The record-union., 1898-04-05
Will Mot be Accompanied by the
Consular Reports.
These viii Go 10 the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations for Its Private Ia
formation, and Will Not at Pres
emit be Made Public.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Presi<
| dent has completed his Cuban mes
sage, and it wilsbe presented to Con-
gress on Wednesday. Secretary Long.
after the special Cabinet meeting to-
night, authorized the Associated Press
to make this statement:
The message, which in itself is long.
will not be accompanied by the Con-
sular reports dealing with the state of
OF affairs in Cuba. These will go to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate for their private informa-
| ton, and will not be made public just
now. The diplomatic correspondence
between the United States and Spain
will not be submitted at the present.
The Cabinet meeting lasted from
until after II o'clock, and was devoted
to the careful reading and discussion
of the Presidents draft of his message.
Every memeber of the Cabinet was
present. The document was gone over
point by point, and met with the APP
prevail of the Cabinet in every detail.
The only changes made were in a few
points of verbiage.
When the meeting was over and the
members dispersed there was a general
air of relief and satisfaction on all
faces, as though the air had been
cleared of doubt, and the members,
firmly resolved on what they deemed
the proper course of action, had set out
to follow the course 10 it's logical con-
clusion. The suspense evidently was
over.
Secretary Long apparently had been
deputed as spokesman for the meet
ing, and gave the above brief state
ment. AS to the character of the mes
sage he refused to say. 1t was learned
from other sources, however, that the
message is in part a review of SPANS
course in the present and previous wars
in Cuba. That it will contain some
definite recommendations may be in
fe1red from the remark of one member.
While 1 can say nothing explicitly
concerning the details of the message
said he, Il may say that it is a
strong, explicit statement, and one with
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accord
It was suggested that Congress was
pretty thoroughly in accord with the
Foraker resolution, but nothing more
explicit could be obtained
1t is understood that while the Con-
sular reports are withheld from the
public for the present out of regard COR
| their authors. who are still in Cuba
their publication is not deemed essen
tial by the Cabinet - Gra member in
discussing the point, said: They con
tain only information which has by this
! time. been quite thoroughly presented
to the public from other sources"
From the fact that the diplomatic
correspondence is not presented with
the message it is inferred that it's MAIN
features are touched on in the message
itself, whether III the form Of extracts
or merely in substance.
The fact that the Autononlist Cabinet
CT Cuba has issued an appeal to the
! insurgents for ali armistice. with the
idea of arranging peace, is regarded
here by the best informed members of
the Administration to be simply a
covert effort to induce the Cubans to
! surrender. 1t is not taken seriously.
as the opinion IS general that the insur-
gents VIII consider nothing of the kind.