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Ex-Minister Taylor onpilba HE BELIEVES THE U. S. SHOULD BRING THE WAR TO AN END. Has ois Tay kif, Mr. Clevelaoo?8 min ister tc Spain, has cocee home with very emphatic opinions, regarding the relations of Spain, Cuba and the United States, .which ha seis down io the No? vember number of the North American Review Mr. Taylor's opinions ought to be worth something. He went ont to Spain four years ago with a consider . abie reputation as an author and a mao of scholarly, conservative instincts, while oct bing he did at Madrid stamped bim aa ooe of unsafe judgment or volatile feeling. On this account his views are likely -to exercise considerable effect lapon .public opinion io this country. ^ lt la unnecessary to follow Mr. Taylor with much detail tn bis pr?sent? ation of the actual facts of the war. ... His account of the antiquated Spanish .: ideas, of colonial administration and thc origin of the insurrection covers^ familiar ground This rising, he de? clares, 'really grew oat of a struggle for b*ead-aatruggle for bread io ooe of the most favored spots to the world, produced in the main by ?conomie laws enac?et? by the parliament of the moth? er souotry.** Weyler fraa nothing bot the eoibodimeot nf the stern policy, of - C^ova?H"-**The last-dollar and the last mao/* and Weyler, according to Mr. . Taylor, who relies upoo the Spaniard? themselves for authority in this matter, is two mtjst rot?lese soldier that has-j ridden-at the head of Spanish battal : ions, '.'since the dark days when . A1 va wita bis bloody hands strove to crash /ibo life out of the Low CouI?trie^ft^.,, Let a? be thankful, then, thar, he has j pow left Cuba forever. The pro grainbe of autoooray. originally held 035 bytCanovas, and DOW made conspic? uos? by Sagasta. is regard?e by Mr Taylor as a mere diversion to conciliate public opinion ic the States, while im possible of realization, "Even if Senor I Sagasta were willing to attempt to set ' tie the war by a liberal grane of self govern meot lo Cuba, the .Spanish na? tion, as a whole, would promptly repa dials saab a grant'*-aod this judg ment, we may add. seems to have been Vc^n|?rmed only recently by the declared r^licy of the Conservative party io Spain and Coba. IlT,, then, as the writer claims, "Sfianisb atatesmaosbip is ?m potent to soive the tbe pending problem,'* what reaeai?s to be done ? What is the duty ot the Uoited States? Here we find Mr Taylor prepared with a programme which conservative citizens may not be -ready to.approve, in view pf their feel ,-tos.TD?t eaffioiect time should be coti \ ceded to the Sagasta ministry to test its ? Cuban policy. It is the duty of the Uni'ed States to intervene without far? ther delay, ts Mr. Taylor's conclusion, and be finds warrant for it tn a certain wei? known passage io Mr. Cleveland message to toe second session of the Fifty*fourth congress, iu international law and-io the .Monroe doctrine. It is oar opton that anti! the Uoited States has formally recognized the iodepend- | euee of tbe Cabas insurgents it would not strengthen the American caseto drag in the Monroe doctrine, especially because that doctrine, even io its original form is still a mat ter of controversy with such govero . me nts as Germany To introduce it DOW would arouse fresh discussion and excite sympathy with Spain among the colon zing powers. The needlessness of it, moreover, is apparent when one consid? ers that international law justifies inter? vention on tte ground of humanity and the conservation cf 3 nation's interests tn a war whose continuance sse ms end less. But with euch justification as interna? tional law provides?, Mr Tay lor evidently would not hesitate to advise speedy ac ttoo by congress and the exeourive, *'iu firm send hearty coe cert "And his proposition is no? the passage of inde? pendence or belligerency resolutions ai first, but r?solutions couched so mildly a? to avoid war ?shiie dotog great exe? cution. On this poiot he is worth quet soanewba; folly. "What I hope to see is the prompt adoption by congress, upoo its reassem? bling, of a joint resolution embodying three clear and definite propositions the first asserting our right sod duty not only to ourselves, but to humanity, by virtue of tbe universally recognized doctrine of intervention, as well BR by vir?ue of the Monroe doctrine, to put ao end to the dreadful coc&ct so long raging in Coba, because it iovolves not ody the constant disturbance of our in? ternal peace, but also the destruction ot great commercial and property interest* of ocr citizens ; the second, asserting thar, after enduring patiently al) soeb evils iocident to 15 years of war in Cuba pot of tbe last 29 the government of the Uoited States has offered in vain irs friendly offices as peacemaker to Spain