The herald., 1898-03-26
mously declare that the Spanish report
says the explosion which wrecked the
Maine was of internal origin.

| mously declare that the Spanish report
says the explosion which wrecked the
Maine was of internal origin.
NO DOUBT AT ALL
MADRID, March 25.--The report Of the
Spanish Board of Inquiry into the loss Of
the battleship Maine says emphatically
that the explosion was of internal origin
The Spanish report says: ut is scien-
tifically and practically demonstrated tint
the explosion was internal"
The United States Minister. General
Stewart H. Woodford. had long confer
ence this evening with the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Senator Gullon. Absolute
reticence is observed as to what transpired
REQUEST DELAY
MADRID, March 23. There was another
hastily summoned cabinet meeting this
afternoon, presumably to further consider
the grave political situation. The Spanish
government has received the Spanish re-
port of the loss of The Maine. which, how.
ever. is said to be confused" and ex-
plantations are said to have been requested
In any case it Is added, 1t will not be pub
l,shed until after the report of the United
States Court of Inquiry has been made
public.
The Correspondence says the Spanish
government will dispatch a note TO WASH
ington, requesting that the report of the
loss of the Maine be not sent to Congress
until both reports are presented and con-
sidered by both governments.
SPANISH COMMENT
NEW YORK, March Pa special to the
Herald from Madrid says: Strange as it
may seem to the American mind, the idea
that the Maine commission could possibly
report that the explosion was not an in
ternal one has only just been realized here
and the result is a sinister condition of
public sentiment. That result is now gen.
orally admitted, although 1t is universally
considered unjust, unfounded and iniquit-
Gus. 1t formed the principal subject of at
tenton at the last cabient council. The
keynote of the situation was found in the
approval by the government of General
Blanco's refusal to permit the Maine S
wreck to be blown up, and this country
WILL as positively indicated, use every
means possible to procure all impartial in
quiry.
The Correo, a government organ, quotes
a lengthy article from LIE Yacht, show
ing that the external theory is impossible.
The government considers Consul General
Lees request as out of the question, as
preventing any further investigation.
The Epoca serious Spanish paper re-
pels Lees request, and says 1t would be
destroying proof upon which the asser-
tions of the seamen were made. The
Epoca adds: I'VE refuse to believe that
such verdict against public morals can
have been returned as that attributlng the
explosion to an evidently false cause. We
are certain that President McKinley's
sense Of justice will right the situation" :"
MAY BE DELAYED
WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Davis Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, had brief interview
with Assistant Secretary Roosevelt today,
but had no information to impart at its
conclusion.
Senator Davis said that 1t was his un-
derstanding that the Maine report would
be sent to Congress next Monday, but it's
transmission might be delayed until Tues
day. AS to the disposition to be made of
it by the Senate he said that in all prob
ability, after the reading of the letter or
message Of transmission, 1t will be refer
red to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and probably be printed. Any Sem
ator, however, might demand the read
ing of the report in the Senate, and IL it
should prove to be not too long, that
course might be pursued on account of
the intense Interest in its contents. He
was decidedly of the opinion that there
would be no debate on 1t until 1t had been
considered by the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.