The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-02

Washington Aprn There IL little
doubt that The president and members OF
his cabinet now regard conflict with
Spain as almost inevitable In his mes.
cage 90 congress which n all probability
viii be- sent M next Monday. and certainly
early ncSt week. u ls understood that tho
president viii review "a, some length the
record us II stands between ,his govern.
mont and Spain bur will not insist upon
further time In which 90 continue ncgotla.
lions looking 20 "a peaceful scttlomcn, Of
the Cuban problem
The cabinet mcrilug this morning was
un1ursuonahly ne most important hold
90 many year, o. received spain's an.
swrr 90 the ultimatum Of this govern.
ment and nnding !, unsatisfactory. prac-
uoally decided upou a policy which at
this hour seems certainly 20 involve hos.
tIntlrs The whole RECORD win be- laid
before rongrrss rnt The question 10 now
under earnest consideration as to what
shall be- the particular form which our
policy shah take In bringing TO an cnd
the horrors IN cuba and In securing the
independence of the islands Propositions
ranging from the simple recognition OF
cuban independence, Co straight out
declaration " war have been urged at the
capitol hu, there is hardly a doubt that
the majority ~ thc members OF congress
await the executive lead before taking
action and are disposed go adopt McIin.
lcy's suggestions on this point II is
though, That amy ~ %, resolutions cx.
ccpt possibly the simple recognition Of In
dependence would lead to war. There
were, NJ course. an sorts Of rumors In
circulation including reports OF media.
tion by some of the European powers.
hu, no such suggestion has come TO this
government Tor as late as o'clock. In
response 10 direct question. Secretary
Day said there had been no ofrcr Of mcdi-
alton by any foreign government one
member Of the cabinet In speaking Of the
cabinet meeting today spoke substanti.
ally as follows
I'm the morning II was apparent TO all
Of us that having exhausted all diplomatic
efforts 20 bring about better condition
Of affairs In cuba and they having failed.
the whole question must be submitted
to congress Al our afternoon meeting
The president requested each member OF
the cabinet to express freely his indi.
viduol opinion as to what should be done
The discussion was entirely on the lines
by the members, Nothing dcnn-
tc was decided upon and no conclusions
reached The president will now take the
views submitted to him under consldera-
lion preparatory to his message to con-
yrcss. which viii be sent early next week,
President Mckinley has done great deaf
" work recently and appears pretty wcn
atgucd. Consequently he viii take some
little rest before beginning on the mes
ngc. lie has not yot decided what rec
win bc communicated To
.ongrcss. My own individual opinion Is
hat hut little faith can be put in the
Promises made by Spain and this makes
ne hesitate about accepting with any
confidence her latest proposals"
"In the first place she promised long
lmc ogo that the reconcentrados would
" released and the result shows this
,romlsc has not been kept Now she pro-
,oscs to release them, but will keep them
lnder military supervision, Who can tell
whether she will adhere to this expressed
Intention?
Eyes, reference was made by Spain to
he Maine matter In the reply she sent
through Minister Woodford, She made
10 ofrer to pay for the loss, but suggested
hat the matter he settled by arbitration,
80 Tar ns | can recall, she expressed no
egret for the sad occurrence and the
whole thing was regarded as cold
FLOODED statement"
The second session of the cabinet lasted
ster called at the state department at
,'clock and was In conference with Judge
Day for some time, Although there was
he strlctest reserve as to what occurred
I can bo stated positively that the United
states submitted no further propositions,