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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-02
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respect the rights OF the Cuban people, not
permitting violence to prevail; it also hopes
that he will contribute by powerful action
under the sovereignty of the mother coun-
try, and with home-rule government equal
for all, and which might be still improved
so as to inspire the confidence of every
one
THE home-rule government of this island.
which is a Cuban government, protests en-
ergetically against the falsehoods of part
of the American press, published with the
malignant intention of firing passions, max
ing it appear that injustice and brutal force
reign in Cuba, and that home rule has
failed before even the colonial Parliament
has taken it's seat, and when experience
cannot yet tell whether the new regime will
answer or not. There is no good faith in
these stories. AS was said by the immortal
Washington: Honesty is the best policy
The Cuban Parliament is about to meet
and both the spirit of America and the prin-
ciples of right demand respect for the will
of the majority of the people,
MADRID, April 1.-The message which
the Cuban colonial government has ad-
dressed to President Mckinley through
Senior Polo Bernabe, Spanish minister
at, Washington, the full text of which has
been published here, has caused a feeling
of deep emotion throughout Spain, since 1t
represents the opinion not only of a large
majority of the Cubans, but also the unani-
nous feeling of all political parties, whose
leaders were consulted prior to it's dispatch.
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DON'T WANT FREEDOM
CUBAN AUTONOsIIsTs ARE NOT IN
FAVOR or INDEPENDENCE.
-~--
An Appeal to President Mckinley Not
to Interfere with the Present Cow
ernment OF the Island.
INSURGENTS IN MINORITY
THEY SAY, AND THEY BELIEVE THE
MAJORITY SHOULD RULE.
American Press Criticised for Cir
cuIating Falsehoods and Declaring
Home Ryle n Failure.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The Cuban gov
ernment (meaning thereby the present
home-rue authorities in Cuba and not the
insurgents) has appealed to the President
OF the United States to respect the will of
the majority of the people of Cuba. The
appeal declares that the majority represents
those I'm favor of home rule under Spanish
sovereignty; that the insurgents are i'm the
minority; that the majority has right to
rule its own destinies; that it would be an
injustice for a foreign will, meaning the
United States, TO impose upon this majority
a political regime contrary TO it's will; and
that it would be a great wickedness to dis
pose CT its lot without its own consent The
appeal to the President does not in terms
protest against the United States securing
the independence of Cuba. but its tenor is
to prevent any form of Cuban government
other than that now being carried on by the
Cuban authorities. 1t Is signed by Jose
Maria Galvez, President of the honorable
government of Cuba.
The appeal was placed in the hands of the
President this morning and the statement
was made that it was the direct expression
of the Cuban government itself, without the
inspiration or knowledge of the Spanish
government either at Madrid. Havana or
The colonial government OF Cuba de-
sires TO make known TO the President of the
United States that, although there are some
Cubans in arms. yet there are an immense
number who accept home rule and are re-
solved 10 work zealously under this form
Of government in order to re-establish peace
and prosperity to the land. The insurgents
form minority while the autonmists rep
resent the majority of the interests Of
civilization by means of justice and liberty
The Cuban people is an American people
and has, In consequence. a perfect right to
govern itself according to its own wishes
and aspirations, and in no way would it
be just for foreign Will TO impose upon
II political regime which it esteems con-
trary to It's happiness and conscience This
would be TO substitute oppression instead of
liberty.
The Cuban people now is a free people;
IL wishes 10 rule its own desstinies. and IT
would be great wickedness 10 dispose of
its lot without its consent. The history and
the feelings of the Uniiea States do not
permit an American people 10 be sacrificed
and forced to form a government which the
same people consider pianscious to it's
permanent interests and .e tne cause of
peace and order in a country Of different
races. Of small populatiorl, aid whose
political education is yet incomplete
The honorable government OF Cuba hopes
that the President of the United States
faithful to the noble traditions of the great
North American Republic, WIN consider and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-02
M'KINLEY's ATTITUDE.
He Is Said to BE Determined to Get
SnRin Out of Cuha.

