Case Firing Cane Fields!
Inperative Command of Cu
ba's Patriot Leader.
But if Grinding is Attempted the
Mills Will be Burnt.
HABANA, Jan. 15, via Tampa, Fla.,
Jan., 17.-With the commander-in
chief of the rebel forces only 15
miles away, and the entire island
overrun with roving bands of insur?
gents, the people of this city pursue
their usual vocations with a serenity
and lack of outward sign of unea?
siness ar alarm that is remarkable.
Merchants and business men general?
ly discuss the situation as though it j
were nothing more them a speii of!
hard times. It certainly is that, for
all the railroads out of here have noti?
fied the authorities that they can run
no more tiains. There is little ship?
ping is port, for there remain only
stored goods for export. Several
American tobacco houses have ship?
ped their goods to the States, closed
their warehouses, and business gen?
erally is stagnant. The future of
Cuba is not bright and the rebellion
has reached the magnitude cf a civil
war, although Spain will not admit
that anything but brigandage and
some disorder exists.
American newspapers have arrived
here with long and starling accounts
of the condition of affairs in this city
and immediate vicinity. Most of
these accounts are headed "By Asso?
ciated Press," and are dated from
Habana on the day preceding pub?
lication. That fact alone proves that
they were never written in Cuba, for
the press censorship of cablegrams is
60 strict that such matter could not
be cabled from here even if it were j
true. The announcement that Ha- !
bana had fallen and only Morre castle
held out, which was given a Boston
date and claimed to have been sent
from Batabano, was a palpable fake,
for Batabano which is a small town
on the south coast, had been cut off
from communication from Habana by^
rail or wire for three days. During
the interval that these alleged cable
dispatches stated this city to be in a
condition bordering on a reign of
terror, the opera was weli attended,
there was the usual throng promenad
ing the Central park evenings, and
people assembled in the clubs and
cafes without the least apprehension
of an attack upon this city. It was
not until the arrival of the American
papers whieh are served by the Chi
cage Associated Press that the resi?
dents of Habana learned of the
alarm and dread which some at a dis?
tance imagined they were passing
through. The city is protected from
approach by the land as well as from
the sea by modern fortifications and
field artillery Capture by an army
like that of Gomez without cannon
"does not come within the range of
probability, and he is too shrewd a
leader te make the foolhardly attempt,
even though recognition as belliger?
ents by the United States hangs in
the balance.
The press censorship is more rigid
than at any time since the insurrec?
tion was begun. Senor Casanas, the .
political secretary of the governor '
general, has recently replaced the
chief of staff, the former censor. He j
does not speak English aud all cable?
grams in that language must be ac?
companied by a literal copy in Span?
ish. Senor Casar?as is extremely j
courteous and kind in his manner, j
and only pauses in his protestations j
of regard to draw his pen through a I
few sentences in your cablegram
which do not meet his approval. An
illustration of the close watch kept
upon telegrams occured on Sunday
when the insurgent leader Cepero
was captured by the authorities travel?
ling incognito ou a south coast steam?
er. The Diario de la Marma issued
an extra describing the arrest which
was giving an exaggerated import?
ance when it is considered that only
one man was taken without arms and
he was of indifferent fame. I at?
tempted to cable it to The States Sun?
day night. The censor stopped it,
telling me that while it was permit?
ted to be published in Habana it
could not go to New York until the
next day. On Monday I again men?
tioned the arrest in my cablegram but
it was cut out. although I was per?
mitted to tell of the attack and burn?
ing of two towns by the rebels.
Only what is known as official
sews is permitted to be published in
the Habana papers and Secretary
Casana8 has a tedious task each day
reading the proofs of all news and
editorial matter which has any con?
nection whatever with the war. After
reading the Spanish translation of a
cablegram, the secretary signs his
name to it and places his official
stamp upon it. Both copies may be
then taken to the cable office and the
English version is transmitted.
General Campos bas drawn all
available troops from thc provinces
of Santiago, Santa Clara and Puerto
Principe and thrown them into the
narrow portion of the island around
Habana and Matanzas. It is a coun?
try withont mountains or forests ; it
is rich in sugar cane and has more
towns, more people, more railroads
and more improvements generally
than any other part of the islsud.
