The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-03

kept ready for sailing.
The replies 10 the queens letter asking
for the intervention Of European pow.
ers have been wholly unsatisfactory.
RUPTURE is POSSIBLE.
Autonomy Cabinet Ai Havana May Re-
siEn In . Body.
New York. April 2.-Spain's official
representatives In Cuba are preparing TO
lot 20 Nothing has As ye, been done to
prepare the public for the same thing,
says the Havana correspondent Of The
Tribune. BlAnoo and the palace officials
hops for hnAl effort TO secure the In.
dorsement Of the United States for n
scheme Of nominal sovereignty. The
insurgents will not accept that plan
even at the indorsement Of the United
States.
With the certain knowledge that moth.
ing short Of indepence viii prevail. the
chief interest Is in the good Of reasoning
10 that end. A message can be got 10
Conner and an answer received in SIX
days The confidential talk In Spanish
circles Ia now Of yielding control by
means Of an indemnity, though he
PAGES Il much higher than will ever be
paid.
The most pronounced evidence that
Spain is yielding comes from the Auion.
omist cabinet The designations Of all
the members may come 1t any day.
Good reasons exist for the statement
that Montero, the secretary Of the treas.
ury, and Gown. tine SECRETARY Of justice,
have already resigned, although their
rdgnAtions NAV - verbal. Dcnials Of
this fact should be taken cautiously.
Montero IL representative Of the his.
toric Autonomists, who think the or.
iginAl concession Of the autonomy was
enough. As the head Of the treasury
he has been informed that Spain will
hereafter expect the autonomist govern.
ment TO provide funds for carrying on
the war. That is enough to secure his
resignation, for the task IA an impossible
one. GOWN, on his part, as chief Of the
radical faction, undertook 70 accept
"Amplihed autonomy. That is failure
and Gown Is Of no further use 20 the
sagasta ministry except as scapegoat
The appearances Are that the entire au.
tonomist cabinet will be used as n scape.
goat for the Spanish public.
General Blanco's "bando" which per.
mits the reconcentndo TO go back to
the country without restraint IL value.
less as practical measure. Il might
have done some good in November. Now
when women and children constitute q
very great majority Of the reconcentra.
dos. Il has no real bearing on conditions.
Az first the ''hAndo" was thought TO be
a diplomatic move to checkmate Presi.
dent McKinley's policy Of forcibly sue.
coring the reconcentrados II necessary.
That may have been one purpose. yet
the issuance oi tho ''hando" Is a confes.
sion that the instruction cannot be put
down by SPANS arms. The return Of
the people in large numbers TO their
homes would give the revolution in.
creased strength.
No effort has yet been made by the
authorities 10 moderate the war senti.
ment Of the Spanish classes In Havana.
The papers publish attacks on Ameri.
cans with the prctense OF showing how
formidable Is the Spanish squadron.
The majority Of the population still
thinks that war with the United States
Is an early probability. Peace negotia.
tions viii have 10 Be unfoldcd TO them
gradually. These negotiations do NOT
quenoh the ardor Of the Spanish wal
party In Cuba This Is, possibly. the
least Of the embarrassment Of the home
government in Madrid, however. Il.
representatives here LET the martial feel.
ing develop itself without check. They
even encourage the idea that Spain
could safely venture on war with the
United States because the European
powers would support her.
A small element among the Spanish
merchants and planters knows the folly
Of this talk, but this element cannot
come out openly and antagonize the wal
party. The aim Of the planters and
merchants who have Lost confidence in
Spain's ability TO maintain her way in
the island, is either an American pro.
iectorate or annexation. Instead OF
growing stronger they become weaker
In the presence Of the crisis between the
two countries, when every Spaniari who
IA not rendv 10 undertake hostilities il
looked N with distrust. Their In fiu.
ence for ,cacc cannot be- counted on as
either check or guide to the popular
movement II Is lost In the feyer OF the
army officers, the volunteers aud the
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