Spain Out OF Cuba.
CHICAGO, April IA special to the
Daily News from Washington says: From
one of the senators who has been in con-
sultation at the White House three times
day ever since the situation became crit
ical the following statement was obtained
this afternoon: 1.-THE President is fat
footed the proposition that Spain must
move out bodily. He knows absolutely that
Spain cannot, or, at least, will not, consent
TO this complete abandonment. That means
war. The President squarey faces that.
He is not ready. He recognizes certain
serious unpreparedness. Mckinley feels he
would be guilty of great negligence if the
deficiencies be not made good before we are
plunged into war. Had he not felt so mat
ters would have been advanced to a point
where the United States could have stopped
the coming of the torpedo fiotilla. This
fact will manifest itself Monday or Tues
day, when the naval and military commit
tees in the House and Senate will support
the President. The committees will be
given information which the members
should know that will have tendency to
sober them up bit.
Unless the President has been compelled
to change his mind by circumstances since
ldSl HlBHts cOutiHueu lLtlS senator, ne IN
tends to follow with an ultimatum soon
after the Cabient meeting to-day On Mon
day or Tuesday he will submit history of
all steps as understand 1t, and will rec
ommend the recognition of independence.
This will lead to war, but not necessarily
at once. The President may ask that he be
permitted to conduct further negotiations
on these lines. It will be plain to all that
these negotiations can only lead to war
Continued on FIFTH Page.J
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.

WASHINGTON, April 1.--Indications all
point to immediate war, yet there may not
be war. The official statement given out
at the White House this afternoon at the
close of three hours Cabinet meeting is
generally construed as an announcement
that the last step in diplomacy which is
day next Congress will take action which
will bring on the struggle. Yet while this
is the almost universal talk at the Capitol.
a powerful peace movement is being organ
lied. and between now and Monday Con-
gress. individually and collectively. win be
subjected to tremendous pressure TO adopt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-02
TT WAS UNSATISFACTORY TO THE
PRESIDENT AND CABINET,
For 1t Did Not Meet the Demands of
This Government Looking to the
Independence of Cuba.
SITUATION NOW CRITICAL
TWO IMPORTANT CABINET MEET
INGS HELD YESTERDAY,

And the Decision Made by the Presi-
dent to Send a Message to Con-
gress Probably on Monday.
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INDICATIONS POINT TO IMMEDIATE
OPENING OF HOsTILITIES,
But a Powerful Peace Movement Is
Being Organized, and Its Influ-
ence May BE Felt.
HUNDREDS OF TELEGRHMS

RECEIVED BY CONGREssMEN PRO-
TESTING AGAINST BELLIGERENCY.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
2 q no TIE WORLD.

The Transmississippi and international
Exposition is now open to the world.
With Impressive exercises the inaugural
ceremonies have been carried out and
the machinery set in motion by which
is to be propelled the most marvellous
enterprise of It's kind eyer undertaken
by any people anywhere.
1t is the hope of one and all that the
suspicious opening is but n prelude to
unqualified success from every point of
view. From the standpoint of archi-
lecture, landscape gardening, construc-
ton and other work of preparation,
there is no question of success.
1t remains simply for the people for
whom this magic city has been built to
appreciate what has been done and to
reward the efforts Of the managers and
promoters with that liberal support
which the enterprise deserves. The
people FOR whom it has been erected
must now take full advantage of the
opportunity offered by the exposition
for an insight into the resources, de-
velolment and possibilities Of the most
wonderful region of the earth and to
learn the lesson taught by the prodigious
labor and energy that has transformed
the great states west of the Mississippi
from a wilderness to a productive gar
den dotted with farms, mines, factories
and great commercial and industrial
cities
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02

