The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-28

rar.-nsez tzts9zs in TIE interest u peace =
Cunz- Tnls message began % ccne r n
stal1u-s-tz a. o'clo~k last usxaf. and y
was nooz today aefcre Z w4s a. u AZ tie
ssass department.
II lad 70 - Translated from csgeer.
which occ1p3es reariy al u ths day. 50
that Il was haIf-nzsS c'e9ock before tEs
arzt copy e tie message was tErEel cut.
y was not Sc long. z fact. there WAS \
Ettfe less than t%E words 2 rhe message.
f5r 3Tr Hc0dforG instead e ea531g re
whoIe q rha Spanish answer 70 Ais EoSe,
had coatente9 himself with rsiucing ne
matter 20 a hrisf ouEnEs
The first copy was taken a. once q tie
president. ROT belzg tnrruSts6 20 mes
sengs~ hEt hang delivered ~ Chief C'srk
Mehaels "a person II the NaIs1e HONE r.
After due npuortunity had bean allowed
the president 70 read tfe uasssage- az p
ps9carion va a made fer statement ~ iis
contents or nattTe- IRIS was teelsnS3 BY
Secretary Porter. and i vvas said that IN
der no circumstances w91ld the eorre-
spondence Pc made puolie before ecrs1dsF-
alton - the cabinet
TIE Message Vet Offensive.
From uno~s-.aI information taat has
reached certain admlnislrs rton officials n
a3vsnce % tnls message Of Mr. WoodfoTd
as 70 the nature q the SoantSh reply. i 5
evident that IN neither iaaZaags nor sub
sect matter - the ccrfu1lIczriO- nselE 20
be taken gs offensive y olr government.
Il may be- lt ls true. regarded as lns1-Ll-
cfent 10 meet the issue presented " Mr-
Wocafsrd n his note. out officials e tie
state department say thar 2 view q nat
has alr.als been accom- EHshcd - the ~"
Spanish csE5Eet By res5s4r..5ls ABUSES Il
Cuba. III removing Wagse- II pFoJcc.-ns
what appt Ers a ube.al MEASURE u a J.
tononsy. our government wiu cer.s1i-IY
q
afford the new Spanish govefIlilI m 4 re-
sonabIe length Of me = cary out lis
plans.
Vice Consul General Springer, ~ Ha-
yana, has telegTaphet3 the state depart
rnent thai the Spanish authorities have
pardoned Frank AgTanoate and Tomas
Julio Saeaze. Two American cltlzzTls. WEo
have been imprisoned Al Santiago de Cuba
since June. Iss5.
spain~s Plan of Autonomy.
NEW YORK. Oct IA dispatch % the
Herald from Madrid says. SeBor AoFet
Predersast. tne new colonial minister. has
outlined his plan t0r Cuban reform as fol-
lows:
The autonomy which the cabinet OF
Senor Sagasta purposes 70 hesJcw on tae
island Of Cuba and Porto Rico. n Iul1L-
mens q the manifesto o. Juns u Is sps-
adopted in the platform Of the Anlilllan
autonomisls and rot identical with tne
other colonial constitutions. X Is clear
thar IN It's ESSENTIAL principles the future
constitution OF Cuba and Porto Raco agrees
wfth those colonial constitutions that start
from seif-goys srnmeu. as the capital Idea
-self-Iegfsla ion, responsible 10 the gov
ernnaens and the supremacy Of the gov
ernor. who. either under that name or that
OF viceroy shall represent the mother
country, and VINO shall choose the minis
,ers who shan be the executive n that
colony.
s:arsing from the above basis. the pro-
iecE OF the Spanish government contains.
drgt. partition q those matters ana con-
Germs that belong 10 the colonial parlia-
ment and 70 the imperial parliament. max
IS. 10 the national cortes. The partition
h founded upon a careful discrimination
between what interests the Islands thein-
selves in a local sense and what IS OF na-
tfonal Importance The project II opera
ZION wIu InterpTe. n the most generous
manner the phrase local interests" since
I; Will not only grant 10 the coionlsts com
plete control ot all that relates 70 eddea-
flon charity etc. bul Il also !nTrustS 20
REPRESENTATIVES, OF the local government
tae right Of drawing up their customs
tariff without any Limitation beyond these
mutually arranged.
The CoIoniai Governments Powers.
with the metropolis 70 coordinate in
their respective mercantile -. CONNER
cial interests. the above functions VIII BE-
performed BY an tnsuIar chamber totally
electoral iu nature, without restriction as
10 subsequent subd.vis or into two similar
chambers-that is, the house Of representa-