The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 14, 1898, Page 1

Tall This Paper not o be taken from he Library.++++ i t + t e VOLUME LXXXIIL—N 0. 135. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1898 —TWENTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE HOUSE IS FOR WAR, THE SENATORS HESITATE An American Torpedo-Boat on a Night Scent OFf Havana Harbor. SPAIN RESENTS INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED STATES Ministers Talk of Peace, but the| Situation Is Looked Upon at Madrid Copyrighted, 18¢8, by James Gordon Bennett. MADRID, April 13.—The view | taken here of President McKinley’s | message is exceedingly serious, and although some apparently think that the President may be given full pow- ers to intervene, the period at which | intervention shall take place is un- defined, depending upon results and events. Popular appreciation of the situa- tion was expressed to-day by a polit- ical leader, who said: ‘Does Presi- dent McKinley intend to take Cuba immediately?” The Cabinet meeting to-day lasted five hours, and it is said was mainly devoted to the consideration of Presi- dent McKinley’s message to Congress on the Cuban g n. When the Ministers adjourned an official note was issued setting forth the views of the Government. It is variously commented upon and interpreted in newspaper circles. In brief, the note sets forth that | the Cabinet has granted an extraor- | dinary credit for war purposes and has incidentally increased the grant for the artillery of Porto Rico. The Minister of the Interior, Senor Capdepen, gave the official version of the events here on Sunday and Mon- day, and also made a report of the oc- currences in some of the provincial towns. After disposing of current affairs, the Premier, Senor Sagasta, desig- nated two of the Ministers to imme- diately draw up an address to the crown. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senor Gullon, at the request of Senor Sagasta, made a report of the state of affairs in his department, which the Premier thought should occupy the first place in the debates of the Cabinet. Senor Gullon read a report .of the text of President McKinley's mes- | sage. After referring to the Presi- dent’s previous message, which was | considered necessary in order to fill | up the gaps in the political sum- mary, it was decided that the para- graphs read were sufficient for the Cabinet to affirm that the Govern- ment refuses to acknowledege the right of the United States to inter- fere in Cuba, adding: “The declarations in the message are incompatible with the sover- eignty and rights of the nation, and are an interference in the internal affairs of this country.” The Spanish Government, how- ever, expressed the opinion that it is not called upon to take action until the recommendations of Prgsident 0000000000000 00000C00000000 as Grave. O00C0000000000000C00 > DON CARLOS o WILL FIGHT MADRID, April 132.—Don Car- los has issued a manifesto, in the course of which he says: “The Carlist who in the face of war with the United States would rise in arms against Spain, is a traitor. If war oc- curs all th who fight against the foreigner who insults us will deserve well of Carlos. If the Spanish Government does not venture into war, but permits the loss of Cuba, then t’ : Car- lists who do not respond to the Voi of the King will also be traitors. If the Government will not take up the glove thrown down by Washington the King himself will come to Spain; and if he cannot get soldiers he will get volunteers from the pro- vinces to defend the honor - the country.” CO0O00Q000000000000 McKinley have become specific acts. Thus it is considered by the Span- iards here that matters are practi- cally as they were before the mes- sage was sent to Congress, and the opinion is expressed in official circles that neither the message nor last night’s Cabinet meeting has changed the prospect of peace. The Spanish Government consid- ers that, apart from its solemn af- firmation of Spain’s rights as a na- tion, the Ministers are not called upon to make any declaration so long as the resolutions of Congress or the initiative of President McKinley do not lead to concrete acts. The official note also says: “A firm consciousness of its rights, united with the resolution to main- tain them, will inspire the nation as they inspire the Government, with the serenity necessary in these diffi- cult moments to direct successfully and defend energetically the sacred interests which are the patrimony of the Spanish race.” The Minister of War, General Cor- rea, and the Minister of Marine, Ad- miral Bermejo, submitted reports re- lating to the