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New York Store l Establiahed 1853. \ Sole Agent* for Batterlck Pattern*. i 1,000 “ I Children’s j Handkerchiefs i Some with colored borders and \ some with fancy pictures and the ) alphabet printed upon them—reg- ? ular 5c handkerchiefs, for 1 cent i —CENTER AISLE. I i Pettis Dry Goods Cos. \ I SPOON SALE Easter Novelties. Belts, Waist Sets, Combs, New Novelties. Cotibtvtocli, Iff Cant Wnnhington Street. |k L/ &-tcvdtr’sm/ Itft'A#' C&rtuJUny&i, Aft MJNTTCT DrTA. E. BUCHANAN 1/Dll 110 I £2-33 Wbea Building. ~APRIL SHOWERS^TOhDAYr Warmer ami Cloudy Weather, with Occasional Rain, Predicted. Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for twenty-four hours ending 11 p. in. April 4 - Warmer, cloudy weather and occasional rain on Monday. General Conditions Yesterday—A low barometric area moving rapidly westward from beyond Utah Is central over Oklahoma, causing low barometric pressure south of the Missouri, blast of the Mississippi the atmospheric pressure is still high but diminishing. The temperature rose everywhere. Snow is falling in Wyoming and . olorado, and rain fell in Missouri, lowa and Nebraska. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON, April 3.—For Indiana— Rain; warmer in nothern portion; southeasterly winds. For Illinois—Rain; warmer In extreme northern portion; southeasterly winds. For Ohio—Threatening weather, probably followed by rain Monday night; warmer; fl#s sh southeasterly winds;

Sauday’m Local Observations. Bar. Thor. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pro. 7 a. m.. 30.27 34 53 East. Clear. 0.00 7 p.m..30.07 49 76 S'west. Pt.cl’dy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, I*2; minimum tempi rature. .to. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation April 3: Temp. Pre. Normal .. 48 0.12 Mean 41 0.00 Departure from normal.. —7 —0.12 Departure since April 1... —ls —0.36 Departure since Jau. 1 *370 *5.76 *Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Tratrrday'* Temperature*. Stations. 7 a.m. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta, Ga 60 58 Bismarck, N. D 48 40 Buffalo, N. Y 34 30 Calgary, N. W. T M 54 Cheyenne, Wyo 34 36 26 Chicago 32 40 36 Cincinnati, O 32 48 46 Davenport, la 32 56 50 Des Moines, la 38 BO 48 Dodge City. Kan 50 64 44 Galveston. Tex 72 G 8 Helena, Mont 36 36 Jacksonville. Fla 72 62 Kansas City . 44 48 46 Uttle Rock, Ark 48 66 62 Memphis, Tenn 48 64 I'O Marquette, Mich 28 22 Nashville, Tenn 36 56 62 New Orleans, Da 72 66 New York 34 30 North Platte, Neb 34 38 38 Oklahoma City 48 64 64 Omaha, Neb 40 41 40 Pittsburg. Pa 24 36 36 Qu’ Appelle 26 26 Rapid City. S. D.., 32 40 34 Salt Lake City 28 42 42 St. Louis 42 50 46 St Paul 44 44 Springfield, 111 34 50 48 Springfield. Mo 44 58 54 Vicksburg. Miss 46 72 68 Washington, D. C 44 38 Severe Snowstorm. TOPEKA, Kan., April 3.—The reports received at railroad headquarters here show that a severe snowstorm is raging In Colorado and is coming this way. About two inches of snow has fallen already. A high wind is blowing and snow plows have been placed on all the engines to fight the drifts. The storm is most severe from Limon, Col., westward, the worst drifts occurring at Flagler and Arribau. No damage to property or delay In railroad traffic is reported. Telegraph wires in western Kansas are generally prostrated. At Santa Fe headquarters a general heavy rain throughout eastern Kansas is reported. DENVER, Col., April 3.—A heavy wet snow has been falling in Colorado since noon to-day, and promises to last throughout the night. The snow was preceded by high winds and a misty rain, which quickly changed into snow, and the ground is now covered to the depth of several Inches. Telegraph and telephone wires are down, and railroad traffic is being interrupted. The snow is a blessing to stock men, however, as It insures plenty of grass on the ranges. DUEL IN A STORE. Doctor and Merchant Probably Fatally Wounded Each Other. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 3.—A desperate revolver duel occurred at Haynes, Ark., Saturday night between Dr. W. W. Scott, a prominent physician of that town, and John J. Hughes, a leading merchant. Scott entered Hughes's store and opened fire upon him. The latter drew his weapon, and both combatants emptied their revolvers at each other at close range. When the shooting ceased both men were lying on the. floor. Scott bleeding from four wounds and Hughes had been struck by five bullets. Botli men are still alive, but their recovery is doubtful. The cause of the trouble is not definitely known, but it is said to have grown out of family aftairs. Twelve Buildings Burned. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 3.—Fire at Rock Hill. S. 0., this morning destroyed twelve buildings, involving a loss of $250,000, upon which there wua an insurance of $150.UOO, distributed in stxteen companies. The origin is yet a matter of speculation The Charlotte fire department arrived there after the fire was under control. The insurance companies involved are: Aetna. Palatine, Northern, Norwich Union, Delaware, American of Philadelphia, Imperial, Continental. RoyrJ, Horae of New York, London and Liverpool and Globe, Springfill, New York Underwriters* Teutonic, Hamburger, Hartford.

