Show BURROWS FOR WAR michigan senator tells of the maine disaster says the board of inquiry will report that the ship was blown up by an external explosion spain entirely congress must not adjourn new york march 17 united senator julius 0 burrows of michigan in a signed statement in the world save 1 I am profoundly impressed with the belief that ia our relations with spain a crisis is near at hand in a very few days the government will receive the report of the court of inquiry the report will be that the maine was destroyed by tha explosion of a spanish I 1 mine or torpedo if the court makes the report I 1 an ti cipale it will then will come the tug of war r I 1 what is the situation with which alie country is confronted vessel of the united states government lies at anchor in the port of a friendly power on the exact selected by that power ond that vessel is en a peaceful biason mi ason she ie destroyed st the question of ports does not enter into the discussion of responsibility spain waa as mud bound to protect the maine and her crew from harm in the port of havana as if she had been anchored at her immediate door I 1 care not whether the explosion was produced by or through the connivance of a spanish or cuban responsibility for the deed is not lessened thereby suppose that the president of the united states had visited spain on a friendly mission was the guest of the queen regent and during the night was murdered by member of the queens household or by some fanatical spaniard not connected with Sp ains cabinet this government have the right to bold spain responsible for the deed I 1 contend that it would therefore I 1 eay that in our relations with spain we are approaching a chiei the solution and settlement of which congress lone must determine the country expects congress to do its duty in the premises and that the president pre eident will do his neither can shift the responsibility of the hour upon the other any proposition of congress to shirk responsibility or special power upon the president to meet emergencies as they arise will be resented by the people congress must not only remain in until it knows all the facts connected with the loss of the maine but must not adjourn until it has fettled and settled right all other questions that are prestine pre seine for a solution DO WAE WILL COMB new york march 17 A dispatch to the tribune from london says negotiations for the purchase of warships are still in progress the spanish agent having money at their disposal in london the only vessel which they are believed to have purchased is me Calmont fl larew steam yacht now in the mediterranean sea spain would have secured tha amazons amazonas and admiral bromall a week ago if the vote of bad not been passed colwell had previously entered a bid for them the spanish agents made a determined ter mined effort to secure them but failed brazil at first sought to sell four ships including the two coast defense vessels building in france which are only half finished but finally coneen tod to deliver ahe Amazon ae provided her sister ship at armstrongs was included in the contract these negotiations are conducted by mr henry white aad the brazilian minister with the assistance from the naval attaches of each rovern ment in addition the is now the object ol 01 keen bargaining and there ie at least one fine cruiser in a continental part which ia likely to be purchased notwithstanding these warlike preparations the general feeling among the american and english bankers here ia that war between spain and the united states will be averted all the conservatives on the street consider an outbreak ot hostilities improbable the stock list today reflects this feeling the Kotche child influence is reported hereto be strongly exerted and especially in paris and madrid in the interest inte iest of a peaceful diplomatic settlement between the two countries |