Campos is supposed to have 120,000
regulars and 80,000 volunteers at his
disposal. The latter are kept in the
cities and towns for home defense,
! except a few regiments which have
been seut out with tiie regulars, It :
is supposed, though no figures are I
given out, that Campos has about I
50,000 regulars in the provinces of I
Habana and Matanzas extending to i
the Pinar del Rio line. This force ;
has attempted to pen Gomez and
Maceo in the west end of the isiand
and has repeatedly attempted to sur- 1
round and crush the wily leader of;
tiie rebels ; but Gomez is like a fox- :
he avoids all traps and dodges :
through some narrow placer. Ile
openly announces his intention to
invade the western provinces and
stop the grinding of cane in order to
cut off Spain's revenue. Ile has
apparently accomplished hie purpose,
and in doing so has wrought vast de- !
struction upon crops and property !
generally He has turned his atten- ;
tion to the railroads, giving as his !
reason that they were being used '<
by Spaniards for military purposes.
His men have set fire to freight trains 1
and started them running across the !
country. They have moved locomo?
tives two miles apart and started
them running toward each other at j
full speed. They have burned trest- j
les, stations, coaches and freight
sheds. After destroying about one- I
third of the cane in the field and
causing most of the planters to stop
grinding, Gomez issued tbs following :
proclamation:
General Headquartt rs of the Lib?r?t
ing Army ol' Cuba.-Sugar Estate !
.'Mi Rosa," January IO, 1896.
In consideration that the crop has
been suspended in the western dis
tricts ; and whereas, it is not neces- j
sary that the burning of the cane- j
fields should continue ; I dispose the !
: following.
Article 1. The burning of cane- |
I fields is now prohibited
j Article 2 Those that centravene j
I this disposition, whatsoever be their I
! category or rank in the army, will be
i treated with the utmost severity of
! military discipline in behalf of the ;
' moral order of the revolution.
Article 3. The buildings and ma
chinery of the sugar estates will be
destroyed, if in spite of this dsposi- j
I tion they should intend to renew
their works.
Article 4. The pacific inhabitants
of the island of Cuba, whatsoever be
their nationality, will be respected
and agricultural laborers be not inter?
fered with.
(Signed) The General in Chief,
M. GOMEZ
The war is costing Spain $6,000,
000 a month for the maintenance of
the army alone From the outbreak,
Feb. 24, 1895, until Jan. 1, 1896, the
cost amounted to ?85,000,000 ac?
cording to figures published by La
Discassion here. The financial loss,
owing to the burning of crops, towns
and destruction of railroad property,
cannot be calculated until the smoke
clears away. The Cubans, without
recognition as belligerents, are yet a
long way from obtaining freedom for
Cuba, but Spiin on the other iiand
seems to be a long way from crush- j
ing out the trouble.
F.J. CLARK. i
; Campos Called From Cuba.
_
j Now, "War to the Knife and ?
the Knife to the Hilt."
WASHINGTON, Jan, IT.-Minister
Dupuy de Lome, Spanish minister,
late this afternoon received a cable- ;
gram from the DuKe of Tetuan, min- '
ister of foreign affairs at Madrid,
saying that "the official news from j
j Cuba and the state of the insurrec-1
j tion are as satisfactory as I tele?
graphed you this morning Inde
! pendently of the military action, the
government has authorized Marshal
Martinez Campos to resign his com?
mand to General Marin and return to
Spain in consequence of the conduct
of the political parties of Cuba con?
trary to the policy of the commander
in-chief, asking a change of system
of conducting the war."
Senor Dupuy de Lome does not
think that the change in command at
this juncture will have any injurious
effect upon the campaign or that any
political change in the conduct of
operations will take place Spain
has shown a readiness to agree to
the retirement of General Campos on
the request of leading loyal citizens
of Cuba who found, as has been
stated when General Campos was
first sent to Cuba, that he was dis?
posed to be ienient with the insur?
gents. He was frequently criticized,
however justly, for being too con?
ciliatory. As shown by its dispatch,
the government is perfectly satisfied
with the state of the campaign gen?
erally and does not borrow any
trouble as long as the rebeis are con?
trolled within a small territory.
A MERCILESS POLICY.
