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PACIFIC COAST TOWNS
THREATENED WITH ATTACK BY
HOSTILE NATIONS
Provision Ha* Been Made to Take
Good Cart) of the Fierce Friends
of Spain
Special to The Herald.
• WASHINGTON, April s.—The que»- •
• tion of the protection of the Pacific •
• coast In case of conflict between this •
• country and Spain has been the sub- •
• Ject of considerable Interest to repre- •
• sentatives of that section of country •
• since the Cuban controversy began. •
• The officials of the navy department •
• are quite severely criticized for order- •
• Ing rhe battleshop Oregon to the At- •
• lantlc coast, thus leaving the entire •
• Pacific coast line of the country with- •
• out the protection of a first class bat- •
• tleshlp, but members of the Callfor- •
• nla delegation seemed confident that •
• the formidable monitors, Monterey •
• and Monadnock, would be able to take •
• care of any Spanish fleet that might •
• make an onslaught on any Pacific •
• coast point. •
• A new phase of the situation, how- •
• ever, developed a few days ago. In- •
• formation reached the navy depart- •
• ment that several of the South Amer- •
• lean republics sympathized with •
• Spain In her conflict In Cuba, and •
• would be willing to resent any Inter- •
• ference on the part of the United •
• States. Of course this would not be •
• In an official way. Privateers, how- •
• ever, might be fitted out with the tacit •
• understanding of their governments •
• and do an Immense amount of dam- •
• age to American shipping, the re- •
• sponslblilty for which would after- •
• wards be disclaimed by the autborl- •
• ties of the South American republics. •
• There might be a practical blockade •
• of the Atlantic coast and supplies of a •
• certain character would have to be •
• received by Pacific coast ports. This •
• matter was brought to the attention •
• of Assistant Secretary Rooswvelt by •
• Congressman Lewis of Washington •
• today. s
• "I fuHy realize the Importance of •
• protecting the Pacitic coast," he said, •
• and we are prepared, In the event of •
• war, not only to take care of any •
• Spanish vessels that might attempt to •
• annoy us, but of any privateers which •
• may be fitted out In any South Amer- •
• lean country. The Pacific coast la •
• much better protected than most peo- •
• pie Imagine, and I see no reason why, •
• even In the event of fierce hostilities! •
• between this country and Spain, there •
• should be the slightest apprehension •
• or any Interruption of the ordinary •
• coastwlsie trade." *
• He Informed Congressman Lewis •
• that In order to protect the principal c
• points, the Monadnock would be ata- •
• tloned at Puget sound and the Mon- •
• terey at San Francisco. The other •
• vessels wlli patrol the coast. •
I WAITING FOR WAR j>
X HAVANA. April 3. Special to th* Herald.) X
A Insurgents are massing In Havana province X
O ready to descend upon the city at the first X
© eight of the American fleet. X
INDEX
TO TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Secretary Long states that danger
to consulß in Cuba will not delay the
presentation of the president's mes-
sage.
Provision has been made to protect
Pacific coast towns against attack'
by Spain or any of her South Ameri
can sympathisers.
Americans In Cuba who desire to
leave the Island are provided with
transportation and urged to get out
as soon as possible.
Six speeches were delivered In the
senate yesterday, each being an elo
quent plea for Cuban freedom and a
demand for a declaration of war
against Spain.
Clara Barton leaves Key West for
Havana, presumbaly to see that
American relief supplies are given to
reconcentrados, instead of being eat
en by Spanish soldiers.
Papal intervention In Spanish-
American affairs rouses no enthusi
asm In Europe, chiefly because Eng
land, sympathising with the desires
of the United States, flatly refuses to
take action.
An Alaska mall carrier claims to
have picked up one of Andre's doves
with a message to the effect thatrthe
aeronaut is alive and on land; the
news Is not fully credited, but Is not
considered Impossible.
Mr. Balfour makes a statement In
the British house of commons on the
easetrn situation, expressing the opin
ion that Great Britain made a very"
fair crop of commercial hay during
two months of Oriental sunshine.
Word from the whalers imprisoned
In the Arctic ice-fields shows urgent
need of prompt relief; the vessels are
doomed to destruction; the men are
on the verge of starvation, and Ig
norant of the fact that relief Is com
ing.
Foreign relations committees of
house and senate confer on the Cuban
situation; a disposition Is generally
shown to make the resolution to be
reported agree with the recommenda
tions contained In the president's mes
sage.
The president's plans outlined by a
member of the cabinet; Cuban Inde
pendence will not be recognised, but
action will be taken to make Cuba free
and Spain will be given a chance to
get off the Island without being driv
en away.
