The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28

London, March 2I.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says:
Il am able to state that the following
is the real course of the negotiations:
During the past week, on Wednesday,.
United States Minister WOodford had
an official interview with the minister
of foreign affairs and the colonies. Sc
nors GullOn and MOret, at the private
residence of the former. 1t lasted two
hours. General Woodford left with an
official note explaining fully the views
and intentions of the American govern
ment.
In this document no specific intima-
ton was made nor any date fixed, but
it was clearly and firmly stated that
the United States government could
not longer withhold from congress the
correspondence and consular reports,
which not only put in full light the
distress of the rural population of
Cuba, the inadequate relief and the
persistence of disaffection, but also
showed that the new colonial policy
and other efforts of Spain had not
produced the results that would justify
holding out the prospect of early paci-
fication.
Consequently, the American note
lays stress upon the fact that contin-
gencies are now fast approaching for
the action which was foreShadowed in
a presidential message and diplomatic
correspondence So frequently and clear
ly during the last three years.
The American note and the language
of General WOodford in his conference
with Senior Gullon leave no doubt that
it is the intention of the Washington
government to act very soon, beginning
with the communication of the above
document and the Maine report to con-
gress, and sending relief officially to
the distressed Cubans."
"On Friday" continues the Madrid
correspondent of the Standard. Gen
eral Woodford had by appointment
another official interview with Senior
GullOn, in which he received the Of
fetal reply Of the Spanish government
to the American memorandum of
March %.
The Spanish reply, couched in firm
language. says that the Spanish gov
eminent cannot agree with the conciu-
sions the American government has
drawn from inaccurate information
that does not tally with the recent ac-
tiVity and progress of the military op-
erations in Cuba and the visible popu-
larity and progress of the new colonial
institutions, which have been Loyalty
accepted and are supported by even
the old adversaries of home rule in the
coio=v.
Spain" the reply continues. can
not naturally admit the interference
which is foreshadowed in the American
note and deprecates the sending of Of
fetal relief and war vessels to Cuba,
as being the very elements that have
retarded the pacificatiOn of the col
ony. Spain reminds the American gov
eminent of all the concessions she has
made to preserve peaceful relations
and to cOnciliate the United States, the
past proof being her willingness to
submit the conflicting commission re-
ports as to the Maine to arbitration.
In conclusion. the Spanish reply
shows that the government believes it
has reached the extreme limit of con-
ceSsiOns compatible with the honor
and dignity CT Spain. and will not ad-
NIT encroachmentS on her rights of
sovereignty in the west. The matter
now rests with the president, and both
governments evidently consider the
Maine affair a mere incident in the
more important issues about TO he
raised by the conduct of the United
States