New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-28
p,.,1p1T PLEA FOR PEACE
ayyrH FOR PEACE.
No rrox MERLE SMITH DOES NOT bHHIH'

- ,,ro,, urprE SMITH DOES NOT BELIEVE
THIS COUNTRY JUSTIFIED IL GOING TO WAX
,, d., nr wilton Merle Smith. pastor OF me
c.,.oI prasnvterian Church. yesterday spoke VI
Tho nresen, crisis and said among otner Things
= Goa lives and reigns in the lives Of ns'o dr
surely then mis- leadIngs must sone ma Dations
in' fen't II then the duty OF men ana ma ~
pam pa nyerv criss TO ask and TO seek 10 Kho" ne ne
ieadings OF Cor Yes ana tnat Is danger Of being
swen from off our feet by passion ana the pfn
Of inreas son The call now Is tor 9au uo,d Lead
ing thny il is certain tle outset that yoG
would not naturally expect 10 see rs whose
aTowed purpose is plunge this country INFO .
and mainly for the reason tAat war 49, ~ nothing
muu ~ Snrehenslbe than the outrageous mehd a
Of some of these so-eallei yeH"% s IN This land
words are quoted in Spain as vel as az. III isregari
erS their flaming headlines. their utlrr rS' y az
for truth their mmoral , slds tksy are inamng
me minds OF this people to FEVER ptcn 81 W" VI re-
soning ana sIssr to be seen with Of these
reners IN his hands r the present crisis caGs 20
war n the d re his Kind OF journalism
me bt n be- very evident to every calm ana un
hysercal man thI var Inerg necessity s whatever the
verdict of the Court Of Inquiry may We, pa great
be of rhn opnon the world around Even 1he
uost rash d, not believe that SPAN nerse Ione Nv
er,sdS aeenoy, It was done by one or TWO cor
sprators unbeknown TO the SPan'spb Tho Satisfaction
Now surtiis nuhIc opinion Of nations that the DIE.
astrr was due to completely OF nes.r, V renaration
q, arair Snatn will be the first TO otler .
po,ld no, afford not to do it, IT, on me o.he.
hand there is nc evidence 20 con'ev t,h he afor
S - sor ina, rea son public opinion among w
nations would not Justify an indcinhl,{ htt mes
ro arc not justified in making TINS dououul -,
W. "a' causc OF wa And in any event the EreS'
court of arbitration can easily setlle ,'S - vas
Jarca Tho whole question Is exactly Wheit !. "9 az
HenSe b bn NaiHs Incident Are the conditions IN
cuba such that interference on me Pari in his
land Is ! sad Ibey were not President Mckinley
said the same before the presen,- hanged during
49, ost fer, weeks are We I'm danger OF er r ms
our minds become so infamed u 4y is now i'm
cent 0CCu' admit ali the suffering that IS cia,mea
to exist IN unaa,,lation forced by the decree OF
nnyal Wevcr to leave their farms mn i aid
Geheia hocause their farms were furnishing a.
the cities uecau is pitlabe in the extreme ineSe
re The so-called recOncentrados. ~" ,fS "rueltv
Huf admit all this, and adfni, @o,nitv calls for
OF Intervention on the part Of thIs Frs
et us sea what results VIII hnrr33rs: a hundred
WbonsaHd men possibly in The Gea ar sbd other
the deadly climate , ine Fey 80 per cent Of tho
lungs sb "h ARM Then enormous inanc r0 oIr" with
and finally sreatiy IN Iftep The war cuba
lis r,ber be free or will belong 10 uS m ib cen
can govern herself lbs; az a9o todsy Revolution Will
succsed revolutiSn ana s im becomes annexed she
% wornT a source OF danger. We 90 "o' """'
even as gift. ,hor ,yavs OF settling this
men, hen 700 Snein does not war; war. Sn% r~, mai
ppaeni 3GsTgent tor caSse has
all the eT c6nntrv she claims nov 20 me- buf
fo o give fir form w,G Of the y
h ns and our 9sD 81 spa6 1H position
there is NOT ,II ~, againsf rs The prooahnti
and her st ~ he European nations vi" sioe VII"
her -. ,h,, no present condition IN u1a
Is wfneh Bs va 10 bring aG T to close
Tar en- or Pabsoutey certain nat II nSsT,Gm our
haze Gs ard Syss1 i'm a nf si,'S o 'S| ac"t
able Pr"sidehht a. a drop OF blood being spilled