McKlnley's Cuban message to con
gress is ready and will be presented
today. If nothing happens to prevent;
what Is intimated may happen is that
the Insurgents may agree to an armis
tice, In which case the message will
wait; Senor Bernabe expresses him
self as hopeful that a conflict may yet
be avoided.
Twenty-three people dead, 700 home
less and 1500 suffering for the neces
saries of life and $200,000 property
damage are given as the results of
the flood which overwhelmed Shaw
neetown; relief measures are taken to
lessen distress, though as yet no
search has been made for the bodies
of the dead.
There will be a struggle In congress
over the resolution to be reported by
the foreign relations committee, no
matter what may be the nature of the
report; both senate and house are di
vided Into factions favoring both In
tervention and Cuban Independence
and Intervention only, and all are
ready to champion their pet ideas.
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THE HERALD
FREEDOM OF CUBA
THE THEME OF ORATORY IN
THE SENATE
WAR FEELING STRONG
AND THE DEMAND FOB ACTION
INSISTENT
OF SIX SPEECHES DELIVERED
Not One Suggested Hilder Measures
Than Driving Spain From the
Western Hemisphere
Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, April B.—"The
United States ought immediately to
declare war against Spain and main
tain that war until the people of Cuba
are free from Spanish starvation and
cruelty, and the government of the
island firmly established as an in
dependent republic."
This utterance by Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire, in a carefully prepared
statement of his position on the Cuban
crisis, was the climax of an extended dis
cussion of the subject, participated In by
several members of the senate this after
noon.
Speeches had been delivered by Mr.
Turner of Washington, Mr. Harris of Kan
sas and Mr. Keroney of Delaware, all of
whom took strong grounds for vigorous
and Instant action by the United States.
Indeed, Mr. Turner took substantially the
same position as Mr. Chandler, basing his
demand for action upon the Main* catas
trophe. Profound attention was attracted
by a speech delivered by Mr. Turpi", one
of the members of the foreign relations
committee. Briefly but scathingly he re
viewed the Spanish conduct of Cuban af
fairs, and declared In the strongest terms
for Intervention that would mean some
thing—that would drive Spain from control
of every foot of territory in the western
hemisphere. The speech was a clear, con
cise statement of the position in which this
country has been placed by Spanish out
rages. Insults and crimes. At the conclu
sion of the speeches on. the Cuban question
the senate resumed consideration of the
sundry civil bill, the only important prog
ress made being the adoption. In slightly
modified form., of the committee amend
ment suspending the forestry reservation,
proclamation of 18OT.
McCaffery ot Louisiana presented a tele
gram from the commercial bodies of New
Orleans, which lie desired to have read.
"Is this one of tlie stereotyped telegrams
in favor of peace which we are receiving at
this timer' in quired Mr. CockreU of Mis
souri.
"If It were stereotyped, and If such tele
grams were being sent from all parts of
the country," replied Mr. McCaffery, "1
should be very glad of It."
"I suppose it Is one of the peace tele
grams," said Mr. CockreU, "as I hold In my
hand one of a similar nature from the Re
publican city committee of Kansas City,
Mo."
Mr. Piatt of Connecticut said that while
he sympathised with the tenor of the tele
grams, he did object to the insertion of
such matter in the record.
TURNER'S MEASURE
The resolution offered by Mr. Turner of
Washington, declaring war against Spain,
was laid before the senate, and its author
took the floor in advocacy of It. The speech
was brief, but was given the most careful
attention by both the galleries and the
senate.
"The fateful question of peace or war,"
he began, "belongs In Its last analysis to
the congress of the United States. Be
lieving In this, I have no apology for the
revolution I have offered. I have the great
est respect for the president and his office,
but I have never been one to 'bend the
pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift
might follow fawning.' The time has now
arrived when some expression ought to be
made on this subject by this nation. A
spectacle has beien made of the United
States In the whole matter.
"With a diplomatic representative at
Madrid," declared Mr. Turner, "compli
cating the business of this country and
defeating even his own frantic efforts for
peace at any pi-Ice; with a private secrc
atry. the alter ego of the president, cir
culating appeals throughout the country
for petitions and memorials to control au
unduly patriotic congress; with the man
ner In which the fate of our battleship was
treated by this country; with the frantic
appeals for duty, it is not surprising that
the American people are outraged and havo
given notice that they propose to take the
whole matter into their own hands."
