New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-13
PACIFIC TONE IN HAVANA.
THE CAUSE FOR AND LIKELIHOOD or INTER
vENTION REGARDED As REMOVED

vENTION REGARDED As REMOVED
Havana April 12-The night was hot the
morning Is cloudy, and the city is full Of polit-
cal rumors warke and otherwise. ana de-
cidedly conflicting In tone. The morning news
papers print extracts from President Mckln-
iev.s nessage 10 Congress on the Cuban ques-
tion and comment upon II from various points
OF view.
The "Diario de la Marina" In an article COM
mend,nC the suspension Of hostilltlcs generally
referred 10 az an arlnistice. says this action on
the part Of the Spaniards has removed all pre-
text for the Intervention ~ tho United States
in cuba. which now. It says. would be "arbi-
trarv and Impossible to tolerate from the stand
point OF right" Continuing. II says:
Rut ~ Congress. I'm spite OF this. should recog-
n,,e the iudcpendencc Of cuba and decree the
Intervention Of the United states. ana lres-
dent Mckinley could not AVOID war WIN SPAN.
then the Cuban question would convert ltS'Il
into a European question. In any case, the
proposal 10 intervene. with no dehnlt" date
liked instead OF intervening immediately drn-
nnetra,cs that the cause for Intervention has
6sappeoreG Thus n Rrca; danger. provoked by
the United States. has been avoided 10y inc
suspension Of hostilities. brought about py ihe
mediation Of the great powers. when repre-
aents a failure for the United States.
Further on the "Diario de la Marina asks
the question. what will they do" and adds:
They will almost certainly content them
selves with humorng the passions OF the jim :
goes continue their threats of intervention and
formulate various messages which. under no
circumstances. will prove casus beiIl'
The Union CONSTITUTIONAL INDUCES In SINH
lar reflections on the message. attacks General
Fitzbugh Lee on the lines OF It's contemporaries
and ridicules Miss Clara Barton president OF
the Red Cross Society, OF the United states
This paper also prints an extract from an edi-
torial In An American newspaper which IL looks
upon AZ sustaining the views OF the Union
CONSTITUTIONAL" and reproduces statement
attributed TO Louis Klopsch, Special Relief Com
missioner and Mr.. George j. Anger, president
Of the American Humanity Society. The I'm
ION CONSTITUTIONAL then prints extracts from
tho resolutions adopted by the New-York and
Roston Chambers OF Commerce. advocating
r.acef,l settlement Of the question, ending up
with the assertion that the Protestant ministers
and the Catholic clergy OF the United States.
NTH few exceptions are advocating In their
..rr,on. a pcace which will be honorable to
both nations.
The "Diario de Cenfuegos ridicules the
yankees charity and bad food" which. 1t al
,o has been distributed there among the
reconcentrados.
The Pals" in its editorial commenting OH
the Presidents message. says:
Tee tome ia moderate, pacific and concillatory'
ond proyes that the allegations printed py .he
anup,,onaj newspapers regarding the annexa-
.,nnIst and separatist policy or the Chiteu
S.n,as are false, and were only produceu 20
1900 ma and to injure Spain. the attituue
az the President does not surprise u' We