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no INVADE CUBA.
Preparations Being Made Ia Land
Big Force OF United
States Troops.

Washington. April 27.-Gen. Miles
will leave Washington on Thursday.
The first important landing on Cuban
soil will be made early next week. The
attack is planned for two grand d.
visions. Gen. Merritt will be In COM
mand of the first of these columns, not
withstanding reports to the contrary.
With the second column Gen. Miles will
go. He cannot lead the first, because
he is i'm command OF the entire army,
much of which will be unorganized
when the first column lands. Before
he goes TO Cuba he will inspect the four
important military stations-Chicka-
manga, New Orleans, Mobile and
Tampa bay. The embarlxation will be
made from the last named point be-
cause of the scarcity of good water at
Key West.
Kingston, Jamaica, April 27.-Gen.
Garcia. commanding the Cuban forces
In the eastern end of the island, is now
IN full possession of the United States
military plan of campaign. lie re-
ceived his information from Lieut..
Rowan, of the Nineteenth infantry, who
has succeeded In landing on the coast
of Cuba and reaching the insurgent
forces.
Lieut.. Rowan was ordered by the
secret service bureau TO go on secret
mission in behalf OF the war DEPART
ment. IL was at first thought that his
destination was Puerto Rico. Then
definite orders were issued for him 10
proceed 10 Jamaica, and thence cross TO
Cuba and endeavor to reach Gen. Calix-
10 Garcia's camp, to communicate to the
general the plans OF the United States
government.
He was also TO ask the rebel leader
TO make arrangements for effecting a
junction OF the insurgents in south
eastern Cuba with probable American
expedition. Lieut.. Rowan was told to
obtain information of the character OF
the country and to make maps and
plans for the use of the information
bureau as soon as he made a landing.
He sailed for Jamaica April o by the
Atlas steamer, and reached Kingston
April Is. He put himself at once in
Communication with Mr.. Dent, the
United States consul here, and per-
fected his plans TO cross over the line.
As he went TO eastern Cuba, il is In
ferred that blow will be struck there
before one is struck at Puerto Rico.
With him he took an official Spanish
map of eastern Cuba, with cancellations
made by the war department hydro
graphers. II is expected that Gen.
Garcia will cover a landing of the
United States troops.
Washington, April 27.-Conditions in
Washington are rapidly settling down
to those of actual war. Notices came TO
the state department from the four
quarters Of the globe Tuesday showing
that the nations as rule are prepared
TO assume an attitude of strict neu-
trality as between the United States
and Spain in the present struggle. In
most cases they were in answer TO the
identical note sent out Monday by the
state department TO all United States
embassies and legations instructing
them 10 inform the governments TO
which they were accredited that war
has existed since April 81.
Great Britain always has taken an adj
vance stand in the principles of neu-
trality, so that il was with great in
terest that the news was received here
of the terms of the neutrality procla-
nation issued in London. On the whole
officials are disposed TO take the view
/ that the strict adherence by Great Brit
ain TO these rules will be rather more
advantageous to the United States than
10 Spain, particularly as we now are
\ operating in the naval sense close to odr
own base Of supplies and in all proba-
bility soon will cut Spain off from the
two bases that she now has in the neigh
borhood Of Cuba.
The president issued proclamation
during the day laying down rules as to
the seizure of prizes and the result, il
is believed, will be the release Of some
OF the ships already captured, though il
will be FOR the prize courts TO determine
in each case whether the conditions un-
der which the ship was captured are
such as TO warrant release. The im-
preston prevails that the Buena Ven
tura. the first on the list OF prizes, will
he declared no prize. The case OF the
Panama, whose seizure was reported
4 Tuesday. is more complicated, owing to
the fact that, while otherwise exempt,
the ship was reported TO have contained
supplies for the Spanish army In Cuba
which are contrnband. However, IL
may be said that wlrle the settlement
OF these questions viii be left TO the
courts, the administration believes the
greatest liberalty should be shown in
the application of the laws where yes
sci is not contraband or attempting TO
run the blockade.
1t Is noted also that the administers
ton has not been deferred by any criti-
cism in congress from again formally
pledging itself TO the nations OF the
world to refrain from privateering and
abide by the declaration OF Paris OF
1856.
SO far as is known all the United
States consuls have made their way
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