Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-04-25
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
WAR SITUATION SUMMARIZED.

ton, was declared by the decisive vote
Of 81 to 81 in the United States senate
Saturday. The resolutions adopted
are the same as recommended by the
foreign relations committee, with an
amendment by Mr.. Turpie and a
fourth paragraph disclaiming any in
tention of taking possession OF the
island, and were carried as a sub
stitute for the house resolutions, the
number and enacting clause of the
representatives document alone re-
naming. 1t will probably require
several days to secure an agreement
of the house and the senate. In the
meantime the Spanish cortes will
meet and may take definite action.
Little probability exists that the pow
sers will attempt to coerce the United
do with such move and might rem
der the United States substantial
assistance. Monday the house refused
179 to 1856 to concur in the ipdepen-
sdence clause of the senate resolutions.
A conference is now in order.
L
morning finally agreed and then both
houses passed resolutions on: THAT
the people of the Island of Cuba are
and Of right ought to be free and In
dependent; that it is the duty of the
United States to demand and the
government does hereby demand that
the government of Spain at once re-
Iinquish it's authority and government
in the island of Cuba and withdraw
its land and naval forces from Cuba
and Cuban waters; that the president
or the United States be, and he here
by is directed and empowered to use
4he entire land and naval forces OF
~ne United States and to call into
actual service of the United States
sne militia OF the several states to
ouch extent as may be necessary to
AIRY these resolutions into effect;
hat the United States hereby dis
claims any disposition or intention
to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction
eor control over said island except for
the pacifcation thereof, and asserts
it's determination when that is &C
,complished to leave the government
and control of the island to its peo-
pie" The president will now notify
SNain to get out of Cuba at once.
The Spanish Cortes has been con-
~voked.
The queen regent threatens to abdi-
cate.
The Cubans keep on fighting regard
less of "armistice.'
Coal has been declared contraband
of war by England.
Massachusetts appropriated half a
million for war purposes.
Spaniards think Japan is helping
the Philippine insurgents.
The Spanish opposition press would
bring Weyler to the front.
There is talk of sort of make-be
Aieve war ending in arbitration.
All the London papers think it
Americas duty to stop the Cuban war.
By vote of 322 to 10 the House
passed a resolution for intervention
in Cuba.
Plans for a joint naval and land at
tack upon Havana are practically
completed.
Italy refuses to sell a cruiser to
Spain because the latter is about to
become belligerent.
Certain of the European powers are
comforting with reference to another
note to the United States.
At the proper time, the president
will give Spain forty-eight hours to
get it's troops out of Cuba.
Commercial interests are causing
some of the leading powers to hold
aloof from further suggestion.
The work of the flying squadron
IN it's two days cruise was very salts
factory to the officers of the fleet.
Gen. Lee gives more testimony in
support of the conviction that the
Maine horror resulted from a plot
The quartermaster general of the
army has been instructed to purchase
1000 mules for transportation pur-
poses.
Minister Polo prepares to leave
Washington, turning over the Span
Ish legation to the French ambassa-
dor.
An official note of the Spanish cabi-
net declares the policy of intervention
an interference in the internal af-
fairs" of that country.
London opinion is that the Spanish
fleets, instead of meeting ours, will
scatter and wage guerilla warfare up
on the coast cities.
The Spanish queen regent states
that she prefers the horrors of war to
furnishing the prestige of the army or
1mpairing the rights of the crown.
The spacious residence of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge at Nahant, Mass.
has been taken for government pur-
poses. 1t will be turned into a signal
station
Archbishop Ireland is to reply 70
attacks made upon him as the pope's
representative in the peace negotia