HABANA, Jan. 13.-A meeting of
generals was held last evening at the
palace of the captain general, at
which Marshal Campos announced
that he had cabled to the govern?
ment at Madrid stating the result of
his conference with the leaders of
the political parties and signifying
his intention to abide loyally by any
decision the cabinet might make in
the matter. To this dispatch he said
he had received a reply advising
bira, in view of the conditions exist- j
ing, to turn over the civil and mili?
tary government of the island to
Generals Marin and Pando. This he
had done so far as was possible,
General Pando being in Santiago de
Cuba General Marin had taken charge
of the government temporarily and
his responsibility would be shared by
General Pando shortly.
The news that Marshal Campos
had practically been lelieved of his
command caused little excitement in
the city The matter was discussed
in the cafes, restaurants and hotel
lobbies where the people gather at
night, but there was no sign of
alarm displayed There are many
Spaniards who believe that General
Campos has been altogether too
lenient in his treatment of the rebels
and they clamor for a more vigorous
policy. Thc men who will have
temporary charge of the civil and ;
military branches of the government j
are known to believe in a policy that !
will give no mercy to those who are
in arms against the king and it is ex?
pected that vigorous measures will ?
be taken to suppress the insurrection.
The people here are confident in the
ability of the government to main?
tain order here.
Little news, and that of no im?
portance, has been received from the
front to-day. The rebels have suc?
ceeded in rutting off nearly all means
of communication with the interior.
Many rumors are in circulation, but
when they are investigated they turn
out to be baseless. One thing is
certain, and that is that Habana is
not threatened by the rebels from
outside They know fall well that
the ' Gibraltar o? the West'' could
not be captured by them, and that
even were it possible for them to
capture, they could not hold it, for
24 hours against the warships which
would speedily bombard it and drive
them out. The only danger is a
rising on the part of the Cuban sym?
pathizers in the city and that is a
danger that perhaps is hardly apre
ciable in view of the strong force of
regular troops and volunteers in the
city and vicing. Every precaution
has beeu taken to prevent such a ris?
ing were an attempt made.
REAFFIRMED AND CON?
FIRMED.
Washington, Jan 17.-The Seoate
committee on foreign relations die
cussed for two hours this morning the
Monroe doctrine, and finally by a vote,
ordered a report on the resolution sub?
mitted by Mr. Davis ol Minnesota,
chairman of the sub-committee. Mr,
Turpie, at whose request the matter was
laid over uoti! to-day, made an argu?
ment against the affirmation by con?
gress of the doctrine as a general
principle. He believed it was suffi?
cient for the doctrine to be applied
when speci fie cases arose. He favored
its application to the pending difficulty
between Venc. ela and Great Britain
but thought that it should rest there
for the present.
Mr. Gray of Delaware was opposed
to any motion whatever that bad for its
object the affirmation of the doctrine
by legislative action. Ile believed the
whole subject was one in which the
legislative department of the govern?
ment alone should act. and that upon
that branch of the governtient and nor
congress rested tbe responsibility of
enforcing or Dot the doctrine laid dowu
by Monroe.
Neither of these argumoDts had
any weight with the commu?e. They
were combat ted by Senators Sherman,
Lodge, Morgan aod others.
Mr. Mills oue of the new members
of the committee, au ardent admirer of
Jefferson, was one of thc most enthusi?
astic supporters of the affirmation of
the doctrine. The vote to adopt the
Davis resolution was agreed to after one
or two alterations in tbe verbiage had
been made. Tbe committee also decid?
ed to vote upon the motion ot Mr.
SbermaD, that the action of the com?
mittee and the text of the resolution
should not be given out until that was
reported to the senate Monday next.
Davis was requested to sive notice
when he reported the resolution that he
should call it up at the earliest possible !
moment. This resolution goes even
farther than did the President in his
message to Congress on the Venezue?
lan question. It will, if passed, com?
mit the congress to a policy from which
there can be no back down, and there
appears to be DO doubt as to the ulti?
mate result oo the resolution.
Omitting the two whereases, which
simply form a prelude to the more se?
rious utterances of the resolution itself,
it ?8 said that it will be found, when the
text ia made public, that ft reaffirms
and confirms the Monroe doctrine and
declares that the United States will
assert and maintain it. It states spe?
cifically that this government will re?
gard as an infringement of this doc?
trine, any attempt on the part of any
European power to acquire new or
additional territory on this continent
or the islands adjacent there;o, as dan?
gerous to the safety and peace of the
United States. Tho United States also
denies the right of any European
power to acquire any territory either by
force, purchase, cession, occupation,
pledge, colooizatioD or protection,
whether under unfounded pretensions
of right, under the guise of boundary
disputes, or otherwise, and declare?
unmistakably that any sucii attempt
will be regarded as a manifestation of
an unfriendly disposition upon which
this government cannot look with in?
difference
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another on the back between the shoulders,
will afford prompt relief. This is especially
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The Week's Work.
