The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-31

| 0 Fneficdh proposals. Another will
W heio tomorrow at noon, presided
| over py the queen regent and at a.
O'Clock tomorrow there will be q final
conference between United States Min
lister Woodford. Senior Sagasta. the pre-
| Hner; Senor -Gullon, the foreign min
lstef and Senior Moret, the minister for
| the colonies
Inc proposition which Spain will an
hounce covers two points only, and its
puoiicatlon. will be revelation to some
OF those abroad who have been de-
nouncing Americas aggressive atti-
tude. 1t is as follows:
! spain 10 proclaim Immediately an
armlstlce in Cuba to last until October
curing i, winch interval the United States
| VIII use It's good offices with the insur-
| gents to make this temporary peace
permanent.
Spain to do her best toward RELIEVING
suffering and starvation on the island
with America to be allowed to assist
| in this work
washington, March 30.@The above
| dlSPatch was shown to an official of the
administration whose position is such
| as TO give weight to his utterances. He
said that IN view of today's events. the
MADRID statement Of the presidents
! proposition was not to be taken SORT
| oEsly 'eii-
| Situation Critical
| MADRID. March 30.-While tba eff
uatlon mere Is outwardiy OF the calmest
| description. the actual position of ar
lars Is regarded as critical by both
| the United States legation and tba
| spanish government
Inc United States minister. Cen
Woodford, Is working energeticaIlv
and Will continue to do so until tho
nrst gun Is fired. 1t is known that the
spanish government admits the desir-
dDifty or necessity OF complying, with
the demands Of the United States. and
II is only in the Discrimination of the
ministers to put this willingness into
concrete form that the danger lies. IF
| d conference were to be held with Brit
ISM, German or French diplomats the
matter would be settled without oues-
| ton. doe"
The point which Gen. Woodford 10
! now pressing is that, in the Interest
OF humanity. hostilities in Cuba must
cease Immediately. No date was Eyed
elther in the first or present note but
the united States is now dwelling l1non
the meaning Of the word "immediate-
~ and insisting that Spain accent
us general Interpretation.
Inc public generally Is taking Iitt1a
apparent interest in the situation. but
there Is a general Discrimination To he
lleVe that war is likely.
Fleet Modified
A dispatch from Barcelona savs that
the armed steam yacht GiraIda. pur-
chased by the Spanish government
from Harry McCalmont. the English
race morse owner, after the vessel had
peen rejected by the United States is
NY ~, Deihg Htted up as a dispatch boat
FL Fals says four warships have been
", II.
negotiations are pending for the mr.
chase OF several torpedo boats in Great
britain The Pals also says that or
uels nave been issued to mobilize
me spanish warships, and the torpee, -
ooat ffalcon is to sail immediate from
al lnasena for CadiZ. where a second
~, peuo squadron is being prepared.
Mllltary engineers, according To tbs
ans, are starting for the Canary JsI-
fortified. 81 oeihs
Italy, it is said by the Pals has do
cided to sell the armored crI,iser
giuseppe Barabaldi. of 6,S4O tons and
wei armored. sister ship of the Varez
to Spain. al e.
Two regiments, still ACCORDING 70 tho
Pals' are going to the Canary Islands
10 strengthen the Spanish garrison
there.
Spain May Sell.
The Armstrong; Spanish agent -.
opanlard who is in touch with the gov-
eminent and commercial people in
SPAN, has expressed the belief thar
unless the powers intercede there will
oe war. He added: IF the United
states offered money for our clearing
OUT OF cuba We could not accent b,1y
II the proposition emanated from an.
other power it is not unlikely that if
would be accepted"
In1s view of the case is echoed nv
portion OF the Spanish press. which
advises Spain to wash her hands Of
Cuba VI
Senior Ortiz de Zarato, a prominent
former Carlist deputy VINO has lust
been defeated al Vittoria expresses
the opinion that there would be no war
saying: we have neither ships, sail
ors, soldiers, plans or money. and the
government knows it. 1t will struggle
TO the last and then cave in"
senior Zarato, who was recently ar
CadiZ. says the Spanish warshin,
Polayo and Carlos v, which the gov
eminent announced ready for sea. can
not possibly be made ready sooner than
in two months.
Severe Censorship.
A severe censorship is exercised to
prevent the leakage of news as tn .ba
naval movements, while the war prsn-
aratlons continue with the greatest ac-
'lVity and as far as possible the great
est secrecy. The utmost efforts are
making night and day to get the first
class 1ronclads Pelayo and Carlos "
completed. 1t is regarded as
certain they will be DISPATCHED with
the cruisers Maria Teresa and Cristo-
bal Colon to join the Vizcaya and AL
mirante Oquendo in Cuban waters
thus forming a squadron of six ar,
mored vessels against Americas seven
The Marquis of Cornillas. president Of
the Spanish transatlantic steamship
line to Cuba and South America. VINO
is an ardent patroit has daily confer
ences with Senior Sagasta. the. premier
Inc Marquis Cornillas. Senior Emilio
CASTELAR,, Gen. Lopez DomingueZ. sec
rotary of war in Senior Ssgasta's for
mer cabinet. and Monsignor Cardena.
bishop of Zion, the queen regents
chaplain. are leading spirits in a move
ment for a national subscription to
build a warship to be called Second
of May"
The original idea was that every
Spaniard should contribute a DAYS
earnings on May 2, the nineteenth an
niversary of the rising of the people Of
Madrid against French domination, to-
ward the national defense. This wave
of patriotism, with the enrolment of
the volunteer corps, is spreading en-
thusiasm throughout the country. All
seats have been sold for tomorrow's
opera performance, realizing about
$25, 900 to the navy, and similar per-
formances are being arranged in other
cities
1t is said that $40 900 was realized by