The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-04-28
NOTICE TO QUIT.
Spain WIN Be Told to Leave Cubs and
Must A nswer In 40 Hours.


Must Answer In 40 Hours.
Washington, April 2l.-Spain will
not receive official notice Of the de-
mands Of the United States before to-
morrow. She will then be informed
that the Cuban resolution. passed by
congress at an early hour this morning,
is now part of the laws of the United
States, and an ulimatum will be sent in
compliance with this law, and an answer
within a very short time. probably 48
hours, is expected.
Compliance is not expected, and a
forward movement on Cuba will COM
mence the latter part Of this week. ac-
cording to the plans of the administra-
| ton.
The congressional Cuban resolution
will not be signed until tomorrow. The
ultimatum to Spain will be signed at
the same time. The president decided
to make the two practically one act by
a simultaneous signature of each.
Two cabinet meetings were held dur
ing the day, the first being at IL O'Clock
and lasting nearly two hours, and the
second lasting from until $50 o'clock.
At their close, announcement that exec
utive action was delayed until tomorrow
was made.
Both cabinet sessions were devoted
principally to discussion of the ulti-
matum to be sent to Madrid. At the
morning session, the president rather
favored allowing the Madrid govern
ment two, or even three days, in which
to reply to our demands, but since that
time he has changed his views some
purpose to require an answer within a
very short time, probably within "a
hours.
The reason for limiting the time to
one day, or even less, is said to be en-
tirely strategic, otherwise two or even
three days would have been allowed.
The ultimatum itself, it is believed,
is short and to the point. 1t will recite
the main feature of the resolution
passed by congress and demand COM
plance Herewith.
So far as could be learned, there will
not be meeting of the cabinet this
evening or tomorrow morning before
the president signs the two documents
which it is believed unquestionably
will precipitate war. 1t is likely that
the president and Assistant Secretary
Day will tonight 60 over the message
which is about to be sent to Madrid and
make any change which may be thought
desirable, leaving the final act of sign
ing the resolution and the ultimatum
until tomorrow morning. It probably
will not be made public until notice is
received that it is in the hands of the
Spanish, diplomatic etiquette requiring
this.
The Cuban resolution, passed by con-
gress, arrived at the White House at
1:15 O'Clock, little over an hour hav-
ing been consumed in the formalities of
securing the signatures of Speaker Reed
and Vice-President Hobart to the reso-
luton in open session and its delivery
at the White House by Representative
Hager, of Iowa, chairman Of the COM
mittee on enrolled bills. and Repre-
sentative Overstreet, of Indiana.
1t was expected that the resolution
would be signed Immediately after it
had reached the president, and this was
President McKinley's inclination; but
for certain state reasons it was deemed
advisable that the resolution and the
ultimatum to Spain should be signed
simultaneously, and time was needed
to draft the ultimatum in diplomatic
form.