~ ‘ , EGI , THE YEAR B Y . . CRIBING _ FOR THE 1111.1 1111 AND .Y. WEEKLY TRIBUNE. Born PAPERS Sent to anv Ad dress FOR ‘0 ne — Dollar! incomes ALL ORDERS To cums 51:. N SITUATION ENC-1113,, The Administration Getting.Rea.dy for Any Emergency. ' PREPARATIONS GOING- ONJ Putting the Anny and Navy on u “'ar Fooling—Opposition of Senato1 Halo and Mr. Boutelle inF Beiitiling the Efforts of the Navy Dcpai tmcnt. ’ Washington, Feb..28.—P1:esident Mc- Kinley realizes that the United States are nearer war than they have been at any time since the close of the re- bellion, and he is using every means at his command to place the country in condition for meeting whatever may come. Not once since the terrible dis- aster at Havana has he attempted to deceive those near to him or himself as to the consequences that may de- pend on the report of the Naval Board of Inquiry. He is in thorough accord with the preparations for hostilities which are being made by the '1Var and Navy Departments, many of which are in line with the President's own sug-~ gestions. Through all this trying pel- of Inquiry ascertains that the Ma..e mined attitude, and has not been swerved from his expressed opinion that war will be inevitable if the Board pof Inquiry ascertains that the Maine was destroyed through foul means, which the spanish authorities, while not directly responsible, might have taken measures to prevent. His pur- pose to see justice done, no matter what the result, has secured the admi- ration not only of political supporters, but of strong opponents in Congress and elsewhere. Unfortunately for the patriotic fore- sight of Mr. McKinley, opposition to his purpose has developed in a. quarter where there should be the g1 catest ap- proval of all the administiation wants to do. The chairmen of the two Naval Committees, Senator Hale and Repre- sentative Boutelle, both from the State in whose honor the lost battleship was named, have shown themselves to be against any preparation whatever for an emergency and are using all the in— fluence which their prominent places give them to belittling the efforts of the Navy Department in getting every- thing in readiness for facing a resort to arms. This defection in the Republican ranks, when many Democrats are ready to support the President to the end, is causing amazement and some display of feeling among theleaders of the majority in both houses.‘ Senator Hale’s frequently expressed opposition to any efforts in the Senate in behalf of the struggling patriots of Cuba has not lessened the surprise of his col- leagues over the position he has as: sumed. Other Senators who have not been friendly to the insurgent cause do not let their opposition extend to the steps now being taken for vindicating national honor, but Mr. Hale has shown a disposition to stick by Spain, and not by his country, in the present alarming situation. Over Mr. Boutelle’ s attitude there is felt an inte1mixture of annoyance and amusement—annoyance because his po- sition as head of the Committee on Naval Affairs gives him a distinct ad- vantage in opposing the plans of the Government, and amusement because he has the unhappy faculty of getting on the wrong side of vital political questions. It will be recalled that Mr. Boutelle was the only man in the House who was not in accord with President Cleveland's Venezuelan boun- dary policy. Fortunately, however, in that case-he was not so situated as ‘to be able to prevent anything that Mr. Cleveland wanted from being carried out. Nothing has occurred within the past twenty-four hours to change the atti- tude of the administration. In a word the President and his eexcutlve officers are waiting. They know nothing more about the cause of the Maine disaster than the country knows. Every scrap ‘of official information bearing on the catastrophe has been given to the press and there is no intention to keep any- thing back. This statement is 1r "~ on authority that is above SUSplCiuu o. doubt as to its truthfulness. A member of the Cabinet. in speak- ing of the attitude of the President, said: “President McKinley is giving thoughtful and earnest consideration to every phase of the Cuban situation as it appears, but he will not be jin- goed into war or act in anticipation of events which may occur. He fully realizes what war means and will net go to this last direful extremity with- out the approval of ‘his conscience and a firm conviction that such a course would be right in the sight of God and man. But whenever .the honor and integrity of the nation or its people become involved, the President may be depended upon to do his whole duty and do it promptly." Sensational neWSpapers are constant- ly repeating the “suppressed dispatch” story, which Secret; “y Long has sev- eral times branded : false. There have been nosuppresed - matches. All of Capt. Sigsbee’s tele rams have been ,given to the press immediately after their receipt, and the public is in quite as good a position to. judge of whether the Maine was destroyed by accident or design as the President ‘and his Cabi- net and the other officials who are in his confidence. Secretary Long has acted throughout the affair with a. fairness