The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-25

xf.ss that Il would not hare bern taken u
there were serious apprehension Of IL re-
.-ss,s 20 Havana. The general belief here.
however, is that In Madrid, rather t0ao
I'm any Cuban town. is difficulty to be
lacked for. should there be any zn;ssp-
nrsaersson of the purpose Of or gov-
errH.ent I'm sending the Maine TO Ha-
So. The temper Of the opposition
newspapers IN the Spanish capital has
bern threatening for some time. ana u
wtlI require the strong hand Of the news
ccrscr 20 rep.ess utteranoes tina. would
lead 10 rsotflg-
TIE German ships 70 which Assistant
e4sresarv Day referred IN hts statement
are the Charlotte and the Gs-er, both
s-alnirg ships. not q formidable type.
,hctxh ore sufficed 20 settle the recent dif-
rc,flsy with Haysi. Their touching a.
Havana Il not believed 20 be significant.
as their cruise was arranged In all its de-
sa.Is las. September. and the same ships
are s.e AT Charleston. 8. C., early in Feb
rusry Bsxs.
Secretary CT the Navy Lorg this morn
ing said:
Far srcn there being any foundation
for the rgraors yesterday % trouble al Ha-
vsna matters are now In such condition
that CDR vessels are going 20 resume their
friendly calls az Cuban ports. and 20 In
ard ou,. Just as the vessels Of other ma
tsons DO. The Maine VIII go IN a day or
two OF sns; such a visit. The department
has sEsued orders for vessels 10 attend the
public ceIsIratsoa AZ Mobile and the Mardi
Gras at New Orleans. ard fer the torpedo
faotitla 80 visit Galveston
Cleveland Was Too Cautious.
For some time past the administration
officials have been Of the opinion that a
mistake was made by the preceding adj
m.nlstration concerning the Cuban sifua-
fion liz deciding out Of excessive caution
ard an cverwesning regard for the sensi-
biiities Of the Spanish public to abandon
the practice which had been pursued by
our navy In the pas. four years of sending
waTships nj intervals on cruises through
the West Indies, with frequent stops at
Havana. 1t Is not regarded consistent
with our national pride that this action.
common TO all maritime nations. should
have been abandoned or suspended. and
II was believed that IL it had been con-
sistensly adhered 10 there never would
have been complaint of the visit Of our
ships from Spanish sources.
Old Practice Restored.
TIE first movement IN the direction Of
tho old order was last fall before the as
ssmblage Of congress. when Secretary
Long announced through the Associated
Preas his intention 10 send the snlire
North Atlantic squadron 20 Tortugas har-
Der for their winter evoluticns. which for
severai years past. or ever since the be-
ginning of the Cuban insurrectson, had
eeen performed with difficulty and under
all kinds OF dlscouraging conditions OF
wind and weather of the Chesapeake
eapes
This movement being received with eaua-
nsmiTy. the next step followed. when some
OF our little gunboats were sent to cruise
in the West lnsiieS the Wilmington and the
Annapolis now being in those waters.
Il oniy remained to send one of our shlrs
TO Havana 10 completely restore the old
practice. Naturally this wac more deli
cate step shan had been called for preyi-
oasiy. ard ]; WAS not until the admsnisIra-
tsCa had satisfied itself that conditions In
Havana had resumed the normal state that
existed before the recent military riot
against the uewspa pers that !, was deemed
timely to make the last move. This dec!-
sion was Dot reached without consideration
CT all the results that might follow.
Senators Commend the Move.
The first intimnti1n the members OF the
senate committee on foreign relations had
OF Ire orders OF the Maine was given in
the Associated Press bulletin.
Frye said the action was erninently sat-
isfaetory 10 him.
Gray said II was proper 10 have "A war
ship in Havana for the protection OF
American interests.
TIE way BY sending her warshipz to Ha-
raae. ard was evidently hadger.ng this
government in the matter.
Foraker was particularly pleased 10
hear the news HE said he wished the
Texas ard the other vessels Of the squad
rem would be ordered to follow the Maine
Gallon said. Il am glad 20 hear It:
hope the Maine will be followed by other
vessels
Teller said he would like TO see the har-
bur &C Havana Oiled with American ships.
sunin Is Yer, ineas,.
NEW YORK. Jan. IA dispatch TO the
Herald from Madrid says. The attacks In
the house 81 Washington have produced n
fssisng here which. perhaps. Is scarcely
justified, posnting 10 the fixed purpose Of g
certain seesicu cf American politicians 70
srsss on was with Spain. The government
isscif Il disturbed. and the press : fun Of
tbs suotsct. The impartial says:
III woaid be difficult 60 believe that the
United States proposes 20 undertake. In the
face al the ~ hole civilized world. The enor-
nous responsibility az provoking "A war
fer which 80 reason exists today. II 81 a
cold hlooded fneckery ana afrent 10 the
general coincidence"
The CORE sIsondencia says.
.'Wt cannot imagine why the ma fority OF
TIE people IF the United States wish foF
war wssA Spain. seeing the great disturb
anre sgeh a war would cause We canno;
Trims that sae jsrgoes VIII prevail In thssr
evil work We believe tho government q,
the United States will not commit this an
Justified and taougntiess iTnpf1dencs."