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demnity. Had Nc Kinlcy acted months
ago with equal determination it Is more
than probable that all trouble could
have been avoided. There is nothing so
dangerous as the policy that hesitates.
Sagasta, the Spanish premier, is quot
ed regarding American intervention iE
Cuba as follows: u.
AS Spanish sovereignty obtains in Gu
ba, we CLAIM the right to manage the is
land in our own way. The people DO
not care to submit affairs of their own
household to arbitration. The applica-
ton Of autonomy ought to settle the
question in Cuba, particularly as it is
not hidebound autonomy. There is no
reason why this autonomy should not
be made even more comprehensive if it
is shown to he desirable, but the right
of the United States to free the Cubans
and the nature of intervention claimed
by the United States are distinct ques-
tons and should lie treated as SUCH
"We have spent thousands OF millions
of pesetas and have sent immense num-
bers of soldiers to Cuba. We hope not
in vain. - ~. ~
"You ask me about war. All depends
on the United States.' ...'-.
On Thursday VIM. j. Bryan made the
following statement in answer to the
question whether, in his judgment, the
time hadl arrived fo1 the United States
to intervene in behalf Of Cuba and bring
the war to an end:
"The time for Intervention has arrived.
Humanity demandslthat we shall act.
Cuba Lies almost within sight of our
shores and the sufferlngs of her people
cannot be ignored unless we, as nation,
have become so engrossed in money
making as to be Indifferent to distress.
"Intervention may be accompanied by
danger and expense, but existence can
not be separated from responsibility, and
responsibility sometimes leads nation
as well as an individual into danger. A
sometimes incur danger
for neighbor and friend for friend.
"War is a terrible thing and cannot
be defended except as a means to an end,
and yet it is sometimes the only means
by which necessary end can be secured.
The state Furnishes its own citizens by
imprisonment, by death when counsel
and persuasion fail. War is the final ar
bitter between nations when reason and
are of 60 avail.
"Spain might not resist Intervention;
it is to be hoped that she would recog-
nize the fright of the United States to act
and Immediately withdraw from Cuba;
but whether she resents intervention or
rot, the United States must perform
plain duty
At time when the policy of the ad-
ministration seems to be to purchase
Cuban independence with gold, the
words of Senator Mason of Illinois have
the proper ring. They were uttered
from the floor of the senate and should
meet with universal applause. He said /:
l shall oppose any plan to assist Spain
to place any kind of autonomy on Cuba.
Spain cannot be trusted to keep her
promise, and we cannot undertake to
compel her to. Aside from that, poor
Cuba has paid larger price for liberty
than We did, and she must be free. I
shall oppose any plan that looks to fore
ing Cuba in the future to pay SPAN IN
cash for her liberty. Her land is full of
graves and her future generations must
not be mortgaged. It is claimed by
some that Cuba ought to be willing to
pay Spain's Cuban war debt. Cuba to
pay; for the powder and lead that killed
her people? To pay for the torches that
burned her homes? TO pay the back
wages of the Spanish soldiers who raw
ished her wives and daughters? Never
by any vote Of mine!
Some tell us we must wait for the
Spanish elections. i. he1 elections are as
rotten as her diplomacy we cannot wait.
It is claimed that five Will wait until
the Spanish elections Sagasta will give
all concessions. Are we to be fooled
twice with the same trick2 Is De Lone
so soon forgotten? Some tell us We are
not prepared. When shall we be better
Will ii be when the Spanish
torpedo fotilla has crossed the water.
and rests complacently on her base Of
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