Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-24
THEABSORBING TOPIC
Mystery Surrounding the Blowing
Up Of the Maine Remains As
Dense As Ever.
TREACHERY THEORY GAINING
President Alive to Grave Situation and
Gan Be Depended Upon to Act Wisely
and Periodically Sigsbee's
Manly Dispatch.

0hJ VNAAC 0o AAof0 sCotNAu0yS VI
anything was discovered tending t
throw light upon the nature and caus
of the explosion, none of these fact
have, as yet, been reported, either t,
the navy or state department.
Naval officials have given no though
to the relief of Admiral Siccard as com
mander-in-chief of the naval force o
the North Atlantic station. They dt
not believe that the admiral's health /.
| seriously impaired and no movement
will be made toward his relief unless the
| suggestion comes from him first.
No orders have been issued as yet fol
| any vessel to 60 to Havana to replace
the Maine. The Montgomery has been
ordered from Tampa to Key West, but
her orders do not direct her to proceed
any further.
Secretary Long today, in answer to
inquiries as to whether the department
was suppressing information concern
ing the disaster of the Maine, wrote the
following:
"No telegram has been received from
either Admiral Siccard or Captains
Sampson or Sigsbee since yesterday af-
ternoOn, and l have received no infor-
nation with regard to the disaster that
has not already been made public. The
department is waiting the result of the
inquiry and public opinion should be
suspended until some official informa-
tion is received"
The reports from Havana have not
changed in any degree the view of the
high officials as to the probable cause of
the disaster to the Maine. 1t can be
stated on the highest authority that ab-
solutely nothing of disquieting nature
has been received at the White house,
nor is important news of any character
expected until the court of inquiry has
completed its investigation and sub
mitted it's report. Nothing has been
withheld of the least public interest and
this policy will be continued until the
whole truth has been brought to light.
Washington, Feb. 24.-The Evening
Star has received tho following cable
gram from Charles M. Pepper it's staff
correspondent in Cuba;
At this writing. the divers are deyelop-
ing important results. From an exami.
nation of the interior wreckage. they
have secured evidence which seems con-
elusive that the explosion came from
underneath the shin.
Some smaller magazines may have ex-
ploded. The Names 1O-inch magazine
did not explode. The condition of the
interior of the shin shows further prob
ability of the wreck having been due
from outside force.
As further investigation progresses,
the more untenable becomes the theory
which the Spanish government adduced
to show an accidental cause. 1t is evil
dent that the Spanish case will be based
on the claim that fire preceded the
explosion. Captain Sampson and his
colleagues of the naval board may have
outside evidence offered regarding a
torpedo hoat producing the explosion.
oalu one oiVer engaged IN the WORK OF
ge..lng ooules ouC from uhaer the hatGh:
'uou may oe merciiul 10 tne men VINO
plew tnose poor 1eilows TO eternlty' the
unlted III, otates snoula not
rms was oeiore secretary Longs or
der was ISSUED prohlpltlng o1ncers from
talking; rms diver evidently thought
the explosion was not an accident. He
had experts capacity ana opportunity Tor
Judging.
me havana puDlic IS not permitted
to know the intensity OF the public senti-
ment IN the unlted states. only mea'
ger details are permitted TO be known
OF what happens at washington. Con-
gress IS watched with excessive anxiety
oy the palacc oiiiclais' nut the populace
KNOWS hothlhg OF "hat Is iiaoie 10 nap
pen.
Inc evidences OF ~ leellhg toward the
american pubic ana the Anxiety over
the maine disaster 40 not lcssen'
Inc MAINE inquiry dWarls the inter-
est IN cuban politics. But recent de-
of tho failure of autonomy.
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1n.oaso' reu. ne anuho Wt"n,'
mos ,n.. 'io io''o"i"s spoo'"' iio"' "'n
II do not propose to do ANYTHING at
al 10 accelerate war with Spain. l 40
not ..h tnlnk war Is either necessary or IN
eVltaDie. ! would De lax In my duty,
however, II ala not prepare Tor the fu-
'"1e, re- , son.+o, vho ..,,oa ,,,o, h,,,,
Ioa senator VINO called upon MIN,
PRESIDENT mckinley, with the utmost
II, irankness, uttered the above words.
There is no doubt that the government
Is actually preparing for war with
Spain.
The president and cabinet unite in the
belief still, despite all evidence to the
contrary, that the explosion of the
Maine was the result Of an unfortunate
accident, but recognize that facts to the