The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-27
SALT LAKE HERALD: FRIDAY, NAY ~ 1898

English historian and essayist said: IF
there be any truthe established by the
universal experience of nations il is this:
mat 10 carry the spirit of peace into
war is q weak and cruel policy. War is
remedy which is in its own nature most
Vioient ana which. in such cases, is a
remedy only because it is violent. 1t is
idle TO think of mitigating and diluting
l4anSlid war can do nothing with ne
gotiating or submission will not do bet
Ter; ana 10 act on any other principle is
squander them" Admiral Dewey seems
70 nave been imbued with an idea of this
KIND when ne began operations in Manila
bay, and il has been the guiding prin-
ciple of all successful commanders. War
means slaughter and destruction and the
more expeditiously it is done the quicker
the war IS ended.
Chicago Dispatch There is a vast deaf
OF significance in the message sent by
captain Clark of the oregon TO the board
painted in letters a foot long on the wall
OIL the room in which the famous do
notnlng board meets. 1t is alleged that
captain Clark sent the following tele-
gram TO the strategistS at Washington:
ION tangle me up with instructions. 1
am not afraid of the whole Spanish feet
Dewey was not tangled up with instruc-
tons, and he sent Montejo's fleet to the
bottom OF Manila bay. Could he have
done this SPLENDID deed if he had been
IN close touch with the tinid souls who
held two strong fleets inactive for
month or the Atlantic coast?
Mail and Express: SPANS persistent
evasion OF ? meeting. with our fleet. and
her evident plan of postponing the fall of
Havana by her maneuvering in West In
oian waters. point to hope at Madrid
of developments that will embarrass us
and in so far be of benefit to the Spanish
cause. 1t is our belief that the Spanish
leaders are urging France to assert ner
vest African claims. on the plea that
European hostility to Cuban independ-
ence would prevent any aid being ex-
tended to Great Britain: and it is prac-
tlcaIly certain that Spain is holding out
10 germany TO secure her support very
substantial concessions in the Philippines.
where Germany is England's chief rival
IN trade Unless the United States can
see its way to prompt destruction of the
Spanish fleet and vigorous assault upon
Havana In the near future. the possibili-
ties of the effect of delay upon European
peace and politics are both wide and
deep.
Kansas City Times: The Republican
majority is seemingly determined to take
advantage of the nations trouble 20 issue
hundreds OF millions of dollars in bonds
and force the gold standard upon the
country, and the battle is to be fought in
the senate The eastern leaders
OF the Republican party are trying to
take undue advantage of the nations
complications with Spain to give the
money power a stronger hold upon the
throats and pockets of the people.
St. Louis Republic: Mr. William Jen-
nings Bryan is in the unenviabls plight of
that man of song who would be damned
II he did and be damned # he didn't"
When the manhood of the nation respond
ed with patriotic fervor to the call to
arms. Mr.. Bryan's self-constituted critics
rang the cry all over the land: where
is bryan?" Then when they learned that
he was willing TO serve his country in any
capacity to which he might be assigned.
onering to enlist as private and march
to the front they denounced this as pal
pable exhibition of demagogy, declaring
that no man of his standing needed to
prove mis- loyalty and patriotism in that
way.
New York Journal: Havana's fortifca-
tons are bomhardabe, and so is Havana
itseiI. GlVen Dewey and a cut cable the
city would have surrendered ere this or
peen IN ruins and open to the insurgents |
a month has gone, and the end looks a |
good Zeal further-orf than il did when the !
lmbecile peaceful blockade began. Who |
IS II that IS paralyzing the military and |
naval energy of the United States? Who |
IS 1t that IS muddling this war? Each !
DAY OF muddling prolengs the conflict ana |
insures criminal waste of life hereafter
lor war IS war and is bound 20 eliminate |
IN nghting whatever may be the wishes |
OF the muddling mind at Washington The
country is inundated. Soon humiliation
wlli give way to something much hotter
and stronger