Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-01-20
STIRRING AND SENSATIONAL
Report That Spain Will Undertake
: to Turn Cuba Over to Great
Britain.
UNCLE SAM WOULD NOT TOLERATE THIS
Possible Explain alton of Assembling of
Flying Squadron-United States
will Recognize Cuban Patriots
-Belligerent Talk.

St. Louis, Jan. 2o.-The Republic this
morning, summarizing the dispatches
from Florida, New York and Washington
says:
A crisis has been reached in the Cuban
war. The recognition of the belligerency
of the patriotic army by the. United
States is imminent.
President Cleveland ia said to have
prepared proclamation, which may be
issued to-day, or in the immediate future.
Within forty-eight hours the president
is said to have learned that Spain, des-
pairing of successful termination of the
war, had offered to sell Cuba to Great
Britain.
Governors of southern states have been
requested by the war department to pre-
pare the state militiamen for immediate
service. Troops are already beginning
to move in Florida.
The belief is held in some quarters that
the flying squadron of Great Britain is
destined for service in American waters.
If this is SO, war will result.
The cession of Cuba to Great Britain
would be resisted by the United States
to the laft.
Senor Palma, head of the Cuban party
in the United States, wires from Washing
ton: "Our case is complete. The presi-
dent and congress will recognize insur-
gent cause."
THREATENING AND nELLIaERENT.
London.-The Globe, this afternoon, in
IN article condemning the attitude of the
United States senate committee on for
eign affairs, says:
"The English people will not stand
much more aouting from anybody, and
these gentlemen, whom we credit with no
more exalted sentiment than wish to
stand we'll with their Irish constituents,
may very easily find themselves face to
face with situation that could be called
appalling"
PARIS NEWSPAPER BLusTER.
Paris.-The E'Claire to-day, comment
ing upon the suggested additions to the
Monroe doctrine, remarks:
"Does the American government think
it is strong enough to appropriate in its
own interest one of the two hemispheres
and forbid Europe to have access to at
least half of the world? If it pushes it's
extravagant pretentions to this point, the
only thing that can happen will be that
all Europe will arrive at an understand
ing by which they will close their ports
to American ships, measure which will
make America ask for mercy within a
week. Why does America assume an at
titude she can not maintain"
BRITISH ADMIRALTY INNooENTLY IGNORANT.
London.-In spite of the assertion of
sensational news gatherer to the contrary,
the Associated Press is in position to
repeat its assertion of Saturday last that
it has been informed by the British ad
miralty that the destination of the flying
squadron, now at Spithead, is not yet de-
termined upon, even by ihe admiralty,
and certainly it will not 60 to Bermuda
or nnywher in American waters for the
present.
MONROE DOCTRINE REAFF1RMED.
Washington.-Senator Davis, of the
senate committee on foreign relations,
to-day reported favorably resolution
enunciating the Monroe doctrine.
The resolution after the premable is as
follows:
Resolved, That the United States of
America reafirms and confirms the doc
trines and principles promulgated by
President Monroe in his message of De-
cember 2, 1928, and declares that it will
assert and maintain that doctrine and
those principles, and will regard any iu-
fringement thereof and particularly any
attempt by any European. power to take
or acquire any new territory on the
American continents or any islands ad-
jacent thereto, for any right of sover-
eighty or dominion in the same, in any
case or instance, as to which the United
States shall deem such an attempt to be
dangerous to it's peace or safety, by or
through force, purchase, cession, occupa-
tion, pledge, colonization, protectorate or
by control of easements in canals or other