Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1898 — AS MR. MAN SEESIT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AS MR. MAN SEESIT

The Late Presidential Candidate Gives His Views. SAYS IT IS TIME FOR INTERVENTION - Our Own Interests, Aside from Humane Considerations, Justify Such Action—Spain Alone to Blame for Her Troubles. Lincoln, Neb., April 1.— Hon. W. J. Bryan has made the following statement in answer to the question whether, in his judgment, the time had arrived for the United States to intervene in behalf of Cuba and bring the war to an end: "Yes, the time for intervention has arrived. Humanity demands that we shall act. Cuba lies almost within sight of our shores, and the sufferings of her people cannot be ignored unless we, as a nation, have become so engrossed in money-mak-ing as to be indifferent to distress. Intervention may be accompanied 'by danger and expense, but existence cannot be separated from responsibility, and responsibility sometimes leads a nation as well as an individual into danger. A neighbor must sometimes incur danger for a neighbor, and a friend for a friend. War is a terrible thing, and cannot be defended except asameanstoanend, and yet it is sometimes the only means by which a necessary end ean be secured. The state punishes Its own Citizens by Imprisonment or even death, when counsel and persuasion fail. War is the final arbiter between nations when reason and diplomacy are of no avail. Spain might not resist intervention;.it is to be hoped that she would recognize tha. right of the United States to act and immediately withdraw from Cuba, but whether she

resents Intervention or not, the United States must perform a plain duty. "Our own interests justify intervention. Spain has govej-ned Cuba so badly as to excite continuous revolt, and after exciting revolt, has shown herself powerless to restore order and enforce law upcn the island. Spanish rule in Cuba has disturbed the United States, Interfered with business, increased the expense of guarding our shores and drawn on the resources of our people to care for those made destitute by war. We have as much righi to demand the cessation of war in the interest of the people of the United States as Spain has to demand its continuance for her benefit. , Have Waited Long Enough. “If the question is to be settled upon the basis of human rights, surely our people have waited long enough; if, on the other hand, pecuniary interests are to be considered, then it must be remembered that the loss suffered by the United States and Cuba together far exceeds any gain which Spain could reasonably expect to secure even if she had a hope of recovering Cuba by force of arms. Spain Alone to Illume. "Spain has only herself to blame for the condition of affairs in Cuba. If she denies to her former subjects the rights of war and calls the Cuban army a mob, let her remember the words of Victor Hugo: 'The mob is the humair rsoe la misery.' No nation can afford to make ft# people miserable. If the Cubans prefer deuth to Spanish rule it must be because Spanish rule hus robbed life of joy and hope. If a nation sows the wind, it must reap the whirlwind."

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