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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
The Whole Truth.

Any court in ChriStendOm would con-
Wet Spain, and yet the President ac-
quits her
By the most irrefutable circumstan-
tial evidence, dovetaiIed into estab-
lished facts, recognized all through the
books as the strongest testimony to be
had. Spain stands convicted, and still
we dicker and potter.
Spain had the opportunity.
Spain had the disposition.
No person could have destroyed the
Maine without Spanish official knowl-
edge or connivance.
Given the opportunity, the means, the
evil Will, and the fact that the crime
was done, and it throws the onus upon
Spain.
Proven that no person could have ac-
complished the massacre without
Spanish knowledge, and SPANS guilt
is indisputably established.
The President totally ignores the
facts of Spain's unsleeping surveillance
of our ports and the searchlight watch
fulness she maintains in Havana har-
Dor, where every oar-splash is heard
and not a movement or a whisper es-
Capes the vigilance of her detectives.
The Board of Inquiry totally failed
to go into this proof that tells with
absolutely unfaltering and indisputable
certainty the tale of Spanish guilt.
The world knows it, Spain blew up
the Maine. 1t was physically impossi-
bic for any person to have done it
without Spanish connivance, and yet
the President seeks to slude the fact.
If Congress submits to any kind Of
settlement that does not comprehend
full atonement in blood for blood, it
viii disgrace its name and our flag.
The Presidents dickering with Spain
in the light of her guilt, which the facts
blaze out as clear as sunbeams. makes
every patriotic American hang his head
in despair.
Shame on a policy that, shaping it
self for the benefit Of bond -boodlers,
1 condones crime, paIliates murder. suf-
fers the flag to be spit upon, and makes
Americans blush under a sense of dis
/ grace brought upon America and
I Americans by the American President!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
Under Which King:

Mr.. Mckinley has become known to
fame as the man Of peace. The Peace
Society counts him for it's own. So do
the capitalized interests which furnish
the Peace Society with means for its
holy propaganda. Mr. Mckinley is also
recognized as q timid man! The Span
ism newspapers cali him a coward for
his message on the Maine report ana
tell their readers that the Yankees and
their low politician" and ignorant
sutler" President are afraid to fight
the great and glorious Spanish nation.
We are ready to join with the rest Of
our COuntTymen and teach them a Sc
we're lesson for such impu6ence.
Mr. Mckinley is far from being d
coward. He is only timid. But even
an exceptionally peaceful and timid
man is often rorc afraid cf one thing
than another, - forced into acJion, as
rule lie viii join It'll tie Iorce. he
most fears against another which can
do him comparatively smaller damage.
Now there are two avt'sl ZCnes Of
fire between which Air -sy,<iDiey seems
to have been caugh. 800. the question
is: Which will he attempt to escape
from? The answer will be found in
future evidence as to which he is most
afraid of. 1t will be given within the
next week, and then we shall know
whether he fears Marcus Alonzo Hanna
more than he does the American peo-
pie!
Possibly it may be believed by the
Spanish Cuban bond conspiratOrs, and
others in allied interests, that though
/ the voice of the nation is being heard
/ in thunder tones in the Senate, it can
4 be suppressed, when the necessary time
comes, in the House of Representa-
/ tives. We consider that to be an error
/ of judgment, and in the nature of a
/ false prognosis; but let it be admitted
as true, for the sake of argument
If the House of Representative is
not allowed to act. then the American
people at large should take the matter
4 into their own hands. We have nc
doubt that there are constitutional
lawyers who viii say that the Ameri-
can people win have no chance to act
until the elections in November next
As an academic proposition, we are
willing to concede the point. But, as
another academic proposition, We are
in a position to reply that Thomas
Bracket Reed cannot now tramplt
upon the Constitution and suppress the
House, as he did in the extraordinary
session of 1897.
He did do that very thing; and tha
raises the concrete, as opposed to thu
academic, question, whether it is no
serious error to think that a wholt
people may not do for its honor wha
one unworthy and foresworn servan
did to its disgrace and dishonor?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
The Angry. Watchfui Eve.

