PULITZER AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. 229 le asked,have negotiated for six weeks if the sons of rich men had been blown up in the Maine? Yet the lives of allcitizens werealike before the law,and he called for war to avenge the Maine. There would be no peace so long as a European nation owned and butchered slaves in the western hemisphere. If a torpedo or a mine had destroyed the Maine it was Spanish, and Spain of the army in the AtlanticStates, expressedhis readiness to conquer Cuba with only 30,000 men. General Shafter, in command of the south, " went one better," and said he could turn the Spaniards out with only 5,000. Senator Gallinger, just back from Cuba, and speaking with the authority7 of " the man who has been there,"predicted that when it came the war would not must answer for it. He was opposed to anything like a money indemnity. He was opposed to autonomy or anything that could assist Spain. The Spanish flag should be driven from the American side of the Atlantic.

To calm the excitement the Press was informed that General Woodford had been directed to urge on the Spanish Government the absolute necessityofa speedyend being put to the civil war and consequent suffering and loss of life inCuba;otherwise, America would be forced tointervene. This did not prevent demonstrationfor war and against the President in last a fortnight. Mr. Pulitzer, the millionaire proprietor of the New York World, was, if possible,moresanguine. " The first duty of the President and of Congress,'' he said, ''is to order our navy to proceed to Cuba and Puerto Rico without another day's delay. No declaration of war is necessary. Send tlv to Havana,as Jackson would do, and demand the surrender of the miscreants who blew up the Maine. Shell the town within twelve h'aurs if the demand shall be refused. Despatch the flying squadron to Puerto Rico to dispose of theSpani-h ships there. With these islands THE U.S LEGATION, MADRID.

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captured the affair will be over and Cuba free. It would hardly be war,but it wouldbe magnificent."

Thus the most dangerous of mistakes was being rashly recommended— that of despising the enemy and underrating his powers of resistance. The President and his advisers, who felt the full responsibility of the step towards which they were being so strongly urged, knew better than these light-hearted journalists and fire-eating senators how serious would be the struggle with Spain. And this was one more ii for striving for peace on the very brink of .var.

many of the great cities of the States. McKinley's name was hissed in the theatres; his effigy and the Spanish flag were burned together. But in the midst of the storm he held the course he had deliberately chosen,giving an example of moral courage that deserves allpraise. It was a determined struggle for " peace with honour," and will be remembered long after the strife and stress havepassed away.

Meanwhile, the advocatesof war were trying to persuade themselves and the people that a fight with Spain would be a mere naval and military parade. General Merritt, in command