The herald., 1896-02-20

ing cane at once and that they should or
game, at their own expense, an armed
body of men for the protection OF their
property. which force, 1t is added, will be
assisted by the government guerillas anu
the regular army. The circular makes 1t
understood that it is the duty of the plant
ers to help the government i'll this manner.
Ihe latter will pay the guerillas for their
services and will furnish the necessary
arms and ammunition for the plantation
guards.
MINISTER'S oFFENsE
MADRID, Feb. 19.-The impartial today
credits the story published by the Heraldo
yesterday and cabled exclusively to the
Associated Press last night, saying that
Mr.. Hannis Taylor, the United States min
lister, has addressed a curt note to the
Spanish government demanding explana-
tons regarding All address delivered be-
fore geographical society by Senior Con-
vas, who commanded the caravel Santa
Maria, which was sent by Spain to the CO.
lumbian exposition. In this address Senior
Convas gave his impressions of his visit to
the United States in language which Min
lister Taylor alleges was offensive to the
United States government.
ut seems to be the acme of sensitive
ness" the impartial says, "our interna-
tonal relations show greater grievances
than this
entirely Unprecedented, as the geographic
cal society before which the address was
made is not an official body.
Senor Convas, III the address. asserted
that the moral atmosphere of the United
States is very defective, and that family
relations lacked that which was to be de-
sired. Education, while widespread, was
only on the surface, and American poll
ticians, he added, have no prestige.
He concluded with the remark that in
America everything is sacrificed to the al
mighty dollar, and that business and the
ment.
NO RECORD OF IT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-If Hannis Tay-
lor, United States minister to Madrid, has,
as is reported on the authority of Spanish
newspaper, addressed curt note to the
Spanish government demanding an expla-
nation of an attack made upon the United
States in an address delivered by Senior
Convas before geographical society, then
the minister has acted entirely upon his
own responsibility, for nothing of the SUBJ
ject matter Oh the complaint is known at
the state department. 1t is felt here that
the facts cannot be as represented, or at
least there must be other f8cts not stated
in the cable dispatch, ior our minister
would not, it is assumed, base an official
complaint upon ali address entirely lack-
character. II is not presumed here that
our minister abroad can take cognizance
to all criticisms passed upon their country
by individuals before private gatherings.
THE INCIDENT ENDED
MADRID, Feb. 19.-Admiral Beranger,
minister of marine, has investigated as to
the circumstances of the address delivered
by Senior Convas. The latter has denied the
accuracy of the extracts OF his lecture
which were published in the press, and said
there was nothing in it offensive to Amer
lea. The government has offered Mr.
Hannis Taylor, United States minister,
satisfactory assurance of it's sincere friend
| ship for the American nation. 1t is be-
lieved the incident has thus been ended.
! AN APOLOGY ASKED
LONDON, Feb. 2O.-A dispatch to the
Standard from Madrid says Don Antonio
Canovas del Castillo, the premier, has de-
termined to ask Senior Convas to write a
full apology for his reference to the United
States in the lecture which has been the
cause of irritation.