The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-17

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Antl-0pannsA Deelfng.
PhssaAesphla. April Il. H.
The scenes which have taken paaco
sence I came East beggar description. II
hss I'm ana d sswar. war. war; n nj
49, e ~ commnnity to ~ extent
vAica w. auasinr % sne arriving. -
al 9rom the beehive az commerce ana
inaustxy q Seattle where tho practical
certainty OF war did not appear TO exist
when left War does not exist ~
write. bur. judging from the temper Of
IL peopl9 - eEhihlted On the roed from
Be. paul to New York. cannot believe.
reluctant - I have been TO do 60 that.
Il viii be possible TO avoid . resort to
arms. even II there sti:l shall be . con-
siderable delay.
The outward and visible signs Of war,
which are manifest in many ways are not
% significant az the depths which do not
murmur. but dow with the volume and
force OF the Yukon. The dag floats every
where As on national holiday. Represen-
tatives Of all classes are drilling an In
the days Of 'd-our foreign fellow-citisens.
our students. the clerks of the great stores
and corporations Speaking OF the last.
= most significant sign was the announce
ment by the Chemical bank of New York.
the staidest and wealthiest bank in the
country. to it, clerks that it would con-
tinue to pay all salaries in fun to its
employees who enlisted for the war. At
the thea;er last Saturday when the orches-
ira played the "Star-Spang,ed Banner,'
with which all theaters now follow after
the final fall Of the curtain, the whole
audience rose and shouted the chorus. and
when the curtain raised and every member
Of the company appeared waving the Dag.
the scene passed description. In New
York yesterday. when Sousa's band played
the national air. the same scene occurred.
and when he followed 1t by Dixie the
audience seemed almost crazy.
But 1t Is not these external evidences
Of the war spirit which are so surpr.sing
as to hear the talk OF capitalists and COR
poration men. Talking with one Of the
wealthiest men In the United States, Z
man whose interests are vast and not
much inferior 70 those Of Rockefeller. I
said: "of course you do not want WARP
No. do not want war;" he sad. II
would not want war under any circAm-
stances; but the Cuban situation Is into.er-
able. It must be ended. and we must end
It. Il - unavoidable, and perhaps ii Is as
well to end It now as any time. though
II the matter can be settled without war
want to see It DONE"
Again. talking with D high ofiicial OF the
Pennsyivania railroad. / asked him how
he stood IN relation 10 the war feeling.
His answer was 4 surprise to me. 1t was
In effect that almost without exception
d
war was regarded as an Inevitable neces-
sity. The arguments stated do not need
to give. In brief. they were tho necessity
OF protecting the great interests OF Amer
lea In Cuba, the sentiment OF revenge for
the Names destruction, and the moral OBJ
aigatfon resting on this country to prevent
the continuance Of Spanish savagery and
brutality in Cuba.
II il Idle to think OF making an impress
sion, with Klondike matters at this time.
though ths newspapers have been kind
enough to print interviews with me on
certain aspects Of the Alaskan situation.
My own impression. after about two
weeks talk with all sorts and conditions
Of men. Is that the interest In the East In
the gold fields Is very strong, but that
with war it vii! be suspended pending the
outcome OF the next few months and
that, IL there should be no war, Il the
product OF 1897 and 1885 shall be up to ex-
pectation. next year viii see an exodus
th.ther to which this springs emigration
will be nothing. General information
about routes, outfitting, etc. 1 find Is
Widespread, and the fact that Seattle Is
the trade center. but ma also that many
who had intended to 60. or to OUTFIT others.
want to wait for better transportation ia
ciiities after landing N Alaska: that the
reports Of the rival advocates Of different
routes, each denouncing the horrors Of
other routes, and other similar reports
have been most damaging for the present.
It Is safe to say. think, that they know
more about the actual facts here than
We in Seattle realize.
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