II is to be hoped that the eye of
American patriotism will be singIy
fastened on Hanna. McCook, the OF!
and sugar magnates, and the Roth
schild agents during these days of ma
tional humiliation, and manipulation
of national honor for speculative pur-
poses.
The same eye might take in the de-
tails Of Mondays stock ticker dis
grace, and try 10 penetrate some Of its
mysteries. The suspicion is irresistible
that il had a senatorial side to it; that
some OF the friends Of Spain who wear
the toEa, and whose real constituencies
are in Wall Street, might know more
about that deal than would be consist
ent with duty to their country. How
ever, II is as well TO remember that the
same sort of thing happened when it
was highly desirable to secure infu-
ence for the passage of the Hanna
Hayemeyer sugar schedule OF the Nc
Dingley tariff.
Not to burden that patriotic eye with
too many things at once, it should en-
deavor to include in its range Of vision
one or two editors OF Tory newspapers,
who undoubtedly require watching as
much as the other elements mentioned
Probably the effort viii be easier, be-
cause a lot Of ruined Wall Street men
who were not let in the game which
could only have been played from high
official sources of information, or dis
honest possession of the State Depart
ment cipher, and have been ruined in
consequence, Will also keep a lookout
for the authors Of their destruction
our sympathy goes out TO them
Not much of it, perhaps, since every
one of the sufferers would have given
up golden shekels' to secure the tip
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
FEr. Richard Mansfield.

The coming to Washington of
tho eminent actor Mr.. RiChard;
&ansfeld. is one of the most
enjoyable promises Of the season. From
Mr.. Mansfield who is a leader Of the
American stage in all that appertains to
the serious drama the public has learn
cd to expect the most significant contri-
buttons to the limited stock of legitimate
characters Unmoved by the scramble
for those trivial compositions of the day,
calculated solely to attract the rabble
and fill the purse of spectators. Mr.
Mansfield has persistently offered plays
of literary merit and dramatic conse-
quence. The most versatile entertainer
of this country, singer, comedian and
! humorist of extraordinary talent, it has
been and is his ambition, irrespective of
! financial results, to build up an enduring
reputation in a higher class of work
/ than that involved in creating laughter.
/ With that impulse of genius which as
! pires to the best, leaving the worst to
others of ignoble purpose, he constantly
delves in all literary fields, hoping to
| end some new inspiration and fresh
characters which may be illuminated by
his art. Absorbed by these exacting pur-
suits and devoted to his professional
duties, he has little time and perhaps less
inclination for the exercise of those dip
| lomatic maneuvers upon which so many
! depend almost exclusively for their sue
cess. His preference is for success that
comes as a legitimate reward of merit.
and possibly he may entertain an honest
/ do no fpI-
lows who go about pleading for pulls
and begging for influence to set them
upon pedestal which it would be i'm
possible to reach by their own unaided
efforts.
1t is said of the genius that he usually
stalks erect and defiant through the
blackberry bushes tearing his garments
and scratching his fingers. but obtaining
no fruit, while the commonplace people
creep about under the swaying bramble
bushes and gather all the berries With
in certain limits this illustration is apt
and suggestive. Genius does not con-
form to the petty methods necessary to
persons of humble endowments, and yet
Ii would be idle to maintain
at least in these appreciative days, thai
those possessing special talents do not
in the end, gain ample reward. The way
is sometimes long and tedious. since
mediocrity is always jealous of its bet
tiers, and genius is shining mark FOL
the shafts of envy and malice, but there
must come time when these hopeless
onslaughts will cease. Even the maIiciou.
have wit enough to know when theii
efforts become impotent and the genera
public. always anxious to welcome spe
cial ability and originality, cannot be for
ever deceived by unfriendly clamor. Al
/, the bright stars in the theatrical frma
ment. both living and dead. served a Ions
and arduous apprenticeship before for
tune smiled upon them, and Mansfield il
no exception to the rule.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
Peace or War.

