The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-11-14
TIE ANTICIPATION
o. A SPANISH WAR
Calls for a Navy on a War
Footing
The Army IS EQOALLy C1NE
Especially Along the South At
Iantic Coast
NO AMOUNT OF PLAIN DENIAL
cas Curb the lmpetuosity Of Ferocious
Correspondents
NOAMOUNT OF PLAIN DENIAL
Csu Curb the lmpetuosity of Ferocious
Correspondents
Rustiug Work on Coast Defenses Must Mean
Something
Omcials Of Both Governments Give IL
Out Cold That Spanish-American
Relations Are Thoroughly Cor
dial-Reports From Havana.


Associated Prsss Special Wire
CHICAGO, Nov. ia special to the
Tribune from Washington, D. c., says:
While the navy is being placed on war
footing in anticipation of possible trou-
BILE with Spain, growing out of the Cuban
rebellion. the army is equally active in
It's warlike preparations, especially
along the south Atlantic coast.
Gen. Craighill. chief Of engineers of
the army, has just returned from hur-
ried inspection of the Notifications now
in course of construction at Galveston,
Tex; Fort San Philip on the Mississippi
river below New Orleans; Mobile, Ala;
Pensacola Key West, and further in
land, These works of coastwise defense
have been quietly but rapidly pushed
toward completion and Gen. Craighill
has reported to the secretary of war that
ali or nearly all of them will be ready for
occupancy by December To- Gen Craig
hill would not say that the work on these
Notifications and the orders for their
immediate completion had any bearing
upon the Cuban question, but he placed
a significant emphasis upon the remark
that Just now we are exerting all the
energy of the engineer corps In the
work upon these Notifications"
At the last session of congress an ap-
preparation of IS, 000, 900 was provided for
immediate expenditure upon the coast
defenses from Maine to Texas, besides
as much more for contracts. This be-
ing an unusually liberal amount. orders
were given to exercise all due haste in
the work along the southern coast.
Gen. Craighill says this work on the
fortifica tions has been pushed forward to
the exclusion of other business Of the
engineering department He is gratif1ed
to report that they will be ready to re-
ceive their armaments not later than the
middle of next month.
A FLAT DENIAL.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Concerning
the report that the war department, be-
cause Of possible trouble with Spain. has
been making inquiries of the trunk line
railroads to the gulf coast and along the
southern seaboards as to facilities for
moving war supplies, it can be stated
that the only inquiry made in the past
year by the war department on this SUBJ
ject was one intended to ascertain the
cost of executing an order made about
six weeks ago by the secretary of war,
looking to the annual exchange Of the
stations of troops. OF course this had
no warlike purpose whatever, for the
same number of troops that were added
to the department of the east were car
rted west to take their stations. A fiat
denial is also given by the best author
ity to the sensational story that the
state department warned Spain against
further outrageous treatment of Amer
lean commercial agencies doing busi-
ness with Cuba. 1t is said that owing to
radical organic differences in the sys-
TENS of customs collection pursued by
Spain and the United States and the alb
sence from the Spanish system Of what
are known in this country as post in
voices, American shipping has been
more or less embarrassed by detentions,
growing out of the failure to observe
technical requirements of the Cuban
customs system. But nothing has hap
pened recently to cause strained rela-
tions between the two governments on
this score.
MORE CONTRADICTION.
LONDON. Nov. 13.-The officials of
the foreign ONCE deny that there is any
truth in the story published by a New
York newspaper that the British ambas-
sador. Sir Julian Pauncefote, rendered
the good offices of Great Britain with
view Of averting trouble between the
United States and Spain. The officials
say that beyond the newspaper rumors
they have no knowledge of any difficulty
between the United States and Spain
YET ANOTHER.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-Senor Dill
puy de LONE, the Spanish minister. to-
day showed the following cablegra m
from the Spanish minister of foreign af-
fairs: "Cablegrams from New York and
Washington published in London. refer
ring to the supposed notes of Mr. Tav-
lor and the Spanish government are en-
tirely false. There is not the slightest
foundation for such rumors, which are
undoubtedly of filibustering origin"
NEWS FROM THE FRONT
HAVANA, Nov 13.-The colonels of
the Spanish army now in Havana have
offered to raise 1000 volunteers to take
the field for Spain.
Comlaittees have been organized to 20
Into different districts and collect funds
for the popular subscription to increase
The navy.