The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-04

to-day requiring all officers to wear the uniforms of their grades Adjutant General Gobin had a conference with the president this afternoon concerning the nominations of major generals and brigadier generals which, according to present intentions will be sent to the senate tomorrow. General Gobin took with him to the White house a full list
 of those nominations which had been
 agreed upon by the war department
 officials. After a twenty minute con ference with the president, General
 Gobin returned to the department o ! make some alterations in the list as suggested by the president.
 Appointment of Major Generals. It is understood to have been decided
 to name General shafter, who has been
 designated to lead the army of invasion
 into Cuba; General Fitzhugh Lee and General Joe Wheeler of Confederate
 cavalry fame as three of the major
 generals. It is regarded as probable
 that the president may also nominate General Woodford former minister to Spain, to be major general Concern ing the appointments of brigadier gen. erals, it is said to be the purpose of the | president, so far as possible, to take the candidates from the ranks of colo- | nels in the regular army. This will disappoint some of the candidates for important commands. The exceptions, if any are made, will be in favor of those states which furnish one or more brigades of troops. In such cases, it is believed, the president will appoint as brigadier generals officers recommend ed to him by the governors of the states from which the troops come.
 French Embassy Receives News. The French embassy is the only for eign establishment in Washington which has received official dispatches on the battle of Manila. These came | from the French ambassador at Madrid | and were drawn from Spanish reports. | It was stated from Berlin that the for eign office there had cabled reports to | all the German embassies, but the Ger
 man embassy here had not received a | word on the subject up to a late hour | to-day. The British, French and Ger | man governments have consuls at Ma
 nila, but the cable interruption cuts l them off from any communication with l their government.
 Who Has Cut the Cable?
 1 Who has cut the cable is a source of
 much speculation. A leading diplomat l said circumstances would indicate that
 the cutting had been done by Spanish | officials, on instructions from Madrid, | in order to stop the transmission of | further news of the disaster there and
 in that way calm the storm of popular
 Indignation at Madrid. It is thought | to have been impossible for Acting
 Rear Admiral Dewey to have cut the
 cable, as he was unacquainted with it's | location fifty miles seaward and, more
 over, there appears to have been no | motive for an Interruption of cable | communication on his part.
 Repeated rumors were af1oat during
 the day to the effect that the British
 embassy had been advised of the fall of Manila just before the cable com
 munication broke. At o'clock this evening Sir Julian Pauncefote declared that he had absolutely no such infor- 1 nation.
 ] Expect Information From Gomez.
 The Cuban authorities here expect to
 receive early information direct from | the camp of General Gomez, brought
 by Brigadier General Nunez, who left
 here about ten days ago and succeeded in landing with party and making l his way to Gomez's camp. The party
 was a small one and took along some
 supplies, but it's main purpose was to open communication with Gomez and
 bring word as to his resources and
 readiness for an aggressive movement. Officials of the Cuban delegation say
 General Nunez is likely to come out to
 one of the American warships on his
 return trip and thence to Key West to
 make reports to the authorities here.
 Senor Albini is Cuban charge d'affairs
 at present. President Palma and Sec ] rataru OIasada are in New York