The herald., 1898-04-15
HOUSE NOT INSISTfNI
REGARDING THE MEASURE -
HAS PASSED
HOLDERS OF SPANISH BONDS
Have Good Reasons for Desiring to
Omit Recognition Of the Present
Cuban Government 4

y WASHINGTON, April 14.-(Special n
j. to The Herald.) Everything Is max r
j. ing toward war, no matter which one r
j. of the pending resolutions is finally r.
4 adopted. =
\ The one in the house Is concededly =
i weak and vague, and gives the presi-
y dent unusual latitude, so that he may =
j. continue negotiations indefinitely. r
j. subiugate Gomez If he desires to do so. r
i and establish government of his own +
+ making. r
i The senate resolution formally de- r
y clares the Independence of the island :;
j. of Cuba, but does not recognize the Z
i government; commands the president =
j. to expel the Spanish from Cuba and Il
i cuban waters, and directs him to at 4.
= once utilize the army and navy in ex-
4 ecuting these mandates.
! Each resolution has it's champions, r.
j. and, in addition, there is third ele- 4,
j. ment, which, while favoring the SEN 4.
i ate resolution, demands the recogni- 4
i ton of the present Cuban government. +
j. A poll Of the senate at midnight 4
i discovered that the Foraker amend r
i ment had ten more supporters in the =
j. senate than the house resolution with +
y out the amendment.
i The house is not welded to the res 4.
i olution 1t adopted yesterday. The Re- r
\ publicans, who principally favor i'm +
y mediate armed Intervention and the +
\ expulsion of the Spaniards from Cuba, r
i voted yesterday in the belief that their 4.
y wishes would be carried out by the +
i passage of the resolution prepared by 4.
y the house committee on foreign af- +
4 Fatr off q r0NnA \
y to the conclusion that they were under =
+ a Misrepresentation. =
\ The fact that Senators Elkins. Fair =
i banks, Spooner. Aldrich and Hanna 4
y favor the house resolution, as a mat =
= ter of fact, stirred up opposition that 4
y otherwise the resolution would not =
| = have encountered. 4
4 The story is going around today that \
i the resolution is backed by the sugar \
\ trust and Spanish bondholders. The =
! + details of the scheme involve the i'm =
y portation of 10000 or so 900 Americans =
4 into Cuba before the next election, SO +
\ that the island may be Americanized =
+ and the elections result in the proper
= way. =
4 Spanish bondholders are equally in 4
4 terested in having established gov =
"
+ to assume the obligation of $400, 100000 =
+ of Spanish bonds for which the reve- \
| \ nues of Cuba now stand pledged. It =
4 Is a fascinating project, and the belief =
+ that the passage of the house resolu- =
+ ton contemplates such result is gen. =
| y eral. Elkins and his assistants would =
+ legislate to protect the bondholders. =
|. = Such an action could be urged ON the ,
| 4 ground of expediency.
Decree Signed
MADRID, p m. (via Paris), April a.
| The queen regent has signed the decree
convoking the Spanish parliament at q
| o'clock this evening.
| 5:25 p. m.-The speech from the throne
on the opening Of parliament will be short
but expressive.
| $50 p. m.-Today's action Of the council
confirms the belief that conflict is inev-
table and has produced much excitement.
The decision was published in an extra,
which sold rapidly in all parts of the town.
The council decided to instruct all Span
ish representatives abroad to ''protes,
against the calumnious charges against
her as embodied in the reports of the for
eign relations committees of the senate
| dlQ AiouSC VI ACPi CoCltdtiNCo.
Ii p. m.-The note to the powers will pro-
| etst against the resolutions of congress
and had a recital of the sacrifices Spain
has made with pleasure on the advice Of
the powers, but which are inefficacious
owing to the offensive attitude of the fed
eral congress"
| Much of tonight's excitement is due ia
conflicting and incomplete reports as ia
what has actually occurred at Washing
ton, several papers saying tonight that the
foreign relations committee of both houses
report fixing the responsibility for the
Maine disaster upon the Spanish authori-
ties. This causes a great commotion.
The bourse declined on an average of one
point.
The queen regent heads the national navy
fund with a donation of 1000, 900 pesetas
and the Infanta Isabel contributes 50,00(
pesetas. Senior Gullon, the foreign minis
ter, had conference late today with Sir
Henry Drummond Wolff, the British am
bassador, M. Patenotre, the French am
bassador, and Mgr. Nava, the papal nun
clio.
Some of the foreign diplomats continue
to believe a peaceful solution will be
reached.
The preamble Of the decree convokins
parliament says:
1.-THE present situation and the extraor-
dinary Importance of the resolutions which
will be proposed and adopted necessitates
that despite the proximity Of the opening
Of the cortes the date should be advanced
in order that the national will, which has
the duty of guiding and inspiring the power
to which the constitution has confided the
defense of the honor and integrity of the
nation, should be assembled to express ita
wishes"
European Interest
LONDON, April 14.-The morning papers
are filled with dispatches from the conti-
nent, nearly all Of the same tenor. The
belief that war s inevitable Is universal
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