| Show RUMORS OF WAR ST LOUIS jan 20 the republic this morning in summarizing dispatches from florida new york and saye A crisis has hab been reached in the cuban cacao war recognition of the belli of the patriot army by the united states is imminent president cleveland la is sold said to have prepared a which way may be issued to day or in the immediate future the president lc Is is ia declared intended to recognize the be insurgents last week when be learned of the recall of mar obal ahal campos but under the tb circum the executive thought that recognition would be regarded rega rued as ae Is inopportune opportune and unfriendly to spain and ana be therefore withhold withheld the important pending the appoint moot mont of a to campos W within athis the past lony eight hours bolever bo wever president Pre aident cleveland la Is saia jo have learned wat that spain despairing pi a successful termination of the war bad offered to sell cuba to great BrIE britain SID clumon to this effect were circulated ta in tee east last night and spread like wildfire over the country Therum the ort seem to be connived conni conf med limed by dispatches grom from florida the governors gover nore of the southern states according to these have been requested by the war department to prepare the state militiamen for immediate service troops are already beginning to move in plo florida riua the belief is held in some quarters that the flying squadron equa dron ot or starters bresg reat britain to is destined for service in american waters xi ii this is so 80 war will result the cession of cuba to norfal britain would be resisted by the states to the last ditch dich official information from the white bouse Is lacki lacking og but it is evident thas serious complications are at hand senor glanor palma head bead of the cuban party la in afie united states State wires from wash datoc out our case to is complete the Pr president Ident ind and congress will recognize the 00 insurgents insurgentes es cause senor palma adds add that it Is not necessary that the insurgents lasur gents should I 1 boid ft a ports port but that as a matter ot of too general gomez has taken halt half a doxen down ports in the past week leaving the spanish army penned up in havana the president it to is said will issue ft proclamation im mediately immediately authorities ties agree that the executive anil and at ft congress should take the I 1 initiative n Coo Kresa will support the president hearl heartily fly president cleveland has hesitated to take go 0 o important a step while the vencial vin cial head of the revolution in this country Is enjoy enjoying tug the protection protect fon 01 american citizenship secretary olney his has not felt so much embarrass ment I 1 irom from this cause he has been ai borne jaae time in favor of immediate and has been urging the j do lent t on n out but mr nai fairy bite great deliberation it in ie understood he be had prepared to jesus issue a proclamation recognizing the insurgents when he be learned of the recall of captain general Caru pop for prudential reasons ano and to lo avoid the charge of precipitancy the president la Is said to have held the important announcement something has baa transpired within the past day or two however to change his bia policy it washington advices advises are accurate it to la rumored here washingto D C that spain has offered to sell cuba to great britain and that negotiations for the cession 0 the island to the british crown are LOW pending spain it Is raids said has bas abandoned all alj hope of quelling the insurrection Insurrect lov A report has baa it that the president may go beyond the original proposition and recognize abe independence of cuba this however way may be taken with a large grain of salt there ie a distinction between independence and belligerency belligerency can be recognized when insurgents have established themselves on a basis of apparent permanency by having bavine military establishments abie to copi cope e with the armies of we parent country and have established a form of government independence on the other hand band according to the vrin principle ciple and invariable practice of the united states is recognized only when the jaga government of another nation by its ite establishment in the actual exercise of 0 political power is supposed to have received the express or implied assent assant ol oi the the president accord according ing to this version of the story learned of the proposed deal and after a conference witia senor palma determined to nip it in the bud by g a state of war in cuba and enforcing belligerent rights right gas as laid down in international law the hasty orders for it i they really have been given can mean but one thing to wj wi that the united states slates will resist any attempt on the part of spain to emerge from the war by ceding cuba to great britain brita I 1 n or any other european country it if the crisis is in as acute as it would seem to be from the reports in circulation admiral bunco will doubtless be instructed to leave hampton roads boade on short notice with an expedition to cuba american interests on the island would afford ground for the landing of troops in the be event of an emergency washington jan 20 while out west for trio last week or so J remarked squire woodman of the chicago delegation athe the thought 00 occurred burred to me that it would be a good idea to make a poll of the people I 1 met on the trains oo on the cuban cuba ri question before I 1 finished fluis aed my self appointed task I 1 interviewed people trim 83 different states and found favorable to the united states recognizing the belligerency of cuba nine declined to answer my question and four did not think the of the united states would be justified in taking such a course it strikes me that this was a pretty fair reflex of sentiment in this country orr on the cuban matter all ali kinds ol 01 classes of people were talked with wish mereb merchants ants business men and farmers and they unanimously suggested strong measures being resorted to which would have done the heart of any ADY sympathizer good my enmity against the spaniards grows out oui of an ido Idol ident dent lo in my career while in the navy and lying at cadiz there was a little squabble in which I 1 became involved aud and with true castilian hostility I 1 was given a kick from behind te bind which laid me senseless As long as I 1 live jive I 1 will carry a scar a as a reminder of that affair and every time 1 I think about it my blood boils at tile the treacherous reache character ot of the peddle who inflicted it LONDON jan 20 in spite of the assertion ot it a ow national sat sati ional oDal news agency to the contrary the associated press to i lo in a position to repeat KB its assertion of saturday last that it has been informed by the british admiralty that the destination destt tt ti of the flying squadron equa dron now at Bpi Spi thead is not yet deL determined upon even by the admiralty and certainly it will not go to bermuda or anywhere to in american waters for the present the reports irom from new york that communications regarding the deltina deet ioa tion ion of the british flying squadron have passed between the izove of the united states aud aid great britana baltala are pronounced utterly without foundation lord playfair who to Is prominently identified with the movement to lish a perma hermanet per manet not board for international arbitration had a long interview inte iview today with united baates ambassador bay ard washington jan 20 A ilat flat de bialle given at the war department today loday of the report from florida that the secretary loas has rt requested quested the governor of the state to put florida troops in readiness readi nesa to take the field ata at a mo ments notice the Prea ideLt has no constitutional or lawful authority to make such euch a request and it is said there is no emergency that would justify the calling out of tle tie florida militia |
