The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-30
WAITING FOR 4 WORD.
Uncle. Sans Fighting Men
and Ships Ready to
Fly at Spain.
SENATE TALKING. TALKING
House Members clustering and
Hanna's President SILVER
ing in the White House.
SPANISH KITES ON THE WING
War Cruisers Sail From Cariagena
for an Unknown Destination
Our Flying Squadron.

WASHINGTON, MaFcH ~, lo9o.-i iiS
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
failed to reach an agreement at its meet
ing today on any of its Cuban resolutions
before it. but referred the whole matter
to a subcommittee and then adjourned
The members of the committee who
saw the President today assured the other
members that the Cuban situation would
come to a head in very few days and
that Congress would be informed. The
utmost limit placed upon the time when
the matter will be settled one way or an
other was stated as one week, while others
thought that it might be within forty
eight hours.
The committee considered that it would
be unwise in view of negotiations now on
to precipitate matters at this time II
was said that Congress need not take ac-
tion to hurry the Administration, in view
of what had been learned. by members
The Senate passed resolution on motion
of Chairman Davis of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, allowing them to sit dur
ing the session of the Senate. The COM
mittee was to resume it's sessions this af-
ternoon.
The President received this morning
Madrid. in which he confirms the pub
lished report that he had an extended
conference with Premier Sagasa yester-
day. No definite conclusion was reached
as the Minister desires to place the mat
ter under consideration before the Queen
Regnt and tn other members Of tn Min
istry. The conference was adjourned un-
til tomorrow (Thursdayl.
Although Mr. Woodford does not give
any details of what transpired at the
meeting. yet his message is very hopeful
in tone and gives the President hope that
a final settlement of the question at is
sue may be determined at tomorrow's s
conference. The main question discussed
at the meeting yesterday between Mr..
Woodford and PRIMER Sagasta is known
to have been the prompt cessation of hos
tiiities on the island of Cuba, the release
of the reconcentrados, with permission
for them to return to their homes and
resume their occupations without further
molestation.
The exact lines upon which Minister
Woodford is at work for final settle
ment of the Cuban question canot be stat
ed as he has received a number of sug-
gestions from this government as to
what would be acceptable to it. The con-
census of opinion, however, in administra-
tion circles is that it involves settlement
upon an indemnity basis of something
less that $500, 900 900.
The White House was beseged with
callers, including Senators Hanna, Davis,
Chairman, and Frye. Cullom and Gray,
members of the Foreign Relations Com
R,t~, axv1a
cott and Allison.
Nearly the entire Michigan delegation
also called. their purpose being to urge
the President to take immediate and Wig
orous action to end the war and secure
the independence of Cuba.
Other Senator's who saw the President
were Foraker, Sewell, Aldrich and Will
son.
Secretaries Gage. Long and Bliss also
saw Mr.. Mckinley,
General Grosvenor of Ohio has ex-
pressed his willingness to call a caucus
of the Republican members to decide up
on action with relation to the Cuban sit
uation if one is desired. But some of
the most radical Republicans do not be-
l:eve a caucus should be held yet, as
they are of opinion it would necessarily
lead to open division between Republicans
in Congress and the President
The Subcommittee on Naval Affairs
has unanimously recommended favor
able report on the naval personnel bill.
The Navy Department received a dis
patch saying that several Spanish war
ships have left Carthagena, Spain. The
destination has not been learned as yet.
The news excited great interest at the
Navy Department The ships are the
armored cruisers Infanta Maria Theresa
and Cristobal Colon and the torpedo boat
destroyer Destructor.
The information of the sailing of the
Spanish fleet was contained in a despatch
to the State Department from the United
States Minister Woodford, at Madrid.
The ships sailed from Cartagena, Span
ish naval station on the Mediterranean
Sea. and according to the Minister'S de-
spatch they were headed westward
This it is said, is undoubtedly the most
formidable array Of vessels that has de-
parted from Spain in this direction dur
ing the present crisis, and the presump-
ZION generally held by the Navy Depart
ment officials is that they are headed
ultimately for Havana and will be first
heard of at the Canaries.
The feet is composed of two armored
cruisers of the second class under the
convoy of a formidable torpedo boat des-
rover The names of the cruisers are the
Enfanta Maria Teresa, a sister ship to the
Vizcaya. which visited New York prelim-
mary to her trip te, Havana where she
now is, and the Cristobal Colon. The for
mer isb uilt OF steel, is 1854 feet over all,