The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-21
AWAITING STAINS ANSWER
DEPARTlIENT OFFICIALS SAY MAD.
 RID MUST MAKE NEXT MOVE.

If a Satisfactory Answer is Not Returned
 Before Saturday Noon 1t Will be Taken
 as q Refusal to Accede to United States
 Demands-A Refusal Is Expected and
 the Action of Spanish Minister in Asking
 for His Passports Is Taken as Evidence
 of This-Washington Brilliant With
 Stars and Stripes.
 Washington, April 20.-This was day of events in the history of the Gu ban question. The signature by the president of the joint resolution requir- ing intervention in Cuba, the notifica- tion of that action to the Spanish min- ister here, his demand for passports, the departments prompt reply to the demand, the departure of the minis ter and the transmission of our ultima tum that Spain must evacuate Cuba and must make answer by Saturday through Minister Woodford, followed in rapid succession The next step is Spain's answer, if she Is to make any, and the movement of the United States army and navy on Cuba
 Execution of Programme.
 Early in the morning the execution of the programme for to-day began with a conference between Assistant Secretary Day, ex-Secretary Foster and Second Assistant Secretary Adee, in which the wishes of the president and cabinet as to the ultimatum was re- duced to diplomatic form. The other events succeeded each other with ra- pidity. The ultimatum was sent to the Spanish minister by Judge Days spec ial messenger, Edward Savoy, one of the trusted employees of the state de- partment, who was appointed to his place in 1869 by Hamilton Fish. The messenger was not kept waiting long at the legation but in the course of an hour had returned to the state depart ment with the minister's application for his passports. It was not until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon that Savoy made his second trip carrying with him the desired paper. This was passport for the minister and his family and suite. It was not in the usual form, but was what is known as a special passport. In general terms it is similar to that presented to Lord Sackville West when srfo af,l to T,n this case it reads as follows:
 spanish Ministers Passports.
 United States of America, Department of
 State
 To All Whom These Presents Shall Come:
 Greeting-Know ye, that the bearer here of, Don Luis Polo y Bernabe, envoy extra ordinary and minister penipotentiary of Spain to the United States, accompanied by his family and suite Is about to travel abroad.
 These are therefore to request all off, cers of the United States or any state thereof, to permit him to pass freely with out let or molestation and to extend to him all friendly aid and protection In case of need
 In testimony whereof, I, John sherman. secretary of state of the United States of America, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the department of state to be affixed ab Washington, this 20th day of April, A. D., 1898. and of the ndepend-
 
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 Expectation of an Answer. At first there was some expectation at the state department that re- sponse from Minister Woodford might be expected to-day Later on, how ever, after Judge Day had calculated the length of time that would be con stunned in the cabling of the ultimatum to Minister Woodford it's translation into cipher and retranslation, he be- came convinced that it would be prac- tically impossible, owing to the differ ence in time between Washington and Madrid to receive any response to- day. Therefore the following state ] ment was posted at the department: "The text of the ultimatum to Spair will be given out by MT. Porter, sec l retary to the president, at the White house some time tomorrow probably J Spain Must Make Next Move. The next move must now be made by Spain, according to the department of | ficials. If the Spanish government | takes view, as might possibly be | concluded from the action of it's min ister here to-day, that in language and | terms the congressional resolution is | insulting, 1t may promptly hand MT | Woodford his passports on receipt ot l this communication and thus bring the negotiations to a crisis and cause g l breach of diplomatic relations within | the next twenty-four hours. If, or | the other hand, it should neglect to re- turn satisfactory answer before Sat. | urday noon, that line of policy will be | quite as effective as positive act, as l it would amount to refusal of the de mands of the United States. In sucf case the president would proceed in. mediately to use the naval and militia ry forces of the United States to exc cute the will of congress. How this 1 would be done, what steps shall bt | first taken, whether Havana shall be blocked or whether an attempt shal be made to make a speedy campaign | by placing large force of troops 1T i Havana under cover of a bombardmen1 ] by the fleet, are all matters of mere | speculation. The experts of the army and navy have laid their plans witf the greatest detail for the future, but | they say that any attempt to make | these public in advance would be ac ] tual treason.