Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-03
WAR SEEMS NEAR AT HAND.
President Mckinley Says the Situation Is
Critical-Troops In Readiness at the Va
rious Forts,

President Mckinley Says the Situation Is
Critical-Troops In Readiness at the Va
rious Forts.
Chicago, Feb. 25.-The Tribune has
the following from Washington:
Il do not propose to do anything at
all to precipitate war with Spain. Up
to the present do not think war is
either necessary or inevitable. ! would
be lax in my duty, however. if | did
not prepare for the future. The situa-
tion is grave, and the policy of the ad-
mlniStration will be determined almost
entirely by the course of events from
time to time. There is no necessity
of alarming the people, but congress
must be ready to assist the admins
tration without making too many in
quiries as to the course of current
events"
To a senator who called upon him in
order to ask some questions as to the
policy of the administration, President
Mckinley uttered the above words.
There is now no doubt of the fact that
the government of the United States
is actually preparing for war with
Spain.
The president and his cabinet unite
in the belief still, in spite of all evil
dence to the contrary, that the explo-
sion of the Maine was the result of an
accident, but they recognize the fact
that the contrary may prove true at
almost any hour, and that if it is
shown even inferentially that Spain
had hand in the catastrophe there
will be but one thing to do, and that
will be to seize Cuba by force of arms
st. Louis, Feb. 25.-Gen. w. H.,
Powell, of Belleville, H., who was in
command of the regiment in which
President Mckinley served during the
civil war, and who was recently ap-
pointed collector of internal revenue
for the southern Illinois district, has
returned from Washington. The gen
eral, who is a personal friend of Presi-
dent Mckinley, said that while at the
capital he discussed the Maine dis
aster and its possible results with the
president. "He stated to me-" said
the general, that he was only waiting
for complete report of the naval
board of inquiry, and that should it re-
port that our sailors had met their
death through Spanish treachery, he
was prepared to act at once, and in Il
manner which would meet the ap-
proval of every loyal American citizen"
Atlanta, Gu, Feb. 25.-Activity has
never been SO great at Fort Mcpherson
as at the present time. This is attribu-
table to Gen. Merritt's arrival. Every
thing is in readiness to move the regi-
ment to any point that may be desig-
mated within a few hours. At a con-
sultation yesterday between Col. Cook.
commandant of the fort, and railroad
officials Col. Cook was assured that the
men could be transported to Florida
within a night. 1t is said Col. Cook
told the railroad men to have cars in
the yards for use at any hour.
Cincinnati, Feb. 25.-under instruc-
tions from Washington, Col. Cochran,
commandant at Fort Thomas, KY, has
issued orders bringing the mems rife
range at Culbertson, KY, back to the
fort. New bayOnetS that can also be
used for trenching tools were issued
yesterday to all the troops. The men
are daily undergoing fatigue drill and
expect to go to Key West, instead of
Charleston, 5. c., as reported.
The First regiment of the Ohio ma
tional guard, located here, is filing up
with recruits Several unauthorized
recruiting stations for volunteers have
been opened in this city and their en-
rollment would more than fill a regi-
ment.