Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-09
WILL FAVOR SPAIN
Reported South American Alliance
Against the United States.
TEE REPORT COMES FROM AUSTRIA
That eminent Spaniard" Discusses
the Situation Again.
SURPRISE AT MADRID

| LONDON, April 9.-The Vienna corre-
| srondent of the Standard says:
IAN additional reason for the United
States to delay the issue is the attitude of
South America. According to reliable news
Spanish diplomacy has succeeded, with the
assistance. it must be assumed, of the Ro-
man Catholic clergy, in creating feeling
of solidarity with Spain in Mexico, while a
| formal alliance with Guatemala, Honduras
| and other republics Is not impossibility.
This news appears to have made President
| Mckinley doubly cautious"
That eminent Spaniard" Again.
The Paris correspondent of the Times re-
| ports another conversation with the "emi-
| nent Spaniard' whose opinions he record
| ed earlier in the week. The eminent Span
| lard said he thought General ,Blanco and
| not the queal regent ought to proclaim the
| armistice. 1.-The queen regent, as our palla-
| dunn, ought not thus to expose herself to
! compromise or rebuff" he said, unless
| perfectly certain that the rebels will re-
spond to her generous impulse. l believe
Austria, German and France have support
| ed the papal mediation, but that Russia and
| England silent, and it is probable that
| the United States will be more struck by
their abst ention than by the others action.
| Therefore 1 consider the papal movement
| mistake.
IF a plebiscite were held now Cuba
| would certainly pronounce for autonomy,
| because indepe ndence means annexation to
America. Some people say, sell Cuba. 1t
is like saying sell me your leg. 1 am aware
| of ell that threatens US, but the Spanish
| American republics are sensible of their
| danger nor are w alone mpnaced
Thirty years ago Europe allowed one
| Sadowa aid she repents it. She will equaa-
| ly repent if she allows another. Territorial
| conquest is like iptoxication. There exist
| men who have never been drunk, but there
| is none who has been drunk only once;
| and there are other West Indian Islands
as tempting as Cuba.
Queen Regent in Conference.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Biar-
ritz says:
According to news from Madrid the
| queen regent and Senior Sagasta have had
| conferences with leading men, including
| Senior CASTELAR,, Gen. Acarraga and Gen.
| Polavieja as to the strongest government
| for Spain if war should be declared.
| 1T was the almost unanimous opinion
| that Senior Sagasta should remain in pow
| er, but there was little doubt expressed
| that it would not be long before a military
i
| bly, under Gen. Martinez CamDos. TIE
| only voice raised against an otherwise
| unanimous resolution to support Senior Sa-
| gasta was the voice of Gen. Weyler. who
| said L don't believe in the probability OF
| war, for the simple reason that am sure
Senior Sagasta will yield to American inn
| positions
1T is announced that 10000 troops are
going to Porto Rico. A second torpedo flo
/ tilla Is expected to leave CadiZ on Sunday
| for st. Vincent and Porto Rico. Another
| naval squadron is being formed with the
| newly bought warships and some fast lin
/ ers of the Spanish Transatlantic Company.
| Surprise at Madrid.
The Madrid correspondent of the Stand
ard. telegraphing Friday night. says:
Surprise and perplexity have been caus-
| ed in Madrid by the news of the steps OF
the European powers in Washington, which
| tends to confirm the prevalent idea that
| the same influences are acting in concert
| with the mediation of the pope to induce
| the government to prepare solutions of the
| crisis
| "As vet the powers have communicated
nothing in an official manner to Spain. and
the ministers do not know what course will
| be taken They imagine the powers will
| help the pope's action. In diplomatic cir
| cles 1t is said that the present political
| truce will be profited by in order to pre-
| pare a peaceful solution which will crown
| the movement of sympathy shown by all
| Europe toward Spain.
| Il have good cause to know that the res
| olution of the government is to wait until
| the powers make their proposals. When
| they do, my impression is that Spain will
| accept them. After conversation with the
! queen regent this afternoon the ministers
| went into the private residence of Senior
Sagasta in order to report to him what had
occurred"
War Minister'S Fiery Talk.
| General Correa, the Spanish minister for
| war, in an interview says:
Spain must not be alarmed, If war Is
| declared, at the sinking of Spanish war
| ship. What we must at all costs avoid is
| a Spanish warship striking her colors to
| the American flag. She should rather ex-
| plode her magazine.
II wish to God Spain had not a warship
| from Cuba to the peninsula. We could
then say to America We are here. Meet
| US when you please
| Spanish Trick Suspected.
The Vienna correspondent of the Times
| says he learns that the only armistice pro-
| posal emanated from the autonomous gov
! eminent of Cuba to the insurgents; that the
F., Washington government did not regard the
| affair as bona f1de, but evidently suspected
| trick, and that there is excellent reason
| for stating that it has refused to take the
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