New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-25
WAR TERRIBLE THING.
IRcHBIsIIOP IRELAND HOPES THE PEOPLE WILL
KEEP PATIENT AND coMMENps
THE PRESIDENT

Senator NJ A Hanna, Of Ohio; Colonel Richard
G. Kerens Of ST. Louis and Archbishop Ireland. OF
St Paul were in the city yesterday. A rumor be-
came current here that they had come 20 the city
N sound local sentiment 10 the Spanish Ameri-
can situation. This emphaticaly denied by
oil Mr. Hanna who IL at the Waldorf-Astoria.
said that he had 10 the city 10 attend to pr
vate business and that he had nothing to add 10
the interview he had given. in which he declared
that so far as he could see. there was no cause
for war as yet. and that IN his estimation there
would be war.
Archbishop Ireland IS his way home 10 St
Paul He has been IN Washington attending 10
matters pertaining 10 land case before the In
terror Department He says that he did not come
here 10 be present at any conferences. i see
said the Archbishop. that interviews are credited
70 me that | never gave so may make concise
statement 10 The Tribune. l did not see the Pres.
dent" continued the Archbishop. but If had
should have told him that heartily approved OF
his conduct In this matter, and the dignity ana
forbearance with which the Administration was
dealing with the whole vexatous question ad-
miro the dignifed policy Of the President We are
q great Nation and IL becomes US TO hold our
selves in patience and await further davelopments
We are always willing 70 go TO war when SAFETY
and honor demand IL, but war ~ terrible thins
There Is no question Of salty involved now.
II have been through war, and know what war
Is War means for the country at large suspen-
sion OF lis commerce and business and the accumu-
lat!on Of a great debt. II means deaih Tor nun
r. q
sea and the manning Of many others II means
to thousands OF families the loss OF tatherrs o.
brothers or both. and sorrow that years will not
efface. - -.
yet great as these sacrifices are, We are READY
and willing TO make them when the honor ana
safety OF our country is at stake. When we DO go
to war It must be for the plain. papable reasons
which our own conscience Will approve. and whlcn
will cause the moral admiration OF the nations OF
the world At the present time everything Is IN ~
such a volcanic state that match might sci tne
whole world 10 war. II the beginning Is 70 come
from US the justification Of our act must be such
that none shall be too blind 70 see H. we are 700
sensible 20 be alarmed mere suspicion. We owe
II 10 OF her nations credit them with being actu
afed by honorable motives toward US until proved
ntherwise and this has yet been proved. so far
as Spain and America are concerned
"'There IS another thing 10 consider. Inc country
f. lust beginning 10 recover from long perlod OF
depression and 10 resume normal activity ana pros
perftv To thwart this honorable rehabilitation OF
Inc country without grave and serious reasons
would be 20 say the least. unwise ana unfortuhhte
This is n big country. II IL a dignifed country
:, must not 20 around with chip on It's shoulder
We must hold ourselves in patience FOR the Time
do NOT think the day OF universal arbitration
is yet at hand but 1t Is at this Ideal tha' we arc
TINT