. The literary digest. ed as long as we have onlythe Spanish Government to reckon with. The danger for bothnations rests not in the liability of the rulers of either to commitan act of hostility toward the other, but in the sudden freak ofsome fanatic or the outbreak of a mob.— I he Post (Rep.), JJart-Jord, Conn. No Threat.—The rapidity and unanimity with which the billappropriating $50,000,000 for the national defense was made a lawthis week were most impressive, tho its true significance is likelyto be overlooked at a time when so much is being done in somequarters to excite the public mind.
. The literary digest. ed as long as we have onlythe Spanish Government to reckon with. The danger for bothnations rests not in the liability of the rulers of either to commitan act of hostility toward the other, but in the sudden freak ofsome fanatic or the outbreak of a mob.— I he Post (Rep.), JJart-Jord, Conn. No Threat.—The rapidity and unanimity with which the billappropriating $50,000,000 for the national defense was made a lawthis week were most impressive, tho its true significance is likelyto be overlooked at a time when so much is being done in somequarters to excite the public mind. The measure is in reality aprecautionary one. such as in a time of possible emergency care-ful administrators charged with the of national interestsfeel constrained to take. As was well explained by the chairmanof the House Committee on Appropriations in urging the passageof the bill, it is in no sense a threat, but while intended to meetuntoward possibilities it is hoped that its passage will tend to in-. Tol. XVI., No. 12] THE LITERARY DIGEST. 333 sure the maintenance of peace. The firmness of the people, un-swayed by hysterical impulse, and their patient temper have, onthe whole, been well represented by the responsible authoritiesat Washington, both legislative and executive, and while thecourse thus far followed continues to be pursued, there need beno apprehension as to the light in which the United States willstand before the world under the conditions which render its for-eign relations at present more than usually delicate.—Brad-streets {Fin.), New York. The Real Hero of the Occasion.—If Mr. Cleveland hadnot borrowed that money [by bond issues in 1896], there wouldbe none in the Treasury to-day except what has been receivedfrom the Pacific railroads. The vote of $50,000,000 for nationaldefense would have been a brutumfulmeti, unless the Presidenthad been authorized to borrow it by the sale of bonds. The sillyboasting about it assurplus is purely menda
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