The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-04-22
MUST LEAVE CUBA.
Has Notified Spain That
She Must Surrender the Island.
short Time Allowed for Answer-Army
ana Navy Are BsglnniuE 60 lake =
Less Hopeful View About
the War.


Of the United States today. She viii
be informed that the Cuban resolution
passed by congress at an early hour
yesterday morning is now q part Of
the laws Of the United States, and an
Iu5timatum viii be sent demanding
compliance with this law and an an
swer within a very short time, prob
ably "a hours Compliance IS not ex-
peeted, and a forward movement on
Cuba viii commence the latter part Of
this week, according to the plans Of
the administration
! The congressional Cuban resolution
viii be signed to-day. The ultimatum
to Spain viii be signed at the same
time The president early decided to
make the two practically one act by
the simultaneous signing Of both
Two cabinet meetings were held yes
terday, the first beginning at II, and
lasting nearly two hours, and the sec
ond lasting from three until $50
o'clock At their close, announcement
that executive action was delayed
until to-day was made Both cabinet
sessions were devoted principally to
discussion Of the ultimatum to be sent
to Madrid
u ~ A-AG A-Al- ---AE 1Na--D-- A-A| E~S1-
dent rather favored allowing the Mad
rid government two or even three days
l in which to reply to our demand, but
since that time he has changed his
! views somewhat and it is now believed
to be his purpose to require an answer
/ within a very short time, probably
within "a hours. The reason for linn
/ iting the time to one day, or even less,
] Sc g--1 es,h h. 81 Eoc-Sa
i wise two or even three days would
have been allowed The ultimatum
/ itself, it is believed, is shortan 20 the
/ point 1t will recite the main fea-
lures Of the resolution passed by con-
gress and demand compliance there
| with.
! The Cuban resolution passed by con-
/ gress arrived at the white house at
I:15 o'clock, q little over an hour haV-
ing been consumed IN the formalities
Of securing the signatures Of Speaker
Reed and Vice President Hobart to the
resolution in open session and its de-
livery at the whit. house bv Repre-
| sentative Hagar, OF Iowa, chairman of
/ the committee on enrolled bills, and
Representative Overstreet, of Indiana.
1t was expected that the resolution
would be signed Immediately after it
had reached the president and this was
President McKinley's inclination, but
for certain state reasons it was deemed
advisable that the resolution and the
ultimatum to Spain should be signed
simultaneously and time was needed
/ to drafs the ultimatum in diplomatic
form
The fact that the resolution was not
/ Immediately signed gave rise to a few
disquieting reports, but it soon ap-
peared that the president had not the
slightest intention Of withholding his
! signature, and that the delay in at
| taching it was accounted for solely by
his desire TO have a full and complete
plan Of operations for the government
| OF the executive in the immediate
future before taking the final and i'm
pOrtant step of turning the joint res
OlutiOn into a statute.
just what this plan shall be was the
occasion for the two cabinet meetings
| yesterday. The first session, in antici-
/ patton Of the reception Of the resOlu-
ton, was devoted largely to questions
/ of finance and military policy, as well
/ as to the framing Of the ultimatum it
/ self So far as can be gathered, the
! important point at issue in regard to
I the ultimatum was the question Of
I time TO be allowed for a response
on the part Of Spain. The
/ steady progress Of military and
naval preparations indicated the
/ conviction on the part Of the
/ administration that a peaceful sOlu-
! ton Of existing difficulties Is not prob
/ able As to the course Of events in the
! immediate future, the only prediction
/ that can be made Is one based on pre-
/ cedents- According to these, Minister
/ WOOdfOrd will notify the Spanish gov
eminent Of the action of the govern
! ment Of the United States, and, should
I the Spanish answer be unsatisfactory.
/ as Is expected the next step in order
/ viii be to ask for his passports and
I leave Madrid That would be fol-
| lowed instantly by the withdrawal
! from Washington Of Senor Polo, the
/ Spanish minister.
After the withdrawal OF the minis
/ ters, and assuming Spain does not
/ back down, viii follow actual war,
/ but whether or not the first overt act
I viii be preceded by formal declara-
| ton Of war, which would insure the
j immediate naturalization of the
/ powers, or whether the North Atlanti
squadron viii make its appearance of
/ Havana as a beginning cannot yet be
! predicted
In this connection 1t may be stated
/ that the army and navy experts are
i beginning to take a less hopeful view
/ Of an early and quick campaign than
/ they entertained a short time ago
/ Months are now mentioned instead Of
/ weeks as the probable. length of hos
/ tilities, and one eminent naval officer,
who had experiences in the late war,
\ processes . belief that, unless outside
] pressure is brought to bear, a war may
easily drag along year under exist
/ ing conditions