Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-09
WAR CLOUDS ROLL BY
PacIticAdvices Received from
Madrid.
INTERVIEW WITH FlTZLEE
aruis' Montgomery Leaves Key West for
HAVANA. Preparations to Put the
Country lna State OF Defense
Continue OF II Large Scale.
(By Telegraph.l

Nf numerous conferences of off iaiS OF
| the continuation OF the piepa ratiuns
| now n Progress on a large Sca,e to put
| tine c%Nlnriy lin e. state Of defense and
OF the "utl'rrSt Of patriotic speeches in
| Congress. there WAS a feeling apa>i rem t
| IN the hest inf rnlcd circles that the
situation AS to rnr relations with Spain
| was to-day mach more favoral ,t. than it
| was yesterday. Perhaps the sem 10 Eff
Stal advices received through tia, Asso-
| ciaoei Press pom Madrid inI:ca ting
| a peaceful purpose Nn the part of the
| Spanish government. contributed in
| large measure to that feeling or it
| may have been that the growing knoWl-
I edge OF the vast extent of our own re-
| sources tended - the belief that they
| WoG&d impress others with the futility
of att'. king the United States How
ever that may ir.. the feeling prevailed
and at the White House. too. afte,, the
ca hinet meeting wherein all of the facts
| 'lat Wer" k!r Wn to the President as Il,
| h!'S' exist ng state of affairs We're Ibid
unreScrvtdly befor. tire salhjn.; mon,
| t'erS and discussed Perhaps one of th,,
| 3"St evidences Of the confidence. in a
| ht>''eiui outcome was the declaration
! shat while Captain BlUwnsrn WIS 90
Eng aln al for the governments TO I,.a.n
| what Sh'S % war are far sale and thei,
*,h5l"ta"n. h. Wtsri not necessarily
| make any purchases. a. il was hUf>,d
| '.1"d expected that by the. time. IL. ar
.'Ffd IN l-ur'pe the present cloud would
nav II Hed by. THE officer left Wash
.nS;|n t'1niGl;lt and wi,' take. the. ST
Ia'Et t" Southampton. sailing f I'm New
f.k. Tie WEI report iS aritvIE i'm
f'1v'aattty a the trittl States embassy
IN Anrlnn, but further than chat the
captain !ett'r"s 10 Indicate the places
ne WEI visit in Europe. He has been
FURNISHED ar of the informant ION in the.
possession If TIE navy lepar tme1nt re
spSctng th,. shipping in course OF con
suucflbn N Europe, and had a talk
with M Lane. who is SAID to have
81 ne Of these ships for sale. though he
"oes not, al present. have the Right IN
me aas- of two small Brazilian battle
S.aips now building at la Sennc i'm
r9ahce AS to these or indeed any
lH!aZ5tan tT Chilian wtar!tl.jrs II has
he'Sn discovered that Brazil and ChiH
IRE parties to tr5aty by the terms of
WiHjch neNh~H country can sell any Of
us Warsh Is '!nless the uathar also sells
pa -!,Sssv-.. I,a>, cam, for i,ets n-.,,sfor
that is reported to have been entered
INTO by these two 1,nsr,tries for uutunl
PROTECTION against Argsnr]na ami other
South American rlt.onS.
As to THE right to buy foreign war
ships al authorities agree that such
Pr tuSes may lse made. even after
hos';tallires have begun, if the neutlu;'
rairca exe:r' ses s,ra,t !npart:ality be-
tween the lbaaigerents and the sh ps
are y armed and cut!itt5d ready for
service The trade Of sh,Ibuiding Us
| sHa ,eNniZei a Legitimate Cane. which
may he carried on at all lmes.
goo! deal IS being accomplished in
the way IF preparation in Both the'
navy "nld war departments The con-
ference ant the. navy department today
Cooked into the procurement CT a suit
S''tIie sure for ammunition. c al and
supplies. touched upon the question Of
dry docks and generally don Saderei 4