The Red Cloud chief., 1898-02-25
SPAIN INVESTIGATED.
SAYS THE EXPLOSION WAS
from THE INSIDE.
Spanish War Sentiment fosiercd Ivy Ncar-
iy all European Papers Excepting Great
Br,taln-!:ngiand Our Only Fricnd-In
Case OF War.

MADRID, Feb 81 The Spanish
admiral commanding ut Havana tclc.
graphs that the Spanish official in
vestigation into the catastrophe to the
Maine has terminated, and that the
first exploration made by official
divers has shown up To the present
that the disaster was quite accidental
and not produced by any exterior
cause.
Premier Sagasta conveyed the tele.
gram TO the palace and the queen
regent expressed satisfaction on hear.
ing the result OF the investigation.
The queen will give an audience at
once to United States Minister Wood.
ford, who will coavey the thanks con
veycd by President Mckinley for her
coincidence.
SPAIN SEEMS ANXIOUS FOR WAR.
MADRID, Feb aa-Tho sympathy
and dismay which mt first prevailed
when the catastrophe in the Havana
harbor was announced has disup-
pcared and given way to an Intensely
be!licosc and angry feeling, which is
freely expressed on all sides and by
members of every political party.
They are KEEP: fully informed Of the
ton Of the American press and OF tho
apparently universal demands made
upon the President to resort to war.
and, far from there being alarm abou:
h matter, grim satisfaction is
apparent every whcrc. No one here
will admit for one monent that tho
Maine was blown up by design. The
disaster is ascribcd to the alleged
gross carclc ssness and lastly of dis
ciplinc which people here say consti-
tute u feature on board American
ships. This IL the view taken and
openly expressed by the cabinet minis
tcrs and in government circles, and
there is no doubt that IL is based on
dispatches received from the Spanish
officials at Havana and Mt Washing
ton. This being the case-and, OF
course, it Is the view most agreeable
TO themselves for the people here to
talsc-it Is industrio,.3ly circulated in
the press
IL Is only natural that there should
be the strongest kind of reese ntmcnt
caused by the insistence Of tho Amer
lean newspapers that the sinking of
tho Maine vas duo to Spanish treach.
cry, and demands are made upon tho
crowz and cabinet to ut once avenge
the insult thus placed upon Spanish
honor by the ''abominablc Yankees"
War preparations are being rushed
forward with the utmost rapidity in
NIL the naval arsrnals and military
,centcrs, and 1t cannot be denied that
there is an infinitely greater
degree OF enthusiasm manifested
by the soldiers. sailors and civ.
ilians at the idea of fighting the
yankees" than has cvee been
shown in connection with the Cuban
or Moorish campaigns. In fact, a
wave OF patriotism seems To bc sweep
ing over Spain ut the present moment,
strengthening and giving back bone to
the country. Contrary to what up.
pears to DO popular superstition
abroad, factiona! and party disputes
aud unimositics are hushed for the
noncc, and even Cnrlists and Repub-
licans are in unison with the Liberals
and the Conservatives in the idea OF
fighting the United States, so intense
and bitter Is the hatred Of the latter.
Some OF the newspapers here hav,
been publishing u long list of allcget
gross insults to which Spain has beer
subjected by the United States q
various times during tho last quarter
OF n century, and such prominence Il
given to the remarkable article in tn,
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organ OF the Russian foreign office
in which the attitude of the Unitet
States toward Spain Is CONDEMNED
In the strongest fashion, and deer
sympathy expressed for Spain, whicl
is declared by the Novosti to hav
gone to the ''eXtreme limit Of forbenr
nnce and patience under intolerabl,
American provocation mt insult.
With the exception Of the Tageblatt
all the berlin papers express simila
views to the Novosti, the tone Of tn
Tageblatt's articles being duo to tn
fact hat 1t has been the only German
paper that has gone to the trouble G
sending n special correspondent I
Cuba TO SEQ what Is going on there
The utternnces of the Partisan, Vier
nese and Italian newspapers ar
likewise favorable to Spain and e,
tremely antagonistic 10 the Unite
States, and inasmuch rs much prom
inence Is given to these foreign u,
pressions Of opinion it may readily l
imagined that the Spanish peopl
havo become emboldened and Undue
with jingoism by the belief that the
have the sympathy and moral, il NJ
material, support OF all continent
Europe in their coming struggle wi,
the United States
kid" Motoy's wife Gets u Divorce
HAMILTON, Ohio, Fen. % - 70.
Selbv ,yns urantal n dccrec ~ liynr,