The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-04

serious to be Immediately replied to. 1t
would command serious attention and
would be referred to the cortes.
| The minister thanked the deputation for
the orderly manner Of those who took part
in the movement. Senior Dorendo an
swered that the deputation placed con-
fdence in the good will of the government.
The deputation then withdrew.
| Then the crowd outside the presidency
was inclined to linger and discuss the mat
ter which brought the people there, but
the civil governor mingled with the people.
urging them to dispense. He said:
Go home my children. Everything will
be attended to-"
The crowds then good-naturedly dis
Ipersed.
The armored cruiser Emperor Charles V
has been ordered to leave today for Ferol.
A flotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers is being prepared for act
i've service at Cadiz.
| A decree has been gazetted creating 225,-
0O0, 900 pestas Of new treasury notes, on the
guarantee Of the receipts from the tobacco
stamps and octroi duties.
The members Of the diplomatic corps
are joining in taking steps calculated to
avert war. They are under the leadership
of the papal nuncio, Mgr Francisco Nava,
the archbishop of Catania, and the Aus
trian ambassador, here, Count Dubsky.
The minister of marine, Admiral Ber-
mejo, continues receiving many petitions
from foreign and Spanish merchants and
sea captains who are DESTROYS Of obtain
ling letters of marque, SO as to fit out pri-
vateers in the event of war breaking out
between the United States and. Spain.
At noon today it developed, on investiga-
ton, that the statement in the newspapers
here to the effect that the United States
minister, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford had
received from the United States a reply
to Spain's note, is incorrect. The United
States legation, later in the day, gave out
1.-THE following announcement: ''Up to noon
today the minister has not received a re-
ply from his government to the ultimatum
of the Spanish government"
| Gen. Woodford explained that the long
cipher message which he had received was
not a reply to Spain's ultimatum. It re-
ferred to other matters.
NO REPLY SENT
WASHINGTON, April 8. The best in
formation obtainable here is that no reply
to Spain's memorandum (for it appears
+, that the response Senior Sagasta gave to
Gen. woodford's last representations that
hostilities must cease was in the nature of
memorandum, instead of a note) has been
sent. This statement was made at the
state department by gentleman who al
most certainly would be In a position to
know. The superstition that the last cable
gram. desc;ibed as an eleven-page mes
sage, was a reply was probably based on
the fact that there are, as Madrid says,
eleven pages of 1t, but this is not signifl-
cant, since the department uses group
cipher, and it is said that eleven pages
would be in reality comparatively short
message, and the department has been
cabling Minister Woodford for several
days, sending him Information and in
|structions. These communications, it is
stated. as indicated in the foregoing, have
not been in the nature Of reply to Spain
last response, an abstract Of which was
given out after Fridays meeting.
SPANISH PATRIOTS
MADRID, via Bayonne France, April /.
j Despite the efforts of the press to work
up patriotic enthusiasm. the public seems