The herald. [microfilm reel], March 20, 1898, Image 1

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TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 171.
AMUSEMENTS
|os Angeles Theater g-£: Tr...urer.
Vwo Tfights Only SSS 2B TTfatinee Wednesday
WM. A. BRADY and F. ZIEGFELD, JR. present three greet attractions
lv one—Chester Bailor Fernald's study ol Chlnesfe-Ameriosa life . . .
TJhe Cat and the Cherub
The Laughable, Q {7\
Care-Dispelling Comedy, mft *Jaj/ -t/eCeWOr
SHC« tr , i*Vlle. j(nnti jfeelcl
with a Halo -
The most exquisite hit of spirited brloa-brao that ever came from foreign shores.
Beats still selling. Price*. Be, 50c, 700, Sl.OO, tl 60- Telephone Main 70.
|Os Angeles Theater
tt>. % . COMMENCING ryvj SATURDAY
Di*/-c?*7 Thursday, "(arch 24. matinef.
RETURN OF LAST SEASON'S GREATEST SUCCESS
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fames j{. jfcerne
In his Original Creation of Nathaniel Berry
in his Beautiful Comedy-Drama ....
"Shore Stores"
Direction of Henry C. Miner
ntire New Scenery and a Superb Company of Players, including last year's favorites.
Seats on sale Monday, March 21st. Pitces 25c, 50c, 75c. 11.00, II 50. Telephone Main 70.
Los Angeles' Society Vaudeville Theater.
Week Commencing 9?fondaj/ t Wfarch 2/
ANOTHER RECORD-BREAKING SHOW ....
.... COMEDY AND NOVELTY OUTDONE
ORIGINAL NOVELTY MUSICAL ARTISTS
Whitney brothers
Electric Mclophone—The Maslcal Handicap—Tho Musical Btairs—"Presto"
The Dancing Wondor.
Engagement lor one week only of the Original Comedian Pianist
Wm Jf. Jox
In His Novel Musical Oddity. "PADDYWHISKY'."
Smart and Williams
America's Most Talented Colored Comedian
Q7J~~ J~ The Marvelous Globe
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THE SENSATION OF EUROPiS AND AMERICA ~
V^^™L^&<o#raph
The Most Perfect of all Projectoscope Machines—A New Series of Views—The
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Showing the Battleship MAINE.
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ICES NEVER CHANGING—Evening, reserved seats, 35c and SQeV gallery' 10c. Reeu
lar Matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. Telephone Main 1447.
j orris Bros.' . . .
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San 2>ieyo and Coronado SSeach
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Santa Fe Route Office, 200 Spring St., corner Second.
THE HERALD
A FRIENDLY SPIRIT
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SHOWN BY THE MASSES AND
CLASSES OF ENGLAND
ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE
WOULD GUARANTEE THE PEACE
OF THE WORLD
RACE FEELING IS AWAKENED
By Danger, Real or Fancied, of a Euro
pean Coalition Against an
English-Speaking People
Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, March 19.—(Copyright, 1898.)
The remarkable unanimity of the approval
by both classes and masses of the mere
suggestion of an Anglo-American alliance
compels belief In the sincerity of the de
sire of the British public for an entente
with the United States. The fact that most
of the cable dispatches from America have
proclaimed that the suggestion has been
seriously discussed is heartily welcomed
here and ls regarded as extremely import
ant and gratifying, as evidencing a friend
ly spirit.
"They are," as a diplomat put it, "In
spiring hope that the differences of the
past will be burled and the Anglo-SaxWis
ln the near future will be found issuing
Identical notes to all opposed to their
common Interests."
The diplomat continued: "It is not any
strain ■ the Imagination to say that such
a union has been longed for by the best
men In Great Britain for many years, not
only because of the genuine wish for closer
bonds of friendship, but because it is a
known fact that all the statesmen of
Europe realise that a close alliance be
tween American and Great Britain would
constitute not only the surest guarantee
of the peace of the world, but would afford
proof that the reign of law and Individual
liberty ls to be extended for the benelil
of mankind, ln spite of the efforts to ex
tinguish It made by reactionary rulers and
governments."
The weekly newspapers pay considerable
attention to tbe subject. The Speaker says:
"It is impossible for the statesmen of
either country to And a nobler object to
which to devote their energies and their
lives. Whatever the actual relations in
which the governments of London and
Washington regard the matter, the Amer
ican people may be assured that if they
wish for an agreement the people of Great
Britain also wish for one. We do not wish
to ask the Americans to fight our battles.
