The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-03

Washington April The issue bee
tween the United States anJ spain ry-
mains unchanged No communications
having any bearing On the situation have
PASSED between this government ana
Spain since las, Thursday night when
Minister woudfod transmitted tbc rcpl
~ ~. sagas,a mlnistr, Ia tho president
proposition Both governments appear 60
accept this issue ar madr up and are
snuplnE their COURSES accordingly This
bciug ihr rarc the NciN Do universally en-
t-rialrcd even by representative men pi
'hc administration that congress upon tnr
receipt ~ the president message early
next week. viii taxi, action whi.h 10 Do
universally rtrs,,tcd must result in the
uoyrmur, uf the relations of the Two
countries This WAS In par, foroshadovcd
by the action ~ the senate committee on
foreign relation. today In agreeing to the
resolution recognizing tho lndep" "ndcncc
~ cuba and Tor armed Intervention 90
necessary 60 -rcurc her independence,
with the crisis so near az hand u is
brlrycd that lf any Intervention or media
ton Us TO come IL win be within the mex,
fow days II was said however. "a, the
state department late this afternoon that
nu pncr of European mcdAuon had yet
been ofcliry transmitted 20 this govern.
mrnl Z, was the general understanding
that friendly nycr,urrs u this nature
w,t- looked for al almost any time from
France nr Austria and Il was reported
during the day iha, the presence In wash.
inrion ~ Cardinal Gibbons and Arch
bishop ireland WAS in connection with me-
diauon from Rome, but lt was stated on
high authority az the state department
that uo o,cr,urcs OF this character had
taken an om,lnl form nor was the state
department, advised that any such steps
were In contemplation
II is the understanding In official circles
based upon information. that the rccoe-
milton of cuban independence would not IN
itself be regarded by Spain as a casus
bcll. Rut at the same time there Is little
doubt that such recognition of cuban in
dependence would bc followed by the
withdrawal Of the Spanish minister ana
his entire suite from Washington and the
termination of Spalns diplomatic repre-.
scntation at Washington, Such thing is
one ~ the last steps preceding actual re-
course TO war 1t Is probable however,
that the withdrawal Of the Spanish min
lstcr following the recognition of inde-
pcndcncc would not be as much of an in
dlcatIou ~ war as II would be an cmphat-
Sc protest by the Spanish government
against the recognition OF the independ-
cnce OF the colony over which Spain pro-
fesses to exercise complete sovereignty,
Although this recognition Of independ-
ence is not considered II casus bell by
which Spain could declare war, yet In
diplomatic circles such Il step would have
the consequences of inevitably termiu- |
atlng In war For that reason Is the rec
ognlton " independence likely to be no
less grave than Intervention,
The state department today received I
the fun report Of the Spanish commission
which investigated the destruction OF the |
battleshlp Maine. The Associated Press
early In the week gave complete ana
Official synopsis OF this Spanish report,
the result OF which is that the explosion
Of the Maine occurred inside of the snip
and that no evidence existed OF any ex-
terror explosion