Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-14
OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN.
sEvENTY-ONE PRINTED PAGES OF
CORRESPONDENCE DURING 1898.
Devoted To the Mora Claims. the Al
linnca Incident and Various 9th
err Matters. with Not IL Word
About the Rebellion.

Washington. July i3.-It requires seventy
ono printed pages in the volume of foreign
relations to set out the correspondence
which has passed between the United
States and Spain during the year 1885, yet
in no case is there printed any matter in
III. nature of reports from United states
officers touching the Cuban rebellion, It's
causes. progress or prospects. The chap
ter on Spain begins with the celebrated
Mcri claims which have been settled sat
isfactoriy by the payment of an indem-
nifty by Spain of Sl,50c,ooO. and which is
now closed incident
Next in order comes the Alliance Incl
dent beginning with Secretary Grcsham's
vigorous demand upon the Spanish govern
mcnt for a prompt dlsavOwal of the act of
the Conde de Nenadito in firing upon tho
Ame erican steamship; for an expression Of
regret and the issuance of orders to Span
ish naval commanders to refrain from in
reference with legitimate American COM
merce, whether within three miles Of the
Cuban coast or not.
The conclusion of this incident is for the
first time told officially In this publication.
The Spanish government showed its en-
tire readiness TO do everything that inter-
national law REQUIRES to smooth away the
after procuring report on the subject
from the cuban officials. the Duke of
fairs sad delI1ered i to united United states h Minsser
Taylor a statement, in which he says that
the Allianea was tred upon with spe5ial
purpose, not to hit her. she being outsid"
OF tSe Jurisdictional zone of Spain. This
was an Involuntary error which none could
lament more than the government OF mis-
majesty, whose purpose never was TO set
"hs,asSs or M hindThnfess s e. the lGstma.S
sss 10 sys 90 The sishtssi 'Ias oense s' to 5i tn
nag of a friendly power. He adds that H.
strnc'lons have been sent TO the commdli-
ers ul the ships OF the navy ITO AVOID Il
repetition of events similar TO that now IN
question, which is .dssyowed by the gov
ernment Of his majesty"
Mr.. Uhl. then acting secretary of state,
closed the incident by accepting the dukes
communication as sufficiently satisfactory
explanation without concedins that the ex-
act location Of the Alianca at the time the
shot was fired can be considered con-
trolling circumstance.
Correspondence passing between the state
department and the resident Spanish min
lister relative to the enforcement OF the
siderable space. II begins with the cases
of the yachts Amedia, Lagonda and Bar,
acoa, but these have already been made
public through the legal proceedings.
fruitiess attempt OF Marshal Campos, then
connsa snsra Was from sass
diplomatic functions In intervening TO pro-
ocais ONO in Cuba. sseretaTy On oIney paeea aetea
with vigor in this action, addressing him
self to Minister De LONE here. and to the
Spanish government at Madrid at the same
than a month Consul General Williams
look after such matters. Being thus placed
on an equality with the German consuls In
Cuba.
4 short letter from United States Minis
| ter Taylor to Secretary Gresham In Feb
ruary o. 1885, tells the story of a diplomatic
victory that from its business value, de-
serves prominent place in the volume.
| This was the final concession by the Span
| Ish government to United States citizens
| OF the right to pay minimum import duties
on goods sent TO Cuba.
premonition OF claims to be preferred
| AGAINST SDutn in snypral
| from f. Atkins 4 Co. of Boston. TO Sec
retary Olney, giving notice of the destruc-
| tion of their valuable Soledad sugar es-
| tate by the insurgents. incidentally. they
| note that the insurgents are mainly me-
groes, and that the orders to burn their
property were sent from Cuban headquar-
iers in New York, with purpose OF caus,
ing trouble between the United States and
| Spain. The chapter on Spain ends with
| corres spondence relative to the cases OF
| certain American citizens arrested and ex-
A. Somers and the Ansleys.