and cannon is neckcd by the artlneryman,
crimson and the scarlet pompoms that nod
at his horses ears. | would want him ia
hear the bugles s%narling from camp IN
camp and | would like to have him stand
at the edge OF the bay and be very silent
while the reglmental bands play during
guard mount, and the tropical sun makes
the moving bayoncts flash a silver light
against the background OF green.
Best OF all l would like him to see IN.
new south aud the new north rise and
stand uncovered when the band plays
"Star Spangled Banner" beneath the grand
piazza at night, and l would want him TO
understand how man years, how many
sacrifices and how sweet a spirit OF forgive.
ness have been exacted before those who
listen with him could bring themse: ;es to
listen to II all. To show your boy the fleets.
the cannon, the troops, the sinister and ri-
gantic impedimenta of war may not be at
all the proper way of intoxicating patriot
ism and true reverence for the national
idea. A journey through the congressional
library might lift him to greater heights OF
exultation than will the sight of 10000
regulars ready to sail away for the storm
ing of a city. But the boy is practical and
mildly barbaric, and he will choose my way
of teaching patriotism. He will forever.
more esteem government as somebody that
does things, that owns horses, and plays
with real ships and has bronze giants with
Scared faces to work for 1t. Even getting
ready for war Is heroic.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
NO ENHANCING ALLIANCES.

-
Detroit Journal: A policy OF empire seems
now to be far from our destiny. but II in the
near future the force Of events presses us
into extending our domain we shall extend
1t under the constitution without getting
into any '~'entangling alliances" with foreign
governments. Our new arm and navy will
be maintained as a safeguard, and not as a
menace to peace.
Minneapolis Times. The American people
have a way Of accommodating themselves
to new circumstance that is a part OF the
general elasticity of the nation. Whatever
tine Culture foreign policy of the country, 1t
must be a national policy. We shall at
least learn this much from Europe, that the
way to have is to hold and the way to hold
is to show antagonists n united front.
I. Chicago Inter Ocean. Not a summer
comes without bringing acute complications
between Great Britain and Russia, Great
Britain and France. Any reference to the
files of the London newspapers will show
that not three months in succession have
passed, since 1880, without disquieting ru-
mors of war. BY allying ourselves with
Great Britain we would make not only her
wars but her rumors of wars our W and
would find our markets constantly agitated
and our merchants necessarily disturbed by
every dispute between the British govern
ment and the quarrelsome concert Of the
European continent.
Chicago Tribune: For instance, we have
no common interest with Great Britain call
ing upon us to fight its battles in either
Africa or India. The partition of the Sou
dan, on the one hand. and the question
whether Russia shall finally absorb Con-
stantinople, are totally foreign to us and
all out interests both commercial and politi-
cal. OF this fact the English people must
be fully aware. But while this Is so, IL
there is to be an unwritten agreement be-
tween the American and English people on
lines calculated to insure the preservation
Of peace and order on this continent and
protection of equal commercial rights in the
Pacific, the American people will scarcely
have cause to complain.
Detroit Free Fress: Visions of an Anglo
Saxon union dominating the world are daz-
cling the imaginations Of many Englishmen
and Americans at the present time. 1t
may be questioned, however, whether we
are yet ready for such an alliance. If the
present amicable feeling is deep and lasting
1t will strengthen as time passes. We
believe that it should be fostered and en-
couraged. Sympathy of character and COM
munity Of interest are urging the two ma
tons to work in harmony. But we Amer
leans, at least, are not ready to enter upon
~"entangling'' alliances. We are ready to
meet our English brethren half way on
propositions to arbitrate and to make COM
mercial agreements. But we are not pre-
pared to overstep the bounds of non-entan-
clement in the affairs Of other nations. We
are glad to bury the old animosities out of
sight forever and enter upon an era OF good
Will towards England, but not to go so
far as to lose sight of our distinctively
American doctrine of isolation from foreign
entauylements.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
AGGRESSIVE WESTERN pATR1oTIsM.