WAR TALK IN PDLPITS MINISTERS GENERALLY DISCUSS THE PRESENT CRISIS. ♦ Sermons Strongly Patriotic In Tone and Favoring Intervention la Behalf of Cabans. —♦ ONE TENTATIVE FAREWELL - REV. MR. CARSTENSEN, CHAPLAIN OF SECOND REGIMENT, READY. . He Has Made Arrangements for Easter Services In Case He Is Away to the Front. —s War, or the prospect of war, was the principal subject of the sermons delivered by the ministers of Indianapolis yesterday. A great many of them spoke from their pulpits on the Cuban situation and the war crisis. It seemed the common opinion on the part of the clergy that there is a condition of affairs In Cuba which would Justify the United States in interfering, even at the cost of war, and that such a war would be beyond question a righteous one. The sermons all had a sound, patriotic tone. Rev. G. A. Carstensen, of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, has arranged his affairs so that in case war is declared and the Indiana National Guard is ordered to the front lie can go with the army. Mr. Carstensen is chaplain of the Second Regiment, Indiana National Guard, and he feels that his place will bo at the front if the “boys” are ordered out. So strong does ho regard the probability of war that yesterday in making his announcements for Easter services h.e spoke of the possibility of his not being here next Sunday to personally conduct them. He said it might be that the next Sunday would see him far away from his church and his flock at the fropt with his regiment. “But,” said he, “in case lam not here myself 1 have made all arrangements with Bishop White, and either he or some one appointed by him will conduct tho services.” The announcement created some little stir in the congregation, bringing, as it did, the prospect of war so clearly before them. Most of those who heard their rector announce his intention of going to the front in case there is a call are agreed that there is every reason to suppose the call will come. He received many a handshake during the course of the day and many congratulations on his patriotic declaration. Mr. Carstensen has preached twice on tho war question, and made no other reference to it. in his sermon yesterday.

PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED. Rev. R. V. Hunter Thinks the President Is Perhaps Overly Cautious. In preaching a sermon on the gravity of tho Cuban situation, Rev. R. V. Hunter, of the Seventh Presbyterian Church, yesterday morning took his text from Luke xlv, 32: “What king going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?” “The text is an illustration of the necessity of counting the cost before determining to become a Christian," said he. “The Master, however, indirectly indorses the wisdom of counting the cost before going to war also. Tills Includes (1) what is the stake? Or what is to be gained by the war? Would the end justify the means? (2) Has every possible means been exhausted to secure the end wirhout resorting to war? War is not justifiable except as a last resort, when an end is to bo attained involving human rights or national integrity. (3) Is there any hope of ultimate success? Can the end be secured even with war? Some such consideration as the foregoing would seem to warrant war, which has always been looked upon as an awful scourge and something to be deplored. “In the present crisis between tlie United States and Spain the ultimate freedom of the people of a neighboring island is the end desired. The Cubans have been oppressed for centuries, while we, their neighbors, have been the recipients cf untold blessings resulting from a freedom secured through the intervention of an awful war. Their liberties have been limited at every turn. They have had practically no representation in the Spanish Cortes. Their taxes have been something frightful, often amounting to 50 per cent, and more of the people’s income. Taxation without representation has been the condition. The Cuban revolt has greater justification than the American colonies had when they declared their independence on July 4, 1776, amidst the thundering of cannon and a mighty jubilation. Human freedom is the splendid stake at issue. ‘Liberty.’ a precious word to Americans, is the object of the Cuban struggle. No intelligent American will stop to inquire ‘is liberty worth fighting for?’ Every nobie instinct, every patriotic impulse, every virtuous conviction as to our duty toward our neighbor, insists that there is a mighty issue between Spain and Cuba with, right on the side pf the Cubans. “Have all possible efforts been made to secure Cuban liberty without resorting to war on the part of the United States? Have we exhausted diplomacy? Is there no other way of bringing about Cuban independence other than war? We answer by asserting that it is our impression that diplomacy has exhausted itself. Our government stood by, without even a protest, for months, if nc t years, after the present Cuban rebellion began. Then we protested, offered our kindly offices, and have waited and pleaded while the butchery and starvation process has gone horribly on. Hundreds of thousands have already perished, and while we are confident that Spain cannot ever vanquish Cuba entirely, yet with her superior numbers she can continue to harass the Cubans and keep up the awful carnage indefinitely. If we have confidence in our administration we must agree that it has exhausted itself, and almost exhausted the patience of Congress and the American people, in trying to avert war. The independence of Cuba ought to be secured at all hazards. We see no other way to secure it than through the instrumentality of war. Spain has proven herself unworthy of any possessions in this hemisphere. Her methods, principles and civilization are effete. She maintains a cruel despotism. She degrades her people and her dependencies. She stands in the way of an advancing civilization. According to that universal and irrevocable law known as the ‘survival of the fittest’ her doom is sealed. As much as war is to be abhorred, as