Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-04-14
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
WAsnINGrnN NOTEs.


REV. EUGENE MAY, of Washington,
who has been travelling in Cuba, re-
ported that the recent revocation of
the reconcentrado order was farce,
as the people to whom it applies were
too i'll to work and had nothing with
which to start had they the strength
Blanks have been issued to the starv-
ing wretches which were filled out
with acquisitions for whatever they
needed. The farce ended with sending
In the blanks Nothing more was ever
heard of them. There were between
10000 and 10000 reconcentrados who
must die, however generous the relief,
for they were already beyond help
SENIOR QUEsADo, representing the
junta in Washington, said to the AS
ISOLATED press on the 4th "The Gu
bans will never consent to an armis-
tice until their independence is recog.
nized."
MEMBERS of congress on the 5th were
said to be receiving scores Of tele-
grams from bankers and corporations
appealing to them to sustain the wise
peace policy" of the president,
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY did not send n
message to congress on the 9th as Gen.
Lee informed him he could not get all
the Americans out OF Cuba and if the
message was sent in while they were
in the island he could not answer for
their lives. Another reason, also, for
holding back the message was that
news had been received that the queen
regent had taken the SpanishAmeri-
can trouble into her own hands and all
the demands of President Mckinley
were likely to be conceded and there
would be no war
THE navy department at Washingto ton
has received innumerable requests from
newspapers throughout the country
for permission to have representatives.
aboard the ships Of the flying squadron
md the North Atlantic squadron, but
Secretary Long has concluded that it
will be inadvisable.
SINCE the Maine disaster the sailors
in the United States navy have been
1hAlOuo lOl war anu lllt Ntlul ub w uOb-
ington has resulted in round robin
circulated among the enlisted men Of
the North Atlantic squadron. When
the Texas went north from Dry Tor
tugas her sailors brought the protest
along with them. officials took meas
ures to secure the round robin, but it
had been sent to Washington. The
text of it is that unless decisive action
is soon taken sailors will desert at
every opportunity,
Gov HoLCoMB, of Nebraska, sent
telegram to President Mckinley ten
dering the state militia to the govern
ment.
WASHINGTON was quiet on the Sth
and there was hardly II ripple to show
that war was near. The cabinet held
its usual session, but there were no
new developments in the Spanish sit
nation to place before it. Prepare
tions for all eventualities were being
hurried to completion in the war and
navy department
THERE was a rumor at Washington
that the flying squadron was held in
readiness by Commodore Schley to in
tercept the Spanish torpedo flotilla,
now at Cape De Verde islands, if they
attempted to continue their voyage to
Cuba, as that, under the circumstances,
would be construed as an act of war.
THE members of the ways and means
committee of the house are busily en-
gagged with the treasury officials in the
work preliminary to the drafting of
war revenue measure to be introduced
in congress Immediately upon the
opening of hostilities with Spain. A
bill providing for temporary loan of
500, 900, 600 and permanent loan of
from $500, 900 to $500, 600, 900 at three
per cent, payable in coin, has also
been prepared and will be immedi.
Rtely made in case of war.