| Show WILL NOT PAY INDEMNITY spain anticipate the report on tho the maine issue a statement madrid march 19 the ithe report of tho the spanish commis commission on tho the maine is not yet known but the statement nt of several technical officers who have hav made a close examination of the seen scene of the disaster show abony it to be indisputably due to an internal accident american assertions to the contrary are therefore deplored in official quarters as tending to mislead public opinion and render the situation still I 1 more ore difficult from the standpoint of maintaining friendly relations between the two countries it may be regarded as certain that should the american technical commission present a report declaring tho the to bo be due to an external explosion the public here will refuse to accept such a finding and any demand for an indemnity based thereon will bo be indignantly repelled by spain |
