Show ULTIMATUM TO SPAIN olney said to have given fair warning MUST CRUSH THE REBELLION unless an effective result Is reached beached soon the united states will intervene to put a stop to tho the warfare in ili cuba consul general lees ices keport on OIL the situation sold said to be unfavorable to the spanish senator mccreary favors recognizing cuban belligerency washington doc dec 2 deports were in ili quite general circulation here today that secretary olney tome borne time I 1 in n november had bad given tile the spanish government courteously but firmly to understand der stand that the cuban I 1 cli ellion must be crushed chice months or till OIL united d states mould be compelled to Inter intervene verli to stop slop it was said that prominent republican senators had been informed of 0 this li ultimatum ILI the reports in ili their features more mere vi nillar to rumors prevalent about a month ago and emphatically denied at the time by 0 11 it I 1 a Is of 0 this nils government anti anil also at madila no conr confirmation Ir mation of 0 tile the latest lepolt could be obtained in off leial circles ceic etc today and it 11 was denied that spain had been given such an ultimatum Selia senators tors aho have been active in foreign fonten fon ten and have consulted the state department officials on the cuban situation expressed the opinion that the administration had not made an any y radical change in its attitude but a number of them gave cave it as ai a i their own opinion that congress co should adopt ilg orous rous measures to end tile present state of 0 afra affairs irs it la Is expected that the president mill III take eaily occasion to send to congress the report which consul vencial lee has submitted to the secretary of 0 b slate I 1 A te on 0 it the result of his observations in cuba A prominent member ot of the senate committee on relations said today it 11 would no not lie be possible for the president to send a pro spanish mes bage to congress in view of 0 tho the report alch general lee lec had made to secretary olney speaking gen bially of tho the mews lews of gen me lee ill the senator bald they were welt well enough knoma gnoun tomake to make it report would mould not lie be to the spanish contentions tent ton ions Lions jt it Is known tho the report which mallch get gen lee made iliade presents a very grave not to say horrifying condition of aitakis in cuba one of the conditions he describes Is 19 that of the lie situation of the ron non coni ba balines balin tants ls peaceable citizens who mho have no interest Int elest cst in ill the war mail except to see bee it ended those these people At whether hether within the spanish lines ur or the cuban lines as c bulTer erm if within the cuban linca they plant theli their crops in order to obtain a living lining only to hake their territory raided M and u occupied beek pled by like hie spanish iOV cori LV cs who mho i immediately destroy the lite crops burn the houses and other III plo perty of the planters and upon the slightest pie text it Is alleged put the men to death or imprison them on the ground they have been aiding abling the rebellion in fact it is regarded as asdhig the cubans it if crops fire arc lapsed which they might obtain noncombatant non nork combatant combatants within spanish territory are given like treatment by i cubans on oil the ground that they frym pai litzo with mith spain 1 the of gen lee besides she allowing what difficulties the non combat i ants have to contend with fill in tile the matter matler of securing enough food to gustain i life also points out how they ate often hurried to wid and c condemned 0 1 d e m n ed without trials americans a aig t L a accustomed ee us to fcc justice given to persons charged with offe olTen limes sea it Is known gen lees report she shows a that cruelty Is practiced on both sides but it Is sald ild it states that more cases have come to his iknou knowledge ledge of 0 wrongs on the part of 0 the Spi spanish nish A very Y conservative member of the senate committee on foreign relations isolations said toddy today that th ihk in cuba met c such that intervention by tile tho i united states slates in the cause of 0 humanity was ava demanded anti anil lit lie had no doubt that congress would mould early take a stand in the matter COMING TO A HEAD chicago dec 2 A special to the Trl bun from washington says A crisis in the afif affairs tirs ot of cuba Is rapidly caching and there Is every reason to believe that Pies president ident cleveland has already decided on action which will ill startle the th country almost as much na his is famous message on oil venezuela na although the alic exact time for the announcement no depends de somewhat on fu fork operations in cuba by this action the president will sill nut not change his previous polley policy in regard to I 1 spain and cuba but will simply limply carry it out to its logical conclusion which Is a direct and open threat of oc relive active intervention on the part of tile the united states slates to secure peace on oil the island whether by the independence of ill allm patriots or by voluntary action on oil the part of spain from three different tho the policy partially ag agreed reed upon between secretary olney and president cleveland was wai learned and the reports in each case tallied mleh fill sur unanimity A definite and somewhat hat startling on oil the uban question will be made to Con grela either cither in the regular annual message or in u supple montary communication aj mas the case in dealing with the venezuelan minister dupuy de d lome of tho S spanish pan legation b hirai been fully advised of nf the liti vendina announcement and he i 1 accepts Is what till ft fa in effect nn an wilma ultimatum turn believing that thai spain will be al olle L to prevent action on oil the part of the he united states by tile alie success of wey lers opma Liong in fit cuba the adopted Is scarcely a matter of 0 doubt any lunger atud unless I 1 h ro should be dome sudden ud den change in 0 altaic in the intend inland through the success or failure allure of WeY wellers lers campaign tile the issue will boon be sharply fihar ply drawn between berneen this country and spain |