Without disparagemcnt of those who
live in any other section of the country,
and fully recognizing that patriotism is
alike and practically equal throughout
the length and breadth of the land, the
people of the western states and terri
tories may well take pride in the ready
responses made to the call for volun.
teers in the army of the United States
and the readiness to bring the enlisted
regiments up to the maximum under
the second call for soldiers.
Every state and territory of the west
has furnished the president all the men
asked for and some of them offered
more men than their quotas. The cav
airy regiments have been recruited
almost wholly from the west, and Roose-
welt, Grigsby or Torrey would have had
Il great many more men under them il
they had had places for them. While
there is some disappointment because
under the second call the men are to be
used largely to fill u the regiments
already in the camps, it is largely the
disappointment of persons who had been
promised commissions, and this will not
keep men who want to fight for their
country from enlisting.
The governor of Iowa, in response to
the second call, said. "The state is ready
to meet all demands in any way" The
| governor of Nebraska declared that
Nebraska will promptly furnish its
| quota in the manner prescribed" From
the governor of Wyoming came the
| spoons "Ready to furnish the troops
required" and so on through the list.
The responses from the various states
in regard to the second call indicate thar
had it been for four or five times as
many men it would be filed. From the
| farms of the valleys, from the mining
| camps, from the forests of the noun
tains and from the cities II towns the
men are ready to meet the demands of
their country. The patriotism of the
western people is aggressive.
This spontaneous response of the west.
ern people is all the more noteworthy
because his is one of their very busy
years. The people are not idle nor are
they suffering from business depression,
There is the greatest activity in mining,
! agriculture, railroad construction and
town and city building all over the
west, and greater incentives to the
ambitious man to remain at work than
ever before. Yet work is laid aside and
duty to country takes precedence
over all. 1t is worth knowing that
patriotism prevails among our own
people and in every part of the Ameri
can union
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02

1t seems to be tie policy of our govern.
ment to occupy the, island of Porto Rico
This is absolutely contrary to the orig
inal plan of hostiltties against Spain
We started out With the proposition thai
we were to liberate Cuba from the rule
of Spain and to permit the people of tina
island to establish a government of the:l
own, under the influence of the United
States. 1t now seems that we are goinl
to depart from that proposition and not
simply free Cuba from Spanish domino
ton, but also the only other colonial pos
session of Spain in the West Indies. Ii
other words, 1t is not simply the freedom
of Cuba we seek-which is a ash we car
absolutely justify before the ~world-bur
the expulsion of Spanish authority from
the western hemisphere.
Before the declaration of war there
was no thought of taking Porto Rico
That island, n thousand miles from
Cuba, was not in the calculations. any
more than the Philippines, but circum
stances have changed the situation sc
that 1t may now be absolutely necessary
for this government to take possession
of Porto Rico, on the abstract proposition
that 1t Is necessary to enable the United
States to maintain n naval base in Yves
Indian waters. We do not believe tha'
this is n sound reason for the permanent
occupation of Porto Rico, though as Q
question of strategy it may be necessary
thai we shall for a time occupy tina
island. So far as the exigencies of wal
are concerned the expediency of occupy
ing Porto Rico is unquestionable, blu.
this does not necessarily imply that tn,
United States should retain permanent
possession of that island.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

