The Worthington advance., 1897-10-28
A sAUCY NOTE.

a sAucY NOTE.
.spain'4 Sharp Answer to Minister
WOOdfofd. 4
Madrid, Oct. 25.-ln the special note
to United States Minister Woodford the
government declares that Spain has
done all in her power to end the war in
Cuba and cites the many sacrifices
which have been made by the nation,
the number OF troops sent to Cuba and
the reforms which are to be carried out
inETthe island, and which arc fully de-
scrihed. The communicated is cour-
Eteous in tone, but very determined in
rejecting the substance of the American
note. Spain resolutely asserts her de-
Termination to settle the Cuban ques-
ticn& @ herself without foreign assistance
or interference of any kind. She de-
clines to fx&any date for the pacifica-
ton Of Cuba, which she proposes to
bring about as she sees fit by force Of
nrms and by political reforms culminat-
ing in autonomy combined. While re-
GREETING the losses and damages the in
surrection has inflicted ON foreign resi-
dents, Spain argues that it would not
have happened ifinternationa law. had
been observed by the United States es-
pecially. The note ends with the state
1aent: that ''Spain will not admit the
right of any foreign power to interfere
in any of her AFFAIRS
The Spanish answer initiates a new
policy toward the United States. The
tone of the instructions sent to Min
lister de LONE about tilibustering expe-
di1ions emphasizes this new line of con-
duct. The ministers declare that the
government considers intolerable any
foreign pretension to- interfere in Span
! ish affairs, and tits ready to maintain
with energy its resolutions. ~ =
If filibustering expeditions continue
to be organized in the United States the
Spanish government will instruct De
LONE to give warning to the effect that
Spain will again exercise the right OF
search on such vessels as Spanish war
ships consider suspicious. In the mean
time the naval forces in Cuba will be
strengthened.
It is asserted that the note of the
Spanish government to Gen. Woodford,
the United States minister, will prob
ably be modified, as result of long
conference between M. Gullon, min
lister of foreign affairs, and NJ. Moret,
minister of the colonies.
Ell Liberal thinks rupture is possible
as result of the negotiations which are
about to open between Spain and the
United States, and thinks 1--WE ought to
avoid this rupture, so far as duty and
honor permit; but though the govern
ment should act in spirit of modera-
tion, the nation willss,nder no circum-
stances authorize the renunciation of
Spanish rights
London, Oct 25.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
:. "rhe Spanish press unanimously supports
the attitude of the government, which it
calls eminently sober and digni1ed: but the
impression Is that the controversy with
the United States has reached critical
stage. which may be the prelude to a rup-
ture. spoke with three members of the
cabinet, who in almost identical words
contended that Spain has the right, after
her tremendous sacrifices in Cuba, to de-
mand the observance of international neu-
trality by other nations. One Of them added
The Gordian knot is the United States,
without whose help the rebellion would
long ago have been suppressed. We do not
want war, but every European nation will
approve Of our defense Of our international
rights The Spanish naval forces in the
Caribbean sea will be strengthened on the
pretext Of a necessity for increased Wig
ilance on the Cuban coast"
London, Oct. 25.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Standard says:
"A member of the cabinet assures me
that the government intends to give Cuba
complete local government with universal
suffrage to elect municipal and provincial
councils and an insular parliament The
latter will be composed OF upper and lower
chambers, having entire control of taxa
tfon and tariff. The responsible government
will be composed Of five ministers, whose
councils will be presided! over by the gov
ernor-general." Senators and deputies for
Cuba will continue to sit in the Spanish
cortes, and the imperial government will
still control the army, navy, police tribunals
and foreign affairs of the colony, exactly
as the programme of the autonomists de-
| manded. The government has received
promises Of the support of both the auton-
omists in Cuba and of those residing in
France and the United States, and expects
no opposition from the other colonial par
ties. The same minister says that the
government does not believe the Spanish
States, because it is couched In friendly
tone and virtually shows that Spain is do
ing what the United States has repeatedly
adyised''