| Show SPAIN AND CUBA NOW new york oct 23 A A special to the herald from madrid says at alie th e ministerial council a special dispatch from havana stating that gen weyler would refuse to relinquish power before oct was discussed your correspondent was requested to say on behalf of the cabinet that no credence can be placed in the tee dispatch since according to all those received by the government the ministry anticipates nothing but implicit obedience to its orders on the part of gen weyler this emphatic statement Is all the more generous and all the more worthy of belief from the fact that gen weyler is by no means a persona grata with the present ministry th press continues to harp on the filibustering expeditions el impartial cial demands that a memorandum be sent to the european chancelleries chancell eries new york oct 23 A special from madrid to the world says A high diplomatic personage who has special means of accurately judging motives claims that the queen regent and the sagasta government are sincere both in their wish to obtain the sympathy of the american government and to conciliate the majority of the cubans especially with the whites whom the new policy alms aims to detach from the insurrection many obstacles may retard the realization of the liberal program the high diplomat continued first the condition ot of o t the island makes the execution of reforms and the taking of elections very difficult secondly the division in the autonomist party makes its support unreliable just when the government wants it to be the cornerstone corner stone of the new regime thirdly the ambiguous attitude of the so called spanish party the constitutional union makes mischief as its proffered support is conditional on the government making no large extension of the electoral franchise as that would deprive it of the control of the municipal and provincial councils and the consular assembly fourthly the creating of a local assembly with a responsible executive is exceedingly unpopular in spain and is even by influential liberals and newspapers like the heraldo and impartial cial fifthly military men share the opinion of generals blanco and pando that rigid military occupation of the four western provinces of cuba and very active operations in the two eastern provin cs are indispensable to complete pacification and can only produce results in a few months if th e united states stop entirely sending expeditions and all other assistance si to the insurgents sixthly prolongation oi of the struggle g e with its terrible drain on the spanish forces and embarrassments embarrass ments impend to the tune of a month on top of the already spent early this winter will force spain to pledge more sources of peninsular revenue to raise money to go with pacification in cuba hence the anxiety of the court and the government to secure the good will of the united states which is shown in the addition of the new colonial policy in making promises to settle the american claims after pacification and in holding out a prospect of advantages for american trade and capital in the spanish west indies views on these delicate matters are being exchanged between the two governments ern ments with great reserve chiefly at washington as usual hitherto probably nothing of them will be placed officially on record the prevailing opinion in court and official circles in madrid is that the american government shows a temporizing por izing and friendly disposition |
