Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-23

difficulty In hearkening, strong In the con-
seriousness OF its right. and calm In the strict
performance Of its duties" Continuing, Her
Majesty said: POSSIBLY, however, the peace
efforts may failto control the evil passions ex-
cited against Spain. Lest this moment arrive,
! have summoned the Cortes to defend our
ii:hts, whatever sacrifice they may entail.
Thus identifying myself with the nation,
not only fulfil the oath swore in accepting
the regency. but follow the dictates OF u
mothers heat, trusting to the Spanish
people to defend the honor aud territory of
the nation
The following Is u copy Of the passport
given the Spanish minister:
United States OF America, Department Of
State.
To all to whom these presents shall come,
greeting: Know ye that the bearer here,
Senior Don LUIS Polo do Bernabe,
envoy extraordinary. and minister Pleni,,
potentiary of Spain to the United
States, is about to travel abroad, ac-
companied by his iamily and suite. These
are therefore to request all officers Of the
United States, or OF any state thereof, to
permit him TO pass freely without let or
molestation, and to extend to him all friendly
aid or protection In case OF need.
In testimony whereof /, John Sherman.
secretary Of state OF the United States Of
America. have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal OF the department Of state to
he affixed ut Washington this Goth day Of
April A. ID. 1893. and OF the independence Of
America the 1920.
MADRID, Spain, April 22-Senor Sagasta,
the Spanish premier, has addressed his par
lament as follows: '"rhe times are so grave
and the circumstances are so exceptional
that acts, and not words, are necessary to
face the present difficulty. Attempts are
being made to suly the glorious history o:
Spain by IN infamous calumny. The DIFF
ferent Spanish governments have done their
utmost to avert the war to which we are being
provoked. We have now reached the limits
ofcoucessions compatible with honor and ter
ritorial integrity. We consented to the las.
concession at the instance OF the Pope and
the powers. We yielded In fact, but now at
inmpts are being made upon our honor and
menaces directed against our territory.
That is thing to which Spaniards will never
consent. This Is not q moment to trace u
parliamentary program, but the moment to
mite ourselves, as our fathers have done, in
the face OF an odious attempt against the
integrity Of our territory. The insult offered
us TODAY is the most infamous that has
ever been offered" Continuing, Senior Sa-
gasta counselled the rapid constitu-
ton OF the chambers, In order to ac-
cord to the government the means to
defend the conntry's interest. Spain, ~
he added, will not allow parcel Of
her territory to be taken from her with
impunity; nor will she be u party to any
traf1lcking for her possessions
LIVERPOOL, England, April o. The
steamship Bowie, which has just sailed for
/ New York has on board II large consignment
OF Lee Metford rifles. ten Maxim guns, 80
krupp rapid firing guns and go tons Of am
! muaition.
MADRID. Spain, April 22-The report oil
the Spanish committee Of inquiry into the
Maine calamity will be printed in full in the
Official Gazette. A synopsis of it. furnished
BY the ministry of marine has been printed in
the Heraldo. This abstract indicates that the
report Is strongly drawn up to show that the
explosion could not have been caused by a
torpedo or by mine OF any kind. as none
of the phenomena usually produced by such
means was noticed In the port OF Havana at
the time OF the disaster. or Immediately al.
terward, md that no trace OF anything was
found that could justify the theory OF an
outside explosion. The report gives the
testimony ola Spanish officer. Julio Perez,
and OF the senior pilot, Francisco Aldao, both
eye witnesses of the catastrophe. They
sworc that they noticed that the only eX-
plosiOns were In the interior OF the Maine
WucI suc was Ou HIc, anu tuut tucIc WAS
absolutely no disturbance on the surface OF
the water In the harbor or around the Maine
that could have been caused by any exterior
cause. Much stress is laid in the published
extracts from the report upon the alleged fact
that after the catastrophe no dead fish were
found floating In the harbor. whereas when
ever wrecks have been removed with the
help OF explosions everybody has noticed
the destruction OF fish. which are abundant
in the port of Havana Much stress is also
laid upon the fact that the catastrophe did
no damage to the quays and none to the
vessels moored close to the Maine. whose
officers and crews noticed nothing that
could lead them to suppose that the disns-
ter was caused otherwise than by an acci-
dent inside the American vessel
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