Peace or War:
If We may judge from the develop
ments Of yesterday. patriotism reigns
and the American people still live!
Perhaps We are over-sanguine, but we
hope not All sorts Of rumors prevail.
one credited to an inspired source has
it that the President win bow TO the
popular viii and send in a message
RELOCATING the whole Cuban question to
Congress. Unless that body is less
true to the demands OF the country
than We think it, no course could be
better. At least il would transfer the
efforts Of the stock ticker, and Span
ish-Cuban bond conspiracy interests,
from The White House to the Capitol.
Notwithstanding some fears, due TO
"reminiscences Of the Sugar and Kan
sas Pacific deals, We are inclined to be-
lieve that the change would be a good
one The Spanish contingent has made
its coup, and is now prepared to stand
whatever may come with financial phil
osophy. This, Of course, does not
necessarily include the Spanish Cuban
bondholders. although most Of their
largely representative houses were ben
e6ciaries in Mondays raid upon the
New York Stock Exchange
But concession Of the Cuban settle
ment TO Congress would bring it closer
10 the heart Of the people. Advancing
that far, it is not to be supposed that
there is any senator or member bold
enough Ia defy the plain VIII Of the
country-which is. that Cuba shall be
declared Independent, and Spain sent
out Of the Western Hemisphere at the
point Of American bayonets.
IT must be apparent TO the most IN
obserYant person in public life that
the situation is beyond the control of
the Administration There is no doubt
that there has been great Congressional
willingness TO wait patiently. and at
the expected time Of patriotic move
ment to follow the President in any
course directed to the redemption Of
our national honor. and TO showing the
world that this country is still the
champion Of Western liberty. But this
willingness, and the patience included
in it, has been solely dependent upon
confidence that. sooner or later, Mr.
Mckinley would sweep aside the dis
graclng elements which have sur
rounded him, and come out ike a hero
calling a brave people TO arms in de-
Tense Of the right.
Sad. bat trUe, il is 10 say that this
confidence has been weakened by the
Maine message. The stock ticker scan
dal, and grave reports thar the Presl-
dent was about 10 advocate a nefarl-
Gus plan 10 restore Spanish sovereignty
in Cuba 10 force autonomy" upon the
Cuban Republic. and thereby promote
the scheme of the Spanish-Cuban bond
conspirators. IT is these things which
have Trested command Of the helm
from Mr. Mckinley. He may thank
his obnoxious financial associates fol
the fact But he may be sure that
now and hereafter. he must lead OF
follow in the path Of national glory and
vengeance.
For the massacre Of Havana harbor
and Tor other crimes, the American
Congress and people viii require and
demand that Cuba shall be Free with
out assuming peso Of the Spanish
debt, and that Spain must be forthwith
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

According to official announcement
yesterday the entire Cabinet approved of
every word in the Presidential message
which has raised such storm of wrath
throughout the Union. The information
is interesting Now we have positive and
official assurance that every member of
Mr. McKinley's official family agrees
with him in his confidence. in the honor
and sense of justice of the Spanish ma
tom 1t is rather a bold confession to
make in the presence of the American
people
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

One of the mysteries of the day is in
volved in the question: How did that
Spanish settlement tip get out to the
Administration clique in Wall Street,
There is an inspired organ grind to the
effect that the State Department cipher
has been stolen! The general opinion of
department people and others who know
things is that it would be a waste of
time for the brokers of the gang to
waste time deciphering hieroglyphics
when they can have TRANSACTIONS in ex-
cellent English handed to them without
the asking. by certain patriots who en-
joy the confidence of our rulers, and who
also like to make little turn in the
street when any good thing happens.
All, these worshipers of st. Ticker, the
apostle of the straight tip.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

which made millions, at their expense,
for their more fortunate competitors.
Nevertheless, the net results are likely
to be good, in putting a lot of despoiled
gamblers upon the trail of others Of
the same ilk who have robbed them
in assure thing-game.
The adventure itself, UNANIMOUSLY
brilliant as it was, will not ESCAPE at
tention as an illustration of the inter
ests in which influences, hitherto in
apparent control Of Administration pol
icy. have shaped it, and always to the
GetriTent and dishonor of the Amerl-
can people.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
ENnerience.

