Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-06

the queen regent, announced to the
newspaper representatives that the
,umors Of dissensions in the cabinet
were unfounded.
Senior Sagasta added that no cabinet
council would be necessary to-day, I'M
less fresh information came to hand
from Rome or Washington, the Span
ish government to-day having received
no dispatches except the telegram from
the Spanish minister at Washington.
Senior Polo y Bernabe, giving the tone
of American public opinion and diplo-
matte rumoTs.
At $50 D. m. the German and Aus
trian ambassadors visited the United
States minister, General Stewart l..
Woodford, after which they called on
the queen regent.
There are no developments as yet,
pending a further reply from Wash
ington.
1t is apparent that further negotia
tione are progressing. The absolute
deadlock which semed to have been
reached yesterday evening, has for the
moment been removed, though no ar
mistice has yet been proclaimed.
Of the United States legation. J. K.
Macarthur, starts for Paris tonight.
Mrs. Woodford held her usual re-
ception this afternoon.
TIL eminister Of foreign affairs, Senior
Gullon, in an interview just obtained,
said the Spanish government is ex-
pecting the speedy arrival OF a note
from the Vatican, in which the Pope
would indicate the plan by which he
proposes to terminate the present sit
uatlOn.
In regard to the efficacy OF media
ton, Senior Gullon said:
ut is recalled that Americans prom
inently participated in the Pope's jubl-
lee and presented him with a splendid
gift. The Pope was profoundly moved
at the great manifestations of respect
and said to them that he eagerly await
ed the opportunity to show his recog-
milton. This remark has ben regarded
by. some as indicating an inclination
upon the part of the Pope to favor the
American side, but this conclusion is
easily disproved by the known impair
TALLY the Pope has always displayed
in his public acts and by the intimate
friendship he has always exhibited to-
ward Spain. Moreover, the Spanish
government has made his mediation
conditional upon the honor and integ-
rity of the territory of Spain being
safe-guarded. Should the Pope favor
an armistice, clearly the insurgents
should ask for it.
Anyway, whatever may be the plan
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cessation of war in Cuba.
In regard to the point of view of the
other nations with perhaps the fewest ex
ceptions all would regard with confidence
the Pope's mediation
On being informed of the rise of points
in the price of Spanish tours on the
bourse yesterday, Senior Gullom remarked:
''There is no reason for such excessive
confidence any more than there is reason
for unreasonable alarm. as the gravity of
the situation is unchanged. We must
have more light on the situation to see
our way clearly.
The impartial independent says to-
day:
1T is President McKinley's duty 10 re-
strain the jingoes, and it is the duty of
Senior Sagasta to avoid Stacking SPANS
preparations we tnlnk neltneF Inc
the American kilograms nor sound opin-
ions justifies optinlist views of yester-
day
The Correo Espanol (CarlisO says there
is further proof Of the Pope's love for
Spain in the mediation initiative" Con-
tinuing. the expresses fear that his holi-
ness has embarked upon the hopeless
task Of trying to arrange peace With
xvi, ha hon s,f
Spain.''
The Epocha Conservative prints a.
lauGatory article on the Pope's action.
and gently urges the governmen7 to
abandon it sreserve by publishing 10 the
world the steps leading to the crisis and
the way out of it,.