Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-06
NEWPORT NEWS VA. WEDNESDAY,, APRIL &, 1898.

MIR. Bailey wfll doubtless present {,
|pMposirion either in 9G1e ntruure of 4
substitute Or an aune'nllnlvnt for the rec
'Asllf't[pn of Cuban Independence.
! MIR. Hopkins. chairman pf the CONN
nrittee a1,poIIh.eu by tfle ',econccnNlel-
dos as thoAse Republicans w1h., ture
tpittssAnE, for irnnnedia'te aHpiam are nov
cslNG.ll. wifi casi upon the President to-
nlsn-row mnau,6lrg early aurl saEssrtain if
| the u,l'eksstss is to be Selt in tulnNlE'pw
lrt Iuct what aeu's,orr eN.Gkls FOR fun't'lsa.'
ueEuy iut Order THAT they MAY be able !c
report ~ the conference that meets >u
| II VI cluSk 49,.
.-l,,p;u.u .Si,gsbee,. uf the NltEne. APP
peared befus-e the House coaniIG,otee ON
| Foreign affairs to-day. In THE soun:e of
hrs ext,mtmnrttsm he stated lit ITO be his
opinion uirit E,fS, vetsscl. THE Alti.me. WAS
Blown w, by "A submarine inialss lpca ted
by the Spanish audh'm7NlSs. NJ 70
wtl,l,s,eu. lit wt,s fired by ;'.,e SidauIisN Su-
|G.hs,p les NV. Mot he declined to express
am oGy.niual- au 49,.
There was no cabinet meeting at the
White HOUSE ttr.l gotpt. but SeNeHFNi ph sHle
,rp,mbel.s ,.pe1ft the evening wLltEl sGie
I,re,,l,lsnr and Mrs MSI<Lnpey. The AID
Imr,;,, s,;ay,it.lu courfeets anxiety as TO the
| sJ,a,atielw IN, He,Narla and t'pile'st'd .1Mh-
Iuntun,sos,taon is kept up with General Lee
I'm fe,a,. of sn p0kEkDle 1utbrss'k. III Is
|A4huught over 1000 Americans WIZ" We
lelaser 10 leer,ve Havana TOMORROW
| ~ w,,s dsfini|t4ly stated by three cza'N-
,s,t OFFICERS Tonight THAT There was rti
,I,.M, eh,r o,f lt.laiyrislg the President s
message. b+ayorld Wednesday,
| SPANISH MINISTER TALKS:
| cE ASHuSGTON. April o.-.rhe span
| sin n.r.ds,er. Senior Polo y Bernat'e.
| Vas s,r,.jn AIT the Spanish legation tr4oy
| and consented to talk ON oii'. p1sSSiN.
condition. of affairs. He spoke freely
| and at uinEss with intense ear
! The inte;vTew is auuhoraIi's
II am sti.l hopeful tof peace said he
| THAT may seem optimistic at u mo-
nl;inu when Sslch PASSIONS are 1lrousea'
| SUCH naval and mLi.'tary operations are
| Yt,ins. ON und when u..>a current of puo-
| lie. sen ,iulpenr seems to De tnut war Us
| Unsuitable. i cannot say that base my
| view that peacs. will prevail upoT any
| tlirec,, or ,,ftcienl information. On lne
| centleury' il is my ind!vlduaA )uuSil@ NJ,
BASED SOLELY uIpul 1.-THE coulVlSsuion uHaN dTl
,lt.,:se. e,.lli g,hiene,l days two se4t respect
| ing nations. made up ot men ana W.
| man of ,hig;, aspirations arid noble srl-
,su.nets, cannot and Will not resort 20
| that las, brutal and eSped4efll. war. -
| be su.e Il cannot c4Ose my eyes TO GER
la,ln obvious ciucunlsi afhces eAisttns
| L,iuh here and in SPAN.
