The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 15, 1898, Page 1

i This Paper r ,i | ¥ 2o sttt . i NOT to be taken from the Library.++++ !} Bt The Call VOLUME LXXXTIT.— e O 156 SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1898 — TWENTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Tl WHEN MCcKINLEY QUESTIONS SPAIN'S TITLE TO CUBA A Simple Resolution of Intervention, Ac- cepted by the President, Will Break Diplomatic Relations. Queen Regent Will Abdicate if Her Ministers Betray Spanish Honor---From the White House Comes the Threat of a Veto. LONDON, April 14—The ondent of the yraphing says: ueen Regent has in- tel el er intention to ab- ately if the / steps de- pain’s honor According to a special dis- patch from Madrid the su- of state has I or Gullon, Foreign Minister, to order the Spanish Minister at Wash- Senor Polo de n to Spain di- olution of powers, in- , are reported to have advised Spain to de- because further ns would public nat the situation is st d, € 7 acute and ing that the prevailing party has received a severe check from the President’s which is looked upon in minis- peace message, panish dignity. I went on ’Change and found | that even there the war fever was There was a fall of more 1-2 points nment securities. of Ministers was v, under the presidency Queen Regent, and it was ed to give the necessary in- tructions to the legation at Wast to be prepared to leave if necessary. It was also decided to call the Cortes in ex- traordinary session at once, and | this evening the Queen Regent | signed the decree convoking the Parliament. The preamble of the summons| o for the convocation of the Cortes will be published in to-morrow’s Official - Gazette. It assumes a very determined tone in justify- the convocation. Senor Sa- gasta, on leaving the palace, said that Senor Gullon, the Ministcr of Foreign Affairs, would report 1 ic ing ent McKinley. and I am putting it mildly in say-| o al circles as being derogatory | | in prominent| SIXTH PAG Getting in Line. The Law No Longer ) & Civil Service Commis | @& Needs Medical Atte % The State Univer & Invasion of Manchuria. Storfes From tude assumed the United | States. After the Cabinet council the Ministers reassembled at the Min- istry for Foreign Affairs and there discussed the question of send note to the great powers, com- municating the decisions arri during the day’s Cabinet meeting. One of the Ministers said the Government ‘‘continues to main- tain the same firm attitude of de- fense, not defiance.”” There is much comment upon the extreme activity of the repre- | sentatives of the powers who have | been visiting Senor Gullon, and | in this | direction for the ultimate solution | of the question. | General Weyler has arrived | He talks war and tries to| excite public feeling, but he does not count. The Carlists, whose | power ismore than adoubtful issue | now, declare that if Spain goes‘ to war they will unite with her; | if she does not they will wage an internal war against her, The anti-Government press is | rabid and the whole town is very by ga ed at there are many who look here. warlike. The Pais, in big head-| NEWS OF THE DAY. > o Weather forecast for San Fran- & clsco d unsettled w SECOND PAG Bernabe Is Ready t. The French Favor London Opinion With America. Great Powers Indifferent. Plotted to Destroy the Marietta. Two Armies to Invade Cuba. Troops Going to the Front. Some Rebels Have Yielded. THIRD PAGE. & @ Did He W, General Le 566 spworth League Ce & Features o % Answers to C SE News From E The Cervante: Movements at Murder of a ELEVE An Artiste’s Return to the Stage, News Along the Water Front. News From the Ball Fields. Entertainment at the Almshouse, TWELFTH PAGE. The New Charter. NINETEENTH PAGE. 4 The Commercial World, TWENTIETH PAGE. Burglars With Aesthetic Taste, Clever Boys Rob a Woman. An Important Arrest. Heggerty's Saloon Burned. @ ® _to the Eurogeau powers the atti~ éog,go,_”.,”’..‘.. night.”’ ¢ against Lee in connection with the > | President McKinley of seeking an- = MINISTER FROM SPAIN WILL BE ORDERED HOME lines on its front page, announces: famy Disclosed at Last— Shame on the Cuban Volunteers,’’ and says: ‘‘As the Government imposed silence upon us, we will speak in the dumb language.”’ Accordingly, the first page of the Pais contains hand signs read- ing: “‘Death to traitors.”’ In its leading article the Pais asks whether the Government is ‘“‘preparing another farce by the warlike attitude of the council last Continuing, the Pais charges the Government with having ar- ranged the ‘‘armistice’” with the powers ‘‘prior to the United States demanding it, the powers promising in return the safety of the throne, should the loss of Cuba lead to a national uprising.”’ The Pais alsoexpresses the opin- ion that last night’s bold attitude of the Government was only a “‘bluff’’ to deceive the people. Later the Pais remarks: ¢‘The message completes Spain’s shame and unless it is resented by the Ministers the Americans, being cowards, will bully in the propor- tion to which their opponent hu- miliates himself. But McKinley is mistaken in thinking that he knows Spain because he knows her Ministers and the error will cost him dear.”’ A dispatch from Havana to the Pais says the Cuban volunteers | intend protesting againstthearmis-l tice and accuses President McKin- | ley of being in league with the| “‘separatist Junta,” and adding,: ““whiie facts have been discovered | Maine explosion which the Span- ish Government is afraid to pub- lish.” The Correo Espanol says: ‘Gen- eral Woodford ought to have re- ceived his passports on the receipt of McKinley’s message, but the cowardly Government only dares to use force against patriots crying “Viva Espana.” The Liberal to-day says: “War| is inevitable, the last peaceful il- lusion disappearing before the Ye- cision announced yesterday by the Senate committee attributing to Spain the Maine explosion, recog- nizing Cuban independence and announcing that armed interven- tion will shortly take place.”’ Thereupon the [Liberal warns Spain of the danger of delay and «“further confidence in America,” lest Spain ‘‘lose by a coup de main, without a fight, honor which she can well defend.”” The Liberal then openly accuses nexation under the noses of the powers in a manner similar to the British occupation of Egypt. Finally the Liberal says: “Dip- lomatic circles admit that Ameri- can bad faith puts Spain in a fav- orable position in the eyes of ’ i 2 g THE PUERTA DEL SOL, MADRID, the Scene of the Great Gathering and Riotous Demonstration: of Monday Night. President McKinley told Sen- ators Hale and Allison to-day, Congress passed a joint reso- lution recognizing the inde- pendence of the Cuban re- public he would veto it; and |if it passed a concurrent res- olution to the same effect he would simply ignore it. NEW YORK, April 14—The ald’s Washington Her- correspondent tele- graphs: With politics entering into the Cuban situation in Con- gress, with a sudden call in Spain for a special session of the Cortes, and another effort being made by the powers in the direction of mediation, the Hispano-American question is still in an aggravated and somewhat uncer- tain state. There is no peace in sight any- where, but there are signs of a few more days’ delay before the American Congress takes the final war plunge. All indications to-night point to ac- tion of some kind by the Senate before the final adjournment is reached to- morrow. The advocate, of the recogni- tion of the independence of the republic tion, made great progress to-day. In fact it developed to-day that a majority of the Senate is in favor of recognizing the independence of Cuba. Whether this majority will exist when the final vote is taken to-morrow cannot be defi- nitely foreshadowed, as the situation is changing every hour. The visit of Mr. Bryan, former Dem- ocratic nominee for President, to the Capitol to-day was not without its poli- tical significance in connection with the situation. Mr. Bryan is not only an ad- vocate of the recognition of indepen- dence from personal convictions, but also because he believes that it is the proper political step to take. He was in conference with leading Democratic Senators to-day, urging them to present a solid front in favor of recognition, holding that two points would thereby be gained. If it is defeated the Democrats will have gone on record in favor of recog- Europe, but it is doubtful if the powers will intervene, owing to England’s ambiguous attitude,” nition, which is believed to be a popu- lar step; and, if it is not done, the Democrats will get the credit of the ac- in emphatic language, that if | of Cuba, coupled with forcible interven- | THE PRESIDENT STRONGLY OPPOSED TO RECOGNITION Announces Definitely That He Will Veto a Joint Resolution Com- ing to Him in That Form. WASHINGTON, April 14— |1 %% s sensnas NOT SOLD TO SPAIN. * * * * * % ROME, Ap:.l 14—The Messa- # gero annou.ces: All negotia- % tions for the sale of the Italian # cruiser Garibaldi to Spain have # been suspended on account of the ¥ international regard due to pow- #* ers about to become belligerents. KX ERERFRXEREREX XX * ok ok ok ok kK kR X X % % have to veto the proposition or accept it in the face of his argument in his mes- sage. However this may be, there is no doubt that many Democratic Senators believe their position in favor of recog- nition puts them in excellent shape be- fore the country, while Senator Allen of Nebraska said yesterday that if the Re- publicans don't recognize the indepen- dence of Cuba there would not be a handful of Republican voters next fall. The desire to make political capital out of the Republican embarrassment was also shown in the Senate this even- ing, when Senator Allen said that if the Senate were to be allowed to adjourn the country should know that it was fa- vored and accomplished by Republican votes. In the event of the Senate passing 1e the