dreadful as such a carnage has often been and is likely to be, we believe there are things that are worse. Endless slavery; the degradation that comes from enforced ignorance and poverty; merciless taxation without representation; the failure, by compulsion, of a people to fulfill their natural mission in the world; the hopelessness and the gloom of oppression for generations. are conditions infinitely more deplorable than is a state of war. We believe fewer lives will be sacrificed in war, that hope will come more speedily, and that liberty will take up her abode more surely and quickly iu poor Cuba, judged by our present light and information, if we, without further delay, recognize the independency of Cuba, even though war follows, than by pursuing any other policy known to finite man. We are willing to admit the wisdom and patriotism of the administration in its policy of peace up fio the present time. Nay, more; we believe our chief executive has shown statesmanship and seif-poise of a superior order in the conduct of this whole question. But it does seem that the time for heroic measures has come at last. This is demanded by many voices in the name of human liberty—that boon which has become so precious to Americans, and which is being appreciated more and more by the nations of the earth, Spain and Turkey excepted—we demand that the stronger nation shall intercede in behalf of helpless and bleeding Cuba. “Our national honor and good name demand that we now proceed with the cause which we have espoused, even at the cost of great financial sacrifice and precious lives or else be chargeable with weakness, indecision and cowardice. Consistency demands that we take up the cause of these

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destitute and suffering people*. We owe our national prowess and personal liberty to the fact that we gained our freedom through revolution and the klndiy offices of foreign sympathizers. The immortal Lafayette dud us a marvelous kindness which future generations never can forget. Human progress demands that we compei Spain to withdraw from Cuba, even at the cost of war. Spain stands in the way of the highest and best development of either national or individual life. That proposition needs no argument. To point to the history of the Spanish people for the past three hundred years is sufficient. That she be driven from this hemisphere has the prestige of history. In 1795 Spain was compelled to withdraw her claims to certain parts ot what now constitutes the southern portion of the United States and to allow the federal government to navigate the Mississippi and make New Orleans a port of deposit for our Nation. In 1803 she was compelled to cede Louisiana to our government, and Florida in 1819. Then followed in quick succession the independence of Mexico and the Central and South American states. Spain is a number and is no longer entitled to the exercise of governmental functions in the new world. She and Turkey have outlived their usefulness and must go down before a superior civilization. They have been weighed in the balance and found wanting. “War has often been the final arbiter that has made human progress possible. It was by means of war that Greece gained her freedom from eastern dynasties and* thus made it possible for* her to occupy such a high place among the ancients. War made Rome the mLstress of the world at a time when the world needed a central government. England has waged many useless and bloody wars, but war was necessary in many instances before she could hold her commanding position upon the high seas and among the nations of the earth. And who doubts the importance of England in the progress of the world’s history? And even our own colonies were compelled to resort to this bloody arbiter in order to secure that independence that has been a theme for poet and orator for more than a hundred years. Slavery was banished from American soil through the intervention of war and the shedding of blood. Even the Hebrews resorted to war while under the tutelage of Jehovah for the purpose of driving out the enemies of the great God and for the purpose of advancing the world’s civilization. This method of settling differences between nations is a relic of barbarism, is horrible in the extreme, and among civilized nations is a court of last resort. It ought to be appealed to only in behalf of a noble cause. 1 for one believe that President McKinley has counted the cost, and while perhaps overcautious, he has found that our Nation has every reasonable assurance that through the intervention of war it can secure the independence of Cuba and thus give another impetus to the uplift of the human race. If Spain will not yield; if every possible effort has been made to secure a cessation of hostilities on honorable terms and have failed, as we believe they have done, then I for one hope that the President and Cor - gress will hasten the issue. They should not be deterred by Wall street iniiuences or considerations nor by the cowardice and unpatriotic sentiment which sometimes ones ‘Peace at any price.’ It is an easy thing for those of us who are without responsibility in this matter,to criticise those who have the burden >o bear. I for one have no doubt but what the affairs of our government are in safer hands than if intrusted to many of us. It behooves us. therefore who are not always familiar with all of the facts in the case, to manifest our loyalty by having confidence in those who have a better opportunity to know what ought to be done than wo have. But with present, light it would seem, under the circumstances, while keeping cool and possessing our souls in patience, our Nation should be firm and aggressive. We ought not to retreat from plain duty. In the present crisis let us be loyal; let us be sure we are right and then go ahead, regardless ot conse£,,onces. When a nation is enlisted in the cause of justico and humanity we believe we can Invoke Jehovah’s protection and be assured of His leadership on to splendid victory.”