and a frank- ness that proves his honesty. He- is not, it is true, taking the people into ’- his confidence in regard to the prepay ' tions for an emergency, which.every- body will admit is quite the proper po- sition to assume, but he has not con- cealed anything contained in the re- ports from the Maine’s captain. This last statement cannot be made too em- phatic. One thing has become apparent since the Maine met her fate, and that is that Cuba’s independence is assured. Maine affair is only an incident in the bloody struggle of the last three years. It has for the moment diverted atten- tion from the main question at issue, but even if the present crisis should pass away without a. resort to arms or even a rupture of diplomatic rela- tions between Spain and the United States, the Cuban situation will not be permitted to drag along as it has 1‘01 any length of time. 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Washington, Feb. 28.—The Secretary of War has received nearly all the re- ports of the chiefs of staff in« the army on the condition and resources. of their various corps. The heads of’ the ord- nance and engineer bureaus- having charge of coast defense show that their work is in a highly advanced state and all that is needed is additional artil- lerymen. The quartermaster and comrui’ssary generals report the practical comple- tion of all the responsible preparations confided to them, including the con- tracts for large quantities of supplies in addition to the vast stores on hand and the arrangements that have been perfected for the speedy transportation of troops and food to various points. Gen. Merritt, commanding the De- partment of the East, has reported his arrival at Atlanta, which will practi- cally be his headquarters. He is in close communication with the depart- ment. In case the gravity of the situ- ation increases materially in the next few days it is proposed to order troops from Chicago and Buffalo and Colum- bus barracks to go into camp at Chick- amaugua Park, where they may be more quickly transpo1 ted to Tampa. and Savannah. WORK OF AN AMERICAN. John P. Sherman of Chicago Makes 3 Startling Statement. Chicago, Feb. 28.—John P. Sherman. who has just returned from a three years’ sojourn in Havana, corroborates the statement that an American placed the mines and torpedoes in Havana harbor by order of General Weyler. Sherman says the American was for- merly a. member of the crew of the United States ship San Francisco. “When Gen. Weyler left Havana,’ continued Mr. Sherman, “the map showing the location of these mines, and torpedoes was transferred to the custody of a spy known throughput Havana as Captain Delpedria, a. bitter enemy of the United States, and who was seen on more than one occasion on board the battleship Maine in his ca.- pacity as captain of the harbor police. “The mines and torpedoes were con- nected with an L ' .tric fire engine plant in. the magazine . ‘iagonally across the channel from Morro Castle.” Hastings Doubts Early Conflict. Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 28. —Governor Hastings, in discussing the Spanish 11 or scare, indicated that he was not apprehensive of at least an early con-. flict between the United States and Spain in consequence of the disaster to the Maine. - Even if there should be war between the two nations, he said, weeks would elapse before active hostilities would natui ally begin. The‘ Governor ex- piessed the hope that the present diffi- culty would demonstrate to the United States ,Government the necessity of in- creasing the numerical strength of the 111 my and the effectivenes of the navy. 13c 11 ould like to see a standing army in this countiy, 100 000 and twenty ad ational ironclads As to the coast de ses, he declared they should be great y strengthened in he 11.1i1. "of at least' —— a piecaution against foreign invasion. 3 Connornng. ing nachuwal this eve; I’ve got a beast- ly .cold in my head don’ tyerknow. 7 Geraldine.—Never mind, Addy. .Don’t grumble. Even if it is only a cold, it’s 'something.—Richmond Dispatch. some Chance for Him. A little fellow, talking to one of the boys at the Decatur Methodist Orphans’ Home said: “You boys seem so Lappy out here ltd like to stay with you always, but my folks are so healthy I’m ’fraid I '7, won’t be an orphan for some time yet. “Atlanta Constitution. 1 Juice W’it‘h Pink Legs. In the Missouri River near Platts- mouth, Neb., overrun with curious mice. They have a golden browu coat, while the lower part of their bodies is pure white. Their legs are pink and their eyes are jet black.~—Chicago Times-Herald. No Doubt About 1!. “Are you quite sure the eggs are all new laid, Betsy?” asked the mistress of the house. “You have my word for it, mum,” Betsy replied. “Every one of the doz- en was laid by my own hen.”——Pick—mc up. ——-—.~ , , This 01-3111 ~17min. “Rube, ain’t you thankful y’ou ro livin’?” “No; got to pay rent.” “Well, you’ve got a good family.” “They' 1e down with the measles.” “Well, you orter be thankful for the. air you breathe.” “It’s chuck full of malaria, an’ I , c’ant buy quinine!”——Atlanta Consti- tution. . 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