The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20
A GENERAL MIX-UP.
NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE AD-
MINISTRATIoN is AT.
Denials of the Recent Statements as
to the Policy Mckinley Had Out
lined-Views of Mrs. Ruiz.

Washington, June LIT can be
stated on the best authority that al
publications to outline the Cuban pol
icy OF President Mckinley up 10 the
present time have been in disregard
OF the fact that the case of the United
States government has not been made
up and that even in the discussions of
the subject Of our relations 20 Cuba
in cabinet circles the point has not as
yet been reached where it could be
said that the executive had finally de-
termined upon any certain plan of ac-
I ton. At the state department an au-
thoritative denial is given of the state
ment cabled to London that General
Woodford. the newly appointed United
States minister TO Spain, has been in
structed TO intimate to the Spanish au-
thorities that if Spain refuses to grant
freedom to Cuba she must be prepared
to yield to force.
Mr.. Calhoun, who was the presi-
dents special commissioner to visit
Cuba and learn the plain truth as to
the situation there, is still here in
daily conference with Assistant Sec
rotary Day upon the subject of our
general relations to the Cuban ques-
ton, as we'll as upon the Ruiz case
in particular. and it is desired that
General Woodford also be given an
opportunity to confer with Mr. CAL
houn. Therefore in the course of the
next three days the minister will come
again to Washington from New York
and begin a serious study of the pres
ent instruction from its very begin
ming. OF this General Woodford knows
very little more than the average close
reader of the newspaper, and il is of
course important that he should have
in his possession all the information
that is in the state department, be-
sides that which Mr.. Calhoun may be
able to add verbally. before he goes
to Spain. because it is the intention Of
our government that our minister shall
carry with him the complete case of
the United States. There is no expec-
tation that General Woodford will
start for Madrid until the expira ton of
the 30-day period allowed by the state
department to all United States min
listers upon their appointment within
which to study their instructions be-
fore going to their posts.
General WOodford's instructions, of
course, from the peculiarities of the
situation, VIII be much more complex
than are usually given to an American
minister. Not only will he be charged
with all the details of the Ruiz case,
which in itself promises TO present
most formidable legal problems. but he
viii also take with him all the evil
dence necessary to establish the losses
suffered by United States citizens in
Cuba from the continuance of the war
with much ether data in support of
the suggestion of our government that
it can scarcely continue to countenance
a prolOngation of present conditions.
Upon the answer returned by the
Spanish government TO these repre-
sensations by General Woodford will
depend the course to be followed by
the United States. While perfectly
willing TO gather all information per-
tinent to this issue and listen 10 all
proper representations, the administra-
ton is firmly determined not to be
unduly hurried in it's treatment of the
case, realizing that if it should permit
itself to be carried away by temporary
excitement, mistakes Of the gravest
character might result that in the end
would weaken our position