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Show TNc CESSION OF PORTO RICO. Washington, 10. An artHe in a New York paper to tho effect thi't the Spanish government, in return for securing a recognition of the republic re-public by the Kuropean powers, hat atrreed to cede the island of Porto Tuco to Germany, hrs occasioned universal un-iversal comment; but it cannot bo officially verified or refuted. AH that can now bo said with certainty is. that the Kxecutive department is not inattentive in-attentive to this matter, and both Caleb Cashing at Madrid and Mr. Davis at Berlin havo the Bubjcct on; their memorandum instructions and i will not f.ui, at tho proper time, to repeat to those governments the opposition oppo-sition of their administration, as heretofore here-tofore privately and officially express ex-press cd. |