Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-16

RE
Maine, by whatever cause. is a paten
and impressive proof of a state of thing
in Cuba that is intolerable. That condi
t!oli is thus shown to be such that tn
Spanish government can not assure safet
and security to a vessel of the American
Iavy in the harDor of Havana on d mis-
sion Of peace and rightfilly there.
Spain Wants Arbitration
Further referring i'll this connection t.
recent diplomatic correspondence Il dis
patch from our minister to Spain of th
10Th ut. contained the statement that TIL
Spanish minister for foreign affairs assur
ed him positively Spain will do all tha
the highest honor and justice requires il
t"o matter Of the Maine. The reply above
referred to of the 3lst ult. also contained
an expression Of the readiness OF SPAN
to submit to arbitration all the differ
ences which can arise in this matter
which is subsequently explained by the
note of the Spanish minister at Washing
ton of the 10th inst as follows:
As TO the question of fact which
sprlnss from the diversified views be
tween the report of the American and the
Spanish boards, Spain proposes that the
fact be ascertained by an impartial n
Nestgatlon by experts which decision
Spain accepts in advance"
10 this l have made no reply.
President Grant Quoted.
President Grant in 1875, in dscussins
the purposes of the contest as it appeare,
then and its hopeless and indefinite pro
lonsation. said:
I'm such event / am Of the opinion tlla
sumo the responsibility which devolves
upon them and to seriously consider the
only remaining measures possible. media
ton and Intervention. Owing perhaps tl
the large eXpanSe of water separa ting the
island from the peninsula, the contendins
parties appear to have within themselves
no depository of common confidence tC
suggest wisdom, when passion and ex-
citement have their sway, and thus as
sumo the part of peacemaker''
In this view, in the earlier days Of the
contest the good offices of the United
States as mediator We're rendered in good
faith, without any selfish purposes in the
interest of humanity and sincere friend
ship for both parties. but We're at the
time declined by Spain with the declara-
ton, nevertheless, that at a future time
they would be Indispensable.
No intimation has been received that in
reached; yet the strife continues with
all of it's dread horrors and its injuries to
the United States and other nations. Each
party seems quite capable of working
great injury and damage to the other as
Well as to all the relations and interests
dependent on the existence of peace in
the island, but they seem incapable of
reaching any adjustment, and both have
thus far failed of achieving any success
bar Nv hall
troll the island to the exclusion of the
other.
What Cleveland Said.
Under the circumstances the agency cf
others, either by mediation or by inter
vention, seems to be the only alternative
Which must sooner or later be invoked
for the termination of the strife. In the
last annual message of my immediate pre-
decessor, during the pending struggle, it
was said:
when the inability of Spain to deal
successfully with the insurrection has be-
come manifest, and it is demonstrated
that her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba,
for all purposes of its rightful existence,
and when a hopeless struggle for its re-
has degenerated into the
strife which means nothing more than
the useless sacrifice of human life and
the utter destruction of the very subject
lI1dLttI Ol lile cOillllct, SITUATION Will
be presented in which our obligations to
the sovereignty of Spain will be superced-
ed by higher obligations which we can
hardly hesitate to recognize and dis
charge"
From the Previous Message.
In my annual message to congress De-
oen.ber last, speaking to this question: ]
said:
't.?he near future will demonstrate
whether the Indispensable condition of a
'ighteous peace just alike to the Cubans
md Spain as we'll as equitable to all our
interests SO intimately convolved in the
Welfare Of Cuba, is likely to be attained.
+ not further and other action by the
United States will remain to be taken.
When that time comes action will be de-
ermined in the line Of indsputable right
IT! duty; it will be faced without mis-
giving or hesitancy in the light of the OBJ
igation this government owes to itself,
o the people who confided to it the pro-
ection of their interests and honor. and
o humanity; sure of the right, keeping
rec from all offense ourselves, actuated
" upright and patriotic considerations,
moved neither by passion nor selfishness,
me government will continue its watch
'ul care over the rights and property Of
American citizens and will abate none of
is efforts to bring about, by peaceful
gcncies,' a peace which shall be honor
tble and enduring. If it shall hereafter
ppear to be duty imposed by our OBJ
igations to ourselves, to civilization and
o humanity, to intervene with force 1t
hall be without fault on our part and
nly because the necessity for such ac-
ion will be SO clear as to command the
upport and approval of the civilized
world
The War Must Stop.
The long trial has proved that the OBJ
cot for which Spain has waged war can
lot be attained. The fire of insurrection
nay flame or may shoulder with varying
easons, but it has not been and it is
'lain that it can not be extinguished by
present methods. The only hope of re-
ief and repose from a condition which
an not longer be endured is the enforced
'acitica ton of Cuba.
In the name Of humanity, in the name
# civilization, in the behalf of endan
sered American interests, which give us
he right and the duty to speak and to
lct, the war in Cuba must stop.
In view Of these facts and these consid-
/ ask congress to authorize and
empower the president to take measures
O secure full termination of hostilities
,etWeen the government of Spain and the
,eople of Cuba and to secure in the ISL
md the establishment Of stable govern
nent, capable Of maintaining order and
deserving its international obligations, in
uring peace and tranquility and the Sc
urity of it's citizens as well as our own,
md to use the military and naval forces
# the United States as may be necessary
or these purposes.
And in the interest of humanity and to
id in preserving the lives Of the starv
ng people of the island, I recommend
hat the distribution of food and supplies
,e continued and that an appropriation
,e made out Of the public treasury to
supplement- the charity of our citizens.
The issue is now with congress; it is |
solemn responsibility. ! have exhaust
d every effort to relieve the ntolerable
ondition of affairs which is at our doors;