The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-15
SENIOR POLO OPTIMISTIC,
says tAs Philippine lnsurrsction Is
Very Insignificant.
Not vested with Power 10 Negctistc
Between the United states
spain aud Cuba.

washington, March 1.-THE span!sl
minister Senior Polo Bernabe received
number OF dispatches To-Day from the min
lister OF state at Madrid and from capiail
General Bianco. Those from Gcnera
Blanco were reassuring In tone anu statee
that the situation at Havana and through
out the island was quiet and satisfactory
1be minister OF state cablcd saying in sub
stance,
.sThc uprising In the Philippine Islands
is SO insignificant, that II viii be ended by
the time you receive this.
Senior Polo did not have occasion TO WISH
the state department today.
Al Ii o'clock he made his htst call by
appointment on the French ambassador
and al IL clock The British ambassador.
Informal social exchanges haG previously
been made hui tn, calls today were IN the
nature OF the formal meetings OF the lep-
resentatiyes or The two governments. lie
asked that an emphatic denial be made III
hls NAME TO the reports that Senos CnbailoS
Lau been In Washington as acommiesloner
IRON the Spanish government TO make
oyertures for terms OF settlement wa the
Cuban insurgents
Seror Ccleilos Is not commissioner OF
SPAN, said the minister, nor has he any
authority directly or indirectly, 70 speak
for the Spanish government, The only per-
son auaiifira to speak for Spain IA the
United states tx her accredited minister !.
wish 10 make tne denial as bread ana
emphatic as possible.
Ii vas explained by the minister that
Senior Cebalos had recently been named
by the nntonomist cabinet Of Cuba as an
aide TO him IN framing The proposed com
rnercial treaty between the United states
aud Cuba This was In accordance with
the autonomous plan By which Cubans
themselves we're given control OF their tar
If laws Bot in naming Senor Cebailos,
Tho minister pointed out, he and his asao-
ciates We're 10 assist him as the plenipo-
tentIary OF Spain. Whether Mr. Cebailos
or his representative mada oyertures here
is not known Mt the legation He did not
call there and It is said that anything he
may have done was without consultation
or sanction which would give 1t The slight
est status as the act of the Spanish gov
eminent
Senior Polos attention was called TO the
reports from Spain az TO the prospective
. sailing Of the Spanish torpedo fleet from
Havana and 10 the significance which had
been attached Ia this country TO this
movement. The minister said the move
IUeuh OF lusNtUu Cttii DHu uttii lpllE VoH-
tcmplated and even before he left Madrid
tho queen regent had bid goodbye to the
captain Of the fleet. Their coming had no
relation whatever, he declared to recent
conditions. MS they were wanted for work
along the Cuban coast.
Some OF them. he said were designed
for use In the Cauto river, while others
being swift, could he used as dispatch
boats between shore points in case COM
municatlon was interrupted.
The minister had received no intlmation
as to the Binding Of the Spanish naval com
mission. which Is investigating the Maine
disaster He says the commission Is pro-
ceeding with the same formality and 40
crecy as the United States court of inquiry
and hat no intimation OF its findings will
be justified till the formal report is pre-
scented TO the Spanish government. Alr.
Polo added that his personal belief, how
ever was that there was no doubt the
Spanish commission will report that the
Maine explosion was. due TO accident and
said he was convinced that this Hlso would
be the conclusion reached by the people In
this country when all the facts in the mat
ter are made known.
pAI,NA'S ANSWER is RDApY