BATTUE DIKE GODLY MEN. Rer. L. S. Knott*’* Advice to Company H, Second Regiment. Company H, Second Regiment, I. N. G.. was, by Invitation, tho guest of Rev. L. S. Knotts, at Grace M. E. Church, yesterday morning. On this occasion the pastor, touching on tlie war crisis, made his sermon one of special interest to his military hearers. The text of his discourse was Prov. xiv, 34, “Righteousness exalteth a nation,” and his subject, “National Life.” Beginning ills sermon, he said: “This is a crisis in national history; we are now making history in common with other nations to-day.” Continuing, he said in substance that while England and Germany were gradually nearing the danger point in their affairs in China, our own dove of peace—the white squadron—was rapidly sailing over southern waters and assuming the plumage of war. Touching on our relations with Spain, he said that in tho efforts to place Cuba id the association and sisterhood of republics the Nation was brought face to face with war with Spain. While a short time ago the American people were arraigning European countries for not succoring the suffering Armenians, all Europe now demands that this Nation succor Cuba. All America demands that Cuba be free and Spain driven from the island. To-day the United States is what she never was before —united in this emergency, undivided, as 0119 man standing for liberty. Concerning the strength of the Republic, Mr. Knotts said: “When we hear it said that history repeats itself, and that the nation that is born must die, when w.e look at the republics that have died, it would seem that in this case we must repeat history, and, if not, what shall we base our hope for survival on? “Can it be that good laws are a guarantee of the perpetuity of this Nation? Rome and Greece—great republics—had good laws, as did the Hebrew republic, but they perished. We say that we have patriotism and statesmanship, and boast of our arts, sciences and poetry. They had as much, or more, but they perished. If it lies in wealth and territory and great armies, they had all these. Egypt was rich in language, art and philosophy. The pyramids and inscriptions on their buildings all speak of the glory of that ancient nation, but she faded away. We ask, Have we anything more than they? Yes. We have something more.” Mr. Knotts then proceeded to show, at great length, how the one Deity of our American civilization stimulated the finer feelings in man and raised him above the level of the ancient nations, who worshiped, like Egypt, almost every element of force, while they glorified their statesmen and warriors. “We,” he said, “cause our statesmen and heroes to live in our hearts and cm the pages of history, but the thing which we possess more than ancient people is a heart quickened with a sense of responsibility to God. We are in touch with Christ, who fills our hearts with the brotherhood of man and thus enlightens us. Then, again, we have something less than they had. Greece, in her wars, slew her prisoners or led them in chains to be sold into the vilest slavery, thus debasing the highest character and crushing the proudest spirits without regard to the rights of man. Rome, boasting of liberty, carried away Greek citizens, and subjected men and women of the highest type to the lowest degradation, thus showing that art and learning was not sufficient to curb passion. Even in Christian countries where slavery existed the public conscience lias been quickened by the gospel so that it is now eradicated.” He then dwelt on the life and influence of Queen Victoria for good, not only in her own country, but through her offspring, reared amid Christian surroundings, in nearly every capital of Europe. God blesses the country that is godly, said he, and while this country remains God-fearing it will endure as long as the world exists. He then bestowed a glowing tribute to Ciara Barton and her Red Cross band, saying that by their kindly and God-serving lives they had won a place in the courts of the entire world greater in influence than any other that ever existed. Their sinking of self for humanity haci touched the hearts of all nations, of all religions and all creeds. In closing, he spoke of his own experiences in the late war, and said that the nearing war crisis and the presence of those before him who might be called at any time into action aroused again his old fire of patriotism, and he urged them all, if the occasion offered, to battle like godly men, depending on an all-merciful God, who would uphold them in their hours of trial and crown their efforts with success. ♦ - ADMIRES THE PRESIDENT. Rer. F. E. Dewhurst Compliment* Hl* Courage and Self-Restraint. Rev. F. E. Dewhurst, of Plymouth Church, did not have occasion to refer to the war situation in his sermon yesterday, but he expressed himself very forcibly In commending the course of Prosldent McKinley duriryf these trying times. "I do think,” said he, "that any seriousminded citizen might welcome tlie opportunity to give in his word of approval of the dignified, courageous and temperate manner in which the President has up to the present time handled the Cuban question. It is impossible to have too great admiration for a man who holds himself together and refuses to be stampeded under

