The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-04-22

minister, in accordance with diplo-
matte cOurtesies, was furnished a copy
of the paper by the cOlored messenger
of Assistant Secretary Day.
1t was said at the white house that
the terms of the ultimatum would not
| be made public here until Thursday.
The Spanish minister's request for
his passports, sent Immediately on the
receipt of the ultimatum was as fol-
lows:
LEGATION DE ESPANA.
WASHINGTON, April 20, 1898.
Mr.. Secretary-The resolution adopt
| ed by the congress of the United States
of America and approved Wednesday
by the president is of such a nature
| that my permanence in Washington
becomes impossible and obliges me to
request of you the delivery of my pass
port. The protection of the Spanish
interests will be entrusted to the
French ambassador and to the Aus.
TRAN minister. On this oc-
casiOn, very painful to me, have the
honor to renew to you the assurances
of my highest consideration.
ISignedl LUIS Polo DE BERNABE.
Assistant Secretary Day has directed
that POlo's passports be prepared and
sent him at once. No instructions
were sent to Woodford, the depart
ment not regarding Polos letter an
answer to our ultimatum. Minister
Polo and staff left Washing ton at z
p. m.
At p. m. the Spanish legation
archives were moved to the Austrian
legation.
The Spanish minister goes to Can.
ada. Toronto will be his temporary
home.
The president, in the ultimatum to
the Spanish government, transmits a
copy of the resolutions passed by con-
gress, which resolutions he states he
has signed. He demands that Spain
withdraw her army and navy forces
from Cuban waters, as required by the
terms of the act of congress (no date
for the withdrawal being mentioned)
and then states that if q satisfactory
answer is not received here before
Saturday next he will proceed at once
to carry the resolution of congress in-
to effect.
At 1908 the house was notified that
the president had approved the Cuban
resolutions. 1t was greeted with a
tremendous outburst of applause.
Chairman Hull, of the military af-
fairs committee, asked unanimous con-
sent in the house for the consideration
of the bill authorizing the president
to call out volunteers. He said he nad
just received a message from the white
house urging the necessity for the pas
sage of the bill Wednesday.
Although the text of the ultimatum
was not made public it is known that
with it is transmitted to the Spanish
government through Minister Wood
ford a copy of the joint resolutions of
congress, together with the statement
that they have received executive APP
prevail In compliance with their
terms the president makes a demand
upon Spain to withdraw her land and
naval forces from the island and its
waters, and in the event that a
satisfactory response to this de-
mand is not received by the presi-
dent by Saturday next he will
proceed with the armed forces of the
United States to carry these resolu-
tions into effect. The president does
not name any hour of the day of Sat
urday prior to which Spain must make
answer if at all to our demands, but a
reasonable assum Dtionis that any time
up to midnight Saturday. will be re-
garded as a compliance with the terms
of the ultimatum. One of the mem
bers of the cabinet in speaking of this
feature said that the government
would not hold a stop watch on Spain
in this emergency and could well af-
ford on our own account to give her
three days to decide a question which
may involve the destiny of the nation.
From this time on war preparations
will go forward with renewed activity,
and both the army and the navy will
be put in position for active opera
tons. There seems to be little doubt
that the first move will be to
blockade one or more of the Gu
ban ports, and as soon as an army
of occupation can be transported to
them a demand will be made for an
unconditional surrender, and in the
event of a refusal the work of reduc-
ing them by bombardment will be be-
gun Immediately.