The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

long patently failed to discharge it's duties in humane administration cannot be trusted to give effect to its tardy conversion" The foreign official added: "The responsibility resting upon each party is terrible. Happily, nothing will tend so effectively to quicken the feeling of responsibility among Spanish statesmen as the pros pect of having to face immediately the grim consequences of persistence in an uncompromising force.
 Reading between the lines of Senor Sagasta's proposals l have reason to think he does not mean to Grive mat ters to extremes, and that he will learn from the construction put upon them that his condition will not relieve the United States of the duty of interven- tion, compelled as the Americans are, by a sense of moral obligation, to take action in the matter So, if Senor Sa- gasta is as strong as he is unquestion- ably well meaning, he will persuade his countrymen to accept unreservedly the American conditions"
 The positive semi-official declaration telegraphed last night from Madrid, in which 1t was announced that no propo sition containing the slightest allusion to the independence of Cuba, either with or without indemnify, has been made to the Spanish Government, that the Government would straightway re- ject any such propositions, and that there IS no party or statesman in Spain disposed to listen to such a solution of the crisis, has created mild SenSa- tlon here, as it has been assumed that the independence of Cuba was the cruX of the difficulty. It has even been sug- gested in pro-SpaniSh circles that the war party in the United States launched this device in order to upset diplomatic negotiations at Madrid
 Spanish circles here have been great ly excited by the publication of an in- terview with the Spanish Consul Gen. eral here, Senor Jurado, who conveyed the impression that if the settlement of the difficulty was left to the Spaniards of London, Spain would fight; but other people here point out that the Span iards do not realize the volcano which is beneath them. They suspect the she IS afraid to come to close quar- ters. In addition, the Spaniards have profound faith in the infallibility of their fleet.
 Senor Jurado tersely expressed the feeling of his compatriots, saying: "If my country wants me, my money clothes, everything, it shall have all, even my last shirt button.''
 From the extraordinary activity at the spanish legation here it is evident that Spain is seeking the friendly of fices of the foreign office. Indeed, it is generally thought that the freuuent visits Of the French Austrian, Rus sian and Spanish Ambassadors to the British foreign office, is connected with the Cuban situation.
 The newspapers, reaching the stage or regarding war between the United states and Spain as inevitable are printing maps of the area of probable operations, details regarding the fleets the facts concerning the troops, arma ments, preparedness of the medical corps, etc. The naval experts dwell upon Spain's disadvantages in having
 to act at such a distance from her naval base. One high authority re- called an interesting impression derived abroad from a Spanish man-of-war- that the element which will tend se- riously to the detriment of the Spanish navy will be found in the contempt with which the superiors regard their interiors. He said: They all look upon the rank and file as completely beneath them, and entertain a sort of feudal scorn for their subordinates." The Statist anticipates hostilities which it regards as imminent, though it does not relinquish the hope that it will cause big advance in the money mar ket in London, The paper thinks the United States will require large loan
 which will find a ready market here especially as, under the circumstances the Government will have no difficulty in inducing Congress to make the in- terest and the principal payable in gold