Just as we feel convinced that they are too
proud to desire that we should fight theirs.
But what we do wish, and what wise men
on both sides most earnestly desire," ls
that each nation shall feel that it has
(Continued on Page Three.)
LOS ANGELES, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1898
THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT
HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED BY COURSE OF
[ EVENTS IN CUBA
Spain Having Shown Her Inability to Establish or to Maintain
Autonomy, the Time Has Come for Intervention in Cuban
Affairs—Maine Affair Another Question
WASHINGTON, March 19.—(Special to The Herald.) President McKinley has not swerved and
will not swerve one iota from the course he laid out the day after the explosion of the Maine, so far as
that disaster and its bearing on our relations with Spain are concerned, and he has not changed the
Cuban policy he adopted early in his administration. The president holds now, as he has held all along,
that the Maine disaster presents a question to be decided quite apart from that involved in the Cuban
struggle for independence. He will, therefore, in a message he will send to congress in a few days, pos
sibly next Monday, ceratinly next week, treat them separately, or rather will submit proposi
tions as to each, for the consideration of the legislative branch of the government.
President McKinley expects, and probably knows, that the report of the naval court of inquiry
will find the explosion of the Maine was due to an outside cause and operated by design. He does not
know yet that it will show complicity of the Spanish government. Unless it does show that, it will not,
in itself, constitute an act of war. It will, in his judgment, show, at the very least, such responsibil
ity on the part of the Spanish government as will make a demand for dis avowal, indemnity and rep
aration not only just but necessary. In this latter event, the refusal by Spain to disavow the act would
be the acceptance of it, and would make it casus belli.
i Unleco the Maine disaster was the direct act of the Spanish government, that government must
be given an opportunity to disavow and make reparation for it before it can become a cause of war.-
President McXinley's policy is, and always has been, to intervene in Cuba when convinced that
no other course was open by which peace could be restored in the island. Intervention means that the
intervening power must stand ready to make its demands good by force of arms. President McKinley
believes the time has come for this intervention by the United States.
Intervention to bring about peace must take one of two forms: First, to compel the Spanish to
abandon the island to the Cubans; secondly, to compel the Cubans to yield to the Spanish, with or with
. out conditions.
Tne first is the only form of intervention the United States can possibly enforce. The president
will submit to congress, therefore, these propositions:
As to the Maine—War, if its loss was the direct act of the Spanish government; disavowal, indem
nity and reparation', if that government was indirectly responsible.
As to Cuba—lntervention for the independence of the island.
McKinley has called to his aid in preparing his message, a member of the senate committee on
foreign relations who is one of the best international lawyers in the country. This statesman has been
at work for two days and will be occupied two or three days longer looking up every possible precedent
or incident bearing, on either the Maine disaster or the Cuban situation, as well aa making a thorough
study of all the authorities on international law in relation to the points raised. He will embody the
results of his researches and his conclusions in the form of briefs for the information and guidance of
the president in formulating his demands on Spain and his recommendations to congress. This fact la
known to exceedingly few and it was intended it should be known to no one. The briefs may or may not
*. be incorporated bodily in the president's message. Whether they are or not, they will form the found
ation upon which it and our future intercourse with Spain about Cuba and the Maine disaster will rest.
The President has at no time been enamored of autonomy in Cuba. He has never believed it could
be established or maintained; nor has he believed it would be a satisfactory arrangement if estab
lished and maintained. He has fel c that justice ana fair play to Spain and the self-respect of the United
States demanded that Spain be given full opportunity to hold Cuba if she could. She has demonstrated
her inability to do that to the president's satisfaction, and he realizes that the time has come to act.
President McKinley knows, too, that the very act of sending provisions to the starving reconcen
gjtrados has been an act of interference, a modified form of intervention in the internal affairs of Spain,
yet he has not hesitated. He has even intimated to the Spanish government that it may he necessary to
carry food to sufferers within the insurgent lines and claimed tbe right to do so in the name of human
ity. These representations now form a point concerning which comunications are being exchanged be
tween the diplomatic officers of the two countries.
