Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-31
SITUATION IN MADRID.
Regarded as EN,renls.y Critical by
Spanish and lAG,i1otcar C.p.onalts.

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Spanish and Ar,ia r.ca,l DIPLOMATS.
| .Bv TceS-apa..
| MADRID. March 32-Tr:,.!e the silt
ua ION here is csatwardly of TIE calmest
] description. iLiE. ac.Gaa position of of
fairs il. regarded as CRITICAL by both
The United States legation and the
Spanish government.
Fl'ne unhled States minister. General
Stewart L. Woudford. is working ener-
g'eti's.llly and will continue to do So
or SPANS peace ull til the nrs1 gun is
fired. 1t is k:;o'wu the Spanish govern
| :nent oind,;s The desira4biMty or neces,s!-
! ~ OF complying with the dana nd. OF
Itaa United STATES. and it Is only in
che 'tii*.neGn &c the nnl'sls s>rs tn pu
sLS Willingness into concrete form
We're ITO De 'lie-ld With British. German
Or French diplomats the matter wOlrd
be .:ettled without question.
The point which General V'ood,npld
- now PRESSING is THAT in the interests
II 'nulran,ty Institutes in Cuba must
.iiher in the first or in the present note,
but the United States ia NOW dwell
ing upon the meaning OF the word
'',uBne1l.utely.' and insisting that
Spain act>-pt it's general interpretation
The public generally ia taking little
there ts & general Discrimination to be-
ieve that war lis likely.
iI0l Pals says four wlrShIp3 have
been obtained by Spain in France and
hat negotiations are pending for the
purchase OF several torpedo boots in
Great Britain. The Pals also says that
orders have been issued to mobilize
all the Spanish wa rships. and the tor
pedo boat Halcyom is TO sail inlnedi-
a.eIy from Carthage'nia Tor Cadiz. where
/. second torpedo squa'dr'on is bstng
prepared.
MILITARY engineers. according to the
Pals, are starting FOR the Canary is
lands. and the Balearlc Islands are
belri..- fortified.
ITALY. 1t is -: nv the Pals. has de-
Giuseppe Gartbaldi. OF 6.s4o ;csnu. pnd
we'll armored a sister ship OF the We
reese, to Spain.
Two regiments. still according TO the
Pals, are going to the Canary Islands
to streng HEN the Spanish garrison
There. 49,.
The Armstrong; Spanish agent. a
spar.a-d, who is in touch with the gov
eminent and commercial pauple in
Spain. has expressed The ba.ltf that
unless The powers lnterosde 'shere "4al
be war. Tie added:
"It the United States Offered money
FOR our clearing out Of Cuba we would
mot accept it. but il the proposition
| e,manated from another power at is
not UNLIKELY that 1t would be accept
ed"
This view OF the case Is echoed by
a portion pf the Spanish press. which
advises Spain TO wash her hands Oh
| Cuba.
senior Ortiz de Zarato. a prominent
| former Carlist deputy who has JUS.
been defeated st Elttoria. expressed
tha opinion that there would be NO
wllr. saying:
1--WE have neither ships. sailors. SOL
d,iers, plans. nor money, and the gov
| eminent knows 1t. It Will 2trugslS 10
| the last and then cave in"
| Senior Zarato. who was recently al
lb,alNz. says the Spanish warships 20
,lyo and Carlos V. which the govern
men.t announced TO be ready Tor sea-
e,arrnst p,sslbly be made ready sooner
| than uWO months.
| A cabinet council! was held tn
| a.ternl on to consider the AMER
can proposals. Another VIA re helo 10.
! morn " al noon. presided over by
I Queen Regen. cTa al o'clock tomor-
| rev there VIII b. n f'ral conference be
| tween United States Minister WoodfoTd
Senior Sagasta. the Premier. Senior Gut
| Ion, the foreign minister. and Senior
Moret, the minister ~ the co,en.es:
| The proposition which Spain will an
| swer covers two points only and lite
publication Will be revelations to some
nj llnclng Americas aggressive attitude
IT is as follows:
spain to proclaim lmme diately an a..
umistice In Cuba to last sLn't. October
during which interval the United State.
will use Its coed Offices With the IN.
eurgents to make this temporary peace
perIna nent; and, second, SPA n to do he
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