circumstances so trying as those of the last month, have been to President McKinley. "There are always two kinds of opinion and sentiment in u nation at a time like this; one kind that gets counted a one counts clothespins, or eggs, the other kind that is weighed, and the opinions that are counted are first in evidence; they are the kind most likely to reach the ears of congressmen and lead them to infer that the whole country has turned jingo. If the opinions and convictions of this country that are weighed instead of counted could be massed before Congress at the present moment it might have a steadying effect. For this sort of judgment seeml* to be almost a unit In approval of the dispassionate and civilized treatment of a question such as is now before the country. If this sentiment could in some way be weighed and its weight recorded in Congress before the Vice President’s and speaker’s desks, it might impart to Congress a measure of the self-restraint which the President has shown throughout the trying crisis. "The Cuban question would simplify itself if three or four classes of people could be held back; the class, with a chip on its shoulder, burning for an opportunity to blow Spain off the continent on any or no pretext; these, first of all, for they are the direct descendants of our old Norse ancestors who drank in Valhalla out of the skulls of their slain foes. Next the class of politicians who have been trying for fifty years to make party and political capital out of Cuba and who at this moment are animated by no single human motive but only by the probable effect upon the party influence and machinery. Next, a class who are against war purely because of its effect upon their stocks and bonds; the economic motive is of just weight, but it may become pusillanimous and contemptible. Finally, the class of merely theoretical peace promoters, the nonresistants upon principle, the ideologists who pusli a true ideal into action regardless of limiting circumstances. "If one could face a question like this on its own merits, face it in the light of civilization and of actual Christian progress up to date, disentangle the humane and disinterested elements in it from all other considerations, taking due account of war as the last sad and stern necessity of a race that has not entirely cast off its brute inheritance, if the country could face it in this way and leave the President to deal with it in this spirit, our posterity at any rate might look bactf on us and know that they were not ashamed of us, since we lived up to the level of our clearest wisdom and light.”

THE GOOD SAMARITAN PARABLE. Rev. M. L. Haine* U*es It In Referring 1 to the Present Crisis. "Christianity and War” was the subject of a sermon preached by Rev. M. L. Haines, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, last night. His text was: "It shall come to pass in the last days that they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”—lsaiah ii, 2-4. “It looks now as though this nineteenth century will end as it began—witji the roar of battle and the tragedy of war on land and sea,” said the pastor. "The Napoleonic wars which ushered in the century were waged with the dominant purpose of conquest and caused the Frencli people To go mad with the lust of national aggrandizement. They cost four million lives, devasted the fairest parts of Europe from Madrid to Moscow, and is to-day suffering from their long-continued, wasting effects on her national life.” And yet, he said, Europe is more than* ever before organized on a military basis. Some of these nations, with standing armies, fortifications, navies and annual budgets for maintaining them, arc like the knights of the middle uges. On a peace basis the armies of Europe contain 3,500,000 soldiers, their navies nearly 300,000, for which $1,000,000,000 is expended each year. All this, in a thousand ways, burdens and blights tlie lives of the people. If war should break out in Europe 11.0j0.000 men could be placed in the field. “Who can estimate,” he asked, what would be the wastage and destruction, the suffering and horrors that would follow ?” Turning his attention to tlie conditions in this country, the minister said the land is overcast with a war cloud, and it had seemed on tho Sabbath day as though the rumblings of the awful tempest could be heard. He did not take the view of some Christians, who answer with an emphatic No the question, JL*.,\var on the part of a Christian nation ever justifiable? "War,” said Dr. Haines, "is a destroyer, and yet, as one tells us, 'it may, in the overruling providence of God, become a civilizer and Christianizer.’ Dreadful as it is. it yet often nourishes those preparatory virtues upon which the other more perfect virtues afterward flourish. It incites to great, and noble actions, to heroism, endurance and patient fidelities.” It is nevertheless true, he said, that Christianity, in its teachings and spirit as a whole, is opposed to war. Despite the extreme position taken by the Quakers, lie said, society owes them a debt of gratitude for bringing to the front the truth that the reign of universal peace is one of the great enus of Christianity. "Christian men and churches,” said he, "ou M to proclaim that far more than they do, and hold up war only as an exceptionable and dreadful necessity of last resort.” Continuing, he said: "It may be, probably will be, many long and weary years before the vision of the prophet shall be realized ajid the spoars shall be beaten into pruning hooks; but the time will come when the white banner of peace shall float over all lands—when the doors of the temple of Janus shall be closed never to be reopened. “But in the meantime what? Jesus Christ is the ‘Prince of Peace’ and enjoins men individually and collectively to cultivate and show a peace-loving spirit. And even when men