io hope of aiding ber witboot of? fense to ber susceptibilities io bringing to a close a strife so destructive to the material interests of both cann tries ; tbe third, declaring that the govern? ment of the-Uoited States, in view of Spain's refosal ro accept i-uch frieodly and respectful mediation, bas DOW resolved to exercise upon its own responsibility tts eotire moral influence, to the end that the war io Cuba rosy be brough' to a speedy close, provided Spain fail? to accomplish that resolt io a reason able time, to be clearly indicated." Mr Taylor thicks that Spain wculd promptly fuccumb to such a resolution. * It would so completely bit the mark that th-? Deroe bird of prey that is ?ow whetting it? beak opon the vital* of Cuba would fall from its perch pierced through and through.*' It may be. yet before it happens we should expect r?ou?ethiog very different-something that had the ominous look of war The pas-age of such a resolution would be more likely to lead TO hostilities ber ween Spain and the Uoited States, and oar people should thoroughly reckon with suoh a result. Unies* we are greatly mis? taken Spain is ready to fight os at a moment's notice, and would a little rather than pot. Whatever may be the wisest course to pursue, neither congress nor the people should indulge in any fancies that Spain would meekly yield to the "moral" authority of the United States lt were unfortunate should Mr Taylor's article breed such fancies and encourage an aggressive policy with ?he expectation of an immediate and bloodless triumph.-Springfield Re publican SPAIN ISTNS?L?NT. She Will Do What She Deems Pit in Reference to Cuba. Madrid, Nov. 4 -The letter bf Senator Salvani, poblished in the Spanish newspapers yesterday, re? ply"??, to the article of Hannis Tay? lor, the former United States minis ter to Spain, on the Cuban question, recently published in an American magazine, has created the greatest stir here Toe Spanish papers Wotly attack Mr Taylor for bis utteranct-s. The Spanish cabinet has now de cided to reply to the United States minister s acknowledgment of tbe rf ceipt of the Spanish note in reply to the representations of the ' United States, on the subject of Cuba, jde daring in guarded terms that in reference to granting autonomy to Cuba, Spain will do what she deems fit It is also understood that the Span? ish government is determined, in the case of the American schooner Com? petitor, captured in Cuban waters in April, 1896, to maintain tbat the Spanish officers acted correctly in making the capture of the Competi? tor, and that the protocol of 1877 solely referred to American citizens residing in Cuba. The American schooler Competi? tor, of fifty tons' burden, was a fast and able boat belonging to Key Weat, where, until she apparently becaare a filibuster, she was engaged-in the sponge business On Apt il 20,1896, th? Competitor left Key Wesfc, and is said to have shipped a filibustering expedition a day or two later After some clever dodging she made Cape Sable, where she is reported to have taken on boaid Gen Monz?n of the Coban army and the remaining mem? bers of his party Capt. Alfredo Laborde, who was in commnad of the Competitor, has al ways asserted that the Cubans took possession of his vessel by force, and so succeeded in shipping the arms, ammunition, and filibusters on board his vessel. In any case, the Com? petitor was captured by the Spanish gunboat Mensajera on April 29, and although the filibusters seemed to have succeeded in landing their ex? pedition and its supplies, five men were made prisoners by the war ves? sel, and were tried by coortmartial at Havana on May'8,1896. They were Capt Alfredo Laborde, said to bethe leader of the expedition ; Dr. Elias Bedia, William Gildea, said to be a British subject ; John Melton, a na? tive of Kansas, and Theodore Mata. Laborde and Bedia are said to be naturalized American citizens, bot their claims have been disputed Melton, however, is beyond doubt an American. The prisoners are said to bave been very badly treated in jail, and would have fared much worse had not it been for the efforts of the United States consular authorities in Ha? vana. ' ' Repeated effort?? have been made to have judgment pronounced by the courts in the csse of the Competitor prisoners, but although the matter bas frequently been aired, no fiual judgment bas been pronounced by the courtmartial or 07 the courts g ^ At a meeting last night the ex members of the Richland Volunteer Rifle company resolved to reinlist the command in the state militia This company was disbanded on account of the S. C. College riot. .?BQ 9UO UJ DINO! N3A3fd ONV niuo StNQSNHOr wm - Stand at the Head. Ang. J.Bogel, the leading druggist of Sbreve port, La., says: ''Dr. Wm. 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