The herald., 1898-03-30
IN ATTEMPTS TO STRAIGHTEN
THE CUBAN TANGLE
MINISTER WooDFoRD's WORK
spain's Chief Reliance Still Placed in
Pressure to Be Brought to Bear
by Europe
Associated Press Special Wire

partments today, and although the mail
interest of the day was centered in tn
Cabinet meeting and the general cours
of Congress, yet the active negotiation
now proceeding with Spain made tn
State Department hardly less cente
of attention, while the preparations O
the War and Navy branches went OF
with undated vigor.
The Spanish Minister, Senior Polo J
Bernabe, reached the State Department
shortly before noon and was with Judge
Day over half an hour. The meeting was
by appointment, one of Judge Days
clerks having been sent to the Minister
to ask him to come to the department a,
the earliest moment.
Pending his arrival, Judge Day went
to the Navy Department and had talk
with Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
Soon thereafter, Mr.. Roosevelt returned
the visit, and had talk with Judge Day
in the latter's office. The reports OF
riots in Havana led to the belief that
a movement was on foot to have Amer
lean ships sent to the Cuban capital as
a measure Of protection to American in
terests.
WOODFORD AT WORK
NEW YORK, March ga dispatch
to the World from Madrid says:
The Pope has made, officially, demon
strations very friendly to Spain and in
dicating desire for her success in Cuba.
There is calmer feeling in both politi-
cal and financial quarters.
This is due to the announcement that
relations with the United States are less
strained. Congress having consent
ed to defer discussion of the Maine re-
port and the larger Cuban questions in
order that those matters might be fur
Their considered automatically to see if
it is not possible to reach an understand
ing.
The Spanish naval officer bearing the
text and translation of the report of the
loss of the Maine cannot reach Wash
ington before Thursday.
Therefore Foreign Minister Gullon has
cabled extensive extracts of the report
to Minister Bernabe at Washington
with instructions to lay them before the
President and to give them the widest
circulation in the United States.
United States Minister Woodford has
placed translation Of the United States
Naval Courts report in the hands of
Minister GullOn.
In doing so Mr.. Woodford intimated
that President Mckinley had deter
mined to place the whole Cuban ques-
ton, with all it's issues. in the hands of
the American Congress, submitting all
the correspondence and insular reports
upon the extraordinary situation in
Cuba.
Minister Woodford had a long talk
with Senior Gullon and then agreed to
call on him for an interview at which
Premier Sagasta and Colonial Minister
Moret would be present also. The more
tranquil feeling is attributable) by the
ministerial organs Correo and Corre-
spondencia to pressure brought to bear
upon the United States government by
European powers, headed by Austria.
The feature of the Presidents policy
which causes the most anxiety in official
circles in Madrid and Havana is the
proposition for the relief of the dis
tressed Cubans.
BLANCO'S ANXIETY
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The State
Department gives no official confirma-
ton of the reports that advices from
Havana state that rioting has taken
place there or is apprehended. 1t is said,
however, that Captain-GeneraI Blanco
has sent communication to Washing
ton, in which he says he believes that
demonstration may be precipitated at
any moment by an element made up of
certain Americans of strong anti-Span-
ish tendencies now at Havana.
General Blanco states that he does not
fear any disturbances and riots coming
from the Cuban people. The suggestion
that the Weyler element is threatening
riots is emphatically repudiated by the
Captain General.
General Blanco expresses complete
confidence in his ability to preserve quiet
among the native people. He is con-
WINGED, he says, that a riotous demon
stration at Havana, amounting to an
overt act, designed to precipitate war
between the United States and Spain, is
being systematically fomented by GER
tain class of American citizens.
Blanco clearly and unequivocally de-
clares that the presence of American
correspondents in Cuba makes the sit
uation, in his view, more critical.
TROOPS FOR TORTUGAS
WASHINGTON, March 29.-By direc-
ton of General Miles, commanding the
army, orders were issued today for the
transfer of the Twenty-fi fifth regiment of
infantry to Dry Tortugas. The fact that
this regiment is made up of colored
troops is regarded as quite significant in
showing the purpose of the War Depart
ment to concentrate colored troops in
the vicinity of Cuba, inasmuch as it is
recognized that the negro is better able
to withstand the Cuban climate than the
white man. There are three other color
ed regiments in the army. Their aggre-
gate strength is 21SS men.
The regiments are the fourth
Infantry. all Of Fort Douglas, Utah, Col
onel j. F. Kent commanding; the Ninth
Cavalry, Fort Robinson, Neb., head
quarters. Colonel David Perry command
ing; the Tenth Cavalry, headquarters at
Fort Assinaboine, Mont, Colonel J. A..
Henry commanding.
The only colored officer, outside of
chaplains, is First Lieutenant Charles
Young of the Ninth Cavalry, who is at
present on duty at the Wherefore Uni
versity.
The four colored chaplains are at
tached to the colored regiments. The
Twenty-fifth regiment is now located at
Forts Missoula, Assinaboine and Harris
Montana, where they have been for the
past eighteen years. There are about 45O
men in all, under the command of Col
onel A. s. Bird. The movement will be-
gan about two weeks hence and the
troops, on arriving at Tortugas, will go
ln{o camp, there being no barracks ac-
sommodations at that place for them.
&-WaS announced Soma tiyrsn a o. ~