The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
THE END is NEARLY At HAND.
Recognition Of Cuba Is Not Necss-
ssrily = Casus Bali,
BUT WOULD INEVITABLY so REsuLI
Phi Report Of the spanish Court of
Inquiry fnso the Maine Disaster
Has Been Received.


ehanged No communications having ans
bearing on the situation have passed be.
tween this government and Spain sinci
last Thursday night, when Minister Wool
ford transmitted The reply Of the sasasta
ministry to the presidents propositions OF
txo weeks ago. Both governments APP ar
10 accept this Issue as made ~. and are
sbsplns their course accordingly.
This being The case the view Is univer-
sally entertained. even By representative
men Of the administration. that congress.
when receiving the presidents mcssage
esfiy next week, viii take action which
viii probably result in severance Of re-
iations between the TWO countries. This
was In part foroshadowed BY the action Of
the xguate committee on foreign relations
Today in agreeing TO resolution favorable
10 the Independence of Cuba aud for armed
Intervention II Necessary 10 secure ind
tendence.
with thc end 50 near at hand Il IS
Thought II any European interyeniloa &
10 como It will be within the next few
days. II was said. however At ibc state
department late this afternoon thar 20
offer OF European mediation has been yet
Officially transmitted to this government
It was the general understanding thai
friendly oyortures u this nature w,re
looked for al almost any time from France
ar Austria and It was reported during he
day hat ihe presence in Washington o.
Cardinal Gibbons aud Archbishop ireland
was in connection With mediation from
Rome but 4 wzs stated on high authority
at the State department that no offers OF
this character had tsReu oGs,.si fern nor
Was the state department adylssd that any
such steps were Ia contemplation
II is the understanding ia official circles.
based upon Information. that the rscogni-
ton q Cuban Independence would no. in
ttself be regarded b. Spain as cssus bslli
But at the same time there Is ii,iie doub,
thai such recognition q Cuban inden nd
enee would be followed b. the withdraw al
OF the Spanish minister, Senior Polo Bcrpa-
be, and his entire suite from Washington
and the termination of spanisli dipiomatir
representation g, Washington. Such would
be the last step preceding actual reco1rsr
to arms Il is probable, however chat the
withdrawal OF the Spanish minister, FOL
lowing The recognition OF Independence.
would not be such an Indication of war as
II would be- an emphatic protest by the
Spanish government against the rerogni.
ton OF the Independence of a coo3y Over
which she claims to exercise complete
sosereignty. Although this recognition OF
Independence is not considered sasus
belii By which Spain could declare wsr,
yer II is viewed Ia diplomatic quarters az
step which would have consequences In
eyitabiy terminating in war, For that rca.
Son IL Is said that the recognition Of the
Independence of Cuba Is likely TO be no
less grave than Intervention.
The Spanish minister continues 10 pre.
serve his outward calm, although he feels
that relations are extremely strained and
that his stay in Washington may n b,
long continued. To some o, his diplomats
assoeiates who called today he said his
conscience was perfectly clear az he
thought SPANS cause was Just ono and
for this reason be feit no agitation.
Tho state department today received ina
fuii report OF the Spanish commission
which Investigated the destruction OF m,
battleship Maine. This document has ha.,
expected for some days, but Il was nor
Until today 1t reached Washington nv n
special messenger from Havana. 1t proved
% be most bulky and yoluminous docu-
ment, OF far greater length than the 70
port OF the American court Of Inquiry. The
tert, which was delivered 10 the STATE
department, Is In Spanish. and il will take
some time for the elaborate document n
be translated. The Associated Press early
IN the week gave complete and official
synopsis OF this Spanish report. the es-
sentiai feautre Of which was that The ex
plcsion OF the Maine occurred inside OF
+ the ship, and that no evidences existed ~
any external explosion.
Admiral Irwin today was among The
Sitnesses before the senate committee an
foreign relations which Is making thor.
eugh Inquiry Into the Maine disaster. His
testimony was regarded as important IN
neeting the position Of the Spanish com.
el'ssion that : inine did not explode undo,
~ Maine. - no dead fish were found \,
q ~ harbor. Admiral Irwin Il an espert
1ann eokoedoes and suhsnarine esplesiyss
- tai4 ~ committee be never knew fish
49, ~ Killed by such explosives,
~ Wilt Houss YES central poInt !,
~ nrsat eeflyily u ahs DAY. and tbY nres.
see2s - 10y eubiic men. Many OF them
ypep ~ president that the Maiae
4 w . N ensAee forward q casu.