The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-20
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Spanish Diplomats Have Three
Plans Under Consideration.
More Autonomy, European Medi-
alton and a Back Down.
And the Last Should Be First,
Undoubtedly.
RENEW NEGOTIATIONS
With the Prospect Of Granting
Concessions to Cubans.
Affairs at Madrid Greatly Com
plicated.

New York, April 2O.-A dispatch to
the World from Madrid says:
1t is said that the principal obstacle
in. the way of an understanding be-
tween the Cuban autonomists and sep
aratist chiefs is that the latter insist
upon Spain withdrawing her troops and
fleets from Cuba and letting the auto
nomists admit the insurgents, with
their actual ranks and titles in the CO.
lonial army, on the same terms at least
as the loyalist volunteers. The insur-
gents also demand admission to the To-
cal administration and colonial parlia-
ment.
The negotiations now renewed by
Seniors Giberga and Dolz, had been con-
Quoted previously by Senior Gown and
the autonomist Cuban cabinet, who,
like some of the Spanish ministers,
were disposed to grant these conditions
to secure pacification and so defeat the
American intervention policy.
On the other hand, the military party
of Spain and even the politicians, resist
the terms and make it difficult for the
cabinet to accept them, though every
body knows that after all the Carlist
wars in the peninsula Spain has equally
recognized the Carlist officers.
But Spain considers that she has
three trump cards, which she can yet
play. The first is direct negotiations
with the Cuban insurgents, through
the autonomist cabinet in the colony to
ind ice them to accept very wide con-
ceSSionS. Senor Moret, minister of the
colonies, feels certain that he can in
duce the queen, Premier SagaSta and
his party to assent to this.
The second is European intervention
to stop the United States because on the
same grounds in the future the Unit
ed States might interfere in other Eu-
ropean colonies of the new world
AS Spanish diplomacy is perfectly
aware, if the European powers were
not SO much at variance on many more
tainly put a veto to Americas preten-
sions to intervene in Cuba.
The third is the fact that war would
enlist in the cause all the popular mill
tary classes and at the same time si-
lence opposition of all kind. Then, il
matters went hard with Spain, as it did
with Greece last year, the European
powers would certainly step in to force
them to make fair terms
The newspapers of the Spanish capi-
tai this morning were eagerly bought
They were warlike in tone.
The Impartial Independently con-
trasts the manner in which the United
States and Spain enter into the con-
hict, saying ''the aggressor is noisy, in
sulting and clamorous and the ag-
grieved is reserved, calm and self-con-
tained."
The Liberal Cmoderate Republican,
remarks: Given Minister Woodford is
convinced that war it at hand, having
left his farewell cards with the diplo-
matte body"
The Liberal, which is the organ OF
Senor Sagasta, the premier, heads its
leading ARTICLE today with a-, the single
word War and says: THE resolu-
tions passed Cby congress), are tanta-
mount to a declaration of war Spain
is fearlessly and unitedly prepared to
defend her rights, SINCE handed and
abandoned by the powers, but fortified
by the justice of her cause.