The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-21
LIMIT SET
FOR SPAIN.
Paris Believes Woodford
Has Presented McKin-
ley's Ultimatum.
Will Startle Europe.
So Says a Madrid Dispatch
Regarding Americas
Attitude.
Washington Skeptical
Salt Sprinkled on Foreign
Stories by Depart
ment Officials.
Washington Skeptical

here the greatest secrecy is maintained
regarding the United States ultimatum.
which is looked upon as bound to cause
a great sensation in Europe, and to
have the greatest consequences While
not intending it, it is believed the ac-
ton of the United States has greatly
facilitated solution Of the ministerial
crisis and that there will be a reor-
ganization of the Conservatives under
Gen. Azcarraga, the premier, and Don
San Francisco Silvala, the leader of the
dissident Conservatives.
PARIS, Sept. 20-A dispatch from
San Sebastian to the Temps, of this
city, says that, in his interview yester-
day with the Duke of Tetuan, the
Spanish minister for foreign affairs, the
United States minister to Spain, Gen.
Stewart l.. Woodford,. did not present
any claim for indemnity, but confined
the interview to a moderate statement
of the great injuries commerce and
industry had suffered in the United
States through the prolongation of the
Cuban war.
Gen. Woodford is said to have added
| that Secretary Sherman had desired
! him to declare to the Spanish govern
ment that it was evidently impossible
| for Spain to end the rebellion in a.
| rea sonable time, and, further that if
the war was continued Cuba would be
devastated and of no utility to Spain
| or to the Cubans. In conclusion, the
United States minister is said to have
| insisted courteously but firmly upon the
| necessity of terminating the war, de-
claring that if it was not terminated
| by the end of October, the United
| States would feel justified in taking
measures to secure the independence of
| Cuba.
The Duke of Tetuan, still according
| to the dispatch to the Temps, while pro-
| testing against alleged American pre-
| TENSIONS said he would reply officially
| to the United States minister when the
| Spanish court returns to Madrid.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-It can be
stated, in reference to the Paris publi-
cation purporting to give the substance
] of Gen. Woodford's communication to
| the Duke of Tetuan yesterday, that
| there has been a misapprehension on
| the part Of the Temps correspondent on
several important points, notably in
respect to an ultimatum and the set
ting of time limit for the conclusion
| of the war. Instead of fixing the end of
October next as the date for the termi-
nation of the war; that particular date
was mentioned as the time when the
| Spanish court would return to Madrid
| from San Sebastian, and when conse-
| quently it might be in order to return
an answer to the latest representations
| of the United States government
through Mr.. Woodford. 1t is declared
| at the state department that while Mr..
W'oodford did, according to the origi-
nal idea of his instructions, set out the
deep interest the United States had in
witnessing a cessation of the deplorable
conflict in Cuba, he did not deliver
himself to an ultimatum, but simply
made a statement of our deep interest
in a settlement of the Cuban war as
reasonable explanation for intervening
in any manner at this time.
Mr. Woodford'S telegram regarding
his conference with the Duke of Tet-
uan is now before President Mckinley.
LONDON, Sept 21.-A dispatch to
the Standard from San Sebastian says;
The government will take its. time to
reply to United States Minister Wood
| ford and will probably lay the case be-
fore the European powers in the shape
Of an exhaustive exposition oil the
whole matter But last year the foreign
office ascertained that the sympathles
| of the powers were not hkely TO go
beyond platonic censure OF the conduct
| of the United States. Much anxiety
| is noticeable in court and official cir