(From the Pittsburg Dispatch)
The purchase Of a German torpedo boat ready
TO cross the Atlantic does something toward cor
rectng our lack in that branch of the Navy, but
the fact that our Government has to search
Europe for such vessels and resort 10 the make
shift of arming yachts for that purpose is the
severest commentary the short-sighte dness
of building enormous battleShips and ncglccting
the small and inexpensive craft that may prove
fhniI.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
China's Lost Opportunity.

(From the New York Mail and Express)
1t is a perfectly safe assertion that, had China
foreseen what it would ultimately cost her to
have Japan tear away the mask of mystery which
for years did duty for tremendous reserve strength
in the empire she would gladly-and profitably-
have sold half her territory to the MikadO, On the
understanding that payment, between friends
needn't count.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

We commend the action of the Chem
ical Bank of New York, in the matter of
its National Guardsmen employees, to all
employers of labor in the District of
Columbia The Chemical Bank has an
nounced that when it's clerks and tellers
go with their regiments to serve their
country, they will be kept on full pay,
and their places kept open for them
until they get back. That is the practical
sort of patriotism. 1t would be pleasant
to hear from our Washington bankers
and merchants to the same effect.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
A Prophecy.

With eyes prophetic can see
Fair Cuba's final destiny
fate worth fighting fo~.
When proud Columbia, patience spent,
Puts to her lips the sacrament,
Relieves her peoples dicontent
Turns loose her dogs Of war
And from thef islands and the sea
Sweeps Spain's much-vaunted chivalry
Then starving Cuba viii be free.
This is the vision that | see
And this my prophecy.
C. Ii. DOING.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

ordered and forced TO abandon the
island.
If this means war. America is ready
for, and will welcome it.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
The Truth About Cuba.

(From the Providence News)
Gently been finding out for themselves what the
newspaper reporters told the world months and
months ago.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
The One Thing Necessary.

CFrom the Boston Globe)
The latest society news from Washington is
that the wearing Of dccollete dresses before
evening is good FORM provided the form is
good
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

Howard waited until he was warned
that the armada was in sight and
would soon pass Plymouth In July the
Spaniards were seen standing up the
channel. The ships were deployed in the
shape of a crescent seven miles long and
their number was now $50. They were in
command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia.
That night Howard sailed out of Plym-
outh Sound. and when day came the
Spaniards saw the enemy in full fig.
The duke ordered the ships to close in
and begin a general engagement. This
was attempted, but 1t failed. Howard
had mapped out his plan in advance. The
English ships were maneuvered with
such consummate skill that never could
the Spanish guns tell on them. On the
other hand, the Britons fed the galleons
with shot. The Spanish gunners and ma
rines were slow. The British gunners
and marines were active. Not once did
a Spanish shot strike, while the Spanish
| ships quivered and smashed under the
! English fire and their decks were red with
| blood.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

Communications intended for publication in
Tie Times should be tersely and plainly written.
and must in all cases be accompanied b. the
name and address Of the writer. Rejected com
munications VIII not be preserved, and only man
20 their authors
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
Gen. Fitz Lee.

(From the indianapolis Newsl
Certain newspapers arc disposed to boom Con
sui General Leo for Vice President What has
he done to deserve such obliyion?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Readers Of The Times who may at any time
be unable 10 procure copies Of it at any news
stand OF railroad station or on railroad trains. viii
confer . favor upon the management by sending
% this office information Of the fact.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
1t Fosters Beggnry.

From the Utica Observer)
An infant industry that gets the taste of
Government aid generally develops into a confirm
ed mrndi cant.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
Wisdom.


(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)
The public man who always follows, and never
leads, in a good cause is not going to cut much
OF a figure in history.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

A full account of this. one of the great
est of naval incidents and certainly the
largest and most disastrous in the history
of Spain. is preserved in a book prepared
and published by King Philip just about
the time the great fleet sailed Lord Bur-
leigh secured a copy of this work in May,
1885, and thus England was given an OPP
portunity to prepare for the attack. This
book Is now in the British Museum
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30
SPANS FAMOUS ARMADA.

