The herald., 1898-04-07
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INDEX
TO TELEaRAPH1o NEWS

1. General Lee cables from Havana, i
4. asking that the presentation of the .
+ Cuban message to congress be de- !
+ layed until Americans in Cuba could \
4. leave the island, and in consequence .
+ the message Is withheld, much to the .
r disgust Of the vast crowd gathered at 4
1. the capitol; from the Angeleno's !
+ standpoint the senate session was sat- 1
4. isfactory, for the San Pedro item in 1
+ the sundry civil bill went through 1
+ without objection. 1
f. Spanish advices early in the day 4
+ express hope Of an honorable peace, .
+ but want the Cuban freedom pill gild- i
+ ed to suit the Spanish palate; the i
4. queen regent Is attempting direct ne .
+ gotiations with Washington and with i
1, European powers, which threaten Z.
+ cabinet crisis. .
+ In case of war with Spain, plans .
r now formulated include a dash by !
+ the flying squadron to the Canaries, 1
+ where base will be established from I
r which to harrass the Spanish coast. 4
+ Danger to Americans in>Havana is .
+ not the only reason, nor the best, for .
1, the. delay in sending the presidents .
+ message to congress; Spain has grant .
+ ed an armiStice, and the president l
+ hopes to accomplish the freedom of i
+ Cuba, and that without war and 4
+ without bloodshed. /
+ The situation in Madrid is much re- .
+ lleved by the statement that peace j
+ prospects are better; an armistice to .
r hostilities in Cuba has been arranged !
r and will be gazetted today or tomor- i
+ row; officials at Washington decline .
r to discuss the situation; everything is 4
+ quiet at Havana, and General Lee is .
+ still in the city. i
+ A most positive statement sent from .
+ Washington that the president in !.
r holding back the Cuban message was j.
r influenced solely by the condition of .
r affairs in Havana; the Washington 1
+ Post, supposed to be inspired, says .
+ that the message will mean war un- !
+ less Spain yields, but sets no time /.
+ for the presentation of the document. .
+ The foreign ambassadors at Wash .
+ ington meet to discuss the Spanish ,
r situation; diplomats don't talk so .
+ much as political leaders, and no. .
+ body knows what was done, but the .
+ Spanish minister calls attention to the .
+ TACT that he has not packe his .
r trunks. .
+ English public opinion summed up .
!. IN the assertion that the governments .
!. Tar eastern policy has proven a fiat .
r failure. j
+ Leaders Of the Cuban junta in New .
+ York reassert the fact that they are .
+ nghting for freedom and nothing !.
+ else, and will never submit to anyIi
scheme of autonomy, even though .
backed BY the power Of the United .
+ States.
+ A blunt charge of bad faith is made .
+ against the president of the United .
+ States, and Consul General Lee Is ca .
+ bied for verification of the informa- .
+ tton he Is said to have given the state i
+ department, which led to the with .
+ holding of the presidents message; ,
+ congress is humiliated. disgusted and
+ irritated. and likely to act upon its .
+ own responsibility; ugly rumors of a ,
+ huge corruption fund are floating .
+ about the national capital, to be used .
+ to prevent war not wanted by hold .
+ ers Of Spanish bonds. r.
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