Cons idrr for moment some o. the
ele,Inupts of this present cris:s, me
minister Vent on, speaking WIN nauSn
vis-cr Cam it pe possible that your
! people Will consider ouay' cns sdue oi
l:lz case? Let us for moment admit
that tiht.re aut two sd'des to at-
Cuba has been coh1ny ON SPAN
from time i1,lnlemorial-from the time
Of the discovery by Christopher Column
! i,us-auli as a part of Spain There Is
| clustered about it a reverence almost
| sacred Cuicu is regal,!Sh by cur peo-
| PIE. just as YOU regalh ONE OF the states
| OF Your Union What wou9d Ire said II
z,lne foreign power said to the Unsush
Sta ties that Illinois or Texas OF Calitor-
mia must he free end independent of
! ssA::sa u nstea S ta'tes-? To be sure your
| press tells of brutal savagery exsstin s
| I'm Cuba. I do mot wish to- dslal in re-
elimination The time for t.;.nt has
! gone by 'Rut give YOU my woru thai
| this SaVl gerry does not exist at all, that
all .ne!!alale reports, official and uNoMi
ciai. Spanish and American, agreed that
| VIVA lever may have been the conslhls-.n
of saffala1s a year or two y7es1as ago. Gem
t,nal Bl.lusso has inaugurat5a ahumane
and benefcient system Characteristic OF
the man.
"Nlw, as to autonomy. For some
| reason intense feeling has hee4n aroused
in this country against the home ruiz
regime which Spain has imnugurated N
| sCut,a IT seems to be ovellCaASed, in tnt
passion 9f THE moment, that this mons
| rule has been the aspiration of the Gu
| s)t,ns fur years. 1t seen1lss to be over
Hooked also that President Cleveland
and Sc .retary Olney urged "a fun meas
| una Elf home rule as the means likely &c
biting about a termination ,f the Cuban
conflict Spain has granted that. grant
ed it With the deepest sincereityt ] dc
mot wish in this to repeat AN argunlssli
| .or autonomy. hut simply to call atten-
| dion to the fact that plain justice die
sates that system of home RUE
| brought forth after the deepest sotci-
| 'tule and conSdeIat ion, and based uNon
! What the C.uhans themselves have II ms
(, deSaiiid and on what the United States
| government deemed most fitting as E
settlement, should mot be lightly dis
| missed on representations of the pres
| CIR even on the representa- ionS -of meu
| of sober Judgment.
| LAS TO the rsconcsmtrad does / can only
| say that the DEGREES OF conc-n t:eati,- r
Fave been revoked and urgent steps arr
| bing taken for the relief of those p=ool
| lr's'atlres. While there is no doubt o.
| the misery OF t;2air eo&ldi ton, yet the
government is making plls most herai,
| efforts to alleviate This condition. "A:
| TO the iTsu. e'e:nits they have borne arm:
against Sltain for three YEARS. emkaiEtne
| tt.rrIblt. loss of life umd' money. Ant
| l7s,, believing these men to be nisgu:d
ed. the government has sought to re
| gain their confidence. Even today tn,
official gazette at Havana. rublishe.
an appeal by the home government
urging all these in arms, insu! gen IS q:
Welt as Spanial-ds to cease host iMties
Aiin hands and unite i'm celebrating tll,
restoration OF peace. 1t tells them ais
that if this home rule is not perfec
that lit may be improved. I'm short. th'
insurgents are invited TO join the Span
fsh soldiers in laying down their arms
Saying that q period OF calm may b.
given during which just and wise cctln
els may prevail for the permanent bet
terme'nt OF Cuba. -
You ask ms. as to the latest phase
of negdt:eti9n. OF this I cannot speal
| owing 10 the restrictions OFF my posi-
ton. I can only say that, despite tn
y anImosites aroused. believe that caiT
couss1 will yet prevaia and that the Uni
ted States and Spain Win be able I.
solve tt.is problem on a basis just am
Nonora bic tlca ALL concerned and wi'thou
reuoure to arms. fully recognize TIL
earnestness. patriotism and intens
vigo- of the American people but 1 fes
that it is not improper for me TO Srls
gest that at such a profoundly so-en1'
moment earne>tneas and stranEt
should be tempered with calm justic
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