The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-01

the determination to nave tnc
Naval Miha Of the several States
prepared for immediate service should
rhis be found necessary. This conclu-
sion was the outcome of 4 conference
with the members Of the Naval Strate-
gle Board during the afternoon. Letters
will be sent to the Governors and TO the
Adjutant Generals OF all States where
there are Naval Militia organizations
asking them to. set iii motion the sina-
chinery for drilling and equipping the
State organizations promptly SO they
may be ready within Il few hours notice
0f Il call 10 arms Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt has charge of all matters
pertaining to the Naval Militia and he
feels that the response to this request
will be hearty and prompt.
The officials express the hope that
there will be unanimous sentiment on
the part of employers TO permit such of
their men as are members of the militia
free opportunity to join their command.
MIR. BRYAN'S NOBLE WORDS.
The Tribune OF the People Says the
Time for Intervention Has Arrived
Lincoln. Neb.. March 31.-Hon. w. j.
Bryan tonight made the following state
meRt for the Associated Press in an
swer to the question whether, in his
Judgment. the time had arrived for the
United States to intervene in behalf of
Cuba and bring the war to an end:
Yes the time for intervention has ar
rycd. Humanity demands that we
shall act. Cuba lies almost within sight
of our shores and the sufferings of her
people cannot be ignored unless we, as
a nation, have become so engrossed in
money-making as to be indifferent to
distress.
Intervention may be accompanied by
danger and exepnse, but existence can
not he separated from responsibility
and responsibility some times
leads a nation as well an indiyid-
ual into danger. A neighbor must some
times incur danger for a neighbor and
a friend for a friend.
WAR is terrible thing and cannot
he defended except as a means to an
end and yet it is sometimes the only
means by which a necessary end can
.be secured. The State Furnishes its OWL
citizens by imprisonment or even death
when counsel and persuasion fail. War
is the final arbiter between nations
when reason and diplomacy are of no
avail.
Spain might not resist Intervention;
1t IS TO be hoped that she will recognize
the right OF the United States TO act
and Immediately withdraw from Cuba
but whether she resents Intervention or
not. the United States must perform a
plain duty.
has alxy1 .ntf
the condition of affairs in Cuba. If she
denies to her former subjects the rights
OF war and calls the Cuban army a
mob, let her remember the words Of
Victor Hugo: The mob is the human
race in misery No nation can afford
to make its people miserable.
IF the Cubans prefer death to Span.
ish rule it must be because Spanish rule
has robbed life of JOY and hope. If a
nation sows the wind it must reap the
whrl-wind.'
MADRID WANTS DELAY.
Madrid. March 31.-The El Liberal
says:
."rhe moment of Denoument (solution
of the crisis has drawn much nearer
There may yet be found means to delay
matters: but we doubt it."
The paper then adds:
/ I'VE ought to apply ourselves to OBJ
tain gain of time, or heartily devote
ourselves to the contrary. In our opin
ion it would be acceptable, even pre-
ferable, to accept any extreme measure
which would cut the knot if we failed tt
unite it. The situation is such that by
avoiding external struggle We may fal
into q StfIl gra~pF one
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