The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
WAIT ING FOR LEE
No Change in the Program me
for Our Consul Cen
eral to Leave
Havana.
SPANS UTMOST CONCESSION
Neither Intervention Nor In
dependence Will Be Borne
Without War.
PROGRAMME OF CONGRESS
PROGRAMME OF CONGRESS
Feeling Against Recognition Of the
Present Government" Of
Cuba Very Strong.
MEASURES OF DEFENCE PROGRESS
Our New Ships Coming Home
Big Powder Order Plant
ing Marine Mines.

Big Powder Order Plant
ing Marine Mines.
WASHINGTON, April 9, 1S9S-It is
learned at one of the foreign embassies
that the Spanish Government today has
under very earnest consideration the is
suance of proclamation declaring an
armistice in Cuba. This decrees has not
yet been signed so far as is known here,
nor does the information indicate that
final determination that it shall issue has
been reached as yet. The measure, how
| ever, is being strongly pressed upon the
| consideration of Spain by some of the
continental European powers, which have
acquainted their embassies with the fact.
It is the hope of the powers urging this
| move that by means of this concession
way might be averted. although it is
realized that the United States may not
regard the concession as adequate to meet
| the case. The Spanish Government, it is
said, holds to the position that it will
| yield everything to avert war, save two
| things: independence of Cuba and Ameri-
can Intervention. It insists that if either
| of these latter moves are insisted upon
! by the United States as a sine qua non
and are carried into effect it will regard
them as overt acts and as placing the
| United States as in the attitude of taking
| the first and aggressive step toward war.
| It is because of Spains refusal to yield
on either the Intervention or independence
| propositions that the armistice proposal
is not regarded as assuring a change in
1 the present outlook
/ The officials Of the State Department
are awaiting with much interest today
dispatches from Consul General Lee at
Havana, which will tell of his safe de-
parture from that city for United States
/ soil. While they do not outwardly man
4 ifest any uneasiness, it is apparent that
/ favorable news from General Lee will re-
| lieve their minds of any fear they have
| that disturbance or other trouble might
interfere with his safe departure.
| Secretary Long promptly put a quietus
on the runor that another ship had been
! blown up in Havana harbor He said IN
| response to the interrOgatory of an AS
| sociated Press representative that he was
| very glad to report that the rumor was
incorrect. Subsequently after investiga-
| ton by telegraph, Assistant Secretary
/ Roosevelt said that the rumor was mere
foolish invention. According to the lat
est reports received at the Navy Depart
c
| vana, the tug Fern and the coast survey
steamer Bache, both of which will be
| used probably to convey any Americans
from Havana to the United States who
1 cannot be accommodated on the regular
steamers. The expectation is that they
| will leave Havana today or tomorrow at
| the very latest The United States then
1 will be without any naval representation
| in the waters of Cuba.
Secretary Long. was at his desk for a
/ short time only this morning, going early
! to the Capitol to keep an appointment
with the House Appropriations Commit
/ tee.
ing of the Strategic Board, consisting of
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, Captain
Crowninshield of the Bureau of Naviga-
tion and Captain Glover of the Inteln-
/ gence Bureau. The most important naval
movement reported ito the department
during the morning was the departure of
/ the cruiser Topeka and torpedo vessel
Somers from Weymouth for New York.
j This is a matter of congTatulation to the
4 officials, who are anxious, that the YES
sells which have been purchased from
| neutral ports before hoStiHties commence.
Under ordinary sailing they should reach
New York in from ten days to two weeks.
/ The Algonquin and the Nezinscott re-
i ported their arrival at Beaufort, S. e.,
which is a naval supply station The
monitor Amphitrite has arrived at Key
West and Joined Captain Sampson,s 5
There was an interesting story afioat
i during the day to the effect that the
President had decided to designate Lieut..
i Gen. John M. Schofield, retired, as an
adviser to the Executive, the secretary
of War and the Commanding General OF
4 the ARMY in the event of hostilities. Gen.
Schofeld has been very actively engaged
of late in organizing national volunteer
reserve to be ready Tor DUTY at Ifr tne Sal Sal
4 matter he has had consultations with the
President and the Secretary of War:
There were not many forenoon callers
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