Show MAINE SUMMARY telegraphic outline ot of the of tbt th naval bo hoard i ard received washington march VS secretary Sec long admits admit that a summary ot of the report of tho the court ot of inquiry has haa been received with the telegraphic summary received as a basis the state department has already proceeded to notify minister woodford Wood tord officially of the character of tile the report and he communicated tho the news to the spanish government with an intimation that it must bo be prepared to present a satisfactory reply within a few days the impression prevails that the ro port finds the explosion was caused by outside agencies but does docs not connect the spanish government with the affair washington march 23 it ts Is a significant ant fact that after the different conferences at the white house there was a demand upon the congressional library for all records bearing upon the action of congress in declaring war with great britain and mexico which are the only pieced precedents ants in the history of the country some ot of the very cry men who conferred with the president afterward looked at the declaration of war with great britain and tho the declaration by congress that war actually existed through the act of mexico the sentiment of those who were called upon by the president it has been learned was that it would be extremely difficult to separate the catastrophe tro phe to tremaine the maine from the general condition of the island and that whatever might bo be the plans of the president dentin in this regard congress and tho the people would almost certainly couple the two together it was also quite evident to those who called on mckinley that he has reached a stage where he is willing to intervene to bring peace to the island senators allison and gorman german saw the president by appointment the president desired to consult them regarding the present cuban situation as he has been consulting others little could be learned concerning the nature of the conference but it is known the president desires the views of leading men of both parties at this time on the situation which is considered very critical |