The herald., 1898-04-05
MESSAGE COMPLETE
WILL BE SENT TO CONGRESS ON
WEDNESDAY
Secretary Long Promises Statement
With Which Congress Will Be
in Thorough Accord

. WASHINGTON, April 4.-The pres
. ident has completed his Cuban mes
. sage. and it will be presented to con-
| gress on Wednesday. Secretary Long, .
. after the special cabinet meeting to-
| . night authorized the Associated Press .
| . to make this statement.
. The message, which is itself long, .
| . will not be accompanied by the con- .
. sular reports dealing with the state .
| . of affairs in Cuba. These will go to
| the committee on foreign relations of
| the senate for it's private information, .
. and will not be made public just now.
The diplomatic correspondence be-
tween the United States and Spain
will not be submitted ut the present .
. time. The cabinet meeting lasted from
. o'clock until IL, and was devoted en- .
. tirely to the careful reading and dis .
Q cussion of the presidents draft of his .
! message. Every member of the cabi-
. net was present. The document was .
gone over point by point, and met
. with the approval of the cabinet in .
. every detail. The only changes made .
. were in few points of verbiage. .
. When the meeting was over and the
| . members dispersed there was a gen. .
eral air of relief and satisfaction on .
o all faces, as though the air had been .
Q cleared of doubt and the members .
Q firmly resolved on what they deemed .
. the proper course of action, had set .
. out to follow that course to its final .
. logical conclusion. The suspense evil .
. IDENTIFY was over. .
. Secretary Long. apparently, had .
o been deputed as spokesman for the .
! . meeting, and gave the above brief .
. statement. AS to the character of the .
. message, he refused to say anything. .
. 1t was learned from other sources, .
. however, that the message is in part .
. review of Spain's course in the pres .
. ent and previous wars in Cuba That .
. it will contain some definite recon- .
. mendations may be inferred from the .
. remark of one member. .
. while I can say nothing explicit .
. concerning the details of the mes .
. sage" said he, II may say that 1t .
is a strong, explicit statement, and .
. one with which congress will be .
. thoroughly in accord .
. 1t was suggested that congress was .
. pretty thoroughly in accord with the .
. Foraker resolution, but nothing more .
explicit could be obtained. .
. 1t is understood that while the con- .
sular reports are withheld from the .
. public at present, out Of regard for .
their authors, who are still in Cuba, .
. publication is not deemed essential by .
. the cabinet. One member, in discuss .
ing this point, said: .
. "They contain only information .
. which has by this time been quite .
. thoroughly presented to the people .
from other sources" .
Q From the fact that the diplomatic .
. correspondence is not presented with .
. the message, it is inferred that its main .
. features are touched upon in the mes .
. sage itself, whether in the form of .
. extracts or merely in substance. .
Q The fact that the autonomst cabf- .
Q net of Cuba has issued an appeal to .
. the insurgents for an armistice, with .
. the idea of arranging for peace, is re- .
. garded here by the best-informed .
. members of the administration, as .
simply a covert effort to induce the .
. Cubans to surrender. 1t is not taken .
seriously, as the opinion is general .
. that the insurgents will consider moth .
. ing of the kind .