Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-03-28
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
THE CUBAN SITUATION

Fourteen wounded Cuban soldiers
arrived in New York.
The Cubans would not pay Spain
over 500 OGO 900 for their island.
me enlistment office at New Or
loans was opeled with a crowd walt
ing.
The nresident is said to be relying
on bankers to avert war by preventing
Spain from getting money TO 'puy
battleships and munitions of war.
Havana papers accuse the United
States of bad faith in dealing VIII
Spain.
provisions are made to defend the
upper Atlantic coast with nVe "'N
ships. 11,;+od
Armed intervention by the United
States in Cuba is favored by senator
Davis.
The cruiser Amazonas was trans
ferred by Brazil TO the United STATES
in England.
The United States is quite apt TO puy
TWO more foreign warships from Chlle
and Argentina. ,aiors
seventy thousand Spanish soldiers
have been killed or incapacitated our
ing the Cuban war.
The Spanish torpedo fotilla, now
in the Canary islands, has peen or
dered not to proceed to Havana.
AGAIN do the Cuban revolutionlsts
declare that they will accept notnlng
short of liberty and independence.
Two torpedo boats and perhaps a
small steel monitor are to be built at
West Superior for the government.
A semi-official statement has been
issued in Madrid to the effect that II
is useless to discuss the sale of Cuba.
bill to reorganize and enlarge the
army was reported to the house by
the chairman of the military commit
tee.
The Impartial, of Madrid denounces
Consul General Lee and inquiries why
Stain does not take steps to have him
recalled.
Austria, it is stated, may advance
funds to Spain. in which event Spain
would make important naval pur-
chases.
France, Germany and Austria in
formed Spain that in case of war they
will not assist her, but observe strict
neutrality.
British statesmen and newspapers
give additional reasons why their
country and the United States should
form an alliance.
Secretary Long said Spanish pro-
tests had nothing to do with the re-
call of the Massachusetts and Texas
from Key West.
Senator Proctor made statement
in the Senate at Washington to the
effect that in his opinion autonomy is
a failure in Cuba.
Lord Charles Beresford said that if
the United States ever go to war they
must win eventually, no matter what
happens at first.
Washington opinion is that armed
intervention by the United States in
the Cuban war is the only possible
outcome of the situation.
1t is reported that the commanders
Of the Monterey and Monadnock have
received orders to be ready to put to
sea at moments notice.
The California power works has
received orders for 100000 pounds of
brown prismatic powder. Six months
will be reQui- ed to fill the order.
Frederick Berndez, Austrian consul
at Havana, is beng lionized by loyal
list Spaniards because he contributed
largely 20 the fund to buy a battle
ship for Spain.
Senator Proctor is credited with a
proposition to divide Cuba, letting
the revolutionists have the portion
they have won and leaving the re-
mainder to Spain.
The United States gunboat Bancroft
from Lisbon, is coaling at the Azores.
1t is alleged that the government
has contracted for 500 tons of Arkan-
sas coal for use in the navy.
General Weyler denies the anthem
ITCHY of the alleged letter in which
he was made to intimate that he was
concerned in a plot to blow UP any
American warship sent to Havana
SPANS queen regent strongly app
peals to the Austrian emperor to use
his influence among European courts
to restore amicable relations between
her country and the United States.
A Spanish paper at Havana init
mates that should President Mckinley
be forced to war the western and
southern states would dissolve the
union and cut loose from the east.
Senator Proctor of Vermont, who
was secretary of war under President
Harrison, told the senate OF the aw-
full misery in Cuba in a plain, unim-
passioned speech destined to become
historic
A semi-official statement has been
issued in Madrid to the effect that any
demand for indemnity based on the
theory that the Maine explosion was
due to external causes would be in
dienat1y reneIIed