Foraker or any other resolutions | embodying a provision recognizing the independence of Cuba, there would prevail in the House, where the sentiment in favor of indepen- dence is quite as strong as in the Senate. From the way the President talked to some of his Congressional callers to- day the indications are that he would veto such a resolution if it were pre- sented to him. Indeed, he would be con- strained to do so to be consistent with the strong position which he has pub- licly taken against recognizing the gov- ernment, which, he declares, does not exist. With Congress and the President thus divided, the Cuban question would be as far off from settlement as ever, while the political complications would be of the most serious character. All the Republican leaders are laboring hard to-night to keep the party in line against the independ- ence feature. Some of the shrewdest men of. the party admit that the vote, when taken, will leave a very narrow mrargin for the is | every likelihood that such a measure | SPAIN PREPARES TO DESTROY THE FLYING SQUADRON That Is Believed to Be the Purpose | in Massing the Torpedo Fleet at Cape Verde Islands. Copyrighted, 1588, by James Gordon Bennett. ST. VINCENTS, Cape Verde Islands, April 14.—Three more war- ships of the Spanish navy, including the cruisers Cristobal Colon and the Infanta Maria Teresa, arrived this morning, accompanied by the sec- ond torpedo fiotilla which recently left Spain. This flotilla is composed of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. The boats of the first torpedo flotilla, which has been in port for some time, have been painted with black lead by order of the com- mander, Senor Villami. The ships are keeping ready for sea, and forty tons of coal were placed on board the transport and smaller boats. The Spanish authorities are trying to secure enough coal to coal the second flotilla and convoys. They are trying to engage several hundred tons to be delivered immediately. NEW YORK, April 14.—A Washington Herald says: More formidable than the first Spanish torpedo flotilla is the second. It is composed of three torpedo boat destroyers — the Destructor, of 386 tons displacement; the Osada and Proserpina, each of 400 tons, and the torpedo boats Halcon of 108 tons, Orion of eighty-five tons, Retamosa of seventy tons, Barcelo of sixty-six tons, and Habana of fifty-nine tons. The destroyers are of modern English construction. The torpedo boats have been in service for the last twelve years, but they are still in good condition. It is expected that the Audaz, a sister ship of the Osada, will leava Queenstown when her repairs are finished, for the Cape Verde Islands via Spain, and her presence will add materially to the strength of this flotilla. Reports received by the Navy Department indicate that the con- verted yacht Giralde may have accompanied the second torpedo boat flotilla as a supply ship, just as the Ciudad de Cadiz sailed with the first torpedo boat flotilla. It is believed in naval circles that the ships now at the Cape Verde Islands will wait for the Vizeaya and Oquendo before proceeding to any other point. It was suggested to-day that the mobilization of such a strong force at the Cape Verde Islands was due to Spain’s desire to form a squadron sufficiently strong to overpower the flying squadron of the American navy, which the Madrid Government appreciates is intended for service on her side of the Atlantic. It is something of a puzzle to the officials, the ability of Spain to secure funds with which to purchase ships, but it is supposed that her cash has been obtained from the rich men of the country, who are reported to have liberally contributed money for the purpose ofstrength- ening the Spanish navy. Mr. Woodford informed the State Department that Spain had ne- gotiated no new loans, but it is expected that one will be authorized immediately after the meeting of the Cortes next week. special dispatch to the will concur or non-concur in the amend ment. If the House decides to end the mattq Relations. Considerable interest is man- ifested as to the manner in which simi- lar action by both houses can be se- cured. The solution of the problem is | quickly and Speaker Reed will allow very easy. When the proper time ar- [ motion to be made, the motion to cog rives in the Senate Mr. Davis will have | cur in the Senate amendment could b to move to strike out all after the enact- | offered and adopted, after which thet ing clause of the House resolution and | would be no further iction necessasg amend by inserting the Senate declara- | before the resolution went to the Presl tion. This having been done, the reso- | dent. lution will be sent back to the House in | This would avoid the delay of confes its amended form, and the question in |ence, a delay which the conservative tion. Besides, the President will eitherlresolution of the Commiites on Foreign | the latter body will then be whether it | would gladly welcomp, s