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C o v e t o u s u e s s i s se l f i shness . I t d o e s n o t c o n s i d e r t h e r i g h t s of G o d o r t h e r i g h t s of m a n , b u t o n l y self. T h e r i c h fool, w h o h a d s u c h a b u n d a n c e t h a t h e d i d n o t k n o w w h a t t o d o w i t h i / , d i d n o t i n q u i r e , " W h a t w o u l d G o d h a v e m e d o ' : " o r " W h a t d o m y o b l i g a t i o n s t o h u m a n i t y d e m a n d t h a t I s h o u l d d o ? " b u t o n l y " W h a t s h a l l I d o ? " a n d t h e c o n c l u s i o n r e a c h e d w a s a sel f ish o n e — " T h i s w i l l I do , 1 w i l l p u l l d o w n m y b a r n s a n d Imi ld g r e a t e r , a n d th«-ro w i l l I b e s t o w a l l m y f r u i t s a n d g o o d s , " n o t t o n s e fo r G o d o r h u m a n i t y , b u t f o r h i s o w n e a s e f o r m a n y y e a r s . T h a t w h i c h lead.- u s t o d i s r e g a r d <1<A a n d to f a i l t o c o n s i d e r o u r f e l l o w m e n i s a g r e a t a n d g r a v e e v i l .

C o v e t o n s n e s s i s o n e of t h e m o s t d a n ­g e r o u s e v i l s t o . w h i c h h u m a n i t y i s h e i r . I t i s a s i n of t h e h e a r t a n d i s n o t so e a s i l y Been a n d i t s d a n g e r s r e a l i z e d . I t c r e e p s u p o n n< g r a d u a l l y a n d h a s u s i n i t s t o i l s bet ,]•• w e a r e a w a r e of i t , a n d . i n f a c t , w h i l e i t s p r i s o n e r s m a n y n e v e r r e a l i z e t h e i,e-r. N o s i n i s so i n s i d i o u s , a n d in t h i s fact l i e s o n e of i t s g r e a t e s t d a n g e r s . I t i s a l s o a p r e v a l e n t e v i l I t a f fec ts , m o r e o r l ess , t h e w h o l e h u m a n r a c e . M a n n a t u r a l l y d e s i r e s t h a t w h i c h i s o f v a l u e a n d a t t r a c t i v e n e s s t o £ h i m , a n d i t i s a n e a s y s t e p f r o m t h e n a t u r a l , p r o p e r d e s i r e to a n i n o r d i n a t e , s i n f u l d e s i r e . B e i n g so p r e v a l e n t , i t i s l i g h t l y t r e a t e d b y m e n g e n e r a l l y . I t i s f o r b i d ­d e n b y t h e l a w of G o d , b u t n o t b y t h e l a w of n u m . I t i s o f t e n c a l l e d b y o t h e r I n a m e s , a n d a p p l a u d e d b y t h e w o r l d I r a t h e r t h a n c o n d e m n e d b y i t . B u t ir i s I n o l e s s a n e v i l i n t h e s i g h t of G o d . G o d look.-, a t t h e h e a r t a n d n o t o n t h e o u t ­w a r d m a n . T h e w o r l d ' s s t a n d a r d of j u d g m e n t i s n o t G o d ' s s t a n d a r d . W e m a y e s c a p e t h e j u d g m e n t a n d p u n i s h ­m e n t of m e n , b u t w h e n w e s t a n d be fo re G o d w e w i l l b e j u d g e d b y w h a t w e a r e a n d n o t b y w h a t w e s e e m .

T h e c u r e fo r c o v e t o n s n e s s i s C h r i s ­t i a n i t y . C h r i s t i a n i t y t e a c h e s m e n to l i v e fo r G o d a n d f o r h u m a n i t y r a t h e r t h a n f o r self. S u c h a m a n c a n n e v e r b o c o v e t o u s . C h r i s t i a n i t y s h o w s u s t h e a b ­s o l u t e d e c e i t f i f l n e s s a n d u n c e r t a i n t y of t h e r i c h e s of t h i s w o r l d a n d of t h e f o l l y of saer inVinjr e t e r n i t y fo r t i m e . C h r i s t i a n s t h e m s e l v e s a r e o f t e n t o o m u c h a b • s o r b e d i n t h e t h i n g s of t h i s w o r l d . A s C h r i s t i a n s a u d a s E n d e a v o r e r s l e t u s p r o v e t o t h e w o r l d b y o u r l i v e s a n d t e a c h i n g s t h a t g o d l i n e s s w i t h c o n t e n t ' m e u t i s t h e m o s t d e s i r a b l e of a l l pos ­se s s ions .

