The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16
CABINET OPPOSED TO DELAY
GRANT OF AN ARMISTICE


Regarded ns Another Step i'm the
Process of Delay-Troops Are
Leaving Spain.
Washington, April lO.-At the close of
the second cabinet meeting tonight it was
announced that the presidents message
would undoubtedly go to congress tomor-
row. On the best authority it was stated
that the meeting was devoted wholly to
the consideration of the messages add
ton, necessitated by the receipt of the
latest note from Spain advising this gov
eminent of the declaration of an uncondi-
tional armistice. The sufiix to the presi-
dents message merely recited this latest
development of the Spanish situation, Civ
ing the substance of the Spanish note and
recommending it to the earnest attention
of congress" Otherwise the message
stands unchanged.
/ After the meeting one member of the
cabinet said that the Spanish note had not
altered either the message or the situa-
ton.
at is merely" said he, "what Spain has
been asking for all along-more time. 1t
does not touch the situation and the pres
dent's message is left precisely as it was,
merely stating the fact of this latest de-
velopment"
In Diplomatic Circles.
Diplomatic circles in Washington were
keenly interested in the change brought
about by SPANS grant of am armistice.
The ambassadors and ministers exchanged
calls and there was a general exchange of
congratulations, as it was felt that the
aimistice at least gave time for calmer
counses. The French amba ssador, NJ
Cambon, received cable dispatch from
the foreign office at Paris informing him
that an armistice had been granted and
was wholly without conditions. Besides
seeing his associates of the diplomatic
corps the ambassador saw Archbishop
Ireland, who was instrumental in securing
the influence of the pope, and joined the
? archbishop in expressions of satisfaction.
Throughout the negotiations the French
ambassador and the French government
have taken a leading part in averting an
, open rupture between the United States
( and Spain.
While the British government has been
most active in seeing that the action of
a the powers did not assume menacing
j attitude toward the United States, yet it
is known that Great Britain joints with
2 the other powers in approving the latest
y movement of an armistice, and is hopeful
d that this will clear the way for a fuller
Il settlement of the general CuOan question.
Armistice Has No Conditions.
Washington, April lO.-The Spanish
government, through its minister at
Washington, Senior Polo Bernabe, to-
! night delivered an important official docu-
ment to the state department, stating
that the armistice which the queen re-
n gent of Spain had commanded General
= Blanco to proclaim today was without
a conditions; that her maiesty's govern
ment had granted liberal institutions to
d the island of Cuba; which the coming
t Cuban parliament would adopt; recalling
5 the coincidence and sympathy expressed
J. by the queen regent and her government
e on disaster of the Maine and the horror
II this disaster had occasioned in Spanish
hearts, and appealing to the courtesy and
|, sense of Justice of the United States gov
l, eminent to enlighten public opinion upon
S the attitude of Spain The note also re-
II peats the offer of the Spanish government
it to submit the Maine question to experts
o designated by the maritime powers OF the
d world.
Spanish Warships Are Moving.
l. London, April lO-A dispatch to the
e Daily Telegraph from Gibralter says that
IS the Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon and
t Infanta Maria Teresa have left Cadiz for
" destination undivided, with six battal
d ions each 1000 strong. Additional troops,
It the dispatch asserts, will leave Cadiz by
the main steamers during the next few
|, days for Cuba.
e Coal for Spnin's FIotiIIa.
g Philadelphia, April lO.-The British
e steamship Hampstead has been chartered
d to carry $500 tons of coal to the Cape
e Verde islands, the present rendezvous of
= the Spanish torpedo hotilla, and the cargo
e will be loaded either at this port or Nor
lie folk. This circumstance is unusual and
is looked upon as significant in view of
the fact that in shipping circles it can not
be recalled when coal was ever shipped to
c. any of the Canary islands Heretofore all
,e coal shipments for these islands nave been
v supplied from Cardiff. Other shipments
" are to rapidly follow the Hampstead :
IS cargo in order that the naval station may
pa be we'll stocked before the commencement
of nossible hOstilities when such shin