The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-19

""utiu, Oct' IO-El impartial says
TINT the negotiations between the govern
ment aD6 the chiefs of the Cuban Auto.
nomist party have not produced the ex-
pected results. The ministerial organs
urge the necessity of energetic action
to crush the rebellion by force of arms.
The increase in the issue of bank notes
by the Bank of Spain has created Il bad
impression. ~
Havana, via Key West, Fla Oct. IL
In Lucia, in it's leading editorial yester-
day, attacked the Sagasta Cabinet, and
sad: we ara returning to the policy of
cheat and inconsistency
Commenting upon cable dispatches
from Me- York city which assert that
Consul General Lee will soon come to
Cuba with special mission to obtain the
views of the insurgents regarding auto
nomy and to put Al stop to the enlistment
OF expeditions in case the insurgents
should not accept autonomy, La Lucia
says:
"These reports are not credtable, as
Mr.. Cleveland and President Mckinney
have both explained thatuncer the Amer
lean Constitution and laws the expedi-
lions cannot be stopped. Therefore, if it
he true that President Mckinley can
stop expeditions by applying laws which
have not been applied ur to date, the re-
sponsib'lity of the Cleveland and the Nc
kinley administrations would be great
and their bad faith manifest.
off the Spanish minister at Washing
ton could have found in the American
Constitution and laws provisions to
check the enlistment of expeditions he
would have demanded their application;
therefore, the policy of the American
President, as soon as he ascertains the
feelings of the insurgents in the matter,
should be ignored by us.
Besides, should it be true that Gen.
Lee is coming with this special mission,
it would signify Spain's Importance, in
asmuch as in affairs of her own she adj
mits the Intervention OF foreign consul,
whose opinion is we'll known to be more
favorable to the insurgents than to the
Spaniards. We neither deny nor affirm
that Consul General Lee has such a spe-
cial mission, for we belong to the class
that believes everything possible nova
days.
ut would be due to the perturbed state
Of Madrid politicians and because they
are considering the Cuban question as a
mercantile affair. After we know Con
sui Lees mission we shall also know
whether filibustering expeditions could
have been prevented or. not by thu Amer.
lean Government"
LONDON, OcC. lS.-Ihe Madrid cOrra-
spon lent OF the Times Says: "The ru-
mors that Spain has replied, or is on the
point of replying, to United States Min
lister Woodfords note are premature. 1t
is quite true that the note asked for IA
reply during October. Though it is of
considerable length, and contains not n
few expressions of the most friendly sen.
timent, it does not explain very clearly
what the positive aims and intentions of
the Washington Cabinet really are. 1t
Is all the more necessary for Spain to OBJ
tain accurate information on this point,
since important changes have occurred
since the Ote was presented in both the
Spanish government and policy.
eff the assulance Gen. Woodford has
volunteered TO the effect that President
Mckinley does not desire to embarrass
Spain are to be taken literally, it Is not
unreasonable for the Spaniards to expect
further diplomatic action will be post
poned till it is seen whether the new pol
icy will produce the desired result
Spain. in fact, has already replied, not
verbally, but by acts, and it il not impos.
sible that the delicate questions at issue
might be complicated rather than solved
by formal reply at this moment to Gen
WoodfOrd' g noten