The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-07

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with the Irsurgsnt Cause.
WASHINGTON, March e.-Thc Span
lsh situation developed two new phases
when 1t became known that the Spanish
government had formally requested the
recall OF Consul General Leo at his post
at Havana to which request the United
States had courteously but firmly re-
fused to comply; also that the Spanish
government has suggested the impr9-
priety OF sending relief supplies to the
Cuban reconcentrados on the cruiser
Montgomery and gunboat Nashville. to
which suggestion the United States had
given like answer in the negative.
The first in.tmatton OF these steps
came In q brief and explicit cable dis
patch from Mardid. Prior to its receipt
however, the authorities here had been
fully conversant with the facts. all
though no lntimation had been allowed
to get to the public on other subjects.
The disclosures from Madrid left no fur
Their ground for reticence In Washington
and after conference at the white
house between the President. Assistant
Secretary Day, OF the state department.
and Secretary Long. OF the navy de-
par.ment. the following authorized
statement was handed to the Associated
Press by Judge Day as comprising
everything to be said by the admins
trat!on on the subject
THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT CON-
| SIDER THE RECALL OF GENERAL
LEE. HB HAS BORNE HIMSELF
THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS WITH
JUDGMENT, FIDELITY AND coUR-
AGE TO THE PRESIDENTS EN-
TIRE SATISFACTION.
| AS TO THE SUPPLIES FOR THE
RELIEF OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE
ALL ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN
| THIS WEEK FROM KEY WEST BY
| WHICHEVER MAY BE THE BEST
ADAPTED AND MOST AVAILABLE
FOR THE PURPOSE, TO 4fATANZAS
AND SAGUA.
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIALS
HERE ARE -COSAQTTAL ON
THE SUBJECT, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT THE REQUEST FOR GEN
ERAL LEES RECALL WAS MADE
| AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO AGO,
AND THAT THE SPANISH Gov
| ERNMENT, AFTER RECEIVING
THE REPLY OF THE STATE DE-
| PARTMENT HAS NOT INSISTED
| EITHER UPON LEES RECALL. OR
UPON ITS CONTENTION THAT THE
RELIEF SUPPLIES SHOULD NOT
BE SENT TO CUBA IN NAVAL YES
Sells.
Beyond the foregoing, those who had
participated In the conference Mt the
white house would not discuss the sub
jcct and Il wac stated positively that the
authorized statement comprised every
thing tina: would be given to any one.
The advlces from Madrid together
with the authoritative statement here
left no room for doubt as 10 what had
occurred. The request for General Lees
recall Is understood to have come with
In the last few days and doubtless since
the last cabinet meeting on Friday. as
no reference was made to It a. that time
It came through Minister Woodford. a
somewhat unusual procedure. as the
common mode OF requesting the with
drawal OF minister or q consul IL
thr,ugh the representative Of the gov
ernmen; making tho request. which In
this case. IS Senior du Bose, the Spanish
charge d'affaires. Mr.. du Bose, has re-
ceiyed no instructions on the subject
and was in complete Ignorance OF the de-
mands made through Minister Wood
ford. The other suggestion OF the Span
ish government-thas relief supplies
should not be sent In war vessels-did
not come through Minister Woodford
as the Madrid dispatches state, but was
presented by Senior du Bose to the state
department last Friday. The response
in both cases went direct to Minister
Woodford. There was no loss OF time,
however, In assembling q special session
OF the cabinet, or even in any general
conference between the President and
his cabinet advisers, individually. In
the protest against the Montgomery and
Nashville. Judge Day conferred with
Secretary Long, who in turn called on
Captain Crowninshield. chief OF the
bureau OF navigation. There appears to
be reason why change should be made
In the plan for sending these ships on
the relief mission. and without attaching
grave significance to the request Of the
| Spanish government, the answer was
made that the plans for the trip were
completed and that the stay OF the ships
would be brief and OF the most pacific
character.
In responding TO the request for Gen.
eral Lees recall. the President did not
appear to have deemed the eubject omen
to such discussion rs would require the
views Of his cabinet associates, and After
a Brief exchange between the white
house and the state department the neg
alive answer was dispatched 10 Minister
| Woodford. One phase OF The Incident
that tends 10 show the firm stand taken
by the administration Is the expedition
with which the action was accomplished.
Such n matter ordinarily Is laid before
the cabinet, thc Views Of all Its members
personally given md the fullest oppor-
tunlty afforded for discussion. But in
this case the Associated Press bulletin
furnished 10 some members OF the cabI-
net tho first Information they had that
General Lees service was open to otles-
tlon. Before the cabinet meeting no
hint nor complaint OF any kind relating
to General Lee had been made.
fairgrounds on which General Lees re .
call was asked are not officially dis.
closed. 1t is known, however. that The
Spanish government has chalrcl for
some time over General Lees presence
In Havana, although this had never
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