The times., 1898-02-12

especially is this true since the Spanish
policy has been unmasked and De
LONE, who, as a diplomat. has been
playing the spy, has unmasked the des-
picable policy of the government he
represented.
Gen. Grosvenor Of Ohio. is one of
those in the house who have been urging
the President TO intervene to stop the
war. He wants this intervention to be
without force, if it is possible and can
be accomplished. but he is willing it
should be forcible if force must be
used. On the Senate side. Senator
Chandler expresses the belief that the
President will take some active step
in the immediate future. Mr.. Chandler
takes the view that there is but one
thing that can save the Republican
party from defeat IN the coming ciec-
tons and that one thing he says is an
aggressive foreign policy. Mr.. Chan
dler is too much of a patriot and too
warm friend of Cuba to seek inter
vention in Cuban affairs as a political
measure, but there is a suspicion that
the political glory that may come from
it is the only thing that will force the
President of the United States to inter
vene. The money question should he
ignored by both Houses of Congress-,
said Mr.. Chandler and Cuba and Ha-
waii should both be annexed Senator
Chandler believes in Cuban independ-
ence and said yesterday that he thought
that independence would be proclaimed
before this Congress adjourned.
The Cushinp's Mission.
The story has been repeatedly given
out at the Navy Department that the
torpedo boat Gushing was to sail to
Havana with provisions for the Maine.
The constant reiteratfon Of this report
leads To the belief that if Secretary
Long were to tell the country that the
moon was filled with cheese, the coun-
try would be compelled to believe it
The Gushing is going to Havana, but
she is not going there to carry supplies
to- the battleShip. She could not posi-
bly, carry a ton of coal or case of
meat more than is absolutely neces-
sary for her own purposes. The only
supplies she takes to Havana consist of
two or three naval cipher code books.
one of which goes to Consul General
Lee These books are never trusted
either TO the mail or to the express
They are constantly under the personal
supervision of the naval officers OF the
United States and the critical condition
Of affairs in Havana may be under
SiGDu htltn the reaches the
conclusion that it is high time Consul
General Lee be put in possession of
the naval cipher.
Once in the harbOr Of Havana the
Gushing viii remain there. She viii be
come a dispatch boat for Commander
Sigsbee, and the moment the cable be-
tween Havana and Key West is cut
the Gushing will start on a flying trip
for the rendezvous where the North AT
lantic squadron is being held under full
steam ready to sail when the signal is
given
There is constant fear that this cable
may be cut by the Spanish authorities,
and Gen. Lee and Commander Sigs-
bee are taking no chances on being left
in the luTCh when that accident shall
have happened. II is shown that on the
night OF the big riot in Havana, the
Maine. then being at Key West, Gen.
Lee had a man in the cable office at
Havana and Commander Sigsbee in the
office at Key West. These men COM
municated with each other at frequent
and agreed upon intervals, and by these
means were enabled to know that the
cable was not being tampered with.
The battleship Maine was under full
steam and had that cable ceased to
work for one half hour, Commander
Sigsbee was under orders to at once sail
for the city of Havana. If now the
ca bic is cut. the Gushing will carry the
news and the American warships VIII
soon reach the harbor of Havana.