The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-18
MADRID Is EXCITED
UMO THAT UNCLE SAM
HAS WARNED SPAIN.
Npaaish Minister ssid "a Have Notified
Suis tsesernment That This Country
would Act Unless he Cuban Rebellion
- Soon suppresssd--sta,s Dept. Mum.

y wAsBIEaroN. Oct. ;:.-Acabie mes.
mgc from Madrid received here early
this morning said that Il was reported
there on the best Of authority that
The American government had notified
the Spanish miniter at Washington
that 10 was necessary for Spain TO act
promptly In crushing the Cuban in.
surrection, and that the report caused
= profound sensation IN Madrid.
The truth OF the report cannot be
confirmed Mt the state department..
The officials. when approached, would
neither affirm nOr deny the story,
though their manner would indicate
disapproval OF its accuracy. IL IN be.
lievcd quite probable that representa-
lions may have been made to Spain Of
the wisdom OF aggressive and active
operations against the Cuban insurg-
cnts, but it Is thought that the United
States government did not make these
suggestions. and that, IL made. they
came from Minister DcLome and were
based on his personal views OF the
situstioD and on his observation of the
trend Of sentiment In the United
states and his knowledge of the pur-
pose OF the friends Of the insurgents
Ia press their cause vigorously soon
afte, the assembling OF congress.
Daily events point strongly TO q de.
Termination TO force the question on
the attention OF congress in the belief
that the legislative channel affords
the most practicable route to tho ac-
cOnplishment of something in behalf
Of Cuban independence, the executive
branch OF the government, in the very
nature of things, being more con.
strained in its action than the lcgisla-
tive department.
Senior DcLomc left here to-day on n
very earlv train, and therefore no in
formation could be gained from hin
concerning the Madrid dispatch.
n POLICY or Tnis COUNTRY.
Senior DeLome, the Spanish mn
lister, had u short interview with
Secretary olney yesterday, aud in the
course Of their conversation the min
later, perhaps in answer to the secrc.
tary's inquiry, made a statement that
operations n Cuba would be conducted
with greater vigor hereafter. AS the
president must certainly make some
reference 10 the i~nsurrcction in his
annual message to congress when it
meets in december, it would be but
natural that Secretary Olncy, upon
whom he must rely for his informa-
ton, should tnse steps to gather data
upon which to base q Judgment OF
probable future events.
While IL IA rue that President Grant
did, ~ indicated In his messages "a
congress, entertain . belief that inter-
vention In the then progressing rebel
lion In Cuba would be justifable, this
view was never acceptable TO Score.
tary Fish, and II has not secured the
adhercnse Of international lawyers.
The whole weight of authority Is de-
cidcdly adverse to tho assertion by q
neutral nation Of q right to say when
war between two combatants has
progressed to Q point where It mus,
be stopped. 1T may be recalled
that some such proposition wa
made during the last stages of the
China-Japanese war, but it never went
further than the exercise Of the rood
Offices Of the interested nations Ia
bring about peace, which function L
entirely distinct from direct in.crven,
ton. The question is also ID
from that OF the recognition Of the
b~elligercncc of tho insurgents, which
according to American policy and
practice, must he determined purel,
by the facts In each case.