Discussing the Maine disaster, upon
which Mr. Turner practically bated his
speech, he declared no reasonable man
could fall to realise What the battleship
was destroyed through the cowardice and
perfidy of Spanish officials, who, by their
action, made their government responsible
for the crime. The same officials who
had laid the mine had anchored the Maine
over it and had exploded it. The act was
cowardly and perfidious Ira the extreme,
and constituted warfare. Mr. Turner de
clared that it was Immaterial Whose was
the hand that tent the electric spark on
Its fatal mltskm. Spain was in every tenee
responsible for the act—an act that ought
properly to be resented by th* United
States.
SPAIN'S RECORD
From the time of Alva down to the time
of Weyler, Mr. Turner declared, the record
of Spain hat been one of murder and as
sassination, brutality and cruelty, rapine
and arson.
"The Spaniard of 1500 and the Spaniard
of 1900 are one and the same Individual."
It bad remained for the Maine disaster
to demonstrate that civilisation had passed
the Spaniards by, and that theyare now
at ferocious, brutal, cunning and treach
erous as they ever were. This government
should act at once.
Mr. Tamer was in favor of a declaration
(Continued On Pafce TwoV>( rl
■ ...u... i ««s - ..:
LOS ANGELES, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, JB9B
PLANS OF THE PRESIDENT
As Outlined by One of the Menv
bers of His Cabinet
CUBANS WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED
As One Among the Independent Nations
of the Earth
Hostilities Will Be Stopped on Humanitarian Grounds and
Spain Given a Fair Opportunity to
Evacuate the Island
Washington, April 5— (Special to the Herald.) An important state
ment of the inside views of the president and administration was given to
day by a prominent member of the cabinet, as follows:
"The purpose of intervention to be proposed by the president in his
message to congress tomorrow is to establish permanent peace and to pre
pare conditions for the recognition by the United States of the independ
ence of the Cuban government. These conditions do not exist now. There
is nothing for the United States to recognize, and no European nation would
follow our example if wj were to attempt to recognize as an important power
a government which shows so few signs of its existence as that of the so
called Cuban republic.
"But while we cannot at the present time recognize that the existing in
surgent government has secured its independence, we can intervene to put a
stop to 1 a: nuisance, even if that intervention leads eventually to the establish
ment of the independence of the Cuban government, intervention thus be
comes a sure way of helping Cuban independence. The intervention the
president will propose will be to drive Spain from America. The president
intends to intervene by force—by the combined force of the United States
army and navy if it becomes necessary. Spain will, however, be given an
opportunity to get out without being driven out if she wants to avail her*
self of it.
"It will be an extraordinary thing, in my opinion, if congress does not
debate the resolutions of the president for two weeks at least, it is possible
the house and senate will be able to reach a conclusion before then, but in
the meantime Spain will have time to think the matter over and to retire
peaceably from the field.
"If she should actually succeed in securing the mediation of the pope,
between herself and the Cuban insurgents, that fact would not affect our
policy. Nothing but the establishment of permanent peace between Spain
and the insurgents can prevent action by the United States in line with the
policy he will announce tomorrow.
"We are not afraid of Spain's torpedo flotilla, nor that the delay will
permU her fleet to get near enough to do us damage. That fleet is now at
Cape Verde islands, twenty-four hundred miles away. The vessels cannot
steam faster than their colliers. They can make no more than ten miles an
hour, and you can figure out for yourself that the flotilla is not going to be
cause for uneasiness for some time. So I hope congress will not act until
time has been given all Americans to get safely out of Cuba.
"The alleged plan for the payment of $200,000,000 by the Cuban
insurgents to Spain for their independence is utterly untrue. There is not
one syllable of reference of any sort to such a scheme in the message,
either for the payment of that or any other sum. The United States gov
ernment has never had such a plan under consideration.
"As to the Maine disaster, the president's message refers to it as a terri
ble example of Spain's inability to preserve order and peace in her own
possessions, and as affording one of the strongest reasons tor our interven
tion. Our account with Spain on that matter has not yet been closed. She
has expressed regret at the occurrence, but she has done it in a roundabout
manner that has enraged Americans. The fact of the matter is, I think,
she wants a licking.
"Up to the present moment there has not been any attempt on the
part of Any foreign government to bring pressure to bear upon us in rela
tion-to-our dealings with the Spanish-Cuban situation. But we expect that
some such pressure will soon be brought by diplomats of the world in
response to the latest scheme of Spain.
"AJthough General Lee has suggested the advisibihty of delay in the
action of congress, that will not prevent the message from going in tomorrow.
We decided it would be better to send it in and make it public than to keep
it back and have people guessing as to what it contained."
