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Show Culeb dishing' Appointment. Washington',1 '30. The appoint-' appoint-' ment of Caleb dishing :na minister to Spain continues to excite comment, j Concerning the character of .the m-! m-! structions be w ill receive from the Department of State, it can be stated with truth that one subject K which Mr., dishing will give hts attention will be the policy of the political and jidministratiou reforms in Cuba; the best means calculated to restore peace to that island and promote its prosperity. pros-perity. Among those reforms -is included the abolition of slavery in the Antilles. These views have repeatedly b.f en. : enforced both in the President's annual an-nual Message and in the official cor-rey cor-rey wndcn.cw of Secretary .Fish;" and they have often been communicated to the Spanish 'cabinet. . Several years ago our government tendered, its good offices to Spain, in the. hope of Cuba's pacification on this basis, but the offices offi-ces were respectfully decJiued. It is probable that a similar tender will again be made by the new minister, and the administration will resort to every proper expedient for the purpose pur-pose of restoring peace and protecting American interests in Cuba and adjacent adja-cent waters, and there can be no .doubt that the effort will be made to conclude a new commercial treaty with Spain. |