The armada. Such has been not in
appropriately called the fleet of torpedo
boats that Spain is now sending to these
shores. That other armada of Spain,
preserved in song, history and fiction,
was different matter. We prefer to
call such Il power a feet. and armada is
only the Latin equivalent meaning an
armed force whether of sea or land. But
armada let it be.
This armada OF 1855 is constituted of
fifteen vessels. That armada of 1888 was
constituted Of $50 vessels. BY the best
authorities it is said TO have had sixty
five galleons and great ships, twenty-five
300 and 700 ton boats nineteen tenders.
thirteen frigateS, -four eaIieasses and
four gaIleys. IC had a tonnage of a. S5S
tons. II was armed with 2,435 guns, 20
coo rounds OF shot and more than 1908
hundredweight Of powder. OF sailors
there were $50 and Of soldiers 20OJ0. The
church was represented by 200 fathers
and monks. This tremendous sea force
was sent by Philip II to destroy Eng
land and its queen, Elizabeth, and to re-
store the people of the country to their
another church. For years ii had been in
preparation, and never before in history
was such a power concentrated. with
all that Spain's little armada of today,
now pushing its prows westward, could
have blown it out of the sea in one
hour!
Right bravely did Spain's power set sail
| from Lisbon on May 20, 1888. 1t set out
with colors flying and with provisions for
| six months It returned to Spain five
I months later with ffty-four ships, bat
tered and bruised, and a handful of men
| thai were so emaciated as to be scarcely
| able 10 so ashore. Englands victory is
! claimed by some to be due to God. by
others TO be due to the sea, by others to
| be due to British pluck. However that
may be, the armada seemed to be doomed
from the first. Soon after sailing it was
| dispersed by a storm that ripped its
| masts from their sockets and tore its sails
like rotten rags. 1t returned, concen-
trated once more, and again sailed forth
| in the following July. When Philip be-
! gan to get his armada together England
had thirty ships. By the time the ar
NADIA sailed this number had been ma
| terially increased chiefly by merchant
ships converted into cruisers. This fleet
was manned by 1900 good and Indifferent
sailors but the commanders were the
bravest, boldest and most skilled mari
| ners in the world. Lord Howard OF
| Efingham was the head of the navy, and
under him were such noted sailors and
fighters as Sir Francis Drake, Hawkins
| Frobisher and some others who, as honor
able and fearless buccaneers, had filled
the royal Golfers with good Spanish gold
| In all the wild history of the sea there Is
no man SO picturesque as Sir Francis
| Drake.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

Heartsick at this failure, the armada
turned and sailed up the channel, with
Drake and Howard at their heels. For
six days. driven by English shot, the
armada retreated Not once did the ac-
ton take on the dignity of a battle. The
Spaniards did not strike a single blow.
Two weeks later the duke drew in at
Calais, but Howard routed him into the
open by sending ships set on fire into his
precincts. Howard ordered Drake to pur-
sue and the fearless buccaneer would have
eaten up the Spanish had his ammuni-
ton held out. As it was. he had peppered
5000 of them dead. The armada was
beaten. Medina Sidbnia decided to re-
turn to Spain around Scotland and ire
land. AS they rounded, another storm
struck them. They saw in this the hand
of their God and were overcome with
great fear. But prayers awaited not.
Their ships became lacerated by the
wind and wave. Many of them were
driven onto the west coast of Ireland and
there were ground to pieces and swal-
lowed up by the sea. Their soldiers and
sailors and priests who escaped the wet
death of the ocean fell into the hands
of men who cut their throats promptly
and pleasantly without benefit of shrift
The others
Sank into the yeast of waves which mar
Alike the ArInada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
execrated by it's own people.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-30

We may reasonably expect to see some
surprise expressed in the London papers
Of today. Yesterday they were exclaim-
ing with much JUNCTION that 1.-THE United
States is willing to stihe its resentment"
Wait until they hear today's news from
Washington. Aside from financial aflia-
tons the London press discloses a
shrewd reason hoping for peace. The
leading journals lament the idea of trou-
BILE between America and Spain at time
when the two great English speaking
peoples ought to embrace and make up
and join together in helping Great Britain
out of a bad hole in the far East. AS the
London National Review once remarked:
''All the beatitudes seem to go hand in
hand with British interests"