Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-04-21
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Senator Money Calls Senator yelling
fnpton a Liar. and l. SORRY

Senator M oney Calls Senator Yelling
ington a Liar, and Is Sorry.
Washington, April 21.-The principal
news event on Thursday of last week
was an intimation that the European
powers would endeavor to coerce our
government into giving Spain further
time in which to try the armistice re-
Gently proclaimed, but later events
made. the prospect of European action
improbable. The navy department an
nounced the purchase of another aux
Hilary cruiser-the Venezuela, of the
Red D line. The Twenty-fifth regiment
of infantry (colored) encamped at
Chickamagua Park, near Chattanooga,
Tenn, and the camp is known as Camp
Boynton. The men are eager to face
the Spaniards. The cruiser New Or
leans, formerly the Brazilian cruiser
Amazonas, arrived at New York. Tes-
titying before the senate foreign rela-
tions committee, Consul General Lee
expressed the belief that a Spanish Of
ficer touched the button that exploded
the bomb which destroyed the Maine.
During the debate in the senate on
the Cuban resolutions last Friday
Senators Money of mississippi and
Wellington of Maryland INDUCED in
personal controversy, during which Mr..
Money called Wellington a liar. There
was considerable excitement, but no
violence. Mr.. Money afterward apollo
gized to the senate for using unpar-
iamentary language. The navy de-
partment announced the lease of the
American line steamers Paris and New
York, in addition to the st. Louis and
st. Paul, already secured, and the pur-
chase of the Old Dominion liner York
town and the Ward liner Yumuri.
The war department ordered the con-
centration at four southern points
New Orleans, Mobile, Tampa and
Chickamauga = of six regiments of
cavalry, % regiments of infantry
and the light batteries of five regi-
ments of artillery. The officers who
will command will be General Shafter
at New Orleans, General Coppinger at
Mobile, General Wade at Tampa and
General Brooke at Chicamauga. Gen
eral Miles will probably soon establish
headquarters at Atlanta. Dispatches
from abroad plainly intimated that the
efforts of Austria and France to induce
foreign Intervention to prevent war
The great event of Saturday was the
passage by the senate of resolutions
which included recognition by this gov
eminent of the Cuban republic. The
house majority at once announced a
determination to defeat recognition.
A dispatch received from England on
Monday last stated that the torpedo
boat Somers, recently purchased In Ger
many for this government, had met
with another accident and was again
laid up for repairs. In an interview at
Rome Marquis Rudini, Italy's premier,
announced that Italy would remain
neutral.
It was stated on Tuesday at the war
department that a call would probably
be issued for 10000 volunteers, and that
members of the National Guards of the
various states would be given the first
opportunity to enlist. 1t was further
stated that state organizations enter
ing the volunteer service would remain
intact, the governors of the states be-
ing permitted, as in 1861, to name the
regimental officers. 1t was also an
nounced that the naval plan Of action
would be to blockade Cuba, but not to
lombard Havana. Stock SPECTATORS
on Wall street asserted that there
would be no war, and backed their in
vestments accordingly.