Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-02
ISSUE MADE Up


thing which changed the situation OF af-
fairs.
ISSUE MADE UP.
Both sides regard the issue as made up,
with no likelihood Of further negotiations
)etween now and the time when the
President will submit the whole case to
Congress. The United States has pre-
5ented It's demand. and Spain has given
ner answer. Thus the case stands
While this brings a halt to the active
negoI,e,.ons which have been in progress
Tor the last few days, it does not mean
mat diplomatic relations between the two
countries are terminated. for such step
Is the last preliminary before an actual
state Of war. United States Minister
Woodford remains al .ns post at Madrid.
and is said to be entirely safe from harm.
The Spanish Minister. Senior Polo y Ber-
nabe, also remains at his post in Wash
lngton, though the critical condition of
affairs within recent days has led him
and his staff to consider what disposition
OF their effects would be made in case
their position here became untenable.
From the Spanish standpoint there is
the same disposition as that shown by
the authorities here, to regard the issue
as made up. The answer of Spain is
looked upon as the limit of concession
which Madrid will grant If there is TO
be another move. the Spanish Govern
ment looks to the United States TO make
it. This at least is the situation as it
presents itself to those best informed
in Washington. OF course, ii cannot be
foretold what Madrid will do under stress
of circumstances within the next two
days. But those best able to Judge do
not expect any further move from there
SPANISH LEGATION BUSY.
The Spanish Minister has naturally
been a centre in the exciting incidents
of to-day. He is fully conscious of the
gravity of the situation, and while ex-
pressing hope for peace. speaks TO his
friends of the eventualities which may
come
The staff Of the legation is working day
and night, and the lights in the legation
office were burning until o'clock this
morning, while the secretaries and at
taches were deciphering cabiegrams, and
in turn reducing dispatches to cipher for
transmission to Madrid. The Minister
personally superintends all this work
and no effort is made TO condense or
spare expense in presenting by cable the
information between the officials here
and al Madrid.
II II aruT
Late this afternoon a Madrid bulletin
was received stating that the Pope was
seeking to exercise pacific influences by
inducing both Spain and the insurgents
to accept an armistice in Cuba. If this
be true, the Pope has not given any
instructions or information along this
line to Mgr. Martinelli, the Papal dele
gate at Washington. The latter has
taken no step toward mediation.
1t has been reported that one of the
leading archbishops of the Catholic
Church, in the course of an informal con-
versation with high officials here. sug-
gested the mediation of the Pope This.
however, was unofficial. and no autho-
rized proposition of any character has
come from Rome. Furthermore, there is
little reason to believe the administra-
tion would receive with favor any pro-
position of this character from foreign
source.
CONGRESS TALKS WAR.
In Congress, the situation was little
changed from the tension of the past two
days. While Senate was in secret session
there was d great deal of war talk. The
subject under debate-the acquisition of
the Danish West Indies-served as a text
for the discussion. on the House side
the members gathered in groups and
talked of the warrior they seemed to
have the impression that such an outcome
was inevitable. The Associated Press
bulletin, announcing the reply of Spain,
was read with much interest The For
eign Relations Committee Of the Senate,
or its sub-o -oonmittee, was I'm session
nearly all day, considering the Maine dis
aster as a part of the Cuban question as
well as the reply Of Spain which had
been furnished the committee early in
the day.
Nothing OF Importance was actually ac-
complished at the Capitol but the senti-
ment showed plainly that If the Presi-
dents message is for Intervention It will
receive hearty support.
MERE RECOGNITION.
There is a disposition in some quarters
of Congress to merely recognize. the in
dependence of Cuba. The reeOmmenda-
tion of the President will carry great
weight If the President should simply
report that diplomacy is at an end and
leave the determination Of the future
course with Congress. il is probable that
immediate Intervention will be recon-
mended.
WILL RECCOMMEND INTERVENTION
Conclusion of Senate subcommittee