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| decided, unless some new and uncx-
1 pected considerations arise to postpone
! the issue further.
Delay would meet the opposition of
| congress.
The gravity of the situation was felt
| in all official quarters. 1t was not a
day of a rapid succession Of events. but
| the tension was even greater from the
uncertainty that prevailed, and the
| feeling that Spain would not concede
the complete independence&O Cuba.
The White house continued to be
| thronged with congressional leaders,
| anxious to learn from the president
what his course was to be. The gen.
eral view conveyed by these leaders
after they had been with the president
! was that he expected to have definite
| replies from Spain in time to present
the entire subject to congress by next
Monday. -et .
Weary Waiting.
The state department. was the center
of interest throughout the day. as it
was there that Minister Woodford's
| dispatch announcing Spain's attitude
was to be received. The officials shared
in the general anxiety. butt throughout
the business hours of the day nc word
was received from the United States
minister.
Secretary Sherman left the depart
ment al o'clock, saying that no re-
Spouse had come up to that time. At
4 o'clock Judge Day, the assistant sec
rotary, started for the White house in
company with Secretary Long. He
| stated, In response to an inquiry, that
TO reply had been received from Mad
rid He added that he had hoped to
receive the reply this evening, but he
began to fear that there might be some
delay until tomorrow. N.'
The attitude of European powers
| continued to be seriously discussed in
| official quarters, as 1t was felt that an
| offer of European mediation was al
most certain to follow a war crisis.
| no distinct offer has been submitted
/ up to the present moment.
In this correction. the cable report
| from Berlin that Germany was menac-
! ing Spain on an old claim and was
about to make a naval demonstration
in Cuba attracted much attention.
CaaHanbra Case.
The German ambassador, Dr. Won
fIoltober, said that he had received 20
! information as 20 this reported move,
nor YVES he acquainted with the Can
! rsmbra case referred to in the dis
| patch. The Spanish Ininiater is also
! UnacQuainted with the TCannambra
| case, and does not credit. the report
that Germsny has taken steps CT a de-
! cisive character. go
The Spanish ambassador. at Berlin is
| the fatner-in-law of the Spanish min
| lister here, and the latter would be
| quite likely to know if Germany had
made a move involving the dispatch
Of a warshi p to cuba f for Punitive 81 pur-
poses. -
1t YVES the feeling that If Germany
lad trfkc,, nv c1,rh 1PtjGs;1 If Woll11
| have q NEST decided influence upon the
| Spansh-An:erican SITUATION. and one
| seriously rrejudicial tosSraGn.
| Fer this reason it was the opinion
! Of diplomats that Germany would not
choose such a jurctures as the present
| in order to make emergency demands
! in q claim against Spain.
| Said a prominent diplomat today:
! Spain seems to be under the impress
! sion that her national honor forbi0s her
! from surrendering any part Of her col
| onial domain under the pressure Of the
| United States. There are. however,
/ presidents showing that European
powers have preserved their dignity
while making similar concessions. It
| may be remembered that the Ionian
/ islands, a part of the Turkish empire,
| were afterwards ceded to Greece by
! Great Britain and that We're ia was not
| surrendered by Austria directly to Italy
government CT Victor Emanuel"
Woodford. Hopeful. 7r
T. While the hopeful tenor of - Gen
| Woodford's recent dispatches gives
! some ground for reinsurance, yet it is
| appreciated here that he speaks from
| the situation as it presents itself, at
Madrid and this cannot take into ac-
count the conditions which have arisen
| on this side, and the apparent differ
ces Of understanding between Wash
| iugton and Madrid as to what consti-
tutes the actual desires Of the United
! States government.
The understandir at Madri5, as con-
veyed by cable dispatches, and from
| other high sources, is that the actual
| independence of Cuba is not involved
| in the present negotiations At the
| same time, the view in Washington is
| that the independence of the island is
| an essential feature to any plan Of set
| tiement.
1t is difficult to account for this diff
| ference at the two capitals on the most
vital feature Of the negotiations.
There is no doubt that the authorities
here regard the Immediate cessation Of
! hostiiities and such a condition as will
| bring about independence as essential
| features to be considered. There may
| be some difference as to just how or
| when these results are TO De reached,
| but there appears to be no doubt that
| the results themselves are expected in
| this country as the ultimate end Of any
negotiation.
Extremely Grave.
How far Spain will accede to the
| American propositions can only be con-
jectured, for even the best posted Of
| ficials here lack any basis of judging
! the propable course of events at Mad
| rid.
| Gen. Woodford's dispatch is the most
| hopeful indication, and yet,7 as already
| stated, this may relate to features Of
| settlement less advanced than those
| generally understood here, as the re-
| quirements suitable to the case. If the
| complete independence of Cuba has
| been presented and insisted upon by
| the United States government, there is
reason to believe that the situation
| may become extremely grave.
! On questions involving the cessation
| of hostilities and the belief of the re-
| concentrates, the hopeful outlook is
much stronger. The dispatches re-
| night, stating that the reconcentrado
| provinces of Cuba, is looked upon as
a significant step in the direction Of
| the demands made by the United States
| and the order issued by Gen. Blanco
1 extending it to Havana and western
| provinces is an even more significant
1 act.
| AS to the cessation Of hostilities, there
| are evidences that this also may be
| favorably regarded by SPAIN. The