Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1899-04-28
OFFICIALLY AT AcE

On the llth Of April. 1893; the
President sent 20 Congress his fam.
II message rcqu sting authority to
intervc by arms in the affairs OF
Cuba: on tue llth of April 1899. the
ratiti .ations Of the treaty OF peace
nny,nc been exch II ged. he issued
his proclamation formally to the
worll. At iirst glance 1t may seem
that iuasmuch MS We have had no
lighting with til. Spaniards since the
fall Of Munila. Yesterdays proclaim.
non male little difTeren t with our
relations with Spain, hut in fact il -.
stored our relation with that country.
tn The anti .bellun basis We shall
rinse the rank OF III rep-e sentative
to that Of ambassador Il courtesy
which Spain is prepared to recipro-
cate.
The s.O,0On,0C0 which re agreed t"
pay Spain, when We insisted on the
cession of the Philippines. will be de
Ii sertd t. her whene rer she may de-
ST: g It. There nre enough matters LETT
o from the war. such Is claims at
the citiz ms. subjects for reimburse
meni, etc.; to make the Immediate
resumption OF diplomatic relations
de, iruhle. Trade between the two
countries was resumed as Don rs
the protocol wns si.ne !. and tn msh
it has been kept up without interrup.
uoa its vllune will p~erceptil'ly M
crease nov That tie war is officially
declared over. In the REIMBURSEMENT
of trade rela inns to the new tariffs 81
OF Cuba and Por'O Riao, there will
also be employment for the ambassa-
dor.
The money which we pay SPAN is
acceptable la her. 1t NAV stave oil
the day OF reckoning with the hosts OF
creditors that watch the SIP ,nish cot
fcrs. II Spain can maintain domes
tic peace FOR a lew years the S2l,OJO,-
0D may he the mean OF preventing n
cash which wOuld shake not only
Spain but France ms well. The ra.
eat hi Shmelt " III pi ma Hic re!u ION
wi II NJ Idri | nu .ht 10 to he atteIl
cd wi Ii any great difficulties. Eight
months have passed since the fight.
ing ended. Spanish pas ions have
cooled. Spain has SO much Of fatal
ism in her mental composition that
she accepts the inevitable more
calmly than France would. II is prob
able that nur ambassador will he re-
ceived with all courtesy. md that the
relation of the two countries well pro-
coed as calmly rs il there had been
no n
The yelr which elapse between the
llth Of April 1893. AMI the 18th OF
April 1899. was one nf the most mo.
men;ouE which the United States Ina,
known. IL changed the United
States trOr" a self contained power
to one with interests Ill the far of
N'E bIlA WIN III uCIli bt'
,ond its hor lcrs The wnr may or
may not have planted seeds OF grcnt
constit %mtional changes That re-
mans to me seen, hut certainly no
twelve mon'h in its hisior. ever NOR.
radically effected it, public po!iry
Even the emancipation nr the slaves
was not rs suhdeuly brought ahout rs
the expansion. On the llth at April.
1898. the feeling Of the people That the
Sp Inish rule in the N'.w World mast
he brought Ia an cn'l was universal;
but it NAV lie dOub'ed il tIn re we're
one hundred Americans rcpn'ed sine
who believed that Il year the latter
in American army wouli he lighting
III the Philippines, of the coast OF
Asia, t. maintain onr sovereignty in
those islands. There IN the FAR east
Is ono OF the grHvest problems that
the war has b~t qucuthed us.-TlIe
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