1t Is only six weeks since war was
declared. When that momentous fact
was announced to the world the United
States was unprepared for hostilities.
We had II navy, but we did not nave
the supplies necessary for the require
ments of war. Had our ships been sent
into action at that time against n well
equipped naval power they would have
suffered defeat. We had an available
military force for aggressive operations
of only about 25,O00, which would have
been utterly useless for the invasion of
foreign territory. 1t must be perfectly
apparent to anybody who has the slight
est idea of military and naval operations
that had we gone to war with a first
class power we would have been at an
enormous disadvantage. Yet there are
people who have Thought and perhaps
there are some who still think that we
should have driven Spain out of Cuba
n month . and that the war should
by this time be ended. The number of
such, however, is extremely few.
The more intelligent people-those who
are able to take n rational view of the
Observation-Disclosures that remarkable
progress has been made in both naval
and military preparations and that per
haps no other nation of the world could
have accomplished what has been done
by the United States, under like condi'
tons, during the last thirty days. Con.
slider what has been done. When wal
| was declared the navy was insutiiciently
supplied with ammunition. 1t was said
| upon good authority that our ships could
not have kept up n fight for a single
week and there can be no doubt thai
such was the fact. How Is ii now
There is an abundance of ammunition
to supply our vessels of war for months
however great the demand and in the
meanwhile provision has been made fol-
Supplying them for years of war, Il
necessary. So far as the navy is con
cerned we are prepared for any cont.n
gency.
What of the army? There was a regu
lar force, when hostilities were declared
of less than 25,000. This force was wei
armed and well disciplined, but II woul,
have been madness to send 1t agains
the Spanish army In Cuba, although
many thought that this should nave bee
done. The president called for vOlun
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02

The Bee is thee only newspaper that
prints Il complete report of the OPEN
ing exercises of the exposition, including
the speeches in fnll of the orators of the
day. The reason is that The Bee is the
only newspaper IN this part of the coun-
try that has the mechanical facilities
and the reportorihl force to handle prop
erly an event of such Importance. Read.
ers who preserve the copy of The Bee
containing the account of opening day
will have an Invaluable, historic record
for future reference.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-02
WHERE WOULD m ENDs
strong and Righteous Protest Against
the Lust OF Empire.

New York Christian Advocate.
The cry now is, Annex Hawaii as a war
measure. as made necessary by the capture
OF Manila "Renssert our claims upon
Samoa; we shall then have stepping stones
through the whole Pacific" Awake to the
fact that together with the Philippines come
the Mariana islands, the Pelews and the
Carolines.'' These stretch eastward from
the Philippines about as degrees OF latitude.
on that basis the cry is raised that a little
further north and east are the Hawaiiaus.
Should the United States then build one of
the isthmian canals, she will not only con-
troll the oceanic water passage, but in the
most strategic portion of the Pacific ocean
she can, rs 1t were, cross that vast expense
OF ocean upon her W stepping stones
Nor have the buccaneer party forgotten
the Canaries and Balearic isles. The former
they will turn into q large fortified sani-
tarium and prospecting center for our share
of Africa. The Balearic isles will intrench
us in the heara of Europe. They add that
''of course these acquisitions will widen the
market for American capital and products;
and we must be ready to dig ship canals,
lay ocean cables and enlarge our army and
navy so as to equal those of any other
nation.'
Judging from what we have seen as re-
spects war and other measures, and the
Efforts of the majority of the representatives
in congress and in the press, of each of the
great parties, to outrun each other, it is
quite within the bounds of possibility that
there may be "a division of parties on issues
compared with which tariff and finance may
seem small"
1t is cause for regret that the president
of the United States has committed himself
so earnestly to the annexation of Hawaii
as to make ii almost necessary. in the esti-
nation of many of his congressional con-
stituents, to enter upon this course. 1t has
been a great stimulus to all other schemes
of territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Once entered upon, we may be sure that
1t will be carried to the last extent. One of
the greatest evils resulting from one act of
folly, in individuals or in nations, is the
necessity, under the color of consistency
and under the impulse of the force devel-
oped, of an Indefinite number of acts of
equal or greater folly. Rarely are men or
nations willing to acknowledge in the face
Of the world that their past actions were
unwise.
When that great standing army and that
immense navy shall have been gathered,
and the United States shall be competing
with the monarchies and republics of the
old world, the idea that 1t can escape the
complications and the final overthrow which
destroyed every large republic on the face
of the globe, prior to itself, is an Illusion
born of covetousness and vanity.
The worst of it is that those Legislature
who launch it upon such a career will
neither suffer upon the field of battle, in the
present war, nor have to endure any of the
final consequences which their frenzy will
entail upon the generations that come after
them,