The herald., 1898-04-05

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r Spanish papers regard war as inev- .
4, liable IL Mckinley takes the stand I
+ demanded by congress .
r Peace-at-any-price men ask for pop .
r ular expression of opinion; the an .
4. swers are all demands for war. .
+ The Ohio legislative committee finds !
+ Senator Hanna guilty of having OBJ .
+ senate by bribery.
4. Americans in Cuba notified to be 4
4. ready to leave the island today, and 4
+ vessels sent from Key West to pro- .
r vide transportation.
r b. Official notice is given that the pres 4
+ ident's message will be sent to con- 1
+ gress on Wednesday. In effect, Spain /.
r must yield the independence of Cuba 4
+ or war will ensue. 1
+ The pope's efforts toward peace are 4
4. likely to prove ineffective, If only for 4
4. the reason that no thought was taken 4
+ of the certainty that the Cuban insur- :.
1, gents will not accept an armistice. 4
+ The peace party in Cuba is small in 1
+ number and entirely lacking in influ- :.
4, ence; the desire for the early COM i
+ mencement of hostilities is based 4
r largely upon a fatuous belief that 1
4. Europe will intervene in Spain's be- 4
+ half. 4
r The powers of Europe said to be ex- 1
r changing notes relative to mediation i
r of Spanish-American questions; the i
+ pope's offer, it is now asserted. looks 4
+ to arbitration between Spain and the 1
r the United States. 4
+ An English maker of submarine 1
+ mines says he made such appliances 1
+ for the Spanish government for use i
+ in Havana harbor; he believes one Of 4
+ his mines destroyed the Maine, and 4
r asserts that the smallest piece of the 4
4. connecting cable will be sufficient for 1
1. purposes of Identification. i
1, Officials at Rome express doubts Of 4
r Americas acceptance of the rendered 4
i. mediation of the pope; Spanish au- i
4, thOrities openly express suspicion i
+ that the offer is only pretext to give i
r. the United States more time to pre- 1
+ pare for an attack, when Spain shall 4
r have been weakened by the loss of 1
+ Cuba. 4
1. Search for the dead at Shawnee 1
4. town postponed until the needs of the 1
f. living are attended to; no trustworthy 4
r estimate of the number of deaths can 1
1, be given, but 1t is known to exceed a 4
I, hundred; relief measures are organ 4
r ized with admirable promptitude to 1
+ supply the needs of hungry, naked 4
r and unsheltered people. 4
r The two questions agtating WASH 1
+ ington yesterday were the presidents 1
+ message and European Intervention; 1
r the message is very definitely prom 4
r ised for Wednesday; no mediation will 4
r be accepted which has not for it's ba- i
+ sis the absolute independence of Cuba, i
r though all the heads of churches and i
+ all the nations of earth urge other i
+ considerations. i
r An official announcement made that 4
1. McKinley's message is complete, and !
r will be given to congress tomorrow; 1
r as for its recommendations. unoffi- i
r cially but authoritatively it is made i
r known that the message will recon- i
r mend the recognition of Cuban indie i
II pendence and ask that the United 4
r States executive be authorized to in i
+ tervene by force of arms; that action !.
r taken, Spain must yield utterly or !
r war will follow at once. j
r. -Four set speeches on the Cuban /.
r question were delivered in the senate i
r. yesterday; Spain is openly charged j
r with the treacherous destruction of i.
r the Maine, and every speaker insists .
+ that the time has come for action: i
+ Rawlins of Utah thinks the duty OF .
r congress is not mere Intervention in .
+ Cuban affairs, but straight declara- i
+ ton of war against Spain; in the j
r house the Cuban question comes up j
+ and the temper displayed is decidedly i
+ wariike.
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