The herald., 1898-04-06

INDEX
TO TELEoRAPH1o NEWS

1. Secretary Long states that danger .
+ to consuls in Cuba will not delay the
+ presentation of the presidents mes .
+ sage.
+ Provision las been made to protect
+ Pacific coast towns against attack.
+ by Spain or any of her South Ameri-
+ can sympathisers.
+ Americans in Cuba who desire to I
+ leave the island are provided with .
+ transportation and urged to get out .
|. as soon as possible.
+ Six speeches were delivered In the .
!. senate yesterday, each being an elo- !.
+ quent plea for Cuban freedom and q .
+ demand for a declaration Of war .
r against Spain. 1
+ Clara Barton leaves Key West for .
+ Havana. presumably to see that 4
I. American relief supplies are given to 1
+ reconcentrados, instead of being eat
+ en- by Spanish soldiers. .
Papal Intervention in Spanish 4
+ American affairs rouses no enthusi- /
+ asm In Europe, chiefly because Eng
|. land, sympathizlng with the desires \
+ of the United States, fatty refuses to .
+ take action. .
+ An Alaska mail carrier claims to .
+ have picked up one Of Andres doves ,
+ with a message to the effect thaxthe I.
+ aeronaut is alive and on land; the I
|. news Is not fully credited, but is not I
+ considered impossible. I
Mr. Balfour makes a statement in I
{ the British house of commons on the !
+ easetrn situation, expressing the opin- /
+ lon that Great Britain made a very
1 fair crop of commercial hay during I
+ two months of Oriental sunshine, i
Word from the whalers imprisoned
+ In the Arctic ice-felds shows urgent 1
+ need Of prompt relief; the vessels are
+ doomed to destruction; the men are
+ on the verge of starvation, and ig- j
+ norant of the fact that relief is COM I
:. ing. I.
+ Foreign relations committees Of I.
+ house and senate confer on the Cuban /
+ situation: a disposition is generally .
+ shown to make the resolution to be .
+ reported agree with the recommenda- j
+ tions contained in the presidents mes ]
+ sage. !,
The presidents plans outlined by a !.
+ member of the cabinet; Cuban inde- 4
+ pendence will not be recognised, but .
+ action will be taken to make Cuba free j.
+ and Spain will be given a chance to
+ get on the island without being driv- I
+ en- away. i.
McKinley's Cuban message to con- j
+ gress is ready and will be presented /
+ today, II nothing happens to prevent; /
+ what Is intimated may happen Is that 1
+ the insurgents may agree to an armis- 4
+ tice. in which case the message will /
+ wait; Senor Bernabe expresses HIM I.
+ self as hopeful that a conflict may yet /
+ be avoided. j
Twenty-three people dead, 700 home 1
/ less and 1900 suffering for the neces- /
! saries of life and 100000 property /
! damage are given as the results Of i
+ the flood which overwhelmed Shaw i
/ neetown; relief measures are taken to j
+ lessen distress, though as yet no j
+ search has been made for the bodies /
Of the dead. I
! There will be struggle In congress /.
/ over the resolution to be reported by !
the foreign relations committee, no /
/ matter what may be the nature of the i
+ report; both senate and house are a. I.
+ vided into factions favoring both in i
/ tervention and Cuban independence j
/ and Intervention only, and all are /
ready to champion their pet ideas. /
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