The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-21
Must Answer Our Demands by
Saturday Noon,
POLO GETS His PASSPORTS.
Plan Of the Army and Navy Cam
paign Not Made Public.

Washing ton, April 2O.-Thas was a day or
events in the history of the Cuban ques-
ton.
The signature by the President Of the
ioint resolution requiring intervention in
Cuba the notification of that action to the
Spanish minister here; his demand for
passports; the departments prompt reply
to that demand; the minister's departure
for Canada; and the transmission of our
ultimatum that Spain must evacuate Cuba
and must make answer by Saturday
ish government, followed in rapid success
sio=2.
The next step is spain's answer, if she
is to make any, and the movement of the
United States army and navy on Cuba.
Early in the morning the execution of
the programme of the day began with a
conference between Assistant Secretary
Day, ex-Secretary Foster. and Second As
sistant Secretary Adee, in which the
wishes of the President and cabinet as to
the ultimatum were reduced to diplomatic
form. The other events succeeded each 9TH
er with rapdlty.
The ultimatum was sent to the Spanish
minister by Judge Days personal messen-
ger, Edward Savoy, one of the trusted en-
ployes of the state department, who was
appointed to his place in 1869 by Hamilton
Fish.
The messenger was not kept waiting long
at the legation, but In the course of an
cfa 10 deY tuaa mt
with the minister's application for his
passports.
1t was not until $3.50 o'clock this after
noon that Mr.. Savoy made his second trip,
carrying with him the desired paper. This
was a passport for the minister and his
family and suite. 1t was not in the usual
form, but was what is known as special
passport. In general terms, it is similar TO
that presented to Lord Sackville- West,
when that unfortunate minister was oblig-
ed to retire.
In this case. 1t reads as follows:
United States of America. Department
of State. To whom all these presents shall
come, greeting:
Know ye, that the bearer hereof, Don
Luis Polo V Bernabe, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of Spain to
the United States, accompanied by his
family and Suite is about to travel
abroad.
These are, therefore, TO request all Off
GERS of the United States, or of any state
thereof, to permit him to pass freely with
out let or molestation, and to extend him
all friendly aid and protection in case OF
need.
I'm testimony whereof, /, John Sherman
Secretary of State OF the United States OF
America, have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the department of state
to be affixed at Washington this twentieth
day of April, A. D., 1898, and Of the indie
pendence Of the United States of America
the one hundred and twenty-second."
At first there was some expectation al
the state department that response from
Minister Woodford might be expected to-
day. Later on, however, after Judge Day
had calculated the length of time tha
would be consumed in the cabling of th'
ultimatum to Minister Woodford, it
translation into cipher and retranslation
he became convinced that ii would b'
practically impossible, owing 10 difference
in time between Washington and Madrid
to receive any response to-day. Therefore
the following statement was posted at th'
department:
The text of the ultimatum to Spain will
be given out by Mr.. Porter secretary L
the President, at the White House som'
time tomorrow, probably"
The next move must now be made b.
Spain, according to the department Of
licials
II the Spanish government take
the view, as might possibi!
he concluded from the actioi
Of It's minister here to-day, that il
language and terms the Congressional res
olution Is insulting il may promptly han
Mr Woodford his passports upon receip
OF this communication and thus bring III
negotiations to the crisis and cause
preach OF diplomatic relations within th
next twenty-four hours.
" on the other hand, II should negiec
lo return a satisfactory answer before Sat
ofday noon, that line OF policy will b
quite as effective as a positive act mas