Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-16
THE EVENING STAR,
THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 10, 1905.
The International Cri.is.

The international Crisis.
The events of another week demonstrated
that war with Spain had become Inevitable.
President Mckinley sent Ms message to
Congress reviewing the situation in Cuba
recommending intervention to put an end
to the insufferable conditions prevailing
there. BY direction of the Secretary of
War, General Miles ordered, the movement
Of twenty-five regiments Of infantry. the
light batteries Of five regiments of artil-
lery and six regiments of cavalry to Mobile.
Chickamauga, New Orleans and Tampa.
Joint resolutions were introduced in both
the Senate and House the adoption of
which would mean practical declaration
Of war against Spain, in the light of the
declaration of the government of that
country that she would not withdraw from
Cuba without fight The resolutions in
both houses referred to the Maine disaster
as an act Of Spanish treachery. The House
of Representatives, by q vote Of 800 to 49,
passed resolutions reported from the COM
mediate Intervention by the United States
to stop the war in Cuba. This action was
taken amid great excitement some Of the
members, during a discussion as to the
method of procedure, engaging in personal
encounters Tie Senate received from the
committee on foreign relations report
severely arraigning Spain for it's work in
CUBA CUB and calling for immediate interven-
ton by the United States; debate on reso-
lutions based upon this report continued
since Thursday. In an official note de-
Evered by the Spanish minister to the
secretary OF State Sunday Spain plead
ed her innocence, recited the queen regents
order for an armistice in Cuba, declared
that suffering among the reconcentrados
had ceased, and held that she was in no
way responsible for the Maine disaster
The Spanish. government while continuing
It's expressions for a peaceful solution, con-
tlnued to make the most active naval prep
arations for war. AS a result Of a pro-
tracted cabinet meeting in Madrid another
official note was issued, declaring that the
American demands were an infringement
of the rights Of the Spanish nation, which
they would energetically defend. The queen
regent said she preferred the horrors of
War to anything which would tarnish the
prestige of the army or impair the rights
OF the crown The Madrid press declared
that President .McKinley's message was an
insult to that nation, and urged Spaniards
to bold action. Don Carlos further in
famed the revolutionary spirit in Spain by
a manifesto. in which he declared that If
the governments policy of humiliation
continued the reins Of government would
be snatched from those who were unworthy
to hold them. The pope was reported to
nave again appealed to the powers to use
their influence for peace. 1t was reported
the powers had agreed to a joint naval
demonstration in Cuban waters against the
United States. This report was denied at
both London and Berlin. At the latest
call parliament in session next Wednesday.
The queen regent signed a decree calling
for national subscription to increase the
navy, and headed the list with a subscrip-
ton of 1,0OO,O0O pesetas from her own
purse. The Austrian ambassador in Lon
don admitted that he had given up hope
OF Europe preventing war. General Weyler
arrived in Madrid and announced that he
had rendered his services to the queen
regent; the newspapers opposing the gov
eminent urged him to lead a revolution.
Consul General Lee arrived in Washington
Tuesday afternoon; crowds of enthusiast
people greeted him at stations in Florida
and other points of the south, and in this
city he was accorded a hearty reception.
Before the departure Of United States
Consul Hyatt from Santiago de Cuba a
mob of Spaniards threw eggs and stones
at the American flag floating over the con-
sulate In spite Of the armstice decree in
that there had been several skirmishes
The testimony given by Consul General
Lee and Captain Sigsbee before the Senate
committee on foreign rela tons regarding
the destruction of ,the Maine pointed
strongly to Spanish treachery, though Cen
Blanco was eXonerated: Gen. Lees state
ments concerning the blowing up of the
Maine were violently denounced in Madrid
The Spanish authorities at, Havana upon
the demand Of the British consul promptly
released an American citizen who had been
arrested, charged with bringing correspond
ence from An inSurgent camp. The flylup
active work in nasty weather, and returned
to its anchorage at Old Point; the Texas
was left outside to try her big guns with
solid shot The new American cruiser To-
peka, bought in England, and the torpedo
boat Sorers put into Portland, Eng. hav-
ing encountered heavy weather, and the
torpedo boat having sprung leak. The
Navy Department decided to charter the
American ocean liners st. Paul. st. Louis
Paris and New York, and resumed negotia-
tions for the purchase of war vessels from
Chile and Argentina. The monitor Nahant
manned by New York Naval Reserves, left
Philadelphia for New York. The San Fran
cisco and New Orleans arrived at New
York, after stormy passage across from
the other side of the Atlantic. Orders were
issued to the militia of nearly all the states
to hold themselves in readiness for instant
service. 1t was reported that the President
would soon call for 10000 men,. Orders
were placed in New York for uniforms for
the National Guard of six states. Another
successful test was made Of the submarine
boat Holland in New York harbor.
Foreign.
The recent conflict between the Russians
and Chinese at Kin Chou was the result
of an attempt by the Russian commander
to take possession of the town. Mrs. Oscar
Wilde died at the Riviera
In the District.
The House devoted Monday to the con-
sideration of District affairs passing the
House bills for the eastward extension of
the Columbia railway and for incorporat-
ing the Convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of Washington. The Presi-
dent signed the act Incorporating the Ma
sonic Temple Association of the District
The president of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company submitted to
the House investigating committee de-
tailed statement of the finances of that
organization since its organization and the
existing agreements between it and the
American Bell Telephone Company The
District Commissioners inquired into the