El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-26
MIR. MCKINLEY'S PROGRAM.
10000 900 Indemnity or the American
Warships Will Take Havana.

Warships Will Take Havana.
The Washing on correspondent OF
the Globe Democr at gives the following
detailed plans of the administration re-
garding the M aine explosion.
In the official iDfor nation brought
from Havana and Key West, Blsnco
and the principal officers Of the Span
ish government in Cuba are acquitted
of personal knowledge of the plot that
a plot and that the execution of it blew
up the Maine are believed by Consul
General Lee, Capt. Sigsbee and all of
the offic cers of the ship. BlancO is alb
solved from personal completely. All
of his subordinates are not. The con-
spirators are believed to have been
followers of Weyler, who had access
to the msteria, and who had such
control of conditions as made it p 81
sible for them to carry out the plot. q
So we'll satisfied are the officials of
the government this will be the result
of the IL quiry that discussion OF what
is to come accepts it as the basis.
High officers of the departments have
been giving attention to the step to be
taken when the board shall lay upon
Spain the responsibility for the lose
of the Maine. If it could be shown
that the Spa aish authority on the Is
.aHO Wd6 DEASy W ehO PAOS 49, sOsASA~
of this government would be declara-
tion of war The squadron would
move on Havana promptly. But such
result is not looked for. If it shall
appear in the report, as Is expected.
that subjects of Spain consplred and
destroy ed the Maine, then the cOur>
will be to treat Spain as responsible
for the acts of her subjects and demand
an indemnity. The smallest amount
1; r,Jx 70 ha ,oh iS
600 900. Of this 5000, 900 is consider
ed iha amount Spain should pay to the
Un:te1 States and $4,000 the
amount to be distributed among the
families of those who were on board.
From 100000 the estimates run
higher.
SPAIN MUST ANSWER QUICK.
The de mand for this indemnify will
be peremptory if the report shall show
early the responsibility OF Spain. 1t
will give a brief limit of time, proba-
bly not more than forty-eight hours.
Opinions differ as to what Spaiu's re-
ply will be. One is that the creditors
of that bankrupt power will come to
the rescue, and that the indemnity will
be paid. Others are that the Spanish
pride will be invoked, that responsible
iity will be denied, and that the con-
f1ict will come. No doubt is entertain
ed that if this crisis should be reached
the Atlantic squadron will move
across from Key West and take posses
sion of Havana harbor, with or with
out battle.
This is not wild or idle speculation.
It is the sober, calm talk of the offici-
ais of the government today. 1t is the
| o opramme toward the execution of
which all plans are being directed.
The assembling OF the fleet goes on.
War-ships which have been at Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston on the de-
tached duty have been ordered to re-
ioin the SQUADRON. War-ships on the
South Atlantic squadron have been
ordered porthward into the Caribbean
Sea. The concentration was advanced
by several movements and orders to-
day.
The warlike preparations go on with
no slackening. AT Newport News work
is being crowded on two warships. 1t
might begin for launching of one OF
them. The matter came up at the ma
w departme Mt today, and it was sug-
gested that if the present conditions
continue the ship shall be sent into the
water as soon a. ready without the
usual pomp and circumstance of such
events. The times are too serious for
social frills in the navy. Orders were
sent to Baltimore to crowd work on
two gunroats there. Itquires were
sent to Mobile for Information ;of the
length of the time that would be re-
quired TO put the new torpedo boats
Dupont and Porter in commission. AuG
80 the preparations took n dozen direc-
tions, looking to readiness for war with
Spain.