Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-20
A' K|KLEY XA|IS 4 DAY
He VIII Sion The Cub0n ReS0-
|u|iOnS This Morning.
.ULT|MA7UM TOsPA|N
1t Will Be Signed at the
Same Time. "
ANSWER MUSIBEPROMPT
If" Favorable keuiy to Our Demands Is
Not Received Within forty-.ght
Hours United States Troops
Will Move On
Cuba II"
ANSWER MUSIBEPROMPT

| (l3y Telesraph.)
| w ASHINLIoN, .>pIll ia.--Spain will
! not receive oIllclIl notification OF tn.
DEMANDS OF tne United states uecure
tolnotruW. She th.H Witt DC informed
that The Cuban resolutions passed by
| Congress ut an early no,ir tuis morn
/ ing are now Il part OF tn. laws OF the
| United States, and an uiliuIlum Walt
De Sent demanding compliance With
| lhlS law ana an answer WITHIN a Very
short time, probably Within twenty
| four hours. Compliance is not ,.x-
pecteu, and a forward movement ON
| Cuba Will commence the latter Tart of
| TINS week. according to the plans of
the administrations.
The congressional Cuban resolution
Will not be Signed un,il tomorrow
! morning. The uitinatunl To Spain Mil
be signed at the same time. The Pres
| ldent carly decided to make the two
practically one act by I, simultaneous
| signature OF each.
Two cabinet meetings We're held dur
ing the day, the first beginning at IL
| and lasting nearly two hours and tn,.
second lasting from 3 until $50 o'clock.
| Al their close announcement that ex-
| eculive nction WAS delayed until to-
morrassed betwe2ff Both cabinet ses-
tsiils' and the battleshinc niass.t,
cusSlon OF the uitiIis,u..- - ~
Madrid.
-Nl ltlc IllpFIllnS session. tllc PRESIDENT
rather favored allowing the Madrid
government two or three days in which
to reply To our demands, bu. since. that
time he has changed his Views some
what and it is now believed to he his
purpose to require an answer within Il
very short time, probably within twcn-
ty-iour hours. The reason for limit
ing the time to one day,f or even less,
IS SAID to be entirely strategic: other
Wise, two Of even thrSas 8days would
nave been allowed. The ultimatum it
self Will be short and to the point 1t
VIII recite the main feature OF the res
olutons passed by Congress and de-
mand compliance Herewith. So Far
as could be learned there will not In. Il
meeting of the cabinet this evening; or
tomorrow morning before the prcsj-
dent signs the two documents. which. it
IS believed. unnuestionlbly viii prrcii,-
ltate war. 1t is likely that the prnej-
dent and Assistant Secretary Dav Will
again this evening go over Tho, message.
which is to be sent to Madrid and mako
any changes which may be thought de
sirabl leaving tho final act of signing
the congressional resolution and the III
timatum until tomorrow morning. Tt
probable will not he made public here
unth motto" is received that it is in the
hands of the Spanish government. dip
l"matic etiquette recurring this
The cuban resolution passed by Con-
SlcSS arflNeG NJ the White House Mt
lis o'clock. n little over an hour hnv-
ing been consumed in the for,maliticz
OF securing the signatures Of Speaker
Need and Vice President Hobart to thf.
resolution in orcn session and it's de-
livery ut tn" White House bv Repre-
sentative l1age!, Of Iowa. chairman Of
The COMMITTEES on enrolled bills and
Representative Ovcrstrcet. Of Indinr,.
1t was evrcctad that the resolution
would b" signed as soon rs it reached
the President. and this was Mr. NJ
kinl"y's inclination. but for certain
state reasons it was deemed aavisa-
BILE that the resolution and the ultima
tum to snain should ',c signed simnltn-
neouslv and time was needed to draft
the ultimat'lm in dnlomatic form. The.
fact that the resolution was not in,,,,.-
diately signed gave riS. to Il few dis
Quoting renorts, hut it soon appeared
from statements of cabinet officers that
the President had mt the slightest in
tcntinn Of withholding his signature
ana that the DELAY in attaching it was
accounted for SOLELY by his desire to
nave q full and complete plan of opera
IONS for the government Of the eNecu-
tive in the immediate future before
taking the final and Important step of
turning the joint resolution into a sta
tute. Just what this plan shall be
was the occasion for the two cabinet
meetings today. The first session in an
titIl'dllOil u the reception oil thC.
olution was devoted largely to ques-
tons of finance ard military policy, as
well as 10 the framing OF the uIiima-
tum itself. So far as can be gathered
the important point at issue in regard
to the ultimatum was the question OF
time to be allowed for Il response on
the part of Spain
The steady progress Of military and
naNa! preparations Indicated the con-
Vlctlon on the part of the adminiStra-
ton that peaceful solution of exist
ing difficulties is not probable.
AS to the course of events in the i'm
mediate future, the only prediction
that can be made is one based on pre-
cedents. According to these Minister
W"odford will notify the Spanish gov
eminent of the action of the govern
ment of the United States. and should
the Spanish answer be unsatisfactory.
as Is expected. the next step in order
will be for him to ask for his passports
and leave Madrid. That would be fol-
lowed instantly by the withdrawal!
from Washington of Senior Polo. the
Spanish minister. At this point it can
be said that the state department Of
ficals are confident that The Spanish
government will 50 shape every phase
of the negotiations rs Ia oblge us to
flake the initiative Mt cvcrv point AZ
ter the Withdrawal! OF the minister's
and assuming Spain does not back
down. Will follow actual war. bat
whether or not the first overt act Will
| be preceded by = formal declaration Of
war. which would insure the Immediate
naturalization Of the powers. or whcth-
or the North Atlantic sunadron viii
| make its appearance off Havana rs u
| beginning. cannot Yet he predicted. In
this connection it may be stated that
| the army and navy experts are begin
ming to take 81 less honcrul View Of an
easy and nuick campainn than thew on