The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-11
MADRID SEEMS
RATHER PROUD
OVER ARMISTICE

tne Ieellhg III ule opdllSll Idpitdl dt HiSh
Tension, With a Revolutionary Outbreak
Rumored---The Cabinet Ministers Make
Great to do About Yielding to The Powers
and the Pope and not to the United States,
and one Of Them Proposes that If the In
surgents do not Accept Peace After Armistics
that the United States be Told to Withdraw
its Fleet from the Neighbnhood Of Cuba and
that the Cuban junta be Discontinued
A Narrative of Spanish Bluff and !mpudence.
Washington, d. c., April 10.-At the
close of the second Cabinet meeting il
was announced that the President
message wound undoubtedly 90 to Con.
gress ut noon tomorrow. On the best
authority obtainable. it was stated thai
the meeting was devoted wholly TO the
consideration of the addition to the
1,essage of the latest note from Spain,
advising this government of the deciara-
tion of an unconditional armistice.
The suffix to the Presidents message
merely recited this latest event in the
deveIopment Of the Spanish question,
giving the substance of the Spanish note
and Recommending the earnest atten-
tion of Congress Otherwise the mes
sage stands unchanged.
After the meeting, one member Of the
Cabinet said that the Spanish note had
not altered either the message or the
situation. st is merely he said, what
Spain has been asking for all along
more time. 1t does not touch the situa-
ton and the Presidents message is left
precisely as it was before, merely stating
the fact of this late development"
THE MESSAGE TO-DAY.
'Onr meeting tonight was the final
reading of the message which will be
sent to Congress tomorrow. Tt is a
strong state paper and will contain Il
yeyiew of the condition existing in Cuba
for years past. There is no change
in the tone of the massage differing
from that indicated in the newspapers.
The President will ask that he be given
authority to Use the army and the navy
to bring about peace in the island of
Cuba and to insure there Il stable gov
ernment. An argument is made against
the recognition of the independenca of
tie insurgents for the reason there il
lacking the essential features of an in
dependent people. There is a quotation
from one of the former Presidents who
argued against the recognition OF the
Texans when in rebellion against the
Mexican government, and from the
opinion expressed by President Cleve-
land and Secretary Olney during the
last administration in opposition to a
recognition of independence.
ARMISTICE SIMPLY ADDED.
There was but one addition made tC
The message and that was in relation &c
me dispatch presented to the State De
partment by Minister Polo v Bernabe
anu containing the information that the
queen Regent had granted authority to
captain General Blanco to Issue an
arihistlce, the terms and conditions OF
which would be left to his Judgment
dhis was the first communication the
ntaie department had had with the
spanlsh Minister since Il week from last
flday. 80 FAR as l am aware there
mas Deen no suggestion made TO tile in
suuseiios Dy TINS government with n
view to their considering the ,ronos;'
ton for an armistice authorized hv the
spanish government. This government
has never had anything to do with tba
gentlemen composing the Cuban Junto
III New York. / do not think the
armistice idea will have the least effect
ON any action that may be CONTEMPLATED
in Congress- "'''i
lt IS said some members Of the Cab.
met recommended further delay simnlr
to observe the practical effect Of the
armistice, but they were outvoted Inv thf
majority who thought the President ba,
waited long enough.
NOT A DAY OF REST.
Easter Sunday brought rest f
Easter Sunday brought little res