measures taken toward ‘mobilizing all the forces of the coun- try. There is absolutely no truth in the report that General Weyler has been called to Madrid. The Bourse closed very weak. The opinion of the Ministers is more op- timistic than at first, as the full text of the message has been received and digested. Even those who took a g 00000000000000000000000@0 | Spanish torpedo-boat flotilla is lying. | three days. | point of the steel battleship Pelayo. Cadiz to-morrow. Niblack, Naval Attache in Berlin. | an Saturday next. service. The Spree is believed to be | possible to reach her. PRIVATEERS TO - BE DISPATCHED TO. THE PACIFIC Purpose of the Spanish Govern- ment in Buying the Ships of the German Lines. NEW YORK, April 13.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Official confirmation was given to-day to the Herald’s exclusive announce- ment this morning of the departure of the armored cruisers Vizcaya and Almirante Oguendo from Porto Rico for the Cape Verde Islands, where the It is said they left San Juan five days ago and are expected to arrive at their destination within the next two or In accordance with instructions given by the Spanish Minister of Marine, the mobilization of the Spanish naval force at Cadiz continues. formation was received at the Navy Department to-day of the arrival at that Official in- This force will be further increased by | the auxiliary steamers Normania and Columbia, which ought to arrive at Spain is scurrying the European market for desirable | merchant ships which can be transformed into auxiliary cruisers. | official information reached the authorities here to-day from Lieutenant A. P. This No confirmation has been received of the rumored purchase by Spain of the Saale and Spree of the North German Lloyd line. Should it prove true, d should war break out within the next few days, it can be stated on ex- cellent authority that the Saale, at least, will never fly the Spanish flag. Ac- cording to the Herald’s shipping news, the Saale will arrive at New York on With hostilities in progress and with the knowledge that the Saale has been sold to Spain, there is no doubt that the Government would seize the vessel at New York and impress her into the American naval in German waters, so it would be im- Besides the Spree, the Saale, the Normania and the Columbia, Germany has other merchant ships especially built for conversion into auxiliary cruisers, and which it is believed here her agents are inspecting. ~ These in- clude the Fuerst Bismarck of 10,500 tons, the Augusta Victoria of 10,300 tons, belonging to the Hamburg-American line, and the Kaiser Friedrich of 12,800 tons and twenty-one knots, and the Havel of 8900 tons and nineteen knots, belonging to the North German Lloyds. Confidence is expressed by the authorities that Spain is purchasing these vessels not so much for duty as auxiliary cruisers as for service as privateers. There is little doubt that an attempt would be made to dispatch them to the Pacific with a view to harassing American commerce on that side. as stating that pretty unanimously it considers the message exceedingly harshly worded. At a reception given by the Queen Regent at the palace this afternoon to the members of the Congress of Hygiene, sitting here, special atten- tion was paid to the accredited dele- gates of the medical department of the army and navy of the United States, Major Girard and Medical Di- rector Tryon. The latter was asked for by the Queen Regent and granted a brief private audience. Happening to note the departure of General Woodford from his private residence I was struck with the spe- cial marks of courtesy and respect gloomy view of the document, now |paid to him by the civil guards, who, express themselves as more hopeful. in small-numbers, guard the street I sum up public opinion, however,| on which ha lives, and who saluted and presented arms with special alacrity. It is announced that an official tel- egram has been reczived from the Philippine Islands, saying that a se- rious outbreak has taken place in Fulean, and that the insurgents have seized the telegraph station, the op- erators barely escaping with their lives. Troops have been sent to quell the outbreak. evada’s Soldiery Is Ready. CARSON, April 13.