Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-05
DECISION OF THE PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT IN ACCORD WITH CONGRESS.
Action to be Taken VIII he Equivalent to a
Declaration of War Unless Spain
Yields at Once.

Washington, April 4.-The President
aas completed his cuban message, and
It viii he presented to Congress on
Wednesday, Secretary Long. after the
Dpecial cabinet meeting tonight, au-
.horlzed the Associated Press to make
his statement:
The message which In itself Is long,
VIII not be accompanied by the con,
sular reports dealing with the state OF
affairs in Cuba. These will go to the
committee on foreign relations of the
Senate for their private information,
and will not be made public Just now
The diplomatic correspondence be,
tween the United States and Spain will
not be submitted at present.
The cabinet meeting lasted from s
until after II o'clock. and was devoted
entirely to the careful reading and dis
cussion of the Presidents draft Of his
message. Every member of the cabl-
net was present. The document was
gone over point by point, and met with
the approval of the cabinet in every
detail. The only changes made Were
in n few points OF verbage,
When the meeting was over anG the
members dispersed, there was gem
cral air of relief and satisfaction on all
faces, as though the air had been
cleared Of doubt and the members
firmly resolved on what they deemed
the proper course of action. had set out
to follow the course to its logical con-
clusion. The suspense evidently was
over.
Secretary Long apparently had been
deputized as spokesman for the meet
ing. and gave the above brief states
ment. As to the character of the mes
sage he refused To speak. 1t was
learned from other sources. however.
that the message Is In part a review of
SPANS COURSE in the present and pre-
vous wars in cuba. That 1t will con-
tain some definite recommendations
may be inferred from the remark of
one member. While ! can say hoth-
Ing explicit concerning the details of
the message" said he. II may say that
II is a strong, explicit statement, ana
one with which Congress will be thor
oughly in accord"
II was suggested that Congress was
pretty thoroughly in accord with the
Foraker resolution. but nothing more
explicit could be obtained.
It is understood that while the con-
sular reports on Cuba are withheld
from the public for the present. out of
regard for their authors. who are still
In cuba, that their publication is not
deemed essential by the cabinet. One
member, in discussing this point said
They contain only Information which
has by this time been quite thoroughly
presented to the public from other
sources"
From the fact that the diplomatic
correspondence is not presented with
the message, IL is inferred that Its
main features are touched on in the
message itself, whether in the form of
extracts or merely In substance.
The fact that the autonomist cahl-
net of Cuba has Issued an appeal to
the insurgents for an armistice, with
the idea OF arranging peace. is regard
ed here by the best-informed members
of the administration to be simply n
covert effort to induce the Cubans to
surrender. II is not taken seriously
as the opinion Is general that the in
surgents Will consider nothing of the
kind.
II is understood that the Senate COM
mlttee has agreed upon a resolution,
practically the Foraker resolution. de-
claring Independence and Intervention,
with an amendment fixing the RESPONSE
hility of the Maine disaster upon
Spain. either by design or criminal neg
ligence.
The House foreign affairs committee
will report. " possible. n resolution in
line with the Presidents recommcrda-
tions, and II is known that efforts nre
being made to have the resolutions of
both committees agree with the Presi-
dents wishes,
bers OF the House adjourned until II
o'clock "wednesday bv the committee
In order to await the message.
With the exception Of the purchase
OF ten steamships for auxiliary criils-
ers. today was devoid of DEVELOPMENT
in the military and naval branches of
the government. No orders II was
stated. have been sent to either the
feet at Key West or he squadron Mt
Har,pton Ronds. and o confirmation
could he obtained of the renort thnt
sen ORDERS had been sent to the battle
shin Texas Mt New York.
Secretary Long held n brief confer
ence with Secretary A'ger during the
nrterroon and left the department
shortly nfter 4 o'clock. much earlier
that hns been his custom for the past
few weeks I'm to tho hour Of his de-
narture II was stated that no ndvices
had heer received rerardlng any move
inents Of tho Spanish torpedo fleet or
othcr crarieh vessels.
SPAIN MIST YIrI n on THERE
WILL BE WAR.
The WASHINGTON Post saws that un-
less Spain, within forty-eight hours.
yields all by surrendering Cuba. war
cannot he nverted. 1t sums up the
situation as follows;
president McKinley's message TO
Congress- win be ringing, vigorous
document that promises TO meet the
full expectation OF Conrress and the
people. II will be o scathing arraign-
ment of Snnin. showing that she has
demonstrated her utter incopnoity to
govern: that her colonies have declined
and oppression; that American COM
merce he's been damaged and American
lives and property imperlled and that
existing conditions should not and VIII
not he tolerated by this government
THE destruction Of the hltueshin
Maine and the slaughter OF 2G6 oHhcers
and seamen serving under the United
States flag viii be commented uron "
strong Language and Spain will be held
RESPONSIBLE for that disaster.