feel impelled to resort to the arbitrament of battle they should do it under a high and solemn sense of their responsibility to heaven both for their spirit as well as their actions. It is certainly a matter of thankfulness that even now in this time of extreme tension and provocation, when passions are so easily excited, there should be exhibited by the chief executive of this Republic and the great majority of our citizens such a spirit of self-control and patience, united with firmness in the right as God gives us to see tlie right. "America, if she goes to war, will not go as a braggart or in a spirit of vindictive passion. We shall see to it that there be no rash action nor any hysteric temper. The resources of all honorable diplomacy must be exhausted. The course of certain politicians here and there exhibited who seek to handle this tremendous problem so that it will be a gain to their respective parties should be treated with the contempt it deserves. The conduct of those newspapers, few in number though they be, which for the sake of notoriety and a larger circulation have been aggravating a serious condition of affairs and inciting and inflaming the minds of men to rash courses of action is both detestable and criminal. If any persons at such a time as this should be branded as traitors to their country such persons should. “Ar.d if It is decided by those in authority, wrho in God’s providence have been chosen to direct our national policies, if it shall be decided by them that the cause of suffering humanity on that fair flower of the Antilles calls for direct and immediate intervention and relief then we will see to it that we act as a nation the part of the good Samaritan. For the parable has application to nations as well as to individuals. And if we find in our progress this people that have fallen among thieves, that have been robbed and wounded and are in danger of being utterly destroyed by their assailants then have we as a Christian nation the right to pass by on the other side and say, ‘lt is no concern of ours’? It is our concern. We are to a degree our brother’s keeper. America must not ignore her responsibilities to the weak and suffering.”

LET CUBA BE FREE, Even Though the Cost Be War, Say* Rev. J. Camming Smith. At the Tabernacle Church yesterday morning Rev. .T. Camming Smith had as a theme "The Crowd with Palm Branches.” "And these famous popular movements alluded to do not stand out alone to mock or modify the dogma ‘The voice of the people is the voice of God,' ” said he. “There is an electrical movement at this moment for ■war. Our press is mostly ablaze with it. Our Congresses mostly re-echo it in fiery oratories. But here again a sharp discrimination is called for. So far as this cry comes from a native leaning and longing for strife, so far as it may mean that the masses, worn with the long tame lull of peace, greet the chance to slake the thirsty steel in blood, so far the voice for war is not the voice of God. 80 far as the eagerness for war measures springs from a greed of gain or avarice for some accessions to our empire, or lust for a rare opportunity to win political advantage, so far a frenzy for war cannot be Inspired from a heaven of righteousness and love. 3ut our movement, while allayed with some baser passions, may be composed of lordly and irreproach-

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able elements: and when the voice for war means a quenchless hatred of brutal and treacherous tyranny, when it means a desire to shield a band of patriots who have groaned too long under the chafing yoke of a sullen court, when it means a protest against a despotism which is as much an anomaly in our humane time as an unmelted iceberg from the Arctic would be if found floating in the sunny seas of the tropics, then the national cry for war, though it may be sullied with some mongrel and mobbish elements, does thrill with a true ardor for freedom. It becomes the voice of God and not the voice of a riotous rabble. •‘And in such a deadlock of empires as at present, we cannot over praise our chiet magistrate alike for his fervor, for the freedom of Cuba and for a majestic self-re-straint. His austere attitude, often rasping to crowds yelling for war, hak evoked respect from every nation. It has effaced the suspicion abroad that a popular government implies a plebian government. It has closed the hoarse throat of jingoism. A few days more and our suspense will end. Probably the evasive reply of Spain will precipitate a clash. Then the nobly curbed indignation of our executive, seconded by the roused engines of our best patriotism, will reveal a depth of resolution to crush the tyranny at our doors which Europe, entangled in its etiquettes, failed to show when Crete lay clanking in her chains. And when you witness a whole nation that has tried every art to keep peace, but in vain, rising in one mighty mass of living hre to enthrall Cuba and spurning all international codes as utterly frivolous, when the cry of humanity in'its throes for freedom is heard ringing in the ear, then the voice of the people becomes the voice of God, even though marred with some lower tones. Let Cuba be free, even though the cost be war, from the clutch of a power that is a paradox in our benign era. Then will come the question whether Cuba, thus wrung from Spain, should be engrafted into our Republic. Then, beyond that, looms up the problem how far our Republic should welcome empire and widen its sphere. But these issues lie beyond tho province of our message this morning.”

