The Republican., 1898-04-07
MONDAY.

The Presidents message to Con
gress, in which he will submit his rec
concentrations as to the Cuban ques-
tion, will be sent in Wednesday. A
meeting of the Cabinet was held last
night and the message was discussed.
The correspondence from American
cOnsuls in Cuba relating to the con-
dition of the hereconcentradosw will not be
transmitted with the message, as the
President considers it unsafe to make
public the reports until the consuls
have left Cuba. 1t is reported that
the President will recommend the
recognition of the republic of Cuba
and forcible intervention by the
United States to secure it's indepen-
dence. The loss of the Maine, it is
also stated, will be treated in yig-
orous manner.
Republican leaders in the Senate
and House of Representatives held a
conference and decided to wait on the
President until Wednesday morning
at II o'clock. At that hour, if the
Presidents message is not ready to
be submitted to Congress, a resolution
recognizing the independence of Cuba
and declaring for armed intervention
will be introduced in both branches
of Congress and action taken accord
ingly,
Archbishop Ireland is in Washing
ton with view of securing a peace
full solution of the Cuban problem
through the good offices of Pope Leo
XIII.
A despatch from Rome states that
the Pope has not formally offered to
mediate between Spain and the
United States, because he has not been
requested to do so by the two govern
ments. He has conveyed to Madrid
his ardent wish for the avoidance of
a conflict, and has asked Spain to
arrange for a suspension of war-like
measures or decisions.
Madrid dispatches state that, while
Spain would not agree to an armistice
in response to suggestion of for
eign temporal power, it had no OBJ
lection to yielding to the request of
the Pope as the father of Christen-
dom. Spain asks that the United
States shall withdraw its warships
from Cuban waters in return for the
surgeDts.
President J. w. Echols, of the
American Protective Association
states that the association will make a
determined effort to opreventmediatio
by the Pope between Spain and
America. Baptist ministers of New
York passed resolutions making an
emphatic protest against any pres
ent or future recognition of the Pope
by our government"
Horatio s. Rubens, counsel for the
Cuban junta in New York, says the
declaration of an armistice by Spain
would be an acknowledgment of the
belligerency of the Cubans.
Representatives of two European
powers in Washington were informed
yesterday that the powers of Europe
were exchanging notes with a view
to mediating between the United
States and Spain. France and
Austria are said to be very active,
while it is understood that Great
Britain may join with the other pow
ers in the effort to avert a conflict.
A cabinet officer stated yesterday
that the United States would adhere
to its demand for the independence
of Cuba, regardless of European
mediation.
Thousands of Spainards are enlist
ing in the Havana volunteers. The
great majority of them are in favor of
war with the United States.
j. p. Gibbons, a London electrical
expert, says the Spanish government
bought in that city from firm with
which he was connected several sub
marine mines of the kind he believes
wrecked the Maine. Some of these
mines, he states, were intended for
use at Havana.