| Show TOLERATES NO DELAY instructs our commissioners to force immediate evacuation spaniards must get out of cuba and porto rico within the next few weeks or the united states will take charge of all ali functions of government and prod them into action washington oct 7 president sic ale kinley has cabled the united states military commission at porto rico that the island must be evacuated by the spanish forces on or before oct 18 and that the spanish commissioners be so informed in case of the failure of the spaniards to complete the tile evacuation by that date the united states commissioners are instructed to take possession ot of and exercise all the functions of government and in case it is found to be impossible to secure transportation tor for the spanish troops by oct 18 they may be permitted to go into winter quarters until trans ports can be secured to take them to spain this was developed at cabinet meeting and it waa was also stated that from this time on a more vigorous policy will wili be pursued with respect to the evacuation of cuba the president has notified the U S evacuation commission at havana that the spanish would be expected to have evacuated the island by december 1 with a strong intimation that in case of failure the united states would brook no further delay but immediately after take possession of the government ern ment at the cabinet meeting telegrams were read from gen otis at manila stating that the spanish government has requested that gen Jan denea denes be permitted to return to spain where it Is expected he will be called before a court of inquiry to answer to certain charges affecting his management of affairs in connection with the surrender of manila gen otis is authorized io to permit the spanish general to leave to together ether with several other spanish officers who are on the sick list in answer to inquiries it was stated that nothing BO so tar far had been received from the united states peace commissioners that was in any way significant or indications that the peace negotiations were not progressing satisfactorily facto rily the dispatches so far received by the government it was said have been absolutely colorless so far as indicating di what the results of the negotiations are likely to be to the populists lists of weber county I 1 notice an article in the standard of last wednesday staling stating that I 1 was one of the balters from the populist convention of that day I 1 wish to deny this statement in toto I 1 remained and took part in the convention to the end and am satisfied with the work done signed CHAS BLACKWELL |
