Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-26
,yN1ING wARsHlPs BLACK
.,.. State, is Now Practically on War
Footing
EVIDENT THAT ACTION is INTENDED


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washington, March 10 Nv ''u'
,,.,,,irv Amounted to investigate the
" my 49,, Atainc disaster has re-
cause oi Wv ,... % tho battIeshIn
forted that the loss Oh '"e -"
,r,s due TO an outside eNploSi"h'
.,o,o department. by direction
me .,,.,', has cabled United
Of the Preslue"'' ia" ,,,,.,,,
states Minister Woodloru AZ "'"'' W. W
IN, the Spanish government or inns
toh''u9'''' ..,, t,i, c,l,in., ndvis-
The Pfeslueh' '''
ers held two EXTENDED sessl"hs to""S'
40. a, 1880 n. m. and another at $3.50
o"' ,,.hicb the report was consid-
p NJ at "''N .,., 90 tho cohine,
cred in detail MeHipe's Vi Wv
stated after the meeting that tue us
-, ras of IA grave character and
Vuss''' ,,nca the wrecking of the
that never s'''e -
Maine has the situa'loh see''eu ~
,,ltical
~ c,orish government has cabled
aus ,,,,,t,,,,e,ton Tint the Span-
ofically 10 ""s,'''s -, ~ Az,
lsh naval commission hoiuS ''e u'A
tor IN the Maine to be of Internal
"''N
origin 81, cno,, 4, can he
The government vi span
stated positively Is not ulsposeu !"
.,,, hocl the torpedo fleet now pro-
'U'1 ,.o,, the canaries. and would
tetulhs MN - ..,,....,,,,,,,
be dlslncllned 10 coiS'ue' gu %
.rips the government tending TO inter-
~. With IN. disposition of Spain of
WV "''' - fnrcos
ht own hu'"' ,,..
War preparations on an "hP'
},,,fd scale are being hurried TO COM
a.. tho ,yar and navy depart
F"V" " ,,,,.,, rr,c,icall, is
nsn's anu 'he 'o'"''' -
"a war footing.
The foregoing gives the record of
,rs ot the most eventful days the ma
uonal capital me- - an, ~
,..o;n,,,Ny important action and of
'ss Ssspsst anxiety coupled with naval
ord military activity. one step follow
p's another in rnpid succession. Rep
,s9sr,ative men of the administration,
,vbiic men In all branches of official
I'D ri' coBsn@slonal life. no less than the
rIGlc h general shared in the ten
si1g 10 which the situation has been
an1prbl There was no effort among
he highest officials. nor. indeed. was
possible from what was clearly APP
aren't in the developments of the day,
q minimize the situation.
viewed i'm detail. the finding of the
,.g-t AZ inauirv was The most vital
h.sr. Commander Mark, judge-ad-
ryate of The court of inquiry, delivered
NJ report to Secretary Long early
his morning, and shortly afterward it
r1s carried to the White House and
Iaced In the hands Of the President.
a 1880 the cabinet assembled half an
Alr earlier than usual, and began the
tnsderation of the momentous docu-
nsnt Even the rigid rules of secrecy
which prevail at cabinet meetings
were made doubly strict in this case,
and no intlmatlon of the results
reached by the court We're known un-
VI Y o'clock, when an Associated Press
bulletin gave the information to the
country, as well as to the eagerly
waiting officials throughout Washing
Ton.
These results, briefly stated. are that
the loss Of the Maine was due to an
explosion from the outside, the court
heing unable to fix the responsibility
express an opinion as to the character
q the explosive, but the testimony
GOES TO show that 1t was a powerful
, shDu nine, the exact character of
s s1Ss was WAS, not determined, though the
s sga,i was expressed that It was
tv o' aYn, submarine me mine, Ihere We're
was franz tSn rhe court nhds; the i'rst
ore in ,ha s,,u Tu.S,ue, alu that SET OH
II was ,i,'n ',lot it'"s"HliIoH'
,l, and with the precision of court
copy concerned in its responsibility
'sGsther with the evidence upon which