"PEACE—BUT QUIT THAT"
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asdas stahrtH* -
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MAINE SURVIVORS
ARRIVE AT WASHINGTON BUT
. TELL NO TALES
A POSITIVE STATEMENT
THAT THEY BROUGHT NO COURT
REFORX
t
OFFICIALS GROW IMPATIENT
But Improve the Time of Waiting by
Getting Ready For the Worst
That Can Happen
Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, March 19.-* he arrival
of several survivors of the Maine disaster
and their extended conferences with Pres
ident McKinley and Secretary Long fur
nished the most interesting features in to
day's developments on the Spanish situa
tion. Three officers of the Maine, Lieut.
Geo. W. Holman, Lieut. Geo. B. Blow and
Lieut. Callatln of the marine corps, accom
panied by Boatswain Larklns, came on
unexpectedly from Key West. It was said
their visit was purely voluntary on their
part, as they are now on waiting orders
and are free to go where they please. Their
long conferences at the navy department
and, later, at the White House led to much
conjecture. It being asserted that Lieut
Blow brought with him the report of the
court of Inquiry, or, at least, the general
conclusions reached by that court. It can
be stated positively, however, from an au
thoritative source, that the officers did not
bring with them the report, either as a
whole or Its general conclusions. It ls said
with equal positlveness and authoritative
ly that they do not know what the action
of the court of inquiry is, and, therefore,
are not ln a position to convey any infor
mation to the president or the secretary ot
the navy on that point. Their talks wens
confined entirely to graphic narratives of
their experiences on the night of the ex
plosion. In the course of this narrative,
however, individual opinion as to the
cause of the explosion found expression.
These opinions, as already stated, were
purely personal and not founded on the
proceedings of the court of inquiry. These
personal opinions, however, it was learned
reliably, were strongly favofable to the
theory of an external cause leading to the
destruction of the Maine. The officers
themselves maintain the strictest reserve,
not only as to interviews for publication,
but also in talking with their associates
in the naval service. This led naval offi
cers to refrain from referring to the Maine
disaster while talking with them. One of
the officers volunteered the suggestion
that he would be glad to talk if his lips
were not sealed by the strictest orders.
After the conferences with the president
and the secretary of the navy the Maine
officers did not return to the navy depart
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
England asks of Russia a guarantee ■
that warships of the world will be ad
mitted to Port Arthur free of duty.
Secretary Gage addresses the Pitts
burg chamber of commerce; he sings
the praises of the gold standard and
denounces the free silver fanatics.
Lord Salisbury's Ul health gives rise
to rumors of changes ln the English -
cabinet, but no modification of the •
foreign policy ls expected to result.
Department officials at Washington
are still anxiously waiting the report
of the Maine court of inquiry, and tho
making of definite plans will be post
poned until It ls received.
W. J. Wallace, the latest arrival
from Dawson, brings a moderate for
tune with him and reports a plentiful
food supply and frequent stampedes
caused by reports of new strikes.
The British bark Ancyra sails into
the harbor at New York city, the crew
suffering from brutal treatment By
officers and scurvy raging as a result
of poor food and not enough of it.
Cuban insurgents rejoicing over a
report, which is probably untrue, that
General Pando has been captured; at
any rate, however, the general's cam
paign in Santiago de Cuba has proved
a dismal failure.
The house passes the postoffice ap
propriation bill without reducing the
compensation of railroads for trans
portation of the mails; on motion of
Mr. Dlngley, war material imported
from abroad will be allowed to come
in free of duty.
Spanish diplomats appeal to the
monarchs of Europe for aid against
the United States; Francis Joseph of
Austria ls willing to help, but nobody
else seems anxious; German legislat
ors preparing to strike another blew
at American meats.
All references to Anglo-Saxon alli
ance received ln a very friendly spirit
by masses and classes of England;
editors comment on the awakening
of race feeling in the face of real or
fancied danger of a European coali
tion against an English-speaking peo
ple.
President McKinley's policy regard
ing Cuban affairs has not changed.
Spain having proved her inability, to
establish autonomy, the time tor in
tervention has arrived; the Maine af
fair is a separate question; Spain must
make disavowal of complicity, pay
demnity or go to war.
While the report of the Maine court
of Inquiry has not been filed. Its chief
features are known; many theories
were advanced to account for the ex-
plosion, but the work of the divers
proves all to be untrue except the as
sertion that the damage was done by
an external submarine mine.
Three of the surviving officers of the
Maine arrive at Washington; they do
not bring the report of the court ot
Inquiry, and are reticent about ex
pressing opinions concerning ths ex
plosion. Department officials grow
impatient for the report, but improve
the time by making preparations for
war; good prospect for securing war
ships from South American countries;
orders for munitions ant? movements
ot warships.