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T h i s w a s t h e nn ly official s t a t e m e n t m a d e p u b l i c , bu t it sufficed to p u ; a t leas t all c o n j e c t u r e an . l to m a k e c l e a r a n d def in i t e t h a t a t l e a s t S p a i n h a d ; a k e i i t h e i n i t i a t i v e t o w a r d p e a c e . A l ­t h o u g h p a c e r u m o r s h a v e b e e n o u r -r e n t a im . . s i d a i l y h e r e t o f o r e s i n c e t h e w a r b e g a n , no t o n e .if t h e m h a d t h e s h a d o w of f o u n d a t i o n , a n d u n t i l t h e F r e n c h a m b a s s a d >r r e c e i v e d I n s t r u c -ti m s f m m P a r i s l a t e M o n d a y nis ih t n o o v e r t u r e s of a n y k i n d h a d b e e n r e ­ce ived . S h o r t l y be fo re m i d n i g h t a d i s ­p a t c h to t h e F r e n c h e m b a s s y m a d e it k n o w n t.> t h e e m b a s s y t h a t t h e a m ­b a s s a d o r w o u l d be- c h a r g e d w i t h t h e i m p o r t a n t m i s s i o n of o p e n i n g p e a c e n e g o t i a t i o n s in b e h a l f of S p a i n . T h e c o m p l e t e i n s t r u c t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g a n official l e t t e r f rom D u k e A l r a o d o v a r Rio . S p a n i s h m i n i s t e r of f o r e i g n af­f a i r s , w a s r e c e i v e d y e s t e r d a y m o r n ­ing . T h e r e u p o n M. T h i e b a u t , f i rs t s e c r e t a r y of t h e e m b a s s y .ca l led a t t h e s t a t e d e p a r t m e n t a n d a s k e d t h a t a n h o u r b e a p p o i n t e d for a ca l l b y A m ­b a s s a d o r C a m i o n on t h e p r e s i d e n t . T h e p u r p o s e of t h e ca l l w a s no t s t a t ­ed. I t w a s a r r a n g e d a t t h e W h i t e H o u s e t h a t t h e ca l l s h o u l d be m a d e a t 3 o ' c lock . M. C a m b o n first w e n t t o t h e s t a t e d e p a r t m e n t , w h e r e h e w a s j o i n e d b y S e c r e t a r y D a y a n d t h e t w o of t h e m p r o c e e d e d t o g e t h e r to t h e W h i t e H o u s e .

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T h e p r o p o s i t i o n s u b m i t t e d by t h e a m b a s s a d o r a c t i n g fo r t h e S p a n i s h g o v e r n m e n t w a s q u i t e g e n e r a l in t e r m s a n d w a s conf ined t o t h e o n e e s s e n t i a l p o i n t of a n e a r n e s t p l e a t h a t n e g o ­t i a t i o n s b e o p e n e d for t h e p u r p o s e of t e r m i n a t i n g t h e w a r a n d a r r i v i n g a t t e r m s of p e a c e . T h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n of t h e S p a n i s h g o v e r n m e n t d id n o t s u g g e s t a n y speci f ic t e r m s of p e a c e n o r w a s t h e r e a n y r e f e r e n c e m a d e t o ( ' u b a . t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . P o r t o R i c o o r o t h e r S p a n i s h p o s s e s s i o n s . - T h e e v i ­d e n t p u r p o s e of t h e M a d r i d a u t h o r i ­t i e s w a s first t o l e a r n w h e t h e r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s w o u l d t r e a t on t h e s u b ­j e c t of p e a c e a n d a f t e r t h a t to t a k e u p s u c h t e r m s a s t h e t w o p a r t i e s m i g h t s u g g e s t . N e i t h e r w a s t h e r e a n y s u g ­g e s t i o n f r o m t h e S p a n i s h g o v e r n m e n t t h a t a n a r m i s t i c e b e e s t r b l i s h e d Dend-i n g t h e p e a c e n e g o t i a t i o n s . I t s e e m e d n a t u r a l , h o w e v e r , f r o m t h e p r o p o s i ­t ion t h a t f o r m a l p e a c e n e g o t i a t i o n s b e e n t e r e d u p o n t h a t p e n d i n g t h e i r c o n ­c l u s i o n a c e s s a t i o n of h o s t i l i t i e s w o u l d o c c u r .

