Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-16
CABINET OPPOSED 70 DELAY
GRANT OF AN ARMISTICE
The Plan Fails to Change the PreSi-
dents Views on the Situation
Regarded AIS Another Step in the
Process of Delay-TrOOps Are
Leaving Spain.

Regarded ats Another Step in TIL
Process of Delay-Troops Ar
Leaving Spain.
Washington, April lO.-At the close o
the second cabinet meeting tonight it wa
announced that the president 5 message
would undoubtedly go to congress tomor
row. On the best authority it WAS statef
that the meeting was devoted wholly t,
the consideration of the messages addi
ton, necessitated by the receipt of ths
latest note from Spain advising this gov
ernment OF the declaration Of an uncondi
tional armistice. The sutlix to the presi
/ dents message merely recited this lates
development of the Spanish situation. civ
ing the substance Of the Spanish note ant
| recommending il To the earnest attention
! OF congress. Otherwise the message
stands unchanged.
After the meeting one member of the
cabinet said that the Spanish note had not
altered either the message on the situa
ton.
1t is merely said he, what Spain has
been asking for all along-more time 1t
does not touch the situation and the pres
idents message is left precisely as il was
merely stating the fact of this latest de-
vclopmcnt.
In Diplomatic Circles.
| Diplomatic circles III Washington were
keenly interested in the change brought
about by Spains grant of an almistice.
The ambassadors and ministers exchanged
calls and there was a general exchange of
congratulations, as it was felt that the
almistice at least gave time for calmer
counsels. The French ambassador, NJ
Cambon, received a cable dispatch from
the foreign office at Paris informing him
that an a1mistice had been granted and
was wholly without conditions. Besides
seeing his associates of the diplomatic
corps, the ambassador saw Archbishop
Ireland, who was instrumental in securing
the influence of the pope, and joined the
archbishop in expressions of satisfaction
Throughout the negotiations the French
ambassador and the French government
have taken a leading part i'll averting an
open rupture between the United States
and Spain,
While the British government has been
most active in seeing that the action of
the powers did not assume a menacing
attitude toward the United States, vet it
is known that Great Britain Joints with
the other powers in approving the latest
movement Of an arnistice, and is hopeful
that this will clear the way for fuller
settlement of the general Cuoan question.
Armi>tice Has No Conditions.
Washington, April 10.-The Spanish
government through its minister at
Washington, Senior Polo Y Bernabe, to-
night delivered important official doeu
ment to the state department, stating
that the armistice which the queen re-
gent of Spain had commanded General
Blanco to proclaim today was without
conditions; that her majesty's govern
ment had granted liberal institutions to
the island OF Cuba; which the coming
Cuban parliament would adopt; recalling
the coincidence and sympathy expressed
by the queen regent and her government
on disaster Of the Maine and the horror
this disaster had occasioned in Spanish
hearts, and appealing to the courtesy and
sense of justice of the United States gov
ernment to enlighten public opinion upon
the attitude Of Spain. The note also re-
peats the offer of the Spanish government
to submit the Maine question to experts
designated by the maritime powers Of the
world. 49, .-
Spanish Warships Are Moving.
London, April lO-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Gibralter says that
the Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon and
Infanta Maria Teresa have left Caaiz for
a destination undivulged with six battal
ions each 1000 strong. Additional troops,
the dispatch asserts, will leave Cadiz by
the main steamers during the next few
days for Cuba.
Coal for Spain's FIotilln.
Philadelphia, April l0.-The British
steamship Hampstead has been chartered
to carry $500 tons Of coal to the Cape
Verde islands, the present rendezvous of
the Spanish torpedo fotilla, and the cargo
will be loaded either at this port OF Nor
folk. This circumstance is unusual, and
is looked upon as significant in view of
the fact that in shipping circles it can not
be recalled when coal was ever shipped to
any Of the Canary islands Heretofore all
coal shipments for these islands nave been
supplied from Cardiff. Other shipments
are to rapidly follow the Hampstead's
cargo in order that the naval station may
be we'll stocked before the commencement
of possible hostilities when such ship
ments would be stopped.