The silver lance., 1898-05-27

quent letters from France that country
is against the United States in this war,
and many of the expressions in my let
ters are very bitter" When asked to
what he ascribed the feeling he a nswered;
ut is not the Church. 1t is first the
monarchy that is endangel ed, and
second, the Monroe doctrine of the
Americans they hold as an UNIV arranted
assumption, but they see that il this war
continues until the United Sta tes has a
navy, and half million trains | veteran
soldiers, with all the resources b ere, then
assumption or not this countr will be
in such condition to enforce that doc
trIne that no single nation and probably
no combine of nations that could be
made could destroy it.
"The present troubles them because
they see agences at work which are lead
ing up to something viii ch they
cannot now fathom, but they ST G enough
to cause them to fear that the re is dan
ger that the full military pow sr Of this
country will be put in a condit ION to be
effectively used, and then iudgi ng by the
motives and history of Europea govern
ments, they fear that it will be used for
national ACKNOWLEDGMENT. This too, rs a
natural view. 1t is the one tina Caprivi
gave expression to the other d ay when
he deplored the necessity that because
of this war, would be upon E urope to
strengthen yet more their armit ~ and to
build greater fleets. They do n, 1t under
stand American ways. They do not be-
heve that this country, when flushed
with victory and Spain prostr ate, will
once more put by the sword an return
noiselessly to the vocation of pc. ICE. >
"rhere is another feature. II t, lis coun-
try does keep its word, as you and my
self know it will, think how T. 10 spec
tacle will effect the men who Ii We under
the thrones OF the Old World. The old
flag will have a glory such as o ensign
ever had before 1t will make a lmost an
insufferable light to shine al ove the
world. 1t will advance the natio cal char
acter of the United States to a plain
never reached by nation be. ore. 1t
will impress anew the truth that to give
a nation of men absolute perso NAL and
political freedom, and to train Il lem in a
school that all mans thought F, and all
mans acts shall be his own, with no
restraint upon either save such as are
commanded by the laws which he has
helped to frame, makes it natl iral that
when put to an extreme test his acts
shall be such as are directed by dici-
plined thought, and that his chiefest
characteristic will be that whio n Is in
cludcd under the definition f level
headednes5. You will notice that the
only real praise that has come I rom the
work of Commodore Dewey and his feet,
has been from England. 1t ma de them
think of Drake and Howard and Nelson,
of Aboukir, of Copenhagen and Trafal-
gar, and they did not forget tb mt when
in the darkness Commodore stee red into
that harbor of Manila with ca nnon to
right and to left Of him, cannons in front
of him, which were in an hour 10 volley
and thunder, he was 5000 miles from his
base, and that defeat would mea N anihi-
lation, and that if he and thos under
him had ever vowed before IL image
of the virgin to win or not to CO, ne back,
there had been no public adver tisement
of the fact. You notice the Gei man Of
fcers would not believe the fact, though
it was carried to them solely through
Spanish channels. 1t all shows that for
what this war is, and what it is ,eared it
will lead to, Europe does not like it.
The nations, that is, those in CT ntrol of
those nations, are afflicted with ustsuch
fears as are imaginative childrC,n when
they go out into dark night. LIT ID not
the dangers that are concealed, but those
that might pe."-lSaH Lake Trt 1nne.