Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
The President has Determined
 to Restore Peace in Cusa
INTERVENTION ALMOST RIPE
Spain is not Entirely Disin-
 clined to Acquiesce
But in any Event. Even With War as an Alternative, the United States is Almost Ready to Proceed Tn Its Course.

Washington, March 1.-The proba- bility that some time must elapse be- fore the board of inquiry now investi- gating the Maine disaster makes its report has caused a revival of Interest in the method of reaching a solution of what may be termed the greater
 Spanish question, which involves the speedy evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish forces and the Madrid govern ment's official acknowledgement of Cuba's independence of Spain.
 It should be stated at the outset that the present administration is fnfiu- ! enced by very strong and earnest
 purpose to bring to an end the pres
 ent insufferable conditions in the 1s-
 land. President Mckinley is not only satisfied that these conditions, as set
 forth in official reports from cur con- sular agents, can no longer be toler- | ated by this government; he is also convinced that the people of this coun- try intend that the Spanish mis-ule shall not continue beyond the begin ming of the next rainy season, two
 months hence, and that they are ready
 to go to any length to make their pur- 1 pose effective. He has been info. med
 by leaders in congress that large ma 1 jority in each house is prepared at any
 moment to take such action as will 1 insure the end of the present struggle l by the intervention of the United | States.
 i He realizes that congress stands
 ready now to authorize any course, even recourse to hostilities, in it's de- l termination to prevent the prolonga- 1 tion of the present regime of terror, alin and death. He realizes, further l more, that in any event the publica- I tion of the correspondence on file in 1 the state department, which reveals the horrible condition of affairs in Cuba, will at once destroy any hope of
 holding congress any longer in cheek.
 The presidents conclusion that the
 United States must intervene to end
 the war before the first of May, 1898, l was, moreover, reached some time ago
 and has already taken steps to act
 upon it. Negotiations looking to such
 intervention have been progressing for some time, and they have already ad-
 vanced much further than is generally realized. It is already possible to state
 on unQuestionable authority that as
 quarters by this governments repre-
 sentatives, the president feels decided
 ly hopeful that Spain may be induced to relinquish Cuba by peaceful means. | The statement of such a plan will i at once recall to mind the hysterical declarations that have appeared in
 Spanish newspapers whenever the sug- ] gestion that Spain should sell out has | been made, and the equally fulsome
 and boastful language in which the Cuban representatives have declaimed that under no circumstances would
 they compound with Spain on a money 1 basis. The information which Presi-
 dent Mckinley has received has prac- tically convinced him that there is lit l tie sincerity in these phrases. They | have had so little influence upon the administration that it has taken 1 means of floating just what were the 1 prospects of floating the Cuban loan.
 Able fnanciers of the republican party
 who have for some time been carefully
 considering this phase of the question l have made inquiries in various money
 centers both here and abroad, and the
 responses they have met with are such
 that they feel certain of meeting with , no serious difficulty in raising the money necessary to make good Cuba's
 purchase of independence, provided
 such basis of settlement can be reached.
 As to the prospects of obtaining Spain's official consent, the responses which the administrator has received
 from that quarter show much more of
 an inclination on Spain's part than has been openly apparent to acquieE zee
 in an arrangement which will permit her to extricate herself from her pres
 ent desperate situation at loss of just one hundred million dollars less than
 she would otherwise suffer.
 Furthermore our government has
 been encouraged by semi-official as surances from France, which country
 holds most of Spain's bonds, to feel
 confident of influence to overcome any i hesitation on Spain's part to consent to such peaceful compromise.
 1 Finally, the knowledge that not long
 ago Gomez declared his willingness to consent to such an arrangement makes