The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-14

Ursss1 STATS aaA opain Axrfng shs yeas
lsss. ~ IN nc csss Vas thsrs printed ANY
matter n the na<ure % reports fruxn Trss-
e States o<tcers touching shs reb<E1cD
ard fss cassnes. progress 81 prospects
TIE chapter on Spain begins with the
cefsbrst~1 Nero case. which. having eeea
settled satisfactorily BY the payment 81
a. Indemnity By Spain OF =. 6oa 90. - nsw
. esosed Ercsdert
Next IA crdsr comes TIA Af4anca fncf-
cert. beginning With seeretxxy Gresham
ytxoross demand uror tbs Spanish gov
eFnmen. for a prompt dtsasswL Of Tho
act ~ TIRE Ccn1s yerafffo In firing upon
the Arrertcsn steamship: fer an express
g.on os rexrst ard the issuance Of orders
90 Spanish naval commander TO refrain
from interfer.nce vita legitimate Amer
lean ccmmerce. whether within three
miles Of the Cuban coast Or not The con-
cirsson Of this incident h for the FIRST
time told oficsally Ia this publication The
Spanish government showed its entire
readiness To do everything that tnterna-
ftonaI Law requires 20 smooth away the
bad Impression made By the incident. and
after procuring q report on the sahtecs
frorn thu Cuban officials the Duke OF Te-
tuan. Spanish minister Of foreign Affairs.
ceiivercd 20 United States Minister T&y-
lor statement IL which n says that the
AIlianca was AIRED upon with a special
purpose not 10 E4E E&Ff 3E& D<IS8 G3A@f1c
% the furss6icttonai none Of Spain This
was an involuntary error which no one
ccuEd lament more than the government OF
hts majesty. whose purpose never was 70
set obstacles or h.ndrances 20 the iegiu-
mate commerce Of ice United States. and
much less 10 give the slightest oEsnse 20
tn. flag OF a friendly power. He adds that
instructions have been sent TO the com
fnand-rs OF the ships Of the navy 70
srr.sH rss~,Fffrfn*4 NJ GfrrffaY
that now IN question, which is disavowed
By the government OF his majesty" Mr..
Uhi, then acting secretary OF state. closed
the incident by accepting the dukes state
ment as sufficiently satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION without conceding that the sy-
act location OF the Alliance at the time
the shot was fred can be considered - .
controlling circumstance
Correspondence passing between the
state department and the resident Span
ish minister relative 10 the enforcement
Of the United States neutrality laws takes
up considerable space II begins with the
cases OF thu yachts Amaeia LGgondia and
Naracoa. but these have already been
made public through legal proceedings.
Half a dozen letters tell the story Of the
frultless attempt OF Marshal Campos. then
captain general, 10 prevent United States
Consul General Williams from exercising
diplomatic functions in intervening 10 pro-
tect Americans arrested by the sfsanfsn
officials IA Cuba Secretary Oiney acted
with vigor In this action. addressing him
self to Minister De LONE here and TO the
Spanish government at Madrid at the
same time, through Minister Taylor. and
In less than a month Consul General Will
Jams was recognized as having full pow
srs TO look after such matters, being thus
placed on an equality with the German
consuis IN Cuba
A short iettor frsm United States Min
istsr Taylor to Secretary Gresham In Feb
ruary. 1885, tells the story OF a diplomatic
victory that. from its business value. de-
serves a 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 duties on
goods sent to Cuba
A premonition OF claims &c be preferred
against Spain appears In several letters
OF e. Atkins & Co., OF Boston. TO Secre-
tary Oiney. giving notice Of the destrue-
ton OF their valuable Soledad sugar estate
by the Insurgents. Incidentally they note
that the insurgents are mainly negroes.
and that the orders 10 burn their property
were sent from Cuban headquarters In
New York with purpose of causing uou-
bic between the United States and spain.
The chapter on Spain ends with corre-
spondence relative to the cases or GER
tain American citizens arrested and ex-
PEELED from Cuba--Francis Carrulo. John
A. Somsrs and the Ansleys-