Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-10-29
LONG-EXPECTED
Cablegram From United States
Minister Woodford Received.
Neither Language Nor Subject Mat
ter Likely to Be Taken as Offensive
BY the United States Government-In View
of What Has Been Accomplished by
the New Spanish Cabinet the Case
VIII Rest Until Congress Meets.


the day at the state department was
the receipt of the long-expected cable
gram from United States Minister
Woodford at Madrid, transmitting the
answer Of the Spanish government to
lis representatives in the interest of
peace in Cuba. This message began to
come in installments at two o'clock
Tuesday night, and it was nearly noon
Wednesday before was all in hand at
the state department 1t was not the
length of the message that occupied
the wires all that time, but the
fact that it was in all groups
of figures and it was probably
filed in small patches rs it
was turned into the complicated state
department cipher in Madrid. All of
this work had to be undone at the state
department and the message trans
lated from the cipher back again into
good English. This occupied nearly
all of the day, so that it was half past
before the first fair copy of the mes
sage was turned out. 1t was not SO
long, in fact, there were a little less
than 1000 words in the message, for
Mr.. Woodford instead of cabling the
whole of the Spanish answer to his note
contented himself with reducing the
matter to brief outline. The first
copy was taken at once to the presi-
dent, not being entrusted to a messen-
ger, but being delivered by Chief
Clerk Michaels in person at the white
house. After due opportunity had
1oa,, n111,,,oI fha ,N,.actIart 70 raoI ha
message, an application was made for
a statement of its contents or nature.
This was declined by Secretary Porter,
and it was said that under no circum-
stances would the correspondence be
made public before consideration by
the cabinet.
From unofficial information that has
reached certain administration officials
in advance of this message of Mr..
Woodford's as to the nature of the
Spanish reply, it is evident that in
neither language nor subject matter is
the communication likely to be taken
as offensive by our government.
1t may be, it is true, regarded
as insufficient TO meet the issue
presented byMr. Woodford in his note
but officials of the state department
saw tbot in view of What has ALREADY
becn accomnlishad nv the new Snanish
cabinet in reforming abuses in Cuba.
in removing Weylcr and in projecting
what aDpears TO be \ liberal measure
of autonomy. onr ooyernmant win car-
tainlv rest. at laast until CONGRESS- as
senbles and afford the naw Spanfgh
government a reasonable time to carry
ont its plans,
IN his annual rerort to the adiutant
general OF the army. Mai. Gen. John
r.. Brooke. comunnlinr the DEPART
mert OF the Missouri. saws that a LARGE
amount of travclf1r by rail has been
done by trloDs duri1r the past sYr,7-
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