New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-04-27
Anent nr. Ireland.

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dependent as we'll, is taken from the
columns of the Washington Times.
According to the Rome correspondent
of the London Daily Mail, Archbishop
Ireland has cabled the Vatican, that he
still has great hopes for peace, and this,
it seems, has led to renewed and frantic
efforts on the part of France and Austria
to secure intervention by Europe. There
is hypocritical and strictly commercial
suggestion that Spain might be COM
| PEELED by force majeure to surrender Gu
ba on the understanding that she is to be
Unidentified.
Now that is exactly the kind of things
that the American people will not stand
for minute. We have declared that the
people of Cuba "are and of right ought
to be free and independent" There
fore, 1t is for them to say whether or
not they will pay for the independence
they have won, and which Congress has
| recognized. So much for that; but
Europe may as we'll understand that this
nation demands and is about to exact re-
paration through war for the Spanish
massacre of the Names crew in Havana
harbor. Any yielding to the plan as
cribed to the Vatican on the part of our
Administration would be regarded here
as treachery, black as the heart of Wey-
Ter.
The meddling of the archbishop in
the international affairs of this Govern
ment, in relation to which be is but
private citizen, has been highly scandal
lous. To continue his course in the
matter, now that Congress virtually has
declared war, would be worse than scan
dalous. It would be treason. A private
citizen is inhibited from dealing with a
f.reign power even in time of peace, ex-
cept by permission of and through his
own government. In time of war, and
this is such time, he cannot hold COM
munication with any forei gn state or in-
fuence on matters pertaining to the af-
fairs of the nation to which he belongs
without exposing himself to the charge
of and the punishm ent for treason.
! We desire to warn Archbishop Ireland,
and those who continually incite him to
work for the Intervention of Europe
| against the American Congress and peo-
pie, that he and they must stop, and that
instantly. We have our own war and
peace making power. We have our own
diplomatic organization and agencies.
If we need the advice or assistance of the
Pope or the Austrian Emperor we do
not need to make pilgrimage to St.
Paul, Mimi, to ask It; nor is the halo of
Archbishop Ireland at all necessary to
our political illumination. Il; ~
It is greatly to be hoped that Presi-
dent Mckinley has awakened to the IT.
ritation throughout the Union, which
his connection with this Ireland business
has caused, and that he will notify that
busy prelate and the unofficial members
of the administration back of him that
they must quit this business Of interfer-
ence in things which are not their con
!, Germ. a. II. B
The American people will not stand
/ the least hint at European intervention.
They have determined to drive Spain
] from the hemisphere by force and arms,
and they would see that punishment was
visited upon any citizen OF citizens who
should have the audacity Is conspire
with any foreign prince, potentate 81
power to defeat their firm and stern pur-
pose. There must be no more Of these
peace negotiations By cable with Rome
/ and Vienna