Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-04-21
spain win Be Asked y Evscttss,
Cuba at Once.
Any sad NAVY Experts Are bsg'n-
ping 10 Take Lees Hopsful visw
About the War and Think u
Nay Drag Along.

po6oeQ BY congress ~ an carly nouI
yesterday morning Is now . part OF
The laws Of the United States, and On
ultimstum will be sent demanding
compliance with this law and IN an
swdf within . very short time, prob.
ABLY "a hours Compliance is not ex.
pected, and forward movement on
Cuba will commence the latter part OF
this week, according to the plans OF
the administration.
The congressional Cuban resolution
Will be signed to-day. The ultimatum
70 Spain will be signed at the same
time. The president early decided to
make the two practically one act by
the Simultaneous signing Of both.
Two cabinet meetings were held yes
tsrdsy, the first beginning at II, snd
lastIng nearly two hours, and the Sec
ond listing from three until $40
O'Clock. Attheir close, announcement
chat Executive action was delayed
until to-day was made. Both cabinet
sessions were devoted principally to
discussion Of the ultimatum to be sent
TO Madrid.
Y At the morning session the presi-
dekt rather favored allowing the Mad
rid government two or even three days
IN which to reply to our demand, but
since that time he has changed his
views somewhat and 1t is now believed
10 be his purpose to require an answer
within o very short time, probably
within "a hours. The reason for lin.
iting the time to Que day, or even less
ID said to be entirely strategic, other.
wise two or even three days would
have been allowed. The ultimatum
itself, II Is believed, Is short and to the
point 1t will recite the main fea.
lures Of the resolution passed by con.
gress and demand o compliance there.
with.
The Cuban resolution passed by con.
gress arrived at the white house at
Ills o'clock, little over an hour hav-
Ing been consumed In the formalities
Of securing the signatures OF Speaker
Reed and Vice President Hobart to the
resolution In open session and Its de-
livery at the white house by Repre-
sentative Hagar, Of Iowa, chairman Of
the committee on enrolled bills, and
Representative 0verstreet, Of Indiana.
~ was expected that the resolution
would be signed immediately after II
hid reached the president and this was
President McKinley's inclination, but
for certain state reasons 1t was deemed
advisable that the resolution and the
ultimatum TO Spain should be signed
simultaneously and time was needed
70 draft the ultimatum In diplomatic
form. u
The fact that the resolution was not
Immediately signed gave rise to few
disgusting reports but 1t soon up.
\ peared that the president had not the
alightest intention Of withholding his
signature and that the delay in at
,tedhlng II was accounted for solely by
hl5desire to have q full and complete
plsn Of operations for the government
Of the executive In the immediate
future before taking the final and i'm
portant step Of turning the joint res
olution into q statute.
Just what this plan shall DO was the
occasion for the two cabinet meetings
yesterday. The first session, in antici-
patton Of the reception Of the resolu-
ton, was devoted largely to questions
Of finance and military policy, as we'll
~ TO the framing Of the ultimatum IT.
self 30 fur as can be gathered, the
important point ut issue In regard to
the ultimatum was the question Of
time TO DO allowed for response
on the part Of Spain. The
steady progress Of military and
naval preparations indicated the
conviction on the part OF the
administration that q peaceful solu'
K tion Of existing difficulties is not prob
able, As TO the course Of events in the
Immediate future, the only prediction