The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-06
TO BRING LEE HOME.
United States Vessels Have Been
Sent to Havana.
DISPATCH FROM CONSUL GENERAL.

says In Case War Is Declared He Will Not
he Able tn Get American Citizens Out Of
Cuba Before Next sunday-Great Britain
Refuses to Participate In the Proposed
Mediation of Powers WAR Talk In the
senate-The Presidents Message.
Washington, April 6-Members of the
house have been informed that vessels
have been dispatched to Havana to
take off General Lee and our consular
officers, as Well as all Americans who
desire to leave the island. The state
department has received a dispatch
from Consul General Lee saying that
In case war is declared he will not be
able to get the American citizens out
of Cuba before next Sunday.
In response To representations re-
ceved from General Lee the treasury
department has telegraphed DIR. Brun-
ner the quarantine officer at Havana,
directing him to permit all Americans
who desire TO do SO to leave Havana
without certificates or examination. on
the arrival of the vessel at the Florida
coast with Americans from Cuba an
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sci will be held until it is determined
that there is no disease on board.
The Presidents Message.
President McKinley's message will
be given to congress at noon Wednes-
day On the best Of authority it can be
stated that the president has hardened
to the voice of the people, and that he
will use vigorous language in describ-
ing the history of the Cuban question:
that he Will arraign Spain in unmeas-
ured terms and has decided that the
Maine disaster shall not be treated as a
mere incident. On the contrary. he will
make it a very important feature.
He will recommend to congress" de-
clared a member of the foreign relations
committee of the senate, "a definite line
of action, and this action will be largely
justified by his views of the destruction
of the Maine and the accompanying loss
of 266 American lives"
Sigsbee on Ma ne Explosion.
Captain Sigsbee. in the course of his
examination before the house commit
tee on foreign affairs stated 1t to be his
opinion that his vessel, the Maine, was
blown up by a submarine mine located
by the Spanish authorities. AS to
whether 1T was fired by the Spanish au-
thorities or not he declined to express
an opinion. He told the committee
what he had testified to before the
board OF inquiry about the buoy to
which the Maine was anchored being
the most unfrequented buoy in the har-
Dor. The position in which the ship was
placed, he said, was such that he could
have fired upon both forts at the same
time. The committee is to meet again
to prepare the text OF the resolutions
to be submitted to the house The
members Of the committee from the in
formation they have believe war is in
evitable unless Spain makes a square
back down.
Archbishop Ireland Calls.
Archbishop Ireland came to the state
department at 1890 o'clock He evil
IDENTIFY had arranged for the call before
hand and was expected, for he was
shown at once into Assistant Secretary
Days room. To reporters who asked
him his mission Bishop Ireland was
evasive. and said he came simply to nav
his respects. Assistant Secetary Day
said at noon that there had been no
mediation or Intervention of other DOW
ers, material or moral
AT ii o'clock Sir Julian Pauncefote.
the British ambassador. drove to the
French embassy and had long confer
ence with M. Cambon, the French am
bassador II is believed in regard to the
suggested concert Of the powers on the
Cuban question. The nature of Sir JUL |
lans representations are unknown but |
Ii was the first official move in diplo-