Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-17

ARMY Of Invasion Had Started
for Cuba the Diplomats Believed
THAT Peace Was a Possibility at
Anv Time, But Now They Realize
THAT the Campaign Has Ad-
vauced from a Passive to an Ag-
gressive State.
Washington, June ia leading
r,en7bfr CT the diplomatic corps said
.o-day that the departure of General
Skaters first army Of invasion to Cuba
M, ali end TO all present prospects of
raare. While one of the foreign repre-
esnrgtiyes here has never made peace
oye-tnres TO the United States govern
nent vat peaceful solution has always
seemed 10 members of the diplomatic
paternity as within the bounds of pos
s.bilily, even probability, so long as the
United States troops remained at Tampa
e1d Key West. Now, however, with
4 600 American soldiers about to take
position on Spanish soil, il Is said
That the condition opportune for peace
have undergone a material change, as
II commits the United States TO an ag-
gressiye land campaign and also makes
{. impossible for Spain to adopt any
other course than that of defending her
soil against INVASION.
The preselce Of our ships at Manila,
Havana and Santiago nave not, this
diplomatic official stated, constituted an
actual invasion, although the ships have
wrought much damage. The ships
could have been Withdrawn at any time,
Blu, with
$1,000 TROOPS LANICD
on Cuban soil new and more serious
phase of the conflict was presented. II
stead of bockading and beleaguring a
few Spanish cities, the American army
has now entered Spanish territory. and
that advanced the campaign from pas
siye to an active and offensive condi-
ton. The ships had simply surround
ca Spanish territory, but the troops
would cross the line and enter Spanish
territory. For this reason, he said. the
hopes Of a peaceful solution of the con-
dict had passed away, and be believed
hey could not be revived until the re-
suit Of the first Cuban invasion was de-
tClmined This would take months.
probably all summer for this aggres-
siye land movement would be followed
by others, each one making the pros
pect Of peace more remote.
If a peace proposition had come be-
fore General Shafter sailed diplomatic
officials are inclined to believe it would
have been eagerly accepted by Spain
and would have stood some chance of
consideration by the United States.
While it is not doubted that this cOtln-
Try intends to push the war TO a finish,
yet the belief is entertained in diplo-
matte quarters that the authorities here
We're 10Th to send large invading army
mo Cuba during the rainy season,
WHEN yellow fever, heat and p~ tilence
combined to make such d movement ex-
c5tllHgly hazardous, even if no enemy
was on hand capable Of an effective de-
Tense
THE CABINET CRISIS
Ill France may exert an Indirect infu
eAce on the present war. NJ. Hanotaux.
MINISTER Of forei n affairs in the pres
ell french cabinet, has been foremost
IN overcoming the anti-American spirit
SHOWN by part of the French people and
french press. He has moreover, exer-
cstd a strong repressive influence on
spain. He was able to do this through
Ills peculiarly close and personal init
macy with the Spanish ambassador at
TaTs, Senior Castillo, and through him
10 nave considerable part in shaping the
poAey Of the Spanish government. 1t
was through Castillo that Spain hoped
70 iaduce France to come to her rescue.
but HanotauX would not entertain the
proposition, and on the contrary urged
mat Spain must make the concessions
necessary to secure peace. 1t was this
sutude Of France, shaped by Hano-
talX that caused such deep depression
IN Spain few weeks ago, as it brought
70 the Spanish government and people
The first realization that they were
without an ally or friend in Europe
Inc course of Hanotaux has been high
~ gratifying to the authorities here,
and they would be glad to see him re-
TAIN control OF foreign affairs of France.
beside being most friendly to the Unit
Ell States, he is an eminently fair and
conservative man. What is feared, par
ueularly in diplomatic circles, is that
HanotauX's withdrawal along with the
MeiIne Cabinet viii bring some fiery
deputy to the head Of the foreign office,
IauS giving free rein to some of the
popular i'll feeling in France against
'ne United States. Hanotaux has been
'Uong enough TO resist this, but a for
sSn minister drafted from the Cham
p5f Of Deputies might prefer to share
me popular feeling rather than resist it.
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