The herald., 1897-10-16
CITIZENSHIP
Will Guard Miss CisnerOS
From Danger
DECLARES HER INTENTION
TO RENOUNCE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE QUEEN
Instructions to Woodford Made
Known to the Public-Side
Lights on Finances
4 ssoc,ated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
NEW YORK, Oct. 15-Evangelina
Cossio Cisneros signed her declaration
Of intention to become citizen of the
United States this afternoon.
MYSTERIOUS GUNNERY
SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 15.-The Morn
ing News correspondent at Brunswick
wires the particulars of the cannonac-
ing off Cumberland island.
A young lady resident of Cumberland
arrived there today with the informa-
ton that strange gunboat steamed
up Cumberland creek last night. To-
dy the craft steamed out at full speed.
In a few minutes cannonading was
heard off in the mist and continued for
some time. St. Andrews pilots were
aroused by the reports and went in
search Of the cause. They discovered
nothing.
Brunswick pilots coming in today re-
port that they had sighted no strange
vessel.
WOODFORD'S INSTRUCTIONS
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-The Herald
publishes the following based on high
authority, which it claims is substantial
ly the instructions issued by President
Mckinley to Minister Woodford to the
Spanish queen:
None but the most kindly relations eX-
ist between the present administration.
and Spain, and as far as it lies in the
power of the administration it will con-
tinue. The belligerency resolution which
ba OF tbes . n
Congress merely bore evidence of the
tremendous popular feeling throughout
this country in favor of Cuba. The
House, to be sure, voted down the reso-
luton passed by the Senate. but this was
with a view to postponing the issue and
not doing anything for the moment that
could be construed as hostile to Spain.
The House, like the Senate, Is strong
ly in sympathy with Cuba. This feel
ing of sympathy throughout the United
States will undoubtedly take shape as
soon as Congress convenes, and 1t Will
be necessary for the President to COM
municate to Congress such recommen-
dations as he deems best to make in re-
gard to the Cuban affairs. Under the
circumstances the government of the
United States tenders its best offices to
mediate between Spain and Cuba and it
offers to mediate so as to bring the war
to an end on such terms as will be hon
ora bic to both parties. This government t
expresses the hope that Spain will reply
by the end of October so as to give the
President a chance to report to Congress
by the time it convenes.
The Herald also publishes the follow
lowing, which it claims details the real
circumstances which led to the downfall
of the old cabinet
Nearly all of the Spanish bonds have
been floated in France and the recent
loans were placed there, but the latest
application for further loans has not been
favorably responded to. The only means
therefore of raising money was through
the Bank Of Spain, to which application
was made at the rate of fifty million
pesetas $12 900, 900 a month, in order to
carry on the war in Cuba and the Philip
pine Islands. The Bank of Spain de-
clined to make further advances to the
government several weeks ago, and the
cabinet thereupon removed the governor
of the bank The last appointed
governor of the bank recently tried to
force on the banks committee, or board
of directors, the application of the gov
ernment for additional loans, but his eff
forts failed. This was followed by the de-
termination of the cabinet to take steps
to reduce the interest rate on the govern
ment bonds from 6 to per cent, re-
spectively.
Immediately the cabinet was deluged
with protests. Some of these objections
came from persons high in authority
and in a position to dictate. terms to
Spain. The combined weight Of conser-
vatives in Spain which embraced as in
dicated the bulk of holders of Spanish
bonds, whose interest would be cut IN
two, Immediately answered this propo-
sltion with the suggestion that it would
be far better to stop all war expenses
than to adopt such radical course In
fact, many Of the conservatives said it
would be better to gain anything in the
way of idemnity which Spain could OBJ
tain by the sacrifice Of sovereignty and
accepting an offer to grant liberty to
Cuba if it could be brought about in a
way that would not be dshonorabe to
Spain. The Queen yielded to this, and the
result was the resignation of the old
cabinet and the calling upon Sagasta to
| form a new one.
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