—The = Nevada militia is fully equipped from the State arsenal and ready to move on short rio- tice in case of emergency. An infantry company has been organized at Elko and equipments shipped. A private cav- alry troop is to be organized in Carson City. Governor Sadlerpersonally ‘vol- unteered to supply-the horses for the of NEW YORK, April 13—The Her- ald’s Washington correspondent tele- | graphs: Congress is plunging rapidly | in the direction of war. It is all war talk again to-night. There is not even the element of de- lay which yesterday offered some hope of peace. Both houses are rushing madly ahead. They are responding to the President’s message promptly and emphatically, and going far beyond what the President hoped for or ex- pected. With the American Congress bent on war, the Spanish Government making no headway under the armis- tice proposition, and the Spanish Cortes soon to meet and thereby complicate an already excited condition in Spain, it is hard to figure out a single hope for peace. 4 Congress is almost sure to direct armed intervention. This means war. In what form intervention will be au- thorized is not yet definitely settled. There are details yet to be effected in the House and Senate resolutions, but the form of words makes little differ- ence. Both the resolutions of the Sen- ate and the House imply the same ef- fort on the part of the United States. Anything that Congress may do, the least thing Congress can do, in its present temper, would mean armed intervention at once and this will not be accepted by Spain as anything less than a hostile act. The House acted promptly by an overwhelming majority. There may be some delays in the Senate in reaching a final vote, but the consideration of the grave subject will not lag. Beginning to-morrow, the Senate will hold con- tinuous session until a vote has been taken. Senator Chandler gave notice ———————————————————— Pe00060000000060606060 , OF THE DAY. NEWS Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Cloudy and cooler on Thurs- day: heavy fog in the morning; fresh westerly wind. Maximum temperature for the past twenty-four hou San Franclsco. Portland . T8 degrees .68 degrees .98 degrees .86 degrees .88 degrees FIRST PAGE. The House Is for War. Spain Resents Intervention. Privateers for the Pacific. SECOND PAGE. The Report of the Mirority. Flying Squadron to Practice May Buy the Steamer Chint Firm Pleas for Peace. General Lee an Observer. Pope Leo Troubled. London Press Comment. ONE DAY’ BEFORE THE FINAL S DELAY PLUNGE IS MADE To-Day Congress Will Put the Matter Once More Into the Hands the President. Both Houses Will Declare for Intervention With Arms, Which Spain Has Said She Can Under No Circumstances Tolerate. THIRD PAGE. Representatives Have Acted. Monroe Doctrine Enlarged. War Talk In the Senate. FOURTH PAGE. Belew to Die in June. Thought He Was Buried Alive. Women Sell Stolen Ore. wilett Will Go to Folsom. Oregon Republicans Quarrel. FIFTH- PAGE. A Storp-Tossed Bark Arrives. News Along the Water Front. Troops Ready to March. Robbed by a Woman in Bfack. SIXTH PAGE. Editorlal. The Hot Wave and Its Effects. Better Prospects for Winemer The Minority Marplots. The Valley Road. Melntosh and Haymond. Pacific Coast Fisheries. Fables Without Morals. Storles of the Corridors. SEVENTH PAGE. News From Across the Bay. EIGHTH PAGE. Racing at Emeryville. NINTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. TENTH PAGE. A Chinese Shanghaled. The Tugs in Governmental Hands. ELEVENTH PAGE. A Chinese Eviction. New Deal on the Comstock. ‘Huntington Consolidates the Roads. TWELFTH PAGE. The New Charter. NINETEENTH PAGE. The Commercial World. TWENTIETH PAGB. Railroads Must Report. Setback for Director Waller. l The Corona on Fire in Port. P000002R000200E0 S OPPPV00P999099999909PPPPPPPVP0P0P0000PP9999090009090P0000PVVPH000009P00006 0& PPOPPOOODO0P909990900000909000909000000060000000000000000000000000000PVVOHOOG ©O voo6e 0000900600006 00000600006650000 03@@ e@@@@@oeooo@@oee@e@@@o@e@@@@fi@ ® > ¢; THESE RESOLUTIONS :z { oe MAY MEAN A WAR s 5 ® 4 TO SET CUBA FREE 3 ® @ @ ®® WASHINGTON, April 13. — This Is the resolution o: © @ passed to-day by the House of Representatives: ®e 9: “WHEREAS, The Government of Spain for three :o °‘ years past has been waging war on the Island of Cuba ¢ ge against a revolution by the inhabitants thereof without ¢ & Mmaking any substantial progress toward the suppres- @Z & o slon of sald revolution, and has conducted the warfare In o &% a manner contrary tothe laws of nations by methods in- ¢ 44 human and unclvilized, causing the death by starvation s ©¢ of more than 200,000 innocent non-combatants, the vic- ®o ’0 tims being for the most part helpless women and chil- :9 :Q dren, inflicting intolerable injury to the commercial in- Q‘?’ o¢ terestsof the United States, involving the destruction % oo Of Hves and property of many of our citizens, entailing eg &2 the expenditure of millions of dollars in patrolling our 5 o2 coasts and policing the high seas in order to maintain our ©g »g neutrality, and :@ (28 “Whereas, This long series of losses, Injuries and °® ©o burdens for which Spain Is responsible has culminated ¢ ®4 inthe destruction of the United States battle-ship Maine % g@ in the harbor of Havana and in the death of 266 of our <% % seamen, QZ X d “Resolved, That the President Is hereby authorized o @Z and directed to Intervene at once to stop the war in Cuba o @, tothe end and the purpose of securing permanent peace g@ ¢, and order there and establishing a stable and independ- & ®o ent government of their own In the island of Cuba: and &% ®s the President is hereby authorized and empowered to ¢? Ze use the land and naval forces of the United States to exe- &2 cute the purposes of this resolution.” o: @geoe@@oe@oooooboooeooooeeoooeoeoe@ P2 00000000000000000000000000000060000609 to-day that no business other than the | % SENATE WILL : consideration of the intervention reso- | x * lution should come before the Senate. | % ACT TO-DAY * This was unnecessary, as the : = * minds of the majority of the Senate * © | are made up to reach a conclusion at ‘; S;V:tgfnge ?:;g? ex:rg‘;‘s[ed 13-‘; : the earliest possible moment and end | # opinion to-night that Hhe Bonats W the suspense. * Committee would to-morrow * The present expectation is that the |* adopt the resolution passed by * Senate will reach a vote on Friday, but | * the House to-day, and that the * the Senate is an uncertain body, and |¥ Senate discussion would be brief * 2 ber second thought is brought % and the resolution passed before # when sol g! 5 # adjournment to-morrow night. * out by some of the conservative men |y = FREEEFRRFR XL R R XK KR RE T KRR RN XX BH KRR X% IEE R R R R SR R R R R S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R * * *x THE SENATE RESOLUTION. * ** e S e * ¥ . * e * ¥ WASHINGTON, April 13.—The resolutions presented to the Sen- %, %% ate are as follows: * g * % ‘Whereas, The abhorrent conditions which have existed for more * g %% than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have x * 5% shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have L) 4% been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, * g %% In the destruction of a United States battleship with 266 of its officers * % %y and crew, while on a friendly visit to the harbor of Havana, and * % %4 cannot longer be endured, as has been set forth by the President of * 5 %4 the United States in his message to Congress of April 11, 1898, upon *x %4 Which the action of Congress was invited: therefore, s *x Resolved, First—That the people of the island of Cuba are and % * of right ought to be free and independent. * * * Second—That it i the duty of the Government of the United ** *% States to demand_and the Government of the United States does . % ’? hereby demand that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its * * %x authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its e *% 1ond and naval forzes from Cuba and Cuban waters. * e X Third—That the President of the United States be and he hereby ¥k i is directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of *u *% o United States and to call into actual service of the United Utates * % *% e militia of the several States to such an extent as may be neces- * ¥ :: sary to carry these :solutions into effect. :: KARRERFRE XX R R R LR R R L X L AR R R X R R R E RN R R B T & & £ L R R -4 pendence of the Cuban republic would have been adopted. This may still be the case, because it is favored by nearly all the Democrats and by many Re- publicans and Populists. At the same time the action in the - House in voting down a similar propo- sitioh will have its effect, and in addi- tion the statement was made at the Capitol to-day that the President would probably veto the resolution if it went to him with recognition incorporated. In view of the declaration for indepen- dence that is already contained in the Senate resolution, it is probable that recognition- will lose ground be- Had a vote been taken to-day the|tween now and to-morrow. Assum- amendment proposed by four members ing that the Senate will pass the reso- of the committee recognizing the inde-) lutions now before it. there will thaa perhaps action may be delayed some days longer. The conservative Sen- ators worked hard to-day to stem the tide. Senators Hanna, Elkins, Aldrich, Hale, Hoar and Spooner—the entire coterie who seek delay—were in con- stant conference. The only move made in the direc- tion of delay was that by Senator Hoar, who succeeded in having consideration postponed until to-morrow. As the day wore on the conserva- tive Senators became more and more convinced of their inability to pre- vent positive action.