Twelve Pages
PRICE FIVE CENTS
A FIGHT CERTAIN
WHEN THE CUBAN RESOLUTION
IS REPORTED
TWO SENATE FACTIONS
ABE BEADY TO DO BATTLE FOB
THEIR IDEAS
ADVOCATES OF INTERVENTION
Will Bitterly Oppoae a Resolution
Recognizing the Independence
of the Cuban Government
Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON, April 6.—A debate)
which occurred In the executive session of
the senate late this afternoon would indi
cate that no matter what was the charac
ter of the resolution to come from the
committee on foreign relations, the reso
lution would cause serious, and perhaps
prolonged, discussion. It emphasised the
fact that there are two elements in the sen
ate—one for independence with interven
tion, and one for intervention alone, and
these two factions will fight vigorously tor
their ideas.
The relations of the United States with
Spain was the uppermost topic in the ex
ecutive session, and constituted the sub
ject of many conferences among senators.
The activity was due to the announce
ment that the president's message would
recommend the adoption ot a policy look
ing to intervention in Cuba on the part of
the executive branch of the government,
rather than the recognition ot Independ
ence, and to an effort to make smooth tho
way for the reception of such a report.
The executive session developed the fact,
that much opposition would be made to'
the acceptance of a policy In line with the
president's desires. The question was
raised by Senator Allen, who made a lons
speech predicting much dissatisfaction In
the country at large with a policy on th*
part of the executive that did not go to tfca
extent of giving the Cubans their entire ln<
dependence of the mother country.
Senator Allen was followed by other
speakers In the same line, and the faot waa
made very evident that if the committee on
foreign relations should bring In a resolu
tion merely complying with the president*
request, and stopping short of a declara
tion for independence, there would be an
effort In the senate to amend it so as to
accomplish this end.
A resolution was offered that the entire
Cuban question should be considered be
hind closed doors on account of the prob
ability of utterances which would afford
Information to the enemy. This proposi
tion was debated, but without reaching a
conclusion.
While the senate was In executive ses
sion, a formidable element In the senate
was considering what would be done In
case resolutions should be reported pro
viding for recognition ot Independence.
This faction was composed of what I*
known as the conservative element on the
Republican side of the senate. The con
ference was held In Senator Aldrlch's com
mittee room, and among those present
were Senators Hanna, Piatt of Connecti
cut, Spooner, Hale, Fairbanks andAldrich.
Senator Allison was also there part of the
time. A general purpose was expressed
to oppose the adoption of any report that
would recommend a recognition of Cuban
Independence, and that did not. Indeed,
confine Itself to the support of the presi
dent's recommendation for intervention
only. Later in the day Senators Allison
and Aldrlch had a prolonged conference
with Senators Davis, Frye and Lodge of
the committee on foreign relations. These
members of the foreign committee were
able to assure the other senators that no
effort would be made to report the resolu
tion tomorrow, or on the same day on
which the message should be received; but
they could not give the same assurance a*
to the character of the resolution.
Th prevailing opinion among senators is
that the committee will recede from Us
position, both for independence and inter
vention, and report a resolution in accord*
ance with the president's recommedatlon,
for intervention alone, but this is not cer«
tain.
Of three members of the committee seen,
all classed as pro-Cuban, Senator Frye an
nounced himself satisfied with Interven
tion; Senator Foraker announced that he
would not favor the change; Senator Davit
refused to commit himself. Senator Lodge
had previously said he would support the
president's position.
There was no cabinet meeting at the
White House, but several members spent
the evening with the president and Mrs.
McKiniey.
It is thought that over a thousand Amer
icans will be eager to leave Havana to
morrow. Whether any armed vessel from
the Key West squadron will be at hand to
morrow when the exodus begins could-not
be learned, but it is said at the White
House that "all Americans will be well
cared for."
OPINIONS VARY
Among the Republicans of the house
there Is a marked conflict of opinion at
to whether, in the event the president rec
ommends Intervention only, and not the
recognition of the lndependnce ol Cuba,
they will accede to his view of the ques
tion. The somo conflict exists among the
Republicans of the foreign affairs com
mittee. Some of the radicals who engaged
in the movement to force immediate action
seem inclined to discredit the report that
the president will not recommend the rec
ognition of the Independence of Cuba.
In the foreign affairs committee of the
house, Mr. Smith of Michigan and Mft
Heatwole (Rep.) of Minnesota are for In
dependence, and Mr. Adams of Pennsyl
vania, Mr. Cousins of lowa. Mr. Gillette
of Massachusetts and Mr. Henry ot Indi
ana are for intervention if the president
makes that recommendation, and Mr,
Qulgg of New Tork and Mr. Person oj
North Carolina art In doubt. The solid
Democratic minority will be for tndepead*
ence, with Mr. New lands (Silver) in .rfoubU