CONSIDERABLE WORK
DONE BY THE
LEGISLATURE
Nearly all the Leading Meas?
ures Provided For in the
Convention Introduced. A
Disposition to Hustle Which
May Shorten the Session.
The first week of the session of the
general assembly of South Carolina
J of 189G has now passed into history,
; and the body is going ahead in pretty
! good working shape. The work so
j far has covered five working days,
and they have resulted in a consider?
able amount of work being done.
The body has shown a disposition at
; the outset to work with as little loss
of time as possible, and some are of
the opinion th?t the session will not
be as long as all have seemed to
think
Considerable time has been sa. i
by the introduction at the very out?
set of the leading measures provided
! for in the new constitution, which
j were prepared in advance by Assist
j ant Attorney General Townsend and
I Senator ?fird. With these impor
! tant bills the public are alreadj. ia
j miliar. They were sent in promptly
so that they could get before the
committees and several of them have
been reported. One, the bill pro?
viding for the reorganization of
the State Supreme Court, has
passed the Senate and been sent to
the House, while its mate in the
j House is ready for a second reading.
! Both houses by tb J energetic work
! of the committees have gotten their
calendars, which were pretty well
cleaned up the first two days, quite
full, and henceforth there wid be no
occasion for a lack of material to
work upon. The educational bill,
which is one of the more important
measures, has not yet made its ap?
pearance. There are plenty of other
bills also that have not yet been
heard from, and there is likely to be
a considerable fight over certain
features of the appropriation bil!
when it comes in.
Both houses have shown a desire
to dispose of the bills provided for
in the new constitution before deal?
ing with any of the smaller matters.
The leading event of the past week
*;i the body was the fight over the
bill to abolish the Citadel academy,
which was killed on Saturday. The
debate over this bill led to the dis?
cussion of certain factional matters,
which the members of the constitu?
tional convention seemed to think,
and very reasonably too, were buried
forever. These matters will doubt?
less make their reappearance when
the Citadel's appropriation comes up.
Of all the bills introduced thus far
! the "yaller dog" scalp bill seems to
i be the most unique it) its require
j ments, though there have been some
j others of quite an interesting ehar
j acter.
j Resolutions have already made
I their appearance looking to investi
gratincr committees on three interest
ing subjects. First there is the iu
j vestigation of the charges of Direct
j or Willoughby against Superintend
j ent Neal, of the penitentiary, the
! committee beginning work thereon at
noon to day. Then there is the in?
vestigation of the charges and ru?
mors in regard to the troubles at
Clemson College, and lastly lhere ia
the proposed investigation of the
railroad situation in this State.
Speaking of railroads, the legislature
has thus far shown a disposition to
deal with them in accordance with
what Governor Evans said in his
message. The bills proposing to fix
a new fertilizer rate in the statute
law, and to reduce passenger rates
are among the measures affecting
railroads.
Thus far nothing has appeared in
either house bearing on the dispen?
sary system in any notable manner, j
Governor Evans has not yet sent in ?
his promised special message on this j
branch of the State government
This week the commissioner's report I
of the last quarter will be issued and
the governor expects to transmit this
message about the end of this or the
first of next week. Of course the
subject is an interesting one.
The election of the Associate Jus?
tices of the Supreme Court, which
created so much general interest
prior to the assembling of the Legis?
lature is doing so no longer. To
day the election takes place and by
to-night there wiil likely be much
talk about the speakership. Associ?
ate Justice Pope will be re-elected
without opposition it is thought. It
is now pretty well conceded that
Speaker Jones is to get the other
justiceship. Attorney General Bar?
ber has announced that he will not
enter the race, and it is understood
that Colonel Aldrich will pursue a
similar course. Whether this is true
or not is not positively known, how?
ever. If it is true, Speaker Jones
will have a walkover.
This will cause a vacancy in thc
speakership and make a vacant seat
from Lancaster county in the house.
