiity for this outrage. / canno:
conceive that the Spanish chiefs In Cuba
could have committed such a deed. yet
there Is reason to believe that subordinate
officers, in the excess OF their enthusiasm
and hope that they might serve their
country. committed that foulest OF all foul
deeds.
spain the Last Remnant.
Spain is the remnant--the last REM
nent-of the old monarchical systems. She
has pursued N Cuba the same policies
which characterized her administration Of
government in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. when the inqu.sition was an es-
tablished part OF her institutions. Spain
labors under the disadvantage Of having
no great middle class. Her people are
hidafgos. grantees or dons. or else they
are peasants. The backbone Of the Brit
ish empire and the source OF her wonder
full power is the English yeomanry. So
In the United States. the great middle
class. the men who work with brain and
with muscle. who take advantage Of every
opportunity that Is presented to them.
these constitute the bulwark behind which
lies the prosperity of the people and the
stability of our institutions. The Spanish
people are lead by royalists or Carllsts.
warning factions. while between them
there is no middle class to be guided by
Its own intelligence and capacity for gov
eminent
1.-THE war. with Spain should be a brief
one. After the Spanish forces have been
driven from Cuba. and Cuban waters have
been occupied by the United States naval
forces. Spain will realize that she is con-
tending with powerful nation. resource
full and equipped to carry to a successful
conclusion a war OF aggression. In the
face of probability of complete conquest
and the ann.hilation OF her government.
Spain will be brought to beg for terms
of peace"
Mr.. Warde did not fail to pay splendid
tribute to Gen. Lee. the American consul
general mt. Havana. Ills triumphai re-
turn to the capital. greeted on every hand
by admiring and enthusiastic multitudes
and received With c.ations not eQualed
since the Inauguration OF Mckinley tes-
tify TO the gratitude felt by the American
people, he said. His magnificent ssrv-
ices to his country and his immense popu-
larity with the people are among the won
derful things Of this whole affair" Mr.
Warde and Gen. Lee are close personal
friends. During his term as governor Of
Virginia. Mr.. Warde was frequently
guest at his home at Richmond, and
knows the general and. the members OF his
family Intimately.