The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-29
THE WAR
MUST END.
The Report That Spain Has Been
So instructed.
STATE DEPARTMENT RUMoRs.
BLANCo's VISIT TO THE 1NTE-
RIoR NAY BE TO SUE FOR
PEACE ON THE BEST TERMS
observation-disclosures OF LAST
SEPTEMBER ARE REVIVED.
wOODFORD'S INSTRUCTIONS.


the STU to Department yesterday report
which apparently furnishes the key to the
secret of this Governments present atti-
tude towards the WAR in Cuba, and which
has been only limited at by Mr.. Hit.
chairman of the House committee on fo~
eign affairs, when he intimated that the
President had something in reserve on
which the loyal American public should
wait. The interesting report, which was
quietly discussed yesterday, referred to
the Journey of Captain General Blanco to
the eastern end CT the island The solu-
ton of it Is to be found in the instruc.
tions which were sent to Minister Wood
ford at Madrid last fall, and which have
been lost sight of in the shuttle of recent
events 1t was stated, and never denied
that General Woodford was Instructed to
demand from the Spanish governn emit a
statement as to the approximate time in
which the war would be brought TO an
end by the Spaniards. irrespective Of any
demand from the insurgents. 1t was
given out semi officially, and not contra
dicted. that the limitation agreed on was
the 1st Of NoveI Der. and this was called
the ultimatum Of this governments to
Spain. The changes in the ministry an d
the recall of Weyler were all assigned as
reasons for failure to keep this contract,
and further extension OF time was
granted.
The very interesting story of yesterday
is that the time has again expired, and
the President has undertaken to call the
Spanish ministry TO task for the second
failure. Ii was this failure which put it
beyond the pc Ker OF Minister Dupuy de
LONE to protest when the Maine was sent
to Cuba. and which caused the Spanish
government to agree to the inevitable and
N n In &c
can war vessel in the port of Havana
The story is. nevertheless, that Mr. Du-
puy de LONE did protest, l.ut his protest
was in vain.
The COT p de grace which the President
was said to he about to apply to the Gu
ban war, and which Mr.. Hit referred to.
was the demand (already nlade) that the
war he concluded within n very short
time, although it was not stated yester-
day what the limit is. 1t is in pursuance
of this necessity that Blanco was ordered
from Madrid to so East and extirpate the
insurgents, the method being left to the
captain general. The reports from Cuba
SNOW that Blanco has gone, and that if
he cAhnot end the war with the sword, lie
has taken money enough along to buy q
peace.
In the meanwhile the American ships
are at hand and will be at hand until the
mission of Blanco has been demonstrate ed
to he either success or failure. In
the latter Case the Presidents secret
and Mr.. Hits will be no longer Il secret
when the North Atlantic squadron pro-
ceeds as Il squadron to Havana
The proposed visit of the arm ored Span
ish cruiser the Vizcaya to New York and
of several of the gunboats 10 the east At
lantic ports is believed to be only diver
sion until Blapco comes back
The re-enforcement of the fleet by the
Mar5lehead, which has novel from Port
au Prince to Key West, the movement of
the Castine toward Key West from the
South AMERICAN ports, and the arrival of
the Machias at Villefranche,- France,
hound west. show certainly that the
North Atlantic squadron 10 being re.
enforced and not merely for sham bat
tie al Tortugas. The Brooklyn is also
ordel ed to Key West. In less than five
days there will be The largest assembly
of warships ever seen in the southern
waters in the neighborhooh of the inter
esting island of Cuba.