O w i n g to t h e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e c o m ­m u n i c a t i o n t h e a m b a s s a d o r a d o p t e d t h e u s u a l d i p l o m a t i c p r o c e d u r e of r e a d i n g t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n f r o m t h e o r i g i n a l in F r e n c h , t h e t r a n s l a t i o n b e ­i n g s u b m i t t e d by M. T h i e b a u t . I n t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n w h i c h f o l l o w e d t h e r e a d i n g of t h e p r o p o s i t i o n n e i t h e r t h e p r e s i d e n t n o r t h e a m b a s s a d o r e n t e r e d u p o n t h e q u e s t i o n of t h e t e r m s of p e a c e . T h e i n s t r u c t i o n s of t h e a m ­b a s s a d o r h a d c o n f i n e d h i m to t h e o n ? e s s e n t i a l p o i n t of o p e n i n g p e a c p o v e r ­t u r e s a n d it w a s e v i d e n t t h a t t h e p r e s i d e n t d e s i r e d t o c o n s i d e r t h e p r o p ­o s i t i o n a t t h i s m o m e n t b e f o r e g i v i n g a n y d e f i n i t e r e p l y . I t w a s finally d e ­t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e p r e s i d e n t fNOvM c o n s u l t t h e m e m b e r s of h i s c a b i n e t c o n c e r n i n g t h e p r o p o s i t i o n a n d a f t e r a d e c i s i o n h u d b e e n a r r i v e d a t M. C a m ­bon w o u l d t h e n b e i n v i t e d a t t h e W h i t e H o u s e f o r f u r t h e r c o n f e r e n c e a n d f o r a final a n s w e r f r o m t h e U n i t ­ed S t a t e s g o v e r n m e n t . B e f o r e t h e ca l l c lo sed , a n d t h e r e wil l n o t b e a n o t h e r w a s a g r e e d u p o n in o r d e r t o s e t a t r e a t m i s l e a d i n g c o n j e c t u r e a n d to g i v e t o t h e p u b l i c i n f o r m a t i o n on s u b j e c t w h i c h h a d a d v a n c e d b e y o n d t h e p o i n t w h e r e d i p l o m a t i c r e s e r v e w a s e s s e n ­t i a l .

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N a t u r a l l y t h e p l e a of S p a i n t o o p e n p e a c e n e g o t i a t i o n s o p e n s a w i d e field for c o n j e c t u r e on w h a t t h e t e r m s of p e a c e wi l l be . T h u s f a r t h e r e is n o official w a r r a n t fo r s a y i n g w h a t t e r m s S p a i n wil l p r o p o s e , o r w h a t t e r m s t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s wil l offer o r a c c e p t . So f a r a s t h i s c o u n t r y is c o n c e r n e d i t i s t h e g e n e r a l i m p r e s s i o n t h a t t h e c o m ­p l e t e S p a n i s h e v a c u a t i o n of C u b a a n d P o r t o R i c o wi l l b e i n s i s t e d u p o n a s a s i n e q u a n o n . T h e r e is n o t t h e s a m e c e r t a i n t y a s , to t h e P h i l i p p i n e s , L a -d r o n e s a n d C a r o l i n e s , a l t h o u g h t h e b e -ief is g r o w i n g t h a t t h e t e r m s of t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s will i n c l u d e c o a l i n g s t a ­t i o n s in t h e s e g r o u p s .

O n t h e p a r t of S p a i n it is b e l i e v e d t h a t s h e n o w h a s r e a c h e d s u c h a r e ­a l i z a t i o n of h e r m i s f o r t u n e t h a t s h e will r e a d i l y c o n s e n t t o t e r m s fo r t h e e v a c u a t i o n of C u b a a n d p r o b a b l y P o r t o R i e o . T h e S p a n i s h ides i re is a p p a r e n t l y v e r y s t r o n g for t h e r e t e n ­t i o n of t h e P h i l i p p i n e s , a l t h o u g h t h e r e is l i t t l e d o u b t t h a t c o a l i n g s t a t i o n s t h e r e a n d a t o t h e r p o i n t s "would b e c o n c e d e d . T h e m a t t e r of w a r i n d e m ­n i t y is for f u t u r e c o n s i d e r a t i o n , a l ­t h o u g h t h e r e d o e s n o t a p p e a r to b e a d i s p o s i t i o n a m o n s - t h e officials h e r e t o p i l - u p a h e a v y w a r i n d e m n i t y a g a i n s t S p a i n in h e r p r e s e n t h e l p l e s s c o n d i t i o n .

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It w a s u n d e r s t o o d t h e p r e s i d e n t w o u l d b e p r e p a r e d to trive a n a n s w e r w i t h i n t h e n e x t few d a y s a n d c e r t a i n ­ly b e f o r e t h e n e x t r e g u l a r c a b i n e t d a y on F r i d a y . N o i n t i m a t i o n c a m e f r o m a n y official s o u r c e a s to t h e p r o b a b l e c h a r a c t e r of t h e a n s w e r . T h e r e w e r e s t r o n g I n t i m a t i o n s , h o w e v e r . t h a t t h e r e w o u l d b e n o a c c e p t a n c e w h i c h w o u l d i m p l y t h e s t o p p i n g of t h e w a r w h e n t h e A m e r i c a n a r m s w e r e a d d i n g v i c t o r i e s on v i c t o r i e s a n d t h e e m b a r k ­i n g on a v a g u e d i p l o m a t i c n e g o t i a t i o n . I t w a s fel t t h a t t h i s g o v e r n m e n t h a d e v e r y t h i n g t o lose in a s u b t l e g a m e of d i p l o m a c y , in w h i c h t h e o n l y c e r t a i n e l e m e n t w o u l d b e t h e i n a c t i o n of . a i r a r m y a n d n a v y . F o r t h i s r e a s o n t h e r e w a s a d i s p o s i t i o n in official q u a r t e r s to k n o w w h a t t e r m s w e r e in s i g h t b e ­fore e n t e r i n g u p o n g e n e r a l n e g o t i a ­t i o n s .

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