The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-15
CABINET TALKS CUBA.
Congress Will Be Asked to Aid
Destitute Americans.
IMPORTANT PAPERS SUBMITTED.

Message To Congress Next Week on the |
Situation of American Citizens on the |
Island--The President Goes to Philadel- |
phia to Attend the dwelling of the
Washington Monument-CapitaI Notes.
Washington, May 15.-The meeting OF
The cabinet Friday was devoted almost
entirely to the consideration of the Gu
ban situation. The meeting occurred an
hour earlier than usual, owing to the
Importance of the question to be dis
cussed and the fact that the president
and the cabinet were to leave for Phil
adelphia at 12:45. The cabinet discus
sion of the Cuban question was upon the
advisability of asking congress to pro-
vide immediate relief to the Americans
who are, according to the reports re-
ceived from Consul General Lee, penned
up in the cities and in actual danger of
starvation. 1t had no bearing upon the
policy of the administration toward
Spain or the Cuban insurgents except
incidentally, but dealt with the direct
and immediate question of relieving des-
titute Americans on the islands. Sec
retary Sherman laid before the cabinet
in the state department about the situ-
alton and before the meeting was over
Judge Day, the assistant secretary of
state, personally took to the White
House some additional papers, for which
the secretary had sent
Every Phased Discussed.
Every phase Of the matter was dis
cussed, the advisability of asking con-
gress for an appropriation, Spain's at
titude the methods for distributing re-
lief if it should be decided to enter upon
it. the necessity or advisability Of hav-
ing warship accompany food supplies
But the final decision of the question
was postponed until Consul General Lee
] and other American consuls i'm Cuba
and probably Mr.. Calhoun make their
reports py cable TO the department
They have been requested to cable the
latest facts as to the existing situation.
| These reports will be here probably
( when the president and the cabinet re-
! turn, and, if it is decided to send a spe-
cial message to congress early next
( week they, with the other facts in the
I possession Of the state department will
| be made the basis Of the request to con-
| gress 1t seems extremely probable now
that such a message will be sent to con-
gress. but hardly before Tuesday, as
there would he no time TO prepare
( message before that day unless Mr. Nc
| Kinley devoted Sunday to the task
DE LONE at state Department.
The Spanish minister Depuy de LONE,
called at the state department shortly
! before noon Friday and conferred for
] some time with Assistant Secretary Day
relative to the reported intention of this
| government TO send relief to American
! sufferers i'm Cuba. The minister gave
assurances that the Spanish government
would be in sympathy with any henevo-
lent movement and would lend every
| assistance to 1t. 1t was recalled by the
| minister that four months ago he had
written to the officers of the Red Cross
| society. giving, in behalf of his govern
| ment, full authority for extending aid
| to the sufferers in Cuba. Since then,
| however no steps toward RELIEF nave
| been taken. The Spanish minister does
! not question the existence of misery
| and suffering in the island, but declares
that it is such only as accompanies In
| surrection and war, heightened in this
| case by the diseases peculiar to low
| tropical countries. 1t is stated that
these conditions have existed for months
and have been well known.