Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-04-05
DIPLOMACY FAILS
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No Further Negotiations Look
ing to a Peaceful Solution
~ of the Crisis.
President and Cabinet Regard
4 Conflict With Spain to
Be Inevitable.
H.
2 GOES TO CONGRESS NOW
GOES TO CONGRESS NOW
Message Early In the Week
With Presidential Recon-
mendationo.
Course to Be Taken in Aid OF
Cuba ls Not Yet Deter
mined On.

members of his cabinet now regard .
conflict with Spain a. almost inevitable.
In his message to congress, which. In
al probability, will b sent early in the
week, it IL understood that the presi'
dent viii revisw ct some length the
record ~ It stands between this gov
eminent and Spain, but will not insist
upon further time in which to continue
negotiations looking to q peaceful solu'
ton Of the Cuban problem. The cab
inst meeting during the .morning was
unquestionably the most important
held in many years. It received SPANS
answer to tho ultimatum Of this gov
eminent and, finding it unsatisfactory,
practically decided upon policy which
at this hour seems certain to involve
hostilities. Tho whole record
WIN He Laid Before Congress
and the question 10 now under consid'
Grafton Of what shall be the particular
form our policy shall take in
bringing to IN end the horrors in Cuba
and securing tho Independence OF the
island. Propositions ranging from
ample recognition Of Cuban independ'
once to . straight out declaration Of
war have been urged at the Capitol
but there is hardly doubt that the
majority Of congress await the execu-
two lead before taking action and is
disposed to adopt Mr.. McKinley's sug.
gestion on this point. It 10 thought
that any Of the resolutions, except
possibly sim pie recognition Of inde'
pendence, would lead to war;.
Rumors in circulation Of offered me.
diatlon by some European powers are
denied by Assistant Secretary Day.
..,.;,. .D.pien.tie Ebert. Exhausted.
One member Of the cabinet, in speak
ing Of the days msetings, said sub
stantially: 49,
''ln tho morning it was apparent to
all Of 10 that, having exhausted all
diplomatic efforts to bring about bot
ter condition Of affairs in Cuba and
they having failed, the whole question
must be submitted to congress. At our
afternoon meeting the president re-
quested each member Of the cabinet to
express freely his individual opinion as
to what should be done. The discus
sion was entirely on the lines indicated
by the members. Nothing definite was
decided upon and no conclusions
reaoned. The president will now take
the views submitted to him under con.
sideration preparatory to his message
to congress-. He has not yet deter.
mined upon what recommendation will
be communicated"
No Further Propositions.
The Spanish minister called at the
state department at 4:30 p. M, and was
in conference with Judge Day for some
time. Although there was the strictest
reserve as to what had occurred it can
be stated positively that the United
States submitted no further PROPOSE.
lions, nor did the Spanish minister
offer any thing which changed the stu.
alton OF affairs.
Both sides regard the issue as made
up with no likelihood Of further nego.
tiations between now and the time
when the president will submit the
whole case to congress. The United
States has presented its demand and
Spain has given her answer. Thus the
case stands. While this brings q halt
to the active negotiations which have
been in progress tor the last few days
it does not mean that diplomatic rela-
tons between the TWO countries are
terminated for such a step is the last
preliminary before an actual state Of
war.
BISMARCK rs EIGH1Y-THREE