Messrs. Breazeale and Frank B. Gary
are mentioned as Speaker Jones'
successor. The former is chairman
of the judiciary and the latter is
chairman of the ways and means
committee. These are the two most
important committees, and if either;
is elected speaker, there will be an ?
important chairmanship for some one. ;
A bili is to go in which will in- j
crease the number of judicial circuits |
in the State from eight to ten, and do [
away with many magistrates The
rearrangement of the districts has
been practically agreed upon This
will make it necessary to elect two
new judges at this session, and two j
nev/ solicitors will have to be elected
by the people. Solicitor Bellinger is
spoken of as one of the possible new
judges.
Making Laws.
The House of Representatives
Hard at Work.
NEW BILLS IN THE SENATE. ;
COLUMBIA, Jan. 20.-The General j
I Assembly is disposing ol' the busi- j
. ness before that body at a rate that j
i will complete all the necessary work ?
j at a much earlier day than was at:- j
j tieipated aud the session will prove a j
! comparatively short one.
! The House agreed to the amend
! ment to ttie rules offered by Mr.
j Bacot which provides that bills are j
; to be read by title on the third reading. 1
I The more important bills ordered ;
? to a third reading: were :
To proviiie for county treasurers :
i visiting accessible points for the col- j
j lection of taxes.
i For the election of a Code com
? missioner at ?400 per annum.
For the changes of venue in cer
? tain criminal cases.
To make the Statutes and Constitu
I tion comply as to the law as to mar
I ried women.
To permit surety companies to go
on bonds for estates, etc.
I ... .
i To require court stenographers to
j supply free copies of testimony where
? wanted for appeals.
To provide for the pay of defend
I ant's witnesses.
To provide for the new county jail
in Spartanbnrg.
To carry out the Constitutional
provisions against lynching.
An effort to repeal the law in
reference to foreclosure of mortgages
passed last year failed.
When the anti lynching bill came
up there was a disposition to provide
punishment only in cases where
death ensued, but it was found the
Constitution provided for cases of
injury to prisoners. The section
providing for the trial of violators of
the Statute as to lynching was
stricken out on the recommendation
of the committee. The biil was then
verbally amended and passed iu its
third reading as follows :
Section 1. That in the case of
any prisoner lawfully in charge,
custody or control ot any officer,
State or County or municipal being
seized and taken from said officer
through the negligence, permission
I or connivance of such officer by a
] mob or other unlawful assemblage of
! persons and at their hands suffering
! bodily violence or death, the said j
, officer shall be deemed guilty7 of a !
j misdemeanor, and upon true bill
! found shall be deposed from office
I pending his trial, and upon convic
! tion shall forfeit his office, and shall, i
\ unless pardoned by the Governor, be I
? ineligible to hold any office of trust
I or profit within this State. It shall
j be the duty cf the prosecuting at
I torney within whose circuit or coun
I ty the offence may be committed to
j forthwith institute a prosecution
! against said officer, who shall be
i tried in such county in the same
; circuit other than the one in which
? the offence was committed as the
Attorney General may elect. The
fees of mileage of ali material wit?
nesses, both for the State and the
defence, shall be paid by the State
treasurer on a certificate issued by
the clerk and signed by the presiding
Judge, showing the amount of said
fee due the witness.
Section 2. In all cases of lynch?
ing, when death ensues the county
where such lynching takes place
shall, without regard to the conduct
of the officers, be liable in exem?
plary damages of not less than two
j thousand dollars, to be recovered by
action instituted in any Court of
competent jurisdiction by the legal
representatives of the person lynch?
ed, and they are hereby authorized
tc institute such action for the
recovery of such exemplary damages.
A county against which a judgement
has been obtained for damages in aDy
case of lynching shall have the right
to recover the amount of said judg?
ment from the parties engaged in
said lynching in any Court of compe?
tent jurisdiction, and is hereby au?
thorized to institute such action.
TUE SENATE.
The Senate met at 8 o'clock p. m.,
io accordance with the resolution adopt?
ed at adjournment on Friday night.
