Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-04-03
SPANS KNEE IS BENT.
Commander of the Condo de Ven-
aditO is Under SuS-
pension.

Washington D. c., March 29-Reports
that the Spanish government is taking
steps to meet the requests of the United
States in the Alliance affair, that the
commander of the offending Spanish
cruiser has been relieved from his ship
and that orders have been sent to the
other Spanish commanders in Cuban
waters to observe the requirements of in,
ternational law and refrain from inn
proper interference with the ships of the
United States or other nations has caused
much qualification in official circles here,
Although the state department officials
decline to admit the fact, there is reason
to believe that these matters have been
communicated to them either through
United States Minister Taylor at Madrid
or through Senior Muruaga, the resident
Spanish minister here. There is now no
disposition in any quarter to doubt that
the Spanish assurances are satisfactory
as far as they so and that the incident
has already passed into Il phase where it
will yield to adjustment by ordinary
diplomatic methods.
There is little doubt that the new Span
ish minister, Senior De LONE, will go to
Cuba before coming here. The effect of
this will be to leave Spain without a
minister in the United States for the
next two weeks. The new minister could
not reach here by that time if he came
direct and as he will wait to go with
troopship to Cuba it will take consider
able time for him 10 reach the United
States The Spanish legation will be I'M
der the direction of a charge d affaires
after April 10 or r. 1t is said, however,
that no Significance will attach to these
conditions, as they are necessary under
the circumstances although it comes at
an unfortunate time when grave queS-
tons are pending between the United
States ana Spain. The Spanish legation
Al 10 n,.4y hot
petition of $4,000 reyolutionists is about
to leave Florida for Cuba. From the
Spanish standpoint the insurrection has
been recognized as existing and report
concerning it have been made to the
state department. The Spanish govern
ment, it is declared, does not intend to car
ry this recognition to the point of pro-
claiming a rebellion to be III existence as
this would be a step toward recognizing
the inSurgent cause for CubaS lndepend-
ence. 1t is claimed also that the state de-
partment has in effect recognized the eN-
istence of the instruction as it has in
voked the operation of the protocol of the
Spanish treaty which protects American
citizens in Cuba, charged with sedlton,
treason or conspiracy, against trial by
martial law.
1t is rumored that the Cuban revolu-
tionists have made Indirect efforts to
have the United States recognize them
under the law of nations as belligerents.
1t is not known, however, that they have
done more than urge the justice of their
cause on senators and members of Con
gress and certainly there is no present
prospects of the granting of such recog-
milton.
New York, March ga special dis
patch from Santiago de Cuba says Lieut..
Ybarra has been relieved from command
of the Spanish cruiser Condo de Vena-
ditto which fired upon the American
steamer Alliance. Capt Matens has been
appointed to succeed Lieut.. Ybarra,
Senior Capriles, civil governor of the
province of Santiago. has resigned.