The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-29
TO THE N. Y. HERALD
From Its Special Correspondent
at Madrid.
STRONG FEARS FELT
That a Spanish Uprising in
Havana
May Bring on a Fresh Tragedy
and COmplicate Matters.

New York, March pa dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says:
The sequence of events during the
past few days here has been nothing
short of miraculous. At the present
moment. when all seemed lost and war
only short of declaration, the exact OPP
posite of what everyone expected
would be the case has turned up. It
is as if a miracle had occurred unless
the impression given by a highly ex-
perienced parsonage is wrong He
said: knowing more, I regret to say
I am in the unfortunate position of not
being able to convey it to you, but you
may print in the largest type. double
spaced, with the feeling that it is fully
worth it, the following somewhat stiff
statement and read between the lines.
The most important of events is forth
coming one which Will calm the des-
perate situation, avert war. settle all
international difficulties and end the
fighting in Cuba
Although the American minister,
General Woodford, sturdily refuses to
be interviewed, he has stated to a
prominent gentleman in Madrid that
he was entirely confident that an early
sured between Spain and the United
States. a peace which would be consist
ent with the honor of the Spanish peo-
pie and that would secure justice to
Cuba and effective protection to the
great American interests in that is
land
New York, March ga special to the
Herald from Washington says:
disturbed by another outbreak such as
occurred in the Cuban city just before
the late second class battleship Maine
dropped anchor in its harbOr. Consul
General Lee has cabled to the state de-
partment that the situation is critical.
There is danger of further riots grow
ing out of the intense anti-American
feeling among the Weylerites.
In the light of General Lees dispatch.
the administration authorities are now
quite as much concerned about the sit
uation in Havana as they are over the
fear that congress will attempt to force
the hand of the president. It is now
regarded as one of the danger points Of
the situation.
The navy department is keen1y on the
alert. The state department transmit
ted General Lees message to Secretary
Long ana he at once informed Captain
". T. Sampson, commander in chief of
the fleet at Key West, of the charac-
ter of it's contents. Captain Sampson
is in direct communication with Consul
General Lee and at the slightest sign
of trouble a message from the consul
general to the naval officer will result
in the arrival of a man-of-awr in Ha-
vana harbOr within four hours
New York, March pa dispatch to
the World from Madrid says:
Tan has in 1ss,1T--
demonstrations very friendly to Spain
and indicating a desire for her success
in Cuba There is a calmer feeling in
both political and financial quarters.
This is due to announcements that
relations with the United States are
less strained, the American congress
having consented to defer discussion of
the Maine report and the larger Cuban
questions in order that those matters
may be further considered diplomatic
ally to see if it is not possible to reach
an understanding
The Spanish naval officer bearing the
text and translation of the report of the
Spanish commission of inquiry into the
loss of the Maine cannot reach Wash
ingtOn before Thursday. Therefore
Foreign Minister GullOn has cabled ex-
tensiVe extracts of the report to Minis
ter Bernabe at Washington with instruc-
tons to lay them before the president
and to give them the widest circulation
in the United States.
United States Minister WOodfOrd
has placed a translation of the United
states naval courts report in the hands
of Minister GulIOn In doing so Mr.
WOOdford intimated that President Nc
Kinley had determined to place the
whole Cuban question. with all issues
In the hands of the American congress,
submitting all the CORES pOndence and
the consular reports upon the extraor-
binary situation in Cuba
Minister WoOdfOrd had a long talk
with Senior GullOn and then agreed to
call on him for an interview at which
premier Sagasta and Colonial Minister
MOret will be present also. The more
tranquil feeling is attributed by the
ministerial organs CorreO and Cores
pondencia to pressure amicably brought
to bear on the American government
by the European powers headed by
Austria.
The feature of the presidents policy
which causes the most anxiety in off,