St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-04-20
War Inevitable.
Spain Must Give Up
Cuba or Fight.
Sagasta Says She Won't Give Up.
Presidents UItimatum to Go
Out this Afternoon.
The Situation Briefly Reviewed.

The Situation Briefly Reviewed.
The war situation has been full of
lively interest during the past week, and
on more than one day it has seemed that
war might be declared at any moment.
The intense feeling all over the country
has been enhanced by the fact OF disa-
greement between the two houses of con.
gress in regard to resolutions presented
by the foreign relations committees of
house and senate-the bone of conten-
ton being the clause providing for rec
ognition of Cuban independence.
RESOLUTION PASSED.
Last Wednesday the house, by vote
of 322 to 10, passed this resolution:
Resolved, etc., That the President is
hereby authorized and directed to inter-
vene at once to stop the war in Cuba, to
the end and with the purpose Of securing
permanent peace and order there and
establishing, by the free action of the
people thereof, stable and independent
government OF their own in the island of
Cuba; and the President is hereby au-
thorized and empowered 70 use the land
and navy forces of the United States to
execute the purpose Of the resolution"
The resolution passed by the senate in
cluded a recognition clause, and this the
house refused to concur in, adopting the
resolution which came from the senate
exclusive of this clause.
The debates in both house and senate
were hot ones, and some disgraceful
scenes were enacted, including hand-to-
hand encounter in the house, the passing
of the lie in the senate, and the use OF
most vituperative language by some oi
the senator's in criticism and abuse Of the
administration for the policy it has pur-
sued in it's effort to carry the nation
through the settlement Of this question
without war.
Stirring speeches were made by Sena-
tors Hoar and Lodge and Others in de-
fence of the administration and in sup
port Of its policy and the granting of the
authority asked for by President Nc
Kinley in his message. The war feeling
was too strong in the senate, however,
and the effort to shut out the recognition
clause was defeated.
THE HOUSE FIRM.
Speaker Reed and the republicans in
the house stood like a wall with the
President, and would not yield to the
senate; so the latter body accepted the
inevitable, and, to avoid further delav,
adopted the resolution without the OBJ
jectionable clause, and it looks at present
writing as though the matter would be
brought to decisive issue at once.
sUNDRY NOTES.
Reports have been conflicting, as to the
attitude Of Spain, but the general imprcs.
sion in this country has been that she
was preparing for war and taking every
possible advantage of the delay in get
ting the resolutions through congress.
The Pope has been earnest in his Efforts
to preserve peace, and it was stated on
Tuesday that he was urging the Queen
Regent to give up Cuba as the only way
of avoiding disastrous war.
Madrid has been in a state bordering
on revolution, and in Malaga the furious
Spaniards went wild in rioting and an
American shield was torn down by way
of expressing contempt for this country.
Gen. Lee has stated that he thought
the armistice granted by Spain to the in
surgents would be of no avail and he
has also expressed lack Of faith in the
Snn Ia m q uetnent In heb ole nf the reco.,