The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-24
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Of Importance ~
! pertinent today, NJ
be a week yet bstuvs
aence concerning ~
, .1'i is revealed \
Maine wreck. which 9
Easerness 10 lssr
intense as it was IL
sion, and doubt \. !. y. Z
cause Is fully as rr.ss y I
any change Of onsrs 4
experts experts Il is perhsss 4
regarding the dIsss,
caused by the erninS ~
mine or torpedo. sIti {
leaning toward that ~. \!
any new facts.
Great efforts are MI. Y !
tain class of newspsS ~
the correspondents 4
pate the official ipar,,s ~
verdict of design eyss !.
has been well startsS ~
claims. upon which X
OF belligercnt ac,,s.s ~
by congress, they M n
or distort the bearies ~
They have even rons u
resent Captain siEsbes A 4.
print as giving a do
the fact is he has err
all. But sensible NM IVA
try the case in TIE
giving the opinions n
authorities. The co,,ss, NJ
ports the attitude tsiss
tration, which is thai n.
done Is 70 await the IN i
Of Inquiry. ~
AN impression preyaihIh
that Il a torpedo hole s,
OF the Maine, or othsr
dence of crime, the men n, y
Is to declare war on AZ.
Havana. Certain excitsSi b
20 so far MS to denounce !, T.
all who decline to dIsnoss j. ).
fore 1t is heard BY IL ~
and TO life up their yulc's U
1t Is known whether thsrs Z !!
make war about. Eliofs A.
be made in congress q M I.
to provoke premature srs,,s
WIFI certainly fail. Tbs 49,
g! gress in both brancba :
There are a few men. M ~
who would declare war 81 -
investigate afterward, ii A
1ority of senators and ,a,vs..'g
It would be barbarIc d
without certainty Of a just ~:
savage tribes and drunkcc n
that way, but civilized ratjrs
If the Maine was dsssv,sj
other cause than an actiAsj
within the ship. Spain + ~
her loss. and will be held sti
able. AS TO her respcnabIlIb
there is no question, aud III,
lack of energy and decisIyeul
which the United Stt1
upon the Madrid goyerunls
man who pauses for 1 mon
Will see that there are vai,cu
the responsibility resting I'M
cording to the Circumstance
credible that the destruction !
was ordered by Spanish aul&HI
,ials ordered to represent n Z
But IL this should turn out d
here could be but one puni1
he crime. Spain would beuoa
nations. The Urited \
10 more have diplomats hiA
Ter than with a pirate. w3g
family declared, and II thlTi
we're mighty enough to % ~
spain would be DESTROYED ~
his contingency is fortnitlt
10 far beyond reason and NJ
reeds no serious consides3ha
Spain is still responsible "
vas blown UP by a fanaticorl
ICY OF criminals. Should u
trated the course Of the uim
lear. A demand would b
pain for the punishment ~
very guilty wretch who ceht
pain would have TO pay fof y
err full value; she would y y
ay punitive damages; ne W.
ay indemnity to the families
ms. and smart sums at a.
'ould be required TO apolo1h
lain. No self-respecting nlax
efuse such PREPARATION, and y
Ight to assume that Spain "!
she did. war would quickly
'ould 1t be prudent for Span Y
1uffle or seek to evade. ~
alton would meet an ensfsssg
haracter promptly, fully @
ly.
Spain is responsible II tn g
at the Maine was ies-sJsd
intact Of a torp,do or ruins
IT in the harbor Of Haysna
d of malice or criminal "
re. Her responsibility y
ould be fully as great y \ Z
le OF her subjects has ~ = ~
1t is not to be SO sharp!
alice wholly disappear ina
on the disaster becomes
lie incident, for WHICH sps J,
Die in a property sens 8.
o must make adequate !. r
ly to the government, bsli /. n
the victims. The Unitea
II recognized Its responslou'
r caused by the negligears, IN
a case not wholly u. ".
airs ago one OF our snips
,iatic station engaged Y
an uninhabited isana y
exploded shell was !el, q n
,er some Japanese focle :,,.i "
|ge. 1t exploded and IllN y.
IN. The United STATS Y.
onsIbilty for their cess, ~
d the families Of ~ w
Gilman.
Probably FstslIy
Naxahachie. Texas y
q this morning while NJ y