Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-26
CLOSING CHAPTERS OF CORRE-
sPONDENCE WITH SPAIN.
SENT TO CONGRESS YESTERDAY
MINISTER weoDFoRD ASKED FOR
HIS PASSPORTS.
Took This Step Immediately After He
Had Been Informed by Spain
That All Diplomatic Rela-
tiOns Were Broken on
The Letters.

Washington, April accompanying the
presidents message to congress to-day was
the correspondence which has passed be-
tween the United States and Spain since
the passage of the resolution directing the
president to intervene in Cuba.
On April IL 1898, Minister Woodford tel
Following is text of my reply to the
official note received this morning at 1880.
from the Spanish minister of state:
- have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt this morning of your note of this
date informing me that the Spanish min
lister at Washington has been ordered to
withdraw with all his legation and without
loss of time from North American terri
tory. You also inform me that by this act
diplomatic relations between the two coun-
tries are broken off; that all official COM
munication between their respective rep
resentatives ceases. / have, accordingly,
this day telegraphed the American consul
general at Barcelona to instruct all the
consuls of the United States in Spain to
turn their respective consulates over to
the British consuls, and to leave Spain
at once. l have myself turned this lega-
tion over to her Britannia majesty's en-
bassy at Madrid. That embassy will from
this time have the care of all American
interests in Spain. l now request pass
ports and the safe conduct to the French
N.Y.
this legation. l intend leaving this AFTER
noon at o'clock for Paris
'WOODFORD.'
Mr.. Woodford to Mr.. Sherman Uelegram):
United States Legation, April q, 1898.
FOLLOWING is the text of official note re-
oeived this morning at 7:30 from Spanish
minister of state:
In compliance with a painful duty.
have the honor to inform your excellency
that the president having approved a res
olutlon of both chambers of the United
states. which. IN denying the legitimate
sovereignty of Spain and threatening an
immediate armed Intervention in Cuba. is
equivalent to an evident declaration of
war. the government of his majesty has
ordered its minister in Washington to
withdraw without loss of time from the
personnel of the legation. By this act the
diplomatic relations which previously ex-
listed between the two countries are broken
off, all official communications between
their respective representatives ceasing,
and hasten to communicate this to your
excellency, in order that, on your part,
you make such dispositions as seem suit
able l beg your excellency to kindly ac-
knowledge receipt Of this note, and 1 avail
myself, etc." q
Other CORES pondence is as follows:
On April IA, Secretary Sherman notified
NJ. Woodford of the passage in the house
the previous day of the Cuban resolutions,
and of the reporting to the senate of the
resolutions from the foreign relations COM
mittee. On that day Secretary Sherman
wired:
ultimate resolution in conference can
not now be forecasted, but will doubtless
direct Intervention by force if need be to
secure free Cuba. The situation is most
critical"
On Sunday morning last, Acting Secre-
tary Day notified Mr.. Woodford of the
passage by the senate of the resolution
amending all of the house resolution after
the enacting clause and informed him the
house recessed until Monday, and that if it
non-concurred conference would follow. He
again announced the ultimate form of the
resolution could not be foreseen.
Last Tuesday Acting Secretary Day no.
titled Minister Woodford of the final adop-
ton of the resolution by both houses:
IAN instruction will be telegraphed later
Immediately on the president signing the
joint resolution. In the meantime, you will
prepare for withdrawal from Spain and
notify consuls to be ready for the signal
to leave. If any consul is in danger, he
may quietly leave at his discretion
Following is the reply:
Madrid. April 20.-Have received tele-
gram of Tuesday morning: am preparing
to withdraw: have notified consuls to be
ready. WOODFORD."
On April 20, Secretary Sherman tele-
graphed Mr.. Woodford the ultimatum
heretofore published. On the same date,
Secretary Sherman sent the following to
the Spanish minister:
Washington, D. c.. April 20, 1895.
"sir:-I have the honor to COM
municate to you copy of an in
struction sent this day to the United
States minister at Madrid, by tele-
graph. in obedience to joint resolution
of the congress of the United States of
America in relation to the pacification of
the island of Cuba approved this day. of
which copy is hereto annexed. 1 avail
myself of this opportunity to repeat to you
the assurances of my highest considera-
United States minister at Madrid, by
ton. JOHN SHERMAN"
Secretary Sherman enclosed with this n
copy of the joint resolution passed and also
of the ultimatum. automatically referred to
as the telesraphic instruction to the United
States minister to Spain.
At 11:S5 Wednesday morning the Spanish
minister sent to Secretary Sherman his re-
quest for passports, which. together with
Mr.. Shermans reply, were published at the
time.
On April 20 Secretary Sherman wired
Minister Woodford the following:
"Senor Polo Bernabe. Spanish minister
to the United States, upon being informed
shortly before noon to-day of the action of
this government, taken in pursuance of the
resolution of congress of April 49, 1888. has
asked for his passports for himself. his
family and suite. They have been handed
him, with assurance of safety while within
the territory of the United States.
UNLESS previously handed your passports
you will be expected to remain near the
court of Spain until Saturday poon of this
week, and unless, by that date and hour.
some communication is received from the
government of Spain which you deem will
be satisfactory to this government, yor: 4
are to ask for your passports and safe c1nf-
duct. 'SHERMANs.
At 9 o'clock on the following da..,., Mr.
Woodford sent his reply to Secretary sner-
man. already published, announcias the
action of the Spanish government before
he had communicated the uitimatum. WIN
the correspondence are the two lrociama-
tions of President Mckinley, ore Tor the