Evening star., 1896-11-13
SENSATIONAL RUMORDENIED
The Only Inquiry Made About the Trans
portation of Troops South.
No Warming to Spain as to the Treat
ment of American Citizens
In Cuba.

, Concerning the report coming from the
vest to the effect that the War Depart
ment has been making inquiries of trunk
line railroads running to the gulf coast and
along the southern seaboard as to their
facilities for moving troops and war sup
plies, 1t Is stated at the War Department
that the only inquiry made within the past
year on this subject was one intended to
ascertain the cost Of executing the order
made about six weeks ago by the Secre-
tary of War looking to the annual ex-
change of stations Of troops. A regiment Of
troops inCalifornia and further north on the
Psc:fc coast was ordered to exchange sta
t1on With troops that had been serving in
the east and in Florida. The uuartermas-
Ter department took steps to ascertain in
duVaFce the cost of the proposed move
lnent In order to make sure that it woulI
De within the available appropriation for
movements of troops. OF course this had
no warhke purpose whatever, for the same
Iumber or troops that were added to the
department of the East We're carried west
70 take their station in the Department Of
California and Columbia.
Fiat Denial.
A fiat denial is also given by the best
authority to another sensational story to
the effect that the State Department has
warned Spain against further outrageous
treatment Of American commercial agen-
c1es doing business with Cuba. 1t is said
that owing to radical organic differences
In the systems of customs collection pur-
sued by Spain and by the United States
and the absence from the Spanish system
OF what are known as post invoices in
this country, American shipping has been
more or less embarrassed by detentions
ana actlonS growing out of failures to OBJ
serve technical requirements of the Cuban
customs system. But this has been the
case for years past, and it is said that
nothing has happened recently to cause any
strain OF the relations between the two
governments on this score.
From the White House comes the un-
official statement that there is to be no re-
versal OF the administration policy, and
changed in Cuba the President will adhere
strictly to his original intention of with
holding recognition of Cuban belligerency
Until there are stronger evidences of the
aDlilty OF the insurgents to maintain some
form OF government. There is now no rea-
sonabie ground to believe that Mr. Cleve-
land contemp!ates any change in his atti-
tude between now and March 4, unless
campaign and the insurgents are enabled
to seize and hold some town sufficiently
long 10 set up government. That part Of
the annual message to Congress relating
to Cuba will not be prepared until the last
week of the month, as 1t IS the President s
tntention to await the latest developments
before setting forth to the country the
past and present policy of his administra-
ton toward the island.
The Spanish Minister'S Dispatch.
Mr.. Dupuy De LONE, the Spanish minis
ter, today in response to an inquiry as to
reports of notes passing between the Unit
ed States minister at Madrid, Mr.. Taylor
and the authorities there, showed the fol-
lowing cablegram from the minister of for
eign affairs:
MADRID, November 12 1886.
Spanish Minister, Washington, d. c.:
The cabegrams from New York and
Washington, published in London, referring
to supposed notes of Mr.. Taylor and the
Spanish government are entirely false
There Is not the slightest foundatio for
such rumors, which are undoubtedly Of fill
clustering origin. TETUAN."