Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
QUESTION OF INDEMNITY
THERE MAY BE ARBITRATORs.
The Forecast of Events According to
one of the WashingtOn Corre-
spOndents-DiNerS are Sntd to BE
of the Opinion Tint the Maine
Was Destroyed by n Torpedo.

officially, the result of the Maine inquiry |
They are prepared to act They have can /
vassed the course of events, SO far as they
can foresee them, and have formulated .
a policy to meet the emergency. Along its .
lines the administration expects to move
unless it is swept off its feet by Il wave
of popular dissatisfaction.
The Globes special correspondent Is |
able to present the forecast of events as
viewed by the president and his cabinet. .
1t can be outlined thus:
First-The board of inquiry will report !
this week that the explosion was eXter /
nal
Second-Thc president will immediate
". through Minister Woodford demand
from Spain an indemniication of 100000 /
600.
Three-Spain is expected to reply eX
pressing her willingness to pay ii she IS
responsible. but maintaing that her own
Investigation shows that the explosion
was internal and purely accidental. She
will therefore suggest reference to an
international board of arbitration
Fourth-In such an event the admins
tration would be disposed to comply with
the suggestion, unless there Is an emeute
in Havana or an irresistible demand tor
war sweeps through congress.
Fifth-If congress acquiesccs in the sug
oestion, the attempt will be made to ad-
iouln the body and leave the whole mat
ter in the presidents hands.
Sixth-lt is expected that a large ma
/ iority of congressman will claim that such
Il matter of honor can not be arbltrated.
II is further expected that the leaders
of both houses, including Senator Davis
of Minnesota, will favor arbitration
The BrnziIians Are Ours.
Washington. March l5-Thc reported
/ sale to the United States of the Brazilian
cruisers Amazonas and Admiral Abrenall
now receiving their finishing touches IN
English shipyards, has been confirmed
1t is said. furthermore. that Spain can
not purchase ships either from Chilli or
the Argentine republic.
To Hoist the Flag.
Washington, March l5.-Orders have
been sent to Commodore Howell com
handing the European station, to send 4
force Of men from the san Francisco. to
take possession of and hoist the United
States flag on the AmaZonas, the Brazil
ian ship that is ready to 90 into commits
sion at Newcastle, This will prevent any
difficulty in case hostilities should break
out. as the ship would be under our flag
but lying in a friendly harbor.
d Significant Questions.
London. March l5.--In the house Of
commons the parliamentary secretary
for the foreign office, Mi Curzon reply
inc to Michael Davitt, who asked the gov
eminent whether Great Britain had of
fered to lend warships to the United
States and any European power, SAID the
government had not made such an offer
In answer to a series of questions which
Davitt put. with the view of eliciting
whether there We're any negotiations Tor
an alliance between Great Britain and the
United States. or whether Great Britain
had offered to mediate i'll the Cuban ell
sis, Mr.. Curzon said these questions were
of such a nature it was ineXpedient to re
ply to them.
FitzhuEh Lee. Jr.
Tampa. Fla. March l5.--Fitzhuph Lee,
Jr., son of Consul General Lee, has arrived
here on the steamer Olivette from Ha-
vana. Although reticent about stating
anything of an official nature he made the
following statement:
II have been in Havana but 10 days,
having gone there to visit my father on
my winter vacation. While there ascer-
tanned a number of facts concerning the
present stunned situation between Spain
and the United States and | am OF the
opinion that war between the two coun-
tries is imminent, Notwithstanding the
fact that diplomacy will be taxed to It's
furtherest limit to prevent it. The Maine
disaster and the attitude of congress up
! on the belligerency will be the chief Is
sues. The court of inquiry's report has
not been made public, but it is possibly
known to the authorities at Washington.
An Open Secret.
Cincinnati, March ia special to the
Commercial Tribune from Portsmouth,
/ Va, says:
The TUG Right Arm having been reliev-
ed at the scene OF the Maine wreck by the
tue I. j. Merritt, left Havana last Monday
and has reached Norfolk. Captain John
Magee, who is in command, would not
speak of what his divers had seen and
the conclusion he had reached from the
reports. The crew were more commnni-
cative and every man said 1t was an
open secret among all the divers and OH
GERS at Havana that the big magazines
were intact and the Maine had been de-
| stroyed by torpedo.