The herald., 1898-04-18
ONLY CABINET MEMBERS
ARE INFORMED OF THE ACTION
TAKEN
SPAIN'S PLAN UNCHANGEABLE
The Sword of CASTLE Is Out and VIII
Drink Blood Before It Is
Sheathed
Press Special Wire

Associateu Press Special Wire
. MADRID (via Biarritz), April H. .
Q About noon the fact that the United .
states senate had adopted strong res .
. olutions in place of the wishy-washy .
Q product of the house became public
property. The text of the resolutions
. is known only to the members of the
. cabinet and their close advisers.
Bernabe cabled the resolutions, the
. vote and statement of the feeling In
. Washington early this morning. The
Q cabinet is now in session considering .
. this latest development. .
The senate's action, whatever 1t
. may be, cannot change Spain's plans.
. CASTLES sword Is unsheathed, and it .
. will drink blood before it is restored
. to it's scabbard.
. Woodford does not agree with this .
view. AS 1 smoked cigar with him .
o this morning he talked of peace. He
. is an estimable man, but fear he
. does not appreciate the utter lack of
sincerity in Spanish diplomacy. He
does not go beneath the surface.
Spain cannot back down unless Eu-
. rope agrees to prop up Alphonso's .
. throne with bayonets. The mob Is
. showing its temper. The assault on
. the consulate at Malaga was followed
. by more violent demonstrations in the .
. large cities. Madrid authorities are .
. taking every precaution to suppress .
the rioters, and they have two-fold
Q reason for this activity: Spain wants .
. to appear in as good light as posi- .
. BILE before Christendom, and then 1t .
Q Is hard to tell an American from an .
Englishman, and II a son Of Albion .
. were assaulted by the mob John Bull .
. might ask reparation and collect in .
. demnity with his warships. .
. The few Americans who are still .
. here are preparing to join the colony .
in Paris. This is good time to view
. Alpine scenery. .
Funds for Defense
LONDON. April 17.-(By Associated
Press.) The Madrid correspondent Of the
Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Sunday.
says: The greatest enthusiasm is mani
tested everywhere among the people who
are subscribing even more than they can
afford to the funds for the national de-
fense. 1 am acquainted with families who
intend to deprive themselves of one meal
day in order to give their mite to the
government. Many officials on small sal
aries have resolved to offer one days pay
ment, and even two, to the government.
Boys under age are asking permission to
serve in the army, their parents having al
ready assented. Some popular bull-fght-
ers, whose performances are worth hum
dreds of thousands of francs yearly, have
resolved to abandon their vocations and
shoulder rifles in defense of the fatherland.
hod a 1ope nj
sation with diplomatic representative OF
one of the European powers, who requested
me not to mention his name or his nation
ality, who said: although war seems
certain, the possibility of peace is not yet
eliminated. The negotiations are proceed
ing without interruption and success Is still
possible. Personally, i must say. 1t will
be very difficult to maintain peace, and the
excitement on both sides of the Atlantic is
too strong to be opposed successfully by
the governments. But what I am certain
of is this, that there will be no real war. in
the ordinary sense of the word. HOSTILE
ties will end almost as soon as they begin.
because Europe will mediate between the
belligerents under conditions which will
tend to be extremely favorable to peace
with honor for both sides. 1t is then that
government will bear fruit.
The idea of armed intervention by Eu-
rope is absurd and unfounded. Not one
power is disposed to support such a sug-
gestion, although all admit that from the
point of view of international law Spain Is
in the right and the United States In the
wrong 1t seems to me, therefore, that
Spain will yet enjoylan opportunity OF try
O
1.-THE ministers are certain that their
moderate, peaceful policy, which has made
a great impression upon Europe, will SOON
er or later bear good fruit, and that the
prospect of peace is not yet disposed Of At
ALI events, negotiations between the repre-
sentatives of the powers contine, and great
hopes are placed in them"
A Latin Catholic
\ PITTSBURG, April 17.-(Special to =
\ The Herald.) Papal Ablegate Mar +
\ tinelli is said to have addressed the +
\ priests of Pittsburg today on the +
\ trouble between the United States and +
\ Spain. The monsignore said that, +
\ while born in a foreign land and +
| \ member of a Latin race, he was at +
\ heart an American. He said 1t be- +
\ hooved every American citizen, no +
\ matter what his religious belief may =
! \ be, to support the country In the hour +
| \ of it's trial, especially when 1t was =
\ engaged in holy war to relieve the 4
\ sufferings of another country. +
The Malaga Riots
| LONDON, April 1S.-The Malaga corfe-
spondeut of the Daily Mail telegraphing at
noon Saturday says: About 10 o'clock last
evenings (Friday) a large group of young
people who had already met in another part
| of town for the purpose of organizing a
demonstration, arrived In front Of the
American consulate and began to cheer for
Spain. They did not at this stage utter any
| cry against the United States. The chief
! Of police endeavored to disperse them, but
only succeeded in driving the crowd from