Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-21
PRESIDENT HAS A CONFERENCE
p. Nav, Move is to Call Out United States
Troops
4. STATE OF WAR ACTUALLY EXISTS
xv,u bc Notified Events win Now
Move with Rapidity Up t" Ac-
tual War.

washington, April 2O.-Dlplomatic re-
- hetween the United States and
I cnaln are at an end. 1t Is expecteu
NO, from now on, events VIII move
,r,,b amazing rapidity up to the climax
/ ', oo,unl war. Assistant Secretary OF
e,,,e nav early today received cable
, from Minister Woodford at
Madrid stating that he had been hand
"a his passports and had been notihed
,hat official relations between the Unit
GA states and Spain We're ended.
His eablegram said that he had been
,ren the passports before he had an
ornortunity to present the utmatum
,r,n,mitted to him for submission to
,he Spanish government, the delivery
n ~ the ultimatum to Minister Polo
having been accepted by the Spanish
a government as a formal announcement
4 on our part.
Judge Day at once hurried TO the
a white House, where he found President
II Mckinley about to enter a carriage to
take Mrs Mckinley to the railroad
II station. where he intended to see her
N on ON a short trip to New York. The
n news that diplomatic relations between
n the United States and Spain were
n formally at an end was so important
u .hat the President babe a hasty good
n bye to his wife on the White House
N po,tico. and repaired Immediately to
a the upstairs part of the house, where
~ he and Judge Day held conference,
"a the result Of which was the dispatch OF
III Secretary Porter to the Capitol to COM
n municate the news to the Senate COM
mlttee on foreign relations. and also to
leading members OF the House. II Is
presumed that this was done in order
10 facilitate amy action deemed neccS-
sary by Congress.
BY hasty summons Senator Davis
Of Minnesota. chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts. member Of
the committee, Senator Allison of Iowa,
leader In that body, and others.
Joined Assistant Secretary Day and
the President shortly after 10 o'clock in
a conference whose purpose was to
map out the immediate policy Of the
United States.
The conference broke up shortly
after half past 10 o'clock, Judge Day
accompanied by Senator Lodge, going
over to the state department. The
secretary would say nothing regarding
the conference, further than to author
ize the statement that "A public an
nonncement would be made later In the
day.
Chairman Davis OF the Senate for
egn relations committee was laconic
and not explicit, simply remarking:
We've taken the trick"
Asked specifically regarding the
BANDING of his passports to Minister
Woodford he said that the delivery of
the ultlmatum to the Spanish legation
here has served all purposes.
Senator Cullom of Illinois of the for
elsn relations committee, was at this
.onlerence also and ut II o'clock on
leaving the White House said that
,he handing of the passports to Min
ls'ef Woodford constituted the Spanish
reply and ended all peaceful relations.
while an effort might be made in
congress to make formal declara-
,lon of war there was no occasion for
= would be none.
lie added: There IL enough OF a
'ate OF war now existing"
h'erythlng now, he suggested, would
g. ahead without preliminary action
declaration of war by Congress
he next step, he said would be to
al out the troops.
The President did not Indicate tn
w. senator's and members of the
,Ouse with whom he talked today
nay ne considered declaration OF
necessary and II is said that he
a. Deen advised by some of those on
a mTse advice he most relies that no
o51tion is necessary. Some of the
ons senators consider that the
,s!essional resolutions and the I'LL
4 anasS sert to Spain are all that is
.ssaty TO give notice to the world
nm state of war exists, while others
X Una, % mat a manifesto to the powers
y ss,I,hg them of the condition of
"a fr mns might be well.
81. rsa,, pest information is that the
d, Ineht is disposed to regard this
Shot and the probabilities now are
Hex for ne VIII not ask Congress to make
~ formal declaration.