The Advocate and news., 1898-04-06

holders would lose nothing but a slave
holders grip and the title If the debt was
repudiated.
Edmund Burke: But cannot con.
ceiVe any existence under heaven (which
In the depths Of It's wisdom tolerates all
sorts Of things) that Is more truly odious
and disgusting than an impotent, help
less creature, without civil wisdom or
military skill, without a consciousness OF
any other qualification Of power but its
serVility TO it, bloated for pride and ar
rOgance, calling for battles which he is
not to fight, contending for a violent
dominion which he can never exercise,
satisfied to be himself mean and miser-
able, in order to render others Contemp-
tible and wretched.
Emporia Republican: In two columns
Of the Kansas City Journal dated this
morning war news Is dished up in the
two following styles war Cloud Lift
ing. Prospect for Peace Brighter than
Week Ago. Queen Regent, 1t Is Said,
Is Against War, and Will Probably Yield
to Any Reasonable Demands Made by the
United States" In the other column may
be found Activity UnaDated. Prep
arations for War Are Still Being Pushed.
Six War Ships May Be Built" etc. The
Journal endeavors to supply the wants
Of all its readers whether they are for
or against hostilities.
Wichita Beacon: There is a great deal
Of humbug in current talk about coast
defenses. The notion has been culti-
Vated that because our thousands of
miles OF seacoast do not present an un-
interrupted line Of armor plate and heavy
guns, this country Is an easy mark for
any foreign power that may choose to
lombard us. Nothing is to be gained,
though, by shooting at the open country
along the coast. If Spain or any other
naval power wants to plow dirt with
cannon balls let her do it. Bombard-
ment will be child's play unless 1t is di-
rected at the great cities.
Newton Republican: It would not be
possible for the United States to have
Minister resident in Cuba for Cuba
Is supposed to be only colony Of Spain,
and our Minister to Spain must live at
Madrid The duties Of many of our Min
listers at foreign courts are, however, far
less difficult and important than those of
very arduOus and awkward one. A Con-
sul's duties include ordinarily only the
looking after of commercial affairs and
seeing that the lives and property Of cit
liens Of his country are safe in the place
to which he is accredited. He has moth
ing to do with matters political. Gen
eral Lees case is, however, exceptional.
In the impOssibility of our having a di-
rect political representative in Cuba it
comes about that the Consul Generals
task Is under present conditions almost
wholly political one, and nobly has he
performed that task.
Leavenworth Times: To-day the Span
ish people are centuries behind the
times, sunk in poverty and ignorance.
more than one in five Spaniards knows
how to'read and write. The bull fight is
their national amusement. Government
is 1agrantly corrupted; the people are
taxed to death. The nation Is a bank
rupt. Countless millions Of blood money
extOrted from it's colonies have been
robbed and squandered. The public debt
incurred in this last hopeless effort to
keep Cuba under her heel already mount
up to almost incredible millions, besides
the nearly 100000 Of its own sons who
have been sacrificed on the hideous altar
Of insensate Spanish pride" No won
der even Butcher Weyler, turning away
from the horrors of the Cuban devasta-
tion, thinks the world might also have
some pity for "the Spanish mothers"
whose sons have filled the death trenches
in Cuban soil. Nor is 1t at all strange
that ex-Queen Isabella is moved to pity
In view Of ''the Spanish mothers whose
eyes are red with weeping" for their lost
sons.
Associated Press Dispatch, March 49,
Senator's and members who reflect the
views of the President now assert that
the administration confidence that it
can settle both the Maine incident and