Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-16
In SPAIN'S BEHALF.
ALLEGED FURTHER INTERVENTION
OF THE POWERS OF EUROPE.
4 JOINT NAVAL DEMONSTRATION.
Authoritative DenisIs, However, mt
Various Capitals That such . Move.
ment II In ContcmpIatioa-sp~
Pinint to the Powers.

ROME. AprH i5.-The Popolo Romano
to-day says it understands tho Powers OF
Europe will intervene between shs United
States and Spain, in favor Of the latter
country. and it adds that, according to
information gathered In wesl-tnforrned
quarters, the intervention will take tho
fern OF a naval demonstration, in which
sll the Powers will participate.
BRITISH OFFICIALS MUM
LONDON. April S.-/rhe offlcisis of the
british Foreign Office to-day. when qnee-
toned on the subject rel ised 10 make q
statement on the hypotNcf'es cnse as to
whether Great Britain w ioin In .
naval demonstration In of Spain.
but they added that they die not believe
such demonstration would be attempts
ed.
A representative OF the Associated
Press. however learns from tho Ambas-
sador here OF Continental power that
no such demonstration is contemplated.
The Rome correspondent of the Daily
Mail says: 1.-The Foreign Office declares
it absolutely untrue that the Powers have
even discussed any proposition Of con.
certed acuon in the Hispano-Ame
dispute. So far. they have merely de.
cided, for the moment. to offer no further
Intervention as a body
sPAIN'S COMPLAINT.
special dispatch from Madrid. pub-
ished this evening. says:
THE note 10 the Powers Will review
the whole Cuban question. pointing out
that all the trouble with the United
states arises through the clamor of the
sugar manufacturers who. ii Is cle.msd,
| fomented and organized the entire revolt.
Attention will be recalled 10 the alleged
unmolested American fiibusterires, and
| il will be asserted that the chief insur-
gent leaders are not Cubans. but adven.
turers Of all nationalties, whose sole pur-
pose is plumber and robbery.
| The note TO the Powers will conclude
| with declaring that Spain having ex-
hausted every means Of peace, IL reluS.
| tantly compelled to prepare for war, an%
| TO fight for the maintenance OF It's rights
| and honor.
| ENGLAND URGED NOT TO JOIN.
| LONDON, April l6.-The Daily .Chroni-
| Gle. taking il for granted that there Is
| some truth III tnt ftpOllS VI a INV ''fN
pean concert for coercion. devotes an
editorial to urging England no< 20 join.
| II says:
| "Our concern Is to see that England
| IL not once more dragged al the heels OF
| despots and made 60 play the game OF
! the latest Of the rotten tyrannies that
| cucumber the earth.
''It was easy TO coerce Greece, but
America stands in a different category.
She is a very great Power. Intensely
| proud, and entirely selI-contained. her
| fate has been TO undertake task pecn-
| liarly arduous and thankless. She is not
! going to be bulled by the heroes of the
| Cretan blockade, and II the movement
! against her is pressed too far she will
| be compelled in her own interest to Gear
| the situation.
"Our present purpose is to INSIST that
| our government does best by using every
| means In its power TO deseat any anti
| American combination. II there be any
| doubt about the feelings OF the great
| majority Of the nation We shall be happy
| TO try the experiment OF marching
| hundred thousand Londonefs through the
metropolis with the Union Jack and the
| Star and Stripes in combination. II ~
/ the business Of the mother country to
stand b. her children of the West az
stihy and strongly as one country can
by another"
| THE THUNDERERS VIEWS.
The Times, which attaches no imp0r-
tanee to the rumors of a European demon
stration against the United States, says:
England would assuredy be no party
| to such demonstration. but IL Is even
| more absurd to suggest that because
England sympathiZes with American M
dgnation at the Cuban horrors, the Bri-
tish Government ought TO rush into arm
| ed alliance with the United States for a
settlement of a question in which Wa
| have no immediate concern.
GERMANY WILL FIGHT SHY.
LONDON. April 1.-the Berlin cor
| respondent of the Daily Mall says he
learns the German Government will hghs
shy Of identifying itself with any nots
to Washington. which would be likely
TO be regarded as an unwarrantable inter
| ference.
! RUMORs THOUGHT ABSURD.
| LONDON. April 1.-THE morning
papers generally dismiss tie rumors "s
| 10 Intervention OF the European concert
| as absurd and bassless.
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