The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-12
SPAIN MUST HURRY
A SENSATIONAL RUMOR THAT
THE UNITED STATESI URG-
ISG SPAIN TO ACTION.
CUBA LOOKS TO CONGRESS-

Spain, il is Said, viii Begin New Ace
tivity, Now That the Dry Season HAS
COmmenced.-A Double Gordon of
q. Spanish Gun-Boats Will be Put
Around the Little Island, TO Prevent
the Landing of Aid to the Insurgents
--This will Change the Aspect.
MADRID, Oct. lit is stated on the
best of authority that the government of
the United States has notified the Span
ish Minister at Washington, Senor Du-
puy dc LONE, that there is a necessity
that Spain should act promptly in her
efforts to crush the insurrectiOn in Cuba.
The news has caused quite a sensation
here.
1t is learned that Senor De LONE, the
Spanish Minister, had a short interview
with Secretary O.ney yesterday and in
the course of their conversation some
thing might have been said by the Min
ister, perhaps, in answer to the Secre-
tary's inquiry in the nature of a state.
ment that operations in Cuba would be
conducted with greater vigOr hereafter.
AS the President must ce. tainly make
some reference to the resurrection in his
annual message to Congress when it meets
in December, it would be but natural
that Secretary Olney upon whom he
must rely for his information, should
take steps to gather data upon which to
base a judgment Of probable future
events. 1t may be set down as beyond
belief that Secretary Olney has made
any statement to the Spanish minister
in the nature Of threat to intervene
between the com batants in Cuba at this
stage, for this would amount to re-
versal of the policy of this government
in such matters.
While it is true that President Grant
did, as indicated in his messages to
Congress, entertain belief that inter
vention in the then progressing rebellion
in Cuba would be justIfiable, il is also
true that this view never was acceptable
to Secretary Fish, and it has not secured
the adherence of international lawyers.
The whole weight of authority is de-
cidedly adverse to the assertion by a
neutral nation of right to say when
war between two combatants has
progressed to a point where it
must be stopped. 1t may be recalled
that some such proposition was made
during the last stages the China Japa-
nese war, but it never went further than
the exercise of the good offices Of the in
terested nations to bring about peace,
which function is entirely distinct
from direct intervention. The question
is also separate from that Of the recOgnl-
ton of the belligerency Of the insurgents,
which, according to our policy and prac-
tice, must be determined purely by the
facts in each case 1t is pointed out here
also that the circumstances at present
are different from those surrounding the
last Cuban rebellion when President
| Grant took his stand, in that that re-
bellion dragged along for nearly ten
years, while the present insurrection has
been in progress less than year, or not
! nearly as long as our own rebellion.
| MADRID, Oct. 11.-Word has been re-
oeiyed here that 833 Spanish volunteers
have arrived at Santiago de Cuba from
Buenos Ayres.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE statement
cabled from Madrid to-day to the effect
that the United States government has
intimated to the Spanish minister here
that there is need of prompt action on
| the part Of his government in putting
down the Cuban insurrection cannot be
confirmed at the State Department, The
officials who were approached neither
would confirm nor deny the report,
| though their manner would indicate
disapprOyable Of its ac uracy. 1t is
| believed quite probable that representa-
tions may have been made to Spain Of
the wisdom Of aggressive and ac-
tive operations against the Cuban
insurgents, but it is thought the
United States aid not make these sug-
gestio1s, and that if made they came
from Minister De LONE, ard were based
on his personal views of the situation,
and on his observation Of the trend of
sentiment in the United States, and his
knowledge Of the purpose of the friends
OF the insurgents to press their cause
vigorously soon after the assembling of
Congress. 1t is apparent that the Cuban
Junta does not intend to urge recogni-
ton of the insurgents as belligerents
prior TO the opening of Congress, and
N0AiJ NFOANo poAiAb AitO Cso DbIOASlJ W q
determination to force the question on the
attention of Congress in the belief that
the Legislative channels affords the most
practicable route to the accomplishments of
something ia behalf of Cuban indepen-
dence, the executive branch of the gov
ernment in the very nature of things
being more constrained in its action
than the legislative department. Senor
De LONE left here to-day on very early
train, and therefore no information
conld be gained from him concerning
the Madrid dispatch, but the effect Of
apparent Spanish ascendancy in the
struggle on congressional consideration
OF the Cuban question is so obvious that
Minister De LONE, it is quite likely,
may have made official or unofficial rep
re8entati0us thereon.
AT the Spanish legation the officials
were not aware of any sterS bY the GOV