The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-08
MADRID ADVICES CONFLICT
W.IR AND PEACE REPORTS IN I'll F
 SAME BREATH.


 SAME BREATH.
 General Correa, Minister of War, Expresses
 Hope That War May Still be Averfed,
 but Believes That of the Two Evils War is Preferable to ember of Sagasta Cabinet Says the Outlook is More Necessary to Authorize a Statement De- nying Untruthful Rumors in Madrid Papers.
 Madrid, April 7.--5 p. m.--An extra ordinary cabinet council has been sum- moned to meet immediately. The ses- sion has created most pessimistic inn pressions. The ministers refuse to fur nish any explanation. The excitement but there are no demonstrations re- | corded anywhere yet. All the steam ship firms of Valencia have offered all their vessels as privateers and a num- Der of ship captains have called upon | the naval commander at Barcelona, | asking for letters of marque. The of- | fers of money from the provinces to- | ward the fund to increase the strength | of the navy are said to be encourag- ir1cr tn I,n AY,t iS cni hot | Biscaya alone has offered over 25,000,000 | pesetas The Heraldo's leading article will applaud the governments conduct | in replying to General Woodford l ''whose proceedings are considered ex- | traordinarily brisque and blameable." | The Heraldos information points to | the fact that war is inevitable, but it | still attaches great importance to the action of the ministers of the powers | at Washington.
 Madrid, April 7, $50 p. m.-United States Minister Woodford has issued the following statement to the Spanish press: The Madrid newspapers of this morning are filled with statements concerning the American minister which are so inaccurate that he asks 1 the courtesy of the press to correct l them. He does this in the interests of friendship and peace. The proprieties of his diplomatic position forbid his making any statement with regard to 1 his diplomatic action with the Spanish government But last September the l Gna icb foraioy, nffioa rooaiuad yUrittpp permission to publish the text of any official correspondence which he should have at any time with the Spanish government, and this permission is ef- 1 fective to-day. The Spanish govern ment is at complete liberty to publish every word he has ever addressed to the foreign officers by letter, memo randum or statement.
 'The second secretary of the Amer ican legation has sailed for New York ] to resume the practice of his profess sion. He has resigned from the diplo- matic service. The American minis | ter's wife left with her niece for Paris on Wednesday night. She is in poor health, and the excitement of the past | fortnight has compelled her to seek ab- sence and rest. The daughter of the l American minister remains and will remain with him in Madrid. He has not given up his residence, where he l expects to reside so long as he shall remain accredited to the Spanish court. The American minister has received nothing but courtesy from the people | of Madrid He has never had the l slightest apprehension as to his own personal security or that of his fam | ily He is working for peace, and de- spite all rumors to the contrary, he still hopes peace will be kept between Spain and the United States and that peace will soon be re-established in Cuba, based upon absolute justice, with protection for the great American in- terests in that island and the mainten- ance of the honor of Spain"
 Madrid, April z, 9:3O p. m.-The out come of the cabinet meeting is that the ministers considered and replied to a message from Rome delivered late last evening, and transacted the cur rent business of the different ministe- | rial departments. One member of the cabinet informed the press that the aspect of affairs was more pacific than yesterday. The cabinet council ter minated at half-past eight. No official note has been issued and all the minis ters maintain absolute reserve, declin- ing to give any information.
 United States Minister Woodford, in a note sent to the council, declared that when he sent the confidential note yesterday he had not received a dis patch from President Mckinley an- nouncing the postponing of the pre- sentation of the message to congress, and as that changed the aspect of af- fairs he withdrew the statements made in the previous note. To the question whether United States Minister Wood 1 ford has demanded his paSsnortS a neg