Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1898-03-31
Local Items.
CASTORIA
Fer Infants and Children.
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Nearing the Crisis.

President Mckinley closes his message
accompanying the report Of the Maine Court
OF Inquiry as follows:
/ 1.-THE conclusions of the Court are:
That the loss of the Maine was not in any
! respect due to fault or negligence on the part
of any of the officers or members of her crew;
That the ship was destroyed by the cxplo.
sion of submarine mine, which caused the
partial explosion of two or more of her for,
ward magazines, and
That no evidence has been ohtainable fix.
ing the responsibility for the destruction Of
the Maine upon any person or persons.
have directed that the finding OF the
Court of Inquiry and the views of this Gov
eminent thereon be communicated to the
Government of Her Majesty, the Queen
Regent, and do not permit myself to doubt
that the sense of justice of the Spanish nation
will dictate course of action suggested by
honor and the friendly relations of the two
Governments.
1t will be the duty Of the Executive to adj
wise the Congress of the result, and in the
WILLIAM MKlNLEY.
Executive Mansion, March %, 199S."
In effect the President has said to Spain
1.-THE Maine was destroyed by a submarine
mine; the vessel was in your waters; the
ship was anchored al a point of your own
selection; that you did not know the MINE
was there, that it accidentally happened to
be under the ship and accidentally happened
to explode is beyo nd the bounds OF possible
belief and zoe certainly do not believe it
What are you going to do about it?'
The failure to make sorse demand upon
Spain, or for that matter to charge direct
responsibility upon that country will occa-
sion adverse criticism on the part OF the
extremists. but we are disposed to think 1t
the very wisest thing to thus place the onus
of a refusal to treat upon the basis of the
Courts report, upon Spain. 1t will be easier
to say to Spaip you must" after she says
II refuse" than before she says anything.
We feel assured that President Mckinley
has mapped out complete and decided pol
ICY, both as to the Maine incident and as to
the war in Cuba; he has taken the first step
and while some wholly unexpected move on
the part of the Spanish government may
occasion some re-shaping of that policy, we
believe that the end aimed at will be reached
without unnecessary delay. Reparation for
the loss of the Maine and total release of
Cuba from Spanish domination are the ends
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not without conflict. Diplomacy succeeds
only when both parties honestly wish to
AVOID war; while the American people, we
truly believe, does wieh to avoid it, not that
they fear it, Spain is for war. not that she
has even faint hope of coming out oft the
victor, but has gone too far to recede; she is
between war with US and revolution at
home and no one will question the wisdom
of her choice if she chooses the former, even
though victory is not even the dream of a
forlorn hope.
Mrs. H. Taylor Harbaugh sold her prop.
erty on Mechanic street to Miss Emma
Knepper for $1,000. The sale was private.
--Waynesboro Gazette.
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FRESH SwINDLEs. "A set of swindlers are
sending out circulars promising IN "order to
introduc. its goods to send to any address
postage prepaid, ten yards of red. brown or
green silk for 81. The eager victims, who
are many, receive ten yards of silk thread cut
from the spool.
There is smart chap on the 60 with q
patent plowshare for whom our farmers
should be on the lookout. Of course, he
does business on the note scheme.