People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1896 — SPAIN WILL WAIT. [ARTICLE]

SPAIN WILL WAIT.

Secretary of State Olney May Look Up Records. The secretary of state says that the Spanish government has acted very handsamely In yielding to the request of the United States to suspend Judgment In the case of the crew of the schooner Competitor until he can have an opportunity to submit reasons why the treaty stipulations have been violated by their trial by court-martial. In fact, every request and suggestion that has yet been made by the United States to the government of Spain has received the greatest consideration, and although the Spanish press and a portion of the people have made hostile demonstrations toward this country, the ministry has done everything possible to promote friendly feelings. On the other hand, the violation of the neutrality laws by citizens of the United States has been frequent and our courts nave not yet been able to convict a single offender. Nor have the officers of the United States been able to prevent the sailing of vessels laden with arms and ammunition which have been reported by the Spanish ministers and consuls in this country as carrying contrabands of war. Every day or two Borne vessel lands in Cuba with supplies for the insurgents from the United States, and, although the president and secretary of state have issued the most rigid instructions, local officers have shown themselves either or unwilling to carry them out. Therefore, if there is a row between the two countries ft will be our own fault. The president and the officials of the state department have been awaiting with interest the speech from the throne delivered by the queen to the Spanish cortes Monday afternoon, as it was expected to contain an outline of her policy regarding the reforms to be introduced into Cuba. When that plan is received in Washington the president will define his policy toward the Cuban revolution either in a message to congress or a letter from the secretary of state to the minister of Spain in Washington.