The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-06-20
The Case Of the Gogala la'nlsnatE i 4 id Rssssaiu
to Cuba Not Made Oh: 81
ALL STATEMENTS ARE uHAllT THaal alzEn ii
State departments Denies Ihat q efss e3Sss
""odf"rd fIas 4 Bcen. cen !. I Mststsss llSss
{" Make Serious Inttnsas IaisassISs
spnth Ire Hcspeet 10 t1se VS. 81 tss sas
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Washington, June Is. 1897;

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It can be stated on the best 4 uthorfrygAs
that all publications purporting to Ii ufSa
Inc the Cuban policy Of residents Me-
hlhIey tnat nave been made up to tfIsS#
present time nave been made IN Il isTeSa
gard OF the fact that up to this INC N sri ES5
the case Of the United states has IA E$s
yet been made up, and that ven irfT
Inc discussions Of the subject OF q OF ESj
relations TO Cuba that have taken plaesSsss
IN the cabinet circle the point has iiGE
yet been reached where 1t could he ssisI
that the Executive had finally detern1t tiiss
ed upon any certain plan ot action III HSs vi
the state Department an authoritat ttYss;g
denial IS given Of the statement eab1gG
70 70, London stni, to the effect that G GeneFaE
Woodford, the newly appointed 3UnitsiIs
States Minister to Spain, has bee nSS III :sss
structed to intimate to the SparisRssS
authorities that IL Spain refuses to grant
to yield to force. 3l5.55t ssSSiIs
MT. Calhoun, who was the President, ,a
special commissioner to Cuba IS a 5stilEs
mere In daily conference with Assistant fSS
secretary Day upon the subject ofs o,ir%
general relations to the Cuban questions
as well as upon the Ruiz case inaap
ticular, and 1t is desired that GeneraI5
Wodford also be given an oportunitYStS@
CONFER with Mr.. Calhoun. Therefore ilfS
the course OF the next three days ffIa5
munster mn VIII come again to Washing tons
from New York and begin & seriouag
study OF the history OF the present in silTssgs
rection from it's very beginning OgI thfsss
General Woodford at present isnoWrssy,s
llttle more than the average close readers
or the newspapers, and It is of ecu "
highly important that. he should &liaVaSs
IN MS possession al the informa ton nat
Is In the State Department, besides Tia fi
when MT: Calhoun may be able TO afltfs
veEpaiiy, before he goes to SPAIN as its
the new minister shall carr tfh sfilfnfHs
when he goes the complete ease OF 8thea II
United States. This necessarily wiiIss
consume some time, and 1t can be = tiselis
positlvely that there is no expectation
that General Woodford will start FOR foI:s
Madrid until the expira ton or the ftrtyS
day period allowed by the State Depa RS
ment to aid United States Ministers upon4i
their appointment within which to study#
posts. 'tt511&T
General Woodford's nstru ctlon S5 ofH
couMe, from the peculIarities or the SITES
uatlon will be much more complex tiranSas
nre usually given to an American niirss
lStef: Not only will he be charged With
al the details Of the Ruiz case. w5lifchg
IN itself promises to- present most; FORE
1n!dah hle legal prnh!ems, but IL sisz.azss
lake with him all the evidence necessarYS
20 20 estabiish the losses suffered by UniteHs
states citizens in Cuba from the cor1t!rI.s
uance or the war, WITH other. data litss lts
support Of the suggestion OF our govern
Heht that It can scarcely continue sto#
countenance q prolongation OF present
conditions. Upon the answer return dds
by the Spanish government to these repssss
resentations by Mr.. Woodford will de-s
pena the course to be followed by the
United States. s ssSS5sIsSsS
while perfectly willing to gather an
information ~ pertinent to- this Issue; a1ids
listen to all proper represent tons IS tllt3S
ton is firmly determined nos;
10 be unduly hurried I'M its 5trap t@rianff9 man 81
OF me case. realizing that IL It should
permit itself to be carried away by 1tenlsgs
porary extremes. mistakes OF the Eravassa
&C character might result. that would iiig
the end weaken our position. aIatEssssas