When on the third bills, the oue pro?
viding for the appointment of magis?
trates and to provide for their jursdic
tion was reached, Mr. Mower, in the ab?
sence of Mr. Barnwell, renewed the ob?
jection made by the junior senator from
Charleston on the second readiog, by
offering a resolution striking out the
provision giving the governor authority
to remove from office magistrates for
incapacity, misconduct or neglect of
duty. When this bill came up for a
second reading, Mr Barnwell made the
point that the Constitution provided
that these officers should be removed
by impeachment and that any authority
given the governor to do so would be
in conflict with such constitutional
provision, and thus null and void.
Mr. Efird bad questioned the sound?
ness of Mr. BarnwelTs position and
asked that the bill be passed over until
he could look more thoroughly into the
matter. This was done, and last night,
on Mr. Mower's amendment being read,
Mr. Efired stated thnt he was now satis?
fied that Mr Bran well's point was a
valid joostttutional objection. Tne
amendment, was adopted
An amendment ofr^rr'i by Mr. Moses,
providing that if th-: renate should re?
fuse to confirm a nomination made by
the governor it shall be unlawful for
O m
the governor to reappoint his nominee
for that term, was adopted'
Mr. Brice offered an amendment pro?
viding that magistrates have power to
commit convicts in their courts direct
to the county chain gang.
An amendment by Mr. Sloan, em?
powering town councils to en force the
collection of fices by issuing executions
direct to the sheriff, was passed.
The followiog new bills were intro
duod :
By Mr. Moses-A bili to amend sec?
tion 510 of the Revised Statutes of
1393, being section 476 of tho general
statutes relating to offices to be filled by
the governor.
By Mr. Moses-To amend section
115 of the Revised Statutes of 1893,
vol. 2, being sectiuo 2460 of the gene?
ral statutes relating to the age of con?
sent.
By Mr. Moses-To amend section
333 of the Revised Statutes of 1893,
being section 276 of the general stat?
utes of this State relating to peoalty for
non-payment of taxes
By Mr. Mower-A bill relating to
building and loan association.
By Mr. Mayfield-To declare the free
school law of this State.
Joint resolution providing for ap
poitmeot of a committee to fix the sala?
ries of county officers io the several
counties of the State.
By Mr. Kirkland-To apportion the
net income derived from the sale of li?
quors under the dispensary law.
mm -?-??- mi -
RUFUS HATCH'S GIFT.
Uncle Rufus Hatch was noted for the
vigor of his language and bis apparent
unconcern for things touching the im?
mortality of the soul, says the New
York Press. Ele was of the world,
worldly. One day it got abroad in the
street that he had given $40,000 to a
church and the thousand and one friends
of the old man were delighted that he
had at last seen the error of his ways.
At last he blurted out to half a dozen
intimates : "Boys, I haven't got any
more religion than usual, and I didn't
give up $40.000 because I repented my
sins. The church owed that amount
and my wife had been running her legs
off as one of the committee to raise sub?
scriptions. She was out morning,
afternoon and evening. I never saw
her I got tired of thc whole business
and gave the $40,U00 to make her stay
at home "
THE SULTAN AND THE
RED CROSS.
Washington, Jan. 19.-Secretary
Oiuey stated to-night that he had no
reply as yet to his telegrams of inquiry
to Minister Terrell at Constantinople,
asking whether or not the sultan bas
directed that the Red Cross officials
should not enter his dominions for the
purpose of distributing relief among
the Armenians. In the meantime,
Miss Clara Barton, president, is en?
gaged in perfecting preparations for the
voyage to Turkey, which she and her
associates will undertake despite the re?
port that they will not be permitted to
discharge their charitable trusts. She
will leave Washington Tuesday and go
to New York, sailing from that port a
day or two later.
The "Flying Squadron."
LONDON, Jan. 20.-It is stated upon
absolutely trustworthy authority that the
chief commandijg officers of the new
flying squadron of British warships
have been supplied with special charts
of North American waters. West In?
dians seas and the Mediterranean. The
imformant bas seen the charts.
STATEMENT FROM HEADQUARTERS.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The United Press
has the authority of the admiralty for
the statement that no information what?
ever regarding where the squadron is
going or where it is not going has been
given to anybody. The London news?
paper tomorrow will print the following
communication, which bas been issued
to them by the foreign office.
"With reference to a report from
Washington of alleged telegraphic cor?
respondence between United States
Secretary of State Olney and Lord
Salisbury, respecting the movements of
tbs British fleet we are officially in?
formed that, no communication bas pass?
ed between her majesty's government
aod the government of the United
States upon any naval question."
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