The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
MAINE INDICTMENT IAN
INFAMOUS INSULT"
C0rteS Asked to Provide the Means
of Defense.
Spain Will Not Permit Territory to
Be Taken From Her With I'M
punity-Premier's Address to
His Followers In Parliament
Spain Proposes to Inflict as Much
Damage as Possible Upon Amer
lean Commerce.

supporters of the government in both
houses of parliament met in the SEN
ate chamber at o'clock this afternoon
Senior -Sagasta, the premier, addressed
them as follows:
1.-THE times are so grave and the cir
cumstances are so exceptional that acts
and not words are necessary to face the
present difficulty. Attempts are being
made to sully the glorious history of
Spain by an infamous calumny The
different Spanish governments have
done their utmost to avert war, to
which we are being provoked We have
now reached the limits of concessions
compatible with honor and territorial
integrity. We consented to the last
concession at the instance of the pope
and the powers. We yielded, in fact;
but now attempts are being made upon
our honor and menaces directed against
our territory. That is thing TO which
Spaniards Will never consent Gap
plause.) This is not the moment to
trace a parliamentary programme, but
the moment TO unite ourselves as our
fathers have done, in the face of an
odious attempt against the integrity of
our territory. The insult offered us to-
day is the most Infamous that has ever
been offered" prolonged applauSe.)
Continuing, Senior Sagasta eounselled
the rapid constitution of the chambers
in order to accord to the government
the means to defend the country's in
terest
Spain" he added. will not allow a
parcel of her territory to be taken from
her with impunity; nor will she be a
party to any traffieking for her pos
sessions" prolonged and enthusiast
tic cheers.)
The ministers met today to modify
the speech from the throne in conform
ity with the situation.
Senior Silvela, leader of the dissident
conservatives, when addressing his
party, declared it 'inopportune to form
ulate a political programme. He
evoked the memory OF the late Senior
Canovas del Castillo, and declared that
he and his party would aid the govern
ment by voting as much as should be
necessary for the national defense
without any opposition. although max
ing note of the responsibility incurred,
in order to investigate it, if need be, at
a more opportune time. He declared
also that the dissident conservatives
would respect whatever financial ar
engagements the government might en-
ter into, no matter what those might
curing, later on, peace with honor"
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
Seldom has there been witnessed a
more impressive and significant scene.
The large hall of the senate was dense
~ crowded with Liberal senators and
deputies, who listened with GREATNESS
attention to the short speech of Senior
Sagasta, only interrupting him with an
r.
Indignantly alluded to the "unjustified
and Infamous aspersions cast upon
Spain," with regard to the Maine dis
aster. Even more enthusiastic ap-
plause greeted his stirring words, when
he stoutly and proudly declared that
the government hoped to receive the
support of all Spaniards lin defense
of their territory and ancient rights
against more odious and unfair ag-
gressions than any of their ancestors
had repealed with the same energy and
courage"
If the idea still existed in the mind
Of any one here that war could be
averted, Senior Sagasta's firm speech is
regarded as finally settling all doubts.
1880 D. NAT this hour the Hobbies
of parliament are crowded with mem
bers. new deputies and politicians, all
discussing the situation. The one pre-
dominating word is War!
FL Correo (MinisteriaD say: THE
resolution OF the American congress
not only authorizes the president, as
he desired in his message, to intervene
in Cuba, but orders him to do so imme-
diately, and the independence (recogni-
ton of the republic) clause being ex-
plunged, which might have incurred a
veto the president will probably square
his action with the decree of cham
bers.
What he will probably do is to give
the resolution immediate effect, or
from motives of precaution and conve-
nience, let a few days pass imperative
ly. Anyway, the situation is now sthe
gravest possible"
Ell Epoca Conservative asserts that
Anarchy reigns in the legislative and
executive branches of the American
government
After pointing to the ''unprepared-
ness for war of the United States" FL
Epoca says it considers President Nc
Kinley simultaneously daring and
weak; yielding to lingo demands and
saddling his parliament with the re-
sponsibility."
1t quotes from recognized text books
to prove that there has been a viola
ton Of the constitution in the legisla-
tive and executive procedure and
adds:
while President Mckinley requests
a free hand, congress votes a mandate,
the president remaining impotent to
resist the war party or to rouse peace
full influences"
WAR WILL BE PROLONGED.
The Impartial today, commenting up
on the commercial aspect of the war,
which it regards as certain las soon as
President Mckinley stops vaccillating,"
says: The Americans who are rush
ing into war will be surprised to find
that it is not an affair of weeks, but of
months. 1t will last until the CONNER
Gals are more anxious for peace than
they are now anxious for war"
The Liberal says 1.-The Spaniards are
tired of talk of papal and other inter-
ventions. War is a matter of hours, in
spite of rumors of delays upon Presi-
dent McKinley's part"
The Liberal urges Spain to stop argu-