Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-14

nriHtinns committee, said this after |
noon " regard war as inevitable. Tho
United state will intervene and inter
yention means war. :"
No SENATE REPORT LIKELY.
Tho Senate COMMITTEES on foreign re-
lations resumed its sitting this morn
ing, all the memhers being present ex-
cept MIR. Daniel. Tho committee i'm
mediatey took up tho task before it,
OF formulating a resolution defining its
idea of the course 10 DO pursued IN the
present. complication with Spain. MANY
minor differences were developed, but
they wGre not of such character AZ to
dispel hope Ut securing bual agree
ment.
The committee is hopeful OF hcing
able to report to-day, but thu report
may be delayed 30 as to afford an OPP
portunity to hear Gen. Lee.
FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION.
Senate foreign relations committee,
it was understood at 2.30 O'Clock, ..
M. had practically docidsd on reso-
requiring the evacuation of Cuba by
Spain.
Washington, April l2. Groat crowds
were again to-day attracted to tina Cap
itol by an expected diacussion OF tho
Cuban situation. Especially was this
true OF tbs Senate side. The galleries
were filed an hour before tho Senate
convened.
Mr.. Lindsay, Ky., oiYercd The fol
loving inint resolution aud asked that
it he laid ON the table.
First, That the contemplated mill
tary operations against the Spanish
armies on tho island OF Cuba should be
carried on 10 concert with the military
forcos u1deF the ciHnmRnd of Gen.
Maxine iome2; such concert to he Sc
cured through arrangements butween
this government and the Cuban revo-
lutionaTy authorities recognized by
eaid Gomez ana that Gny offer looking
to such arrangements that may be made
by those authorities. saonld be fay0ra
bly, considered, provided IL shall con
coded to the commanding officer OF the
United State the right to control and
direct ali military operations.
Second, That all such military opera
| tions should be carried on to the end
that independence OF the Crban people
| may lie secured.
The resolution was laid on the tabls.
Madrid, April 1913. 30 a. m.-The
Liberal this morning, publishes what
| appears TO be nearly complete translR-
tion of President MGKiuley's message.
Commenting on the message the
Liberal says:
Although the dispatches are extern.
sive, they 90 not suffice for tho forma-
4 tiun OF definite conclusions. Neverthe-
/ less. it may be said that in general
sense, it affirms and declares in the
name OF the nation the right of inter
ference in Cuba. Whether a dehnits
or indefinite period is meant, and
whether ii is simple intimation or
fixed decision regarding coming evonts,
Spain must protest energetically against
the principle, prior to protesting
violently against the action. No Tres
| people can hesitate to reject, by all the
means in its power, a doctrine aunnll-
ing it's personality and reducing IL to
ignominious tutelage. Consuming to
submit to it would be equivalent to
Spain's resignation Of her place among
European nations. America clearly In
dicates her intention, hitherto yelled
with hypocritical antiquities. America
considers Spain incapable of maintain
ing her sovereignty in Cuba. We have
put up with rything; but unless we
ignore our history and consider the
peninsula on level with Paraguay,
isolated from the rest OF the world, we
cannot and will not submit TO this"
El Heraldo de Madrid publishes an in
terview with Admiral Beranger, former
minister of marine. in the course OF
which he expressed his confidence in
the ability of the Spanish navy to win
in the event of war with the United
States.
There is no fear" said Admiral Be-
ranger. "of our Cuban ports being ex-
posed to night attack, inasmuch as
Havana, Cienfuegos, Nuevitas and San
tiago de Cuba are defended by electric
and automatic torpedoes with large
radius of action.
1.-THE late Senior Canovas del Castillo,
who paid attention TO these matters
decided, in accord with myself, TO send
to Cuba 100 torpedoes, which must have
been placed in position in those har-
boris. Chacon, the we'll known torpedo
expert, undertook to convey and place
these engines.
II have already said that by sea we
shall be victorious. I will give you my
u reasons. The first Is the excellent dis
cipline maintained on our warships; the
second is that on board the American
vessels as soon as firing is opened a
panic will set in, since 1t is common
knowledge that their crews comprise
men Of every nationality. Pitted shlr
against ship, then, we have nothing to
fear"
FL rnparcial. commenting on thisA.n.
terview. says: THAT those torpedoes
should be sent in case war should break
, out IS very natural. but that as much
should be admitted at this moment con.
stitutes two fold imprudence: in the
first place, because 1t warns the enemy
and the enemy. being warned, viii dc
Its best to cripple those defenses; ant
secondly, because the jingoes, availins
themselves of the evidence afforded b,
the minister OF marine of the late SenoI
Canovas. will assert that one of this
torpedoes he describes caused the Main,
explosion"
Key West. April 12.--Navai officers o
high rank think the plan of procedur
in case OF war will be for the flee
here to lie off Havana and give "a hour
= for the removal Of noncombatants an,
4 then to reduce the batteries one by one
commencing with Vidado. The frs
approach will be from the westward
3 as was long ago decided upon. becaus
Z Of the arc of five of the Pinch guns.
1t is a mistake to assume, as wa
0 done formerly that the Spaniards ar
short of powder.
+ The city of Havana is well supplied
= though whether with brown. heYagona
9 or prismatic is not known. There /
d very little, IL any smokeless powder Il
+ store. Several 10-inch guns and NOR