WHY THIS DELAY? No Purchase of Cuba Now, bnt Freedom, Says Rev. Mr. Littell. Rev. Joseph Littell, of the First United Presbyterian Church, did not mince his words in describing the Cuban situation to his flock yesterday. The “money power,” he held, has too long prevented relief. “ ‘The love of money is the root of all evils,’ applies to social relations and civil government as fully as to the personal character and life of one man,” said he. “Love of money is the root feeding upon the essence of earthliness, supplying the organism with that which can only promote the growth of selflshness and produce moral weakness of civil government. To the observer of the great commotions in recent years there appear many characteristics common to them all. In some form the question in dispute in every instance has been as to wealth possessed by one class and lack of wealth by another. While other factors, such as hereditary pride, prestige and religious prejudices, have entered into the solution of the problem, still in them all there has been evidence of the presence of that problem. In short, the soul of all these contests has been the right of money against tne rights of man. "Money is the distilled essence of human labor. All men desire to possess it. Money possessed is power in the hands of the possessor, by which he is stronger than the nonpossessor. This is true of combinations of moneyed men in their relations to nonpossessors. It is the energy which inspires the soul of selflshness and seeks to dominate natural affairs for its own good, and knows no law but ‘might is right.’ This mighty power whispers its commands to legislators, its desires to judiciaries and executives of civil government, and by the sameness of Its methods and purpose has a right to the name of ‘the monarchy of money.’ In contradistinction to this we have another text, ‘The love of righteousnes.-J is the root of all good.’ The effects of that energy are conviction of right and justice and moral strength to resist wrong, and is the only power which contrasts the sovereignty of money. In the recent Turko-Greek struggle Turkey was deeply in debt; so was Greece. The bankers were their creditors and held their bonds, the payment of which depended upon the revenues of both countries. The overthrow of either government would nullify the bonds, for which no other country was responsible. During the recent Armenian massacres the European alliance was prevented from crushing Turkey by the money power until the Armenians were nearly exterminated, and to-day the power of money preserves Turkey a moral cartcer on the earth. Another case of mighty importance to humanity is on trial at this hour. Cuba is the victim of the power of Spain. Cuba belongs to Spain, but the right of possession of the land does not carry with It the right of oppression, yet she has oppressed the Cubans by every method in her power, denying them civil and religious liberty, and even the privileges of education. In addition, Spain has mortgaged the products of their toils for generations with the same merciless vigor which gave birth to the inquisition. "Almost within sight of Cuba Is the great American Republic whose watchword is ‘Liberty, equality and fraternity.’ Cuba has imbibed the spirit of America and has grown to know the rights of man. America Is the foster mother of Cuban liberty. One of the vital truths interwoven In the moral structure of the republic is the defense of the weak against the strong and to deny the right of might to oppress. Our protest was louder against the Turkish outrages than that of any other nation. “But what strange power has paralyzed our government now that a greater crime has been committed at our doors? The moral sense of this whole Nation has given long and loud protests against the oppression of Cuba by Spain. The people, for three years, have had but one voice while Spain has continued to murder Cubans by treachery, assassination and ambush. Women and children herded together are starved in common with wounded men and prisoners. What is the secret of the delay of our government to act according to the sense of justice? Has it been regard for Spanish rights or for international law? Our stand has brought praise from other governments and the details of the delay make fine stage settings for the diplomatic play before the people. "But the great well guarded secret of all this has been the power which the monarchy of money has brought to bear upon our government. The banks of Europe and America hold Spanish bonds secured by mortgage, on Cuba. Separation of Cuba from Spain by war will nullify the mortgage. To save the bonds Cuban liberty must be secured by commercial treaty In which Cuba assumes the debt. “Cuban liberty has had to ivaSt the consent of money while tens of thousands were

murdered. But now apparently the crisis has been reached. Spain lias grown bolder in her pride because of our hesitation, as did the Turk when Europe parleyed. Spain has prepared for war and now it seems quite probable that the moral judgment of the Nation will be bettered by Congress within the next forty-eight hours. That will mean war between Spain and the United States. To-day while the Nation rests for the Sabbath there is the silence of the crisis. To-day the two powers which have been sparring stand face to face for the final contest. We must either champion the cause of the God-given rights of man or else consent to make those rights the subject of commercial transaction. The responsibility for the answer rests upon the United States government and God awaits our answer.” W ANT NO DOUBTFUL PEACE. No* at Price of Honor, Sayi the Rev. George M. Smith. Rev. George