The herald., 1898-04-19
M'k|NLEYS NAME
WILL MAKE THE RESOLUTIONS
COMPLETE
AN ULTIMATUM TOSPAIN
THE NEXT STEP ON THE CUBAN
APRoGRAM
SOME DELAY IS STILL LIKELY
The Spanish Cortes Meets Tomorrow
and There Is No Excuse for
Long Procrastination

Special to The Herald
. WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Gu .
. ban resolution. after trundling wear .
lily all day between the house and sem .
ate, has at last started on the road to .
the White House. 1t Is practical .
. victory for the senate and for action. .
A deadlock seemed imminent. and .
. was only averted at the last moment .
by the concession of two seemingly .
. unimportant words Of the first resolu- .
. tion. The conclusion is accepted at .
. both ends Of the Capitol as satisfac- .
. tory. insuring. as 1t does. the settle .
. ment Of the whole Cuban difficulty .
. and the final establishment of safe .
. and stable government. 1t is now UP .
at the White House. The president .
at u late hour tonight was comforting .
. with Secretaries Long and Alger, At .
. torney General Griggs and Assistant .
Secretary Day, over the subject Of .
an ultimatum he will under the law be .
required to send to Spain tomorrow. .
As soon as the joint resolution Is laid .
. before him he will attach his sigma .
ture to it. Within the next three .
hours he will cause to be prepared .
. cablegram to be transmitted to Min .
lister Woodford. who will. through .
. either the English or German ambas- .
. sador at Madrid, lay it before the Sa- .
. gasta cabinet 1t Is understood the .
president will take the resolution .
. adopted by congress as the text for .
. his ultimatum. He will unquestion-
o ably ask for an immediate reply, no .
Q matter what form the ultimatum may
. take. .
Sagasta, 1t is assumed, is certain to .
Q assure Woodford that he cannot an .
Q swer the demand and that the cortes .
is the only body to take action upon Q
question involving the s,.'srAnan- .s d.. - :
= cno,,sh +a--.t-.y. AS the Cortes .
meets On Wednesday, the ultimatum .
will be promptly laid before 1t. Span Q
ish diplomacy will here assert itself, Q
. but If within forty-eight hours the
cortes does not make proper answer Q
Q to the ultimatum SIMPSONS fleet will Q
be ordered to Havana.
In diplomatic circles tonight the be- Q
lief is general that Spain will curb .
her temper and pocket her pride so Q
that Sagasta may have further op-
portunity to procrastinate on some Q
. pretext or other. If the president ad-
heres to the program he has decided Q
upon tonight, there will be no more
. nonsense. But the peace party is
strong, and it will not surprise some
. persons If the Spaniards succeeded in .
. twisting the situation into such shape Q
. that he may have a week or two in Q
. which to make up his mind as to how Q
. he shall answer us. el
. The Spanish legation here, 1t is un- Q
. derstood, will close It's doors tomor- Q
. row and the minister and his attaches .
. will leave on the first steamer for Q
. Spain. sl
. Minister Woodford will leave Mad Q
. rid as soon as Spain makes an unsat- Q
. isfactory reply to our ultimatum, or .
. will leave few hours prior to the .
. dispatching of SIMPSONS fleet to Ha- Q
. vana. = |
. In the meantime war preparations Q
are going on apace. The navy de- Q
. partment Is ready and the war de- Q |
, partment is, too. Sampson only waits Q |
, the order, "Move the fleet" to start . |
. for Cuba. 81