The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-03-25

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and loaded on the Marolehead.
Key West, Fla, March 2l--Judge
Advocate Mark, of the court OF inquiry,
came ashore at 8 O'Clock this after
aoon, accompanied by an arn7d or
derry, from the Iowa. who carried a
bulky package Of official documents,
which was handed over 10 Rea- Ad-
miral Sicard. II is believed the docu-
ments are the full findings Of the
Of inquiry. Lieutenant Commander
Mark, when questioned Oh TINS sub
ject, refused either to deny or confirm,
but an officer from the Iowa said the
documents were the long expected re-
port on the Maine disaster. The pap=rs
were Immediately examined by the
| rear admiral and Commander West. Il
is presumed, that If these documents
are the a~nxiouSly awaited report they
Will be taken to Washington 10 NOR
row by Lieutenant Commander Mark.
| London, March 22.-The Madrid cor
respondent of The Daily Mail soys:
| Senior Sagasta, the premier, declares
| that the government has not received
the report from the Spanish naval
court on the Maine disaster; that no
| definite news has come from Washing
ton in the matter and that all state
ments with reference to the United
States claiming indemnify or offering
to submit the Maine question to arbi-
CrdtlOn are pure lHVenUlOu.
| Madrid, March 21.-Lieutenant Com
| mander Jose G. Sobral, former naval
attachee of the Spanish embassy at
| Washington, was in conference with
the queen regent today.
| SENATOR THURSTON ON THE
WAR QUESTION.
Omaha, Neb., March 21.-''1f the time
| for the intervention of the United
L c. ~ - - |,.l i - la~1
now it will never m said Senator
| Thurston to a reporter this morning.
T wired Senator Allen to
| that l would speak on the Cuban ques-
| ton in the senate next Thursday"
| The senator says that the only solu-
! ton of the trouble is such intervention
unless the people of the United States
| are willing to look on and see the work
| Of starvation, already 50 far advanced,
| completed. The r~ecOncentradOS are
| absolutely without hopes, and if the
| death lists in any parts Of the island
| are decreasing it is only because the
| material for starvation TO work upon
is giving out. All that the reconcen-
trados can do, with their homes and
| implements destroyed by fire, their lit
| tie farms devasted n growing in
| weeds, their stock driven off to furnish
| food for the Spanish soldiers, and
| themselves emaciated and diseased, is
| to remain in their pens with a look of
| quiet despair and take the little food
| that they can get, sent by the charity
of the United States. 1t is perfectly
true, says the senator, that the lnSur-
gents practically have the whole is
land. All that the Spanish hold is Ha-
vana and even while the congressional
party was there, there was fighting in
the suburbs of that city.
Senator Thurston was asked what eff
feet intervention would have in %increas-
ing the volume of the insurgent move
ment. He said that it would have some
effect in that direction, for hen the
Cubans generally would rise and de-
clare themselves. The members of the
party saw all classes of Spaniards in
Cuba and had an opportunity to learn
their temper with regard to the Amer
leans there. He said that by the better
classes he and his friends were treated
with respect and if any bitterness was
entertained it was kept concealed.
But he had heard that by the rabble
of havana, some insulting remark
were made with reference to the ladies
Of their party. He said it was the i'm
preston among Americans in Havana
that the Maine was blown UP by an
external explosion. While he disclaim-
ed having information from any official
source on which to form an opinion, he
said hat he had no doubt that the
ship was blown up from without.
IF, he was asked the report of the
naval board should De that UGH was
the case, but that the agency could not
be definitely a~scertained, what course
would you advise.
Il would" he answered. determine
what would be a proper indemnity and
demand it."
IF the report of the naval board of
inquiry should impIicate responsible
Spanish officials in the blowing up of
the Maine, what course do you think
would be proper"
II would consider that blowing up of
the ship an act of war and declare war
at once"
do you think the administration
would consent to submit either the gen.
eral Cuban dispute or a question of in
demnity for the destruction Of the
Maine to arbitration"
the senator. Il do not believe it
would"
VIEWS OF A CUBAN OFFICER.
New York, March 21.-Dr. Frank
Chado, who for the past two years has
served with the rank of colonel in the
Cuban army under General Calixto
NCA N4os LIN IL va > Wl1c1
Young Gomez committed suicide, on
seeing his leader, General Maceo, fall,
is in this city. He came by the steam
ship Conchas, taking passage at Ha-
vana. He eluded the vigilance of the
Spanish authorities and Travelled under
an assume name. When Colonel
Chado left New York two years ago
he weighed 210 pounds; today he weighs
lis pounds.
Il have heard something of the stor-
les published in this country Of the
distress in Cuba and Of the thousands
that have died and are dying of star
vation," he said today" Nothing that
has been published nothing that could
b published, could tell the story as it
really is. I know Of my own knowledge
that in many sections of Cuba they are
digging up the earth for the worms
that they may find. 1t is not every one
who is able to dig. Most of the people
are so weak that they are unable to
move. They are dying by the thous-
andS-not the men who are doing or