New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-03

>.o OFFER OF EUROPEAN MEDIATION h>S
pr,v RECEIVED - SOME SENTIMENT
NOR DECLARING WAR on ACCOUNT
or THE MAINE DISASTER.
inv TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
-,,.s,o, Anru THE issue between the
,-.',as cats ard Spain remains unchanged.
~. accommodations having any bearing on the
.,.,,o,,or have nassed between this Government
CT, since last Thursday night. when Min
- 1voodford transmitted the reply Of the
co-,e+o Ministry to the Presidents demands or
...o ,aoks ago. Both Governments appear to
oa,t this issue as made M. and are shapihS
their course accordingly.
With the crisis 50 near at hand II Is pe"e'e"
that if any European Intervention or i''u'H"'"
&c 70 come. it will be within the next rev days
Il was said. however, at the state Depar'le"'
,a,o this afternoon that no offer OF mcmahon
had vet been officially transmitted TO tnis Io'-
.rnr,ent II was the general understandings 'hd'
friendly overtures Of this nature were looked ior
81 any time from France and Austria anu II
was reported during the day that the presence
IN Washington Of Cardinal Gibbons ahc Arch
bishop ireland was In connection Win H'Vui''-
lion from, Rome, but ii was stated on his" az
,bor,,v at the State Department that no over
tn n
nor was the state Department advised mat any
such steps were in contemplation
prcoGN1T1ON NOT CAUSE FOR WAR
Il is the understanding in official circles based
m information that the recognition OF CUBAN
,ndependence would not in itself be regardeo u!
Spain as a casus belli. But at the same uHe
there is little doubt that recognition wou!' De
followed by the withdrawal Of the spanish Mlh-
,ster and his suite from Washington. ana the
termination Of Spain's diplomatic representa-
ton in Washington. This withdrawal IS one oi
The last steps preceding actual recourse 70 wa
II Is probable however. that the Wi'hofa"I W
,,a snanjsh Minister following the recognition
q, independence, would not be so much an 'hu'-
cation Of war as an emphatic protest by the
Spanish Government against the recognition OF
the Independence Of a colony over which she
o,,,ros n exercise complete sovereignty. Al
though this recognition OF independence IS not
considered a casus be yet 1t is viewed IN
din1ornatic circles as a step which would new
,ablv end in war. For that reason IL is salu
,bat the recognition Of the independence OF
Gina g likely TO be no less grave thar inter-
vention.
SENIOR Po1lO's TRYING SITUATION
r,e snanlsh Minister continues 10 preserve MS
.r. extremely strained and that his stay IN
>vashington nav not be long continued. 10 some
~ his diplomatic associates who called on MN
.odo,, he said that his conscience was perfectly
.,,- nc no thought that Spaln's cause was just
.rd for this reason he felt no agitation. HIS po-
.,,ion is irving however, as the Spanish Leea-
,ion has been subjected TO g. number OF petty
,ndlgnit:es vith!a recent days. THESE were OF
such a trivial character that they nave not Oeen
called 10 the attention OF the Government al
though police officers were detailed TO see that
the offences were not continued ard that no
nets OF vandalism or personal ind grit'es were
committed
THE SPANISH REPORT on THE MAINE
The State Department to-day received the full
r.nor, of the Spanish Commission which investi-
gated the destruction of the Maine. This docu-
ment has been expected for some time but IL
was not until today thai 1t reached Washing
ton by a special messenger from Havana II
proved TO be a b;nky and voluininous document
.of far greater length than the report OF 'he
American Court or Inquiry. The text Is IN span
.sh and It will take some time for the elaborate
document to be translated. 1t covers at least
one hundred and fifty closely written pages OF
official paper double the size Of foo.scap. The
Associated Press early In the week gave com
rlete and official synopsis Of this report the
essential features OF which were that the ex-
rlosion occurred inside the ship and that no
evidence existed Of any exterior explosion.
Admiral Irwin to-day was among the WIZ
nesses before the Senate Committee Foreign
Relations. woich is making thorough inquiry
into the Maine disaster. His testimony was re
garded as important In meeting the contention
Of the Spanish Commission that mine did not
Nrfp M
found in the harbor. Admiral Irwin is an ex-
pert on torpedoes and submarine explosions. and
he told the committee that he never knew fish
10 be killed by such explosions.
A BUSY DAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The White House was as usual the central
point In the great activity Of the day. and the
President saw mnny public men. Some OF them
urged that the Maine disaster be put forward
as casus belli, ;he Cuban question being sub
ordinated TO H. Among these was Representa-
tive Marsh. OF Illinois. who said. after talking
with the President II went TO see the President
to tell him that the basis Of our declaration OF
should be the destruction Of the Maine ana
the slaughter Of American sailors. That was
foul and intentional blow at the American peo-
pie, the American flag and American honor. 1t
was done by Spanish authorities. 1t was this
foul blow that aroused the American people.
The general condition Of affairs IS a blow al
humanity, the other was blow at the United
States
Many Senator'S. including members or the
Foreign Relations Committee and members or
the House to-day received kilograms from con-
servative business men IN their states coun-
selling pacific action. Some Of the Congressman
commented vigorously them, and On the iact
that they seemed 10 come simultaneously from
different sections