The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-11-20
THE WAR TOPIC.
President Grants Search for Casus Bell
With Spain.
The Treaty of 1896 Violated.
Termination of the Instruction to be
FOrstalled.

WAmINGToN, Nov 15-That there could b.
anything OF warlike nature in the comm uni
cation OF Minister Gushing to the Spanish
Government is a matter Of great surprise II
official circles here. At least, such is the pro-
gession of those who were questioned ON the
subject tonight 1t happened to be poor
night, however, for newspaper lnterVleWers
AS, by provoking coincidence, the several
members OF the Cabinet were dining out ex'
eept Mr.. Fish, who was secluded and lnyis.
ible on account OF illness.
MIR. Calwalader, the Assistant Secretary oil
State was unable to throw any light upon
the occasion of the article in the London
Times Indeed, so much ignorance has been
protested all along as to the nature of MIR.
Cushing's recent note to the Spanish Cabinet
hat suspicion has arisen that the President
has acted upon his own impulses i'll the in.
B.ructions given to our Minister at Madrid
The only hint of any other subject in the
communication between the two governments
was gwen in press dispatch quite recently
30 the effect that Mr.. Cushing had demanded
of Spain more explicit compliance with the
treaty of 1885 This refers doubtless to
article eleven of tina. treaty, the observance OF
which on the part of Spain in the Island Of
Cuba could be SO unfayorably criticised by
President Grant and the Administration as to
of 1886 reads as follows:
The citizens and subjects of each party
shall have power to dispose of their personal
goods within the Jurisdiction of the other by
Testament, donation or otherwise, and their
representatives, being subjects or citizens OF
the other party, shall succeed to their said
personal goods whether by testament or db
pstestato and they may take possession thereof,
either by themselves or others acting for
them, and dispose of the same at their will,
paying such dues only as the Inhabitants OF
fhe country wherein the goods are shall be
subject to pay in like cases. And in case OF
The absence of the representative, such
care shall be taken of the goods as of
q native in like cases until the lawful
owner may take measures for receiving
them; and if questions shall arise among sew
eral cl- INFANTS to which of them the said goods
belong, the same shall be decided finally by
The laws and judges of the land wherein the
said goods are; and wnere, on the death OF
any person holding real estate within the ter
ritories of the one party such real estate
wonid, by the laws of the land, descend on
sitzen or subject of the other, were he not
disqualified by being an alien. Such subjects
shall be allowed a reasonable tine to sell the
same and to withdraw the proceeds without
nolestation and exempt from all rights of de-
respective States.
A glance at the wording of this article
shows how the many alleged outrages upon
Americans and their property in Cuba may be
arged as infractions of good faith on the part
Of Spain.
1t is said that the President, to win eclat
for his administration and to make stirring
feature in his next Message to Congress, has
requested Mr.. Gushing to draw the attention
OF Spain afresh to the mutual obligations OF
the above quoted article of the treaty and to
she faithful observance of the obligation on
she part of the United States, as shown in the
prompt and frequent suppression OF so many
iliblstering expeditions. 1t is coDjectured
that the President was induced to take this
step SO as to head off an alleged movement
Oh the part of Spain to raise Cuba to the con-
aition of a province and give the island an
autonomy and equal representation in the
Spanish Cortes, political condition which
would debar the United States from exercis-
ing any sympathy for the Cubans hould they
rsfnse to lay down their arms.
The opportunity of interference by the Uni
Ted States would be too late were this policy
carried out by Spain, and hence the offensive
nature of the demands presented by Mr.. Cush- |
ing. That President Grant has been getting |
ready for an emergency has been already ex-
posed in the Herdlds revelations about the
navy and the fact has now come to light that
he was occupied for about four hours last Fri
day in an interview, by telegraph, with Gen.
Sherman, at st. Louis, the use of wire being
given over to the exclusive transmission OF
She questions and answers which passed be-
tween the commander-in-chiefa and the gen.
aml.in chief of the armies of the United States
9ao York Herald.
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