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Should Prove Ones Existence Be-
fore 1t Is Recognized.
CUBAN BONDS IN The CASE.
Recognition Would Greatly Enhance
Their Value.
THE MORNING NEWS.
~..,bItshed 1850 Incorporated 1888
I. H. ESTILL, President.

Washington, April 5.-To-morrow prom
ises to be an eventful day in the history
of this government.
Tomorrow the Presidents message to
Congress, recommending forcible interven-
ton in Cuba will be delivered to the Con-
gress.
1t remains to be seen what the result
vii! be.
According to the political leaders in the
Senate the following programme has been
arranged.
The message will be delivered to the
House and Senate simultaneously.
In the Senate, the message will be read,
after which Senator Davis, chairman of
the committee ON foreign relations, will
move the reference of the message and
any documents that may accompany it TO
the committee.
1t is not expected that there will be any
sensational attempt to force immediate
action upon the Presidents recommended
ton for intervention.
Senator Frye, who is a member of the
committee on foreign relations, and the
author of a resolution for Intervention,
which will be reported back from the com
mittee on Thursday next, with favorable
recommendation, is authority for the
statement that no precjpitate action is an
ticipated tomorrow.
There was a great deal of gossip and
speculation in senatorial circles to-day,
and some of the sensationalists predicted
that the Senate would proceed to consid-
er an Intervention resolution or an indie
pendence resolution as soon as the clerk
concluded the final sentence in the Pres
tdents message.
Senator's Foraker, Lodge, Gray, TurDie,
and other members of the foreign relations
committee were consulted on the subject
and they agreed with Senator Frye that
1t would be unwise and discourteous to
act prematurely on any of the pending res
oiutons, or such recommendations as tie
President may make.
The more the subject is considered the
more apparent it becomes that senators
being brought face to face with a decl1ra-
ton of war hesitate to take the final step
without due deiiberation.
After consulting majority of the Sen
ate, including leading Republicans and
Democrats, the Morning News correspond
ent feels justified in saying that resofu-
ton providing for armed intervention will
pass the Senate by an overwhelming ma
Jority.
Intervention, however, is not the most
Troublesome question Congress has to deal
with. The hitch is likely to come on a
proposition in the shape of an amendment
10 the intervention resolution providing
lor the recognition of the independence of
cuba. Many senators have publicly de-
cared that they were in favor of recog-
hlzing Cuban independence. Now there
II wide division of opinion on that sub
Ject' and some of the most enthusiastic
advocates of recognizing the independence
oI the Gomez government are tonight re-
EerslnS their previous opinions and declar-
ing that they cannot see their way clear
10 recognize a so-called government that
Is Without capital and without legally
constituted form of government.
senator Lodge says Intervention is the
oaty action to take under the existing
conditions, and the President, in his mes
sage will set forth good and sufficient rea-
sons TO justify such action. He says he
mas very grave doubts whether this gov
e.nment is prepared to go to the extent
u recognizing independence or belliger-
eHcy because of the instability and the
Unity WHICH SuTTOuiluS ttlG 1OtAASN
government. While he believes that the
cuban insurgents should be given THEN
Ieedom, he is unwilling that they should
' iormally recognized as a republic until
'HeF nave demonstra ed to the world theif
%"AIty to establish and maintain a stable
form of government
IN Justification of Intervention on the
I'rt of the United States, Senator Lodge
s1ys the insults TO American citizens, the
obstruction to American commerce and the
.'alne disaster furnish sufficient cause
e toI intervention on the part of the United
mere is grave doubt in the minds OF
many senators whether it is wise at this
pDpe 10 go the extent Of recognizing Gu
can Independence
~ was currently reported In senatorial
envles to-day that the Cubans are prompt
ny ulterior motives in making their
deIsistent and consistent demands for in
Ipendence and nothing else. Senator
r 'U, rows says many of the non-combatant
euoans who are safely located in this
o.unlry, while their relatives and friends
[ m Cuba batting for independence, are
oiders of Cuban bonds, which they OBJ
,a-1ed at a very low figure. but which
vi" become more valuable as soon as this
so'efnment officially recognizes the inde-
t,Ienaenee of the Cuban republic. He says
Ia ne understands that the terms OF