M. Smith, of Hall-place M. B. Church, spoke to a large audience last night, the congregation filling the church auditorium and the lecture room. Mr. Smith discussed .the Cuban situation yesterday, and among the things he said to his congregation were the following: ‘‘The complications between the United States and Spain have daily assumed graver aspects, until the calamity of war seems almost inevitable. By revoking Weyler’s infamous order and appropriating the amount of $600,000 for the relief of the starving Cubans and her propositions for the establishment of peace, Spain has made concessions that would be more satisfactory to the American people had the public mind not been Inflamed by the Maine disaster. As it is, the people of the United States and the Cubans have but little confidence that Spain will keep any of her promises, and look upon anything short of an immediate demand for the absolute independence of Cuba, the Cubans paying a reasonable indemnity, as but a prolongation of national distress. We don’t want war, and we don’; want a doubtful peace at the price of honor. The indescribable sufferings of Cuba at the hands of Spain Is too great a price to be paid for conciliatory measures that may develop Into new phases of treachery. Had Washington yielded to a compromise when Cornwallis was shut up in Yorktown, history would have charged him with being largely responsible for the horrors of that war. The immortal words of Patrick Henry fall upon the ears of this generation as splendid specimens of colonial oratory. But when the war clouds of the revolution were gathering and men’s hearts were failing those words were as notes of war from a tongue of fire, ‘Give me liberty or give me death.' It was that undaunted spirit of patriotism that made our fathers of the revolution a race of heroes, and made our country the ‘Land of the free and the home of the brave.’ The Cubans, not in word, it may be, but by a prolonged heroic struggle for liberty while hundreds of thousands of their population were perishing, victims of the war, have proclaimed to the whole civilized world that death to them is preferable to Spanish oppression. It may be difficult for either nation to recede from the position it now holds, yet we hope for peace, we pray for peace, but God save Cuba.” SHALL WE BE LIKE PILATE* And Wash Oar Hands of the Caban Matter, Asks Mr. Zarlng. Rev. Robert Zaring, of the Hyde-park M. B. Church, had as his text yesterday morning: “But a certain Samaritan came where he was, and when he saw him had compassion on him,” Luke x, 33, “The parable of the good Samaritan can easily be modernized: in fact, it is being enacted on a gigantlo scale at this present time,” said ha “Substitute present-day characters and you have the parable, though intensified a thousand fold. This ‘certain man who fell among thieves’ is Cuba. Any one who takes the trouble to study the history of this unfortunate Island and its relations with Spain will agree that Cuba is ‘stripped of her raiment,’ is ‘wounded and half dead.’ So fatal has been the hand of Spain upon her, so poisonous its breath, so treacherous its dealings, that any hope leading to the alleviation of wrongs in the future is utterly groundless. Poor Cuba has fallen among thieves. The nations of Europe have looked upon Cuba’s shame; they have scented her dead and ‘passed by on the other side.’ ’She Is not lying at our door,’ they say. “ But a certain Samaritan came where he was and when he saw him had compassion on him.’ What country but our own will take the part of the Samaritan? 1 know the question is raised, Has the United States the right to step in and show mercy to this dying man? Cuba is a child of Spain and no man dares interfere. The present administration has answered that question, and we think wisely, too. Despite the bitterest of criticism, despite the gyrations of jingoists, despite the imputing of false motives to our President, the administration has steadily held the reins of government. It is well this cautious policy has been pursued; we have lost nothing by it. “I believe that in the sight of heaven the United States has assumed the role ot the Samaritan. If war comes, it will mean nothing to us; we have no ulterior motive; we do not wish Cuban territory; it will not be an unholy war of conquest. It will be based upon the broadest humanitarian lines; we are simply answering the heart-rending cry of a distressed and dying people. •I do not advocate war, far from it. I believe in standing by the administration and in the administration standing where she is. If anything else can be done in the name of honor to avert impending war, let us quickly seize upon it, but ‘having done all, to stand.’ We are not compelled to do this; we could settle this whole question peaceably; we could recall our demands upon Spain; wash our hands of the matter as Pilate did; we could even attempt to blot from memory those silent ones who found a watery grave in Havana’s harbor. Yes, we could ‘pass by on the other side.’ But could we do it in the name of honor, of justice, of humanity? Let us await the events of the next few days calmly, remembering our motto, ‘ln God we trust.’ ” A WAR FOR HUMANITY. Rev. J. P. Cowan Thinks This Nation Should Act at Once. Rev. J. P. Cowan, of the Woodruff-avenue United Presbyterian Church, called the attention of his congregation to the war crisis in a sermon yesterday morning, and said it was plainly the duty of the United States government to give relief to the suffering Cubans, even if it must be done with war. He said tne United States government has too long been a silent witness of the ex-

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