Show ITRUcJINS T WOODFORD Framed So a t Avoid Any Htmril iatiou t Spain The instructions given ti our new minister to Spain before his denarture for his pest directed him to impress I upon that govcrnrunt the sincere wish of the United States to lend its aid f toward tnding th war in Cuba by 1 nachmg a eacefui and lasting result just asa honorable alike to Span and I th Cuban peoi > ij These iriM ructions recited the char I aitcr and duiation of the contest the v idespivad tosses it entails thO burdens bur-dens d restraint St imposes upon us pith foiistari disturbance of national I interests dn the injury resulting from f an indefinite continuance of this state < 1 things It ass stated that a this i junctuI our government was constrained S con-strained to seriously inquire if the time j vas not ripe when pain of her ovti i volition moved Jjy her own interests and every sentiment fs humanity I I should cut a stop to this destructive I war and mike proposals of settlement I I honorable to herself and just to her Cuban colony I was urged thai a a 1 i neighboring nation with large interests I in Cuba we could be required to wait only a reasonable time for the mother country to rtabUsh its authority and riston i pace and order within the bor JI I dds of ti I islfbid t ha wo could not cortfirolif n indefinite period for the aCC > irihmerit of this result Xo utin vas proposed which the ii latl idea i of humiliation to Sij could attach and indeed inv IIK i lr rsl vxri withheld to avoid eiijiiratmert t < that government All that v as did r expcte was that fiiue safe vey might bo speeedily provided pro-vided are jurmanent paci restored BAGASTA AUMIXISTaATION I so chanced thu the consideration of this offr addressed to the same Spanish rrirl tmtioa which had de dined t a J rs of my predecessor and vh r more than two years had poii < ard treasure into Cuba in the 1 ttort I tu suppress the revolv f > h s Between the departure de-parture of rAncral f TTooclford the new envoy iUi his irria in Spain the Et tesmaa who had shaped the policy of hIs country fell by the hand of ant an-t Fafsin aid although the cabinet of the late jr triier slid held office and received from our envoy the proposals I hi1 bn that calinet save place within a few days ihenafxvr to a n v administration I I admin-istration urdcr the leadership of Sa i wastft |