Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-05
PRESIDENT IS READY.
Has His Message Completed and
Will Send 1t in to Congress
Tomorrow.
90 PAPERS WILL ACCOMPANY IT,
Member OF the Cabinet Says That Con.
gress Will Be Thoroughly in Ac-
cord with the Document.

i Europe Proposes Mediation That Will Re
Given the Cold Shoulder by This Govern
| ment, Which Thinks 1t should Be De-
voted Entirely to spain-Congress De-
termined to Act Tomorrow Whether the
President Is Ready or No-Perkins Of
California Openly Charges the Maine
Tragedy on Spain.
washington, April 5.-The Washing
ton Post says that unless Spain, within
1orty-eight hours, yields all by surren-
dering Cuba, war cannot be averted.
Washington, April 1.-THE president
mas completed his Cuban message, and
IL VIII De presented to congress tomor-
row. Secretary Long, after the special
CABINET meeting last night, authorized
the Associated Press to make this
statement. The message, which in
itself is long, Will not be accompanied
by the consular reports dealing with
the state of affairs in Cuba. These will
go TO the committee on foreign rela-
tlons OF the senate for its private
information, and will not be made pub
Tic Just now. The diplomatic CORE
spondence between the United States
and Spain will not be submitted at
present.
Every Secretary Was Present.
Inc cabinet meeting lasted from 8
until IL, and was devoted entirely to
the careful reading and discussion of
the presidents draft of his message.
Every member of the cabinet was
present. The document was gone over
point By point and met with the ap-
prevail of the cabinet in every material
respect. The only changes made were
IN few points of verbiage. When the
| meeting was over and the members
dispersed there was a general air of
relief and satisfaction on all faces. as
though the air had been cleared of
DOUBT, and the Misunderstanding re-
solved on what they deemed the proper
course of action-had set out to follow
the course to its logical conclusion
The suspense evidently was over.
Message Will Suit Congress.
Secretary Long apparently had been
deputed as spokesman for the meeting
oho saw tit dtONe DFleI statement.
AS to the character of the message he
refused to speak. 1t was learned from
other sources, however, that the mes
sage is in part a review of Spains
course in the present and previous
wars in Cuba. That it will contain
some definite recommendations may be
inferred from the remark of one mem
Der. While / can say nothing explicit
concerning the details of the message"
said he. Il may say that it is a strong.
explicit statement. and one with which
congress will be thoroughly in accord"
1t was suggested that congress was
pretty thoroughly in accord with the
Foraker resolution. but nothing more
explicit could be obtained
Consular Reports Discounted.
1t is understood that while the con-
sular reports on Cuba are withheld
from the public for the present, out
of regard for their authors who are
still in Cuba, their publication is not
deemed essential by the cabinet One
! member in discussing this point said:
They contain only information which
has by this time been quite thoroughly
presented TO the public from other
sources" From the fact that the diplo-
matte correspondence is rot presented
with the message it is inferred that
its main features are touched on in the
message itself either in the form Of
extracts or merely in substance.