Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-04-21
The President Will Send This UItimatum
to Spain Today.
SPAIN WILL BE GIVEN SIXTY HOURS
Within Which to Comply With Our De-
mand-HostiIitie Will be Commenced
This Week Unless Spain Yields.

Washington, April 19.-President Nc
Kinley will tomorrow send the long
deferred ultimatum to Spain. He will
immediately afterwards notify Congress
that he has signed the resolutions. Hos
tilities will commence before the close of
the week, unless Spain complies with the
terms of the ultimatum.
Spain will be given about sixty hours
within which to comply with our de-
mands.
Two sessions of the Cabinet were held
to-day, one at II o'clock and a special
session at 8 80.
Assistant Secretary Day attended the
second meeting and read to the Cabinet
draft of the note to Spain which he had
prepared. The note was ready for trans
initial to-day, but the President felt that
there is no occasion for undue haste and
decided to defer final action until to-mor
row.
A meeting of the Cabinet will be held
at 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning and the
President will then officially notify the
Cabinet officers of the contents of the note
he will in the meantime have sent it to
Spain through Minister Woodford. The
note will quote the resolutions passed by
Congress and notify Spain that under
their terms her military and naval forces
must evacuate Cuba and Cuban waters at
once.
Spain will be given until midnight Fri
day (6 O'Clock a. M Saturday, Madrid
time) to make reply. If by that time the
Spanish government has not notified the
President that its troops will be immedi-
ately withdrawn from Cuba, hostllities will
be commenced at once by orders for
blockade of Cuban ports.
The Presidents note will be short and
to the point and, being an ultimatum,
Spain has but one choice to make-she
must evacuate or fight.
1t is stated by those who speak for the
President that he is not delaying action
until tomorrow simply for the safety of
delay, but rather because he thinks that
the Importance of the cause and the dig
nifty of his high Office requires the action
of this government to be of the most de-
liberate character.
He has it in mind, moreover, that the
Spanish .cortes will meet tomorrow and
it is for the cortes to say whether Cuba
shall be independent of Spanish sover-
eighty.
The President will base his ultimatum
entirely on the resolutions passed by Con-
gress. The text of the resolutions was
cabled to Minister Woodford this morn
ing and, of course, ale unoficially known
to the Spanish government. 1t is thought,
therefore, that Spain's reply will be
promtly forthcoming, as there is no oc-
casion for her to seek delay and nothing
to be gained by it.
1t is not unlikely that Minister Wood
ford will receive his passports before mid
night tomorrow. This would be all the
answer the United States would require
and offensive operations would follow i'm
mediately.
1t is certain, however, in opinion of the
President and his cabinet, that the North
Atlantic squadron will be off Havana some
time Sunday next, perhaps before sun
down of Saturday.
Meanwhile Senor Bernabe and the
members of the Spanish legation have
made all preparations for departure.
They will leave Washington as soon as
Minister Polo is informed that the Presi-
dent has notified Congress he has signed
the Cuban resolutions.