The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
Intervention, on Which Side.

and plantations. and driven Inhabitants from
thelr homes, in pursuit of what it deemed
military necessity, just as In our ,,wn
SiVll war Sheridan ravaged the valley of the
S S,ie,anooan and sherman laid waste Georgia
oucn measures are the unhappy accomnsni
ment OF war, and especially Of civil war
ana tnose who engage in it must expect its
natural ma consequences. If the distress caused
ton, We would feel called upon to intarfaro
IN every rebellion that occurs and does nnt
Immediately succeed. Though the question
would still remain, On which side?
Inc distinction between armed interven
lon anu CHARITY is clear enough to be bet
ter understood than it is The one is the
assertion of a belligerent right. the othsr
the voluntary offer of kindness and human
ity.
who Are the Real Insurgents:
Who then are the real insurgents? Tbav
are body of men of uncertain number
VINO Keep out of sight, who have no capit,J
OF apiolng place, or attempt to organize q
government unless in Junta in the city
OF New York;. mere guerillas and bandits
VINO nave been carrying what they call war,
rare by crimes not recognized as war in anv
cVihzed country; by destroying the homes
al ana industries OF the people Of the island not
by blowing up with dynamite trains which
contalneo only peaceable travellers. end
miurdering In cold blood Spanish of1ic AZ
autonomy. oiAei VI
Their force is made up of Cubans. negroes
I and adventures Of all sorts from
me united states and elsewhere Is theirs
l I cause we are to take up? Can II he
Claimed to be the office of humanity to dr,ye
out out tne the established government of the islsnd
t tne o n government there is there, and to
turn over the population to the tender naaroteo
Of such a band as this? eiei .
What would become in such an event NJ tho
reconcentrados? If their voice could be head
is 1t conceivable that they would desire tbo
esatpllsnment OF government in the hands
OF those who have already DESTROYED their
substance! Had that been their desire they
would long ago have joined the rebels.
If these people are suffering as no doubt
they are; whether from their misfortune or
their fault by being thus ground between TIE
upper and the neither milestone. let us con-
| as we sent relief to famine-stricken IreIard
and charity. to Armenia If that is what is
meant by Intervention. we shall net differ
about It's propriety But whatever their
she'd or by carrying fresh calamity to them
at the expense Of greater calamity to our
selves.
A single MILAN, or a few millions ont q,
the many hundreds that war would cost us
would amply answer the purpose, and would
gladly be received by Spain. as well as by
nose VINO need 1t. Let us put a stop to the
expeditions from our country on which the
rebellion is fed. Let it be understood that
we shall not fraternize with the banditti who
nave made Cuba desolation, and the con-
met and the crime that have exhausted It
VIII soon come to an end. The humanity of
peace is better and more fruitful than the
humanity or war.
COwardly to Attack Spain.
Another consideration should not be for
gotten by Americans who have any Just pride
in their country, and that is the cowardly
character of an unnecessary attack by this
| great and powerful government upon a
comparatively weak and impoverished nation.