\\ ML I face is beam
w\( U aAH the world Is
11 From merry morn
The little streams
Anil flashing, jus*
And Joyfully to meet
the sea,
The mighty rivers run.
And twice ten thousand flowers,
And twice ten thousand
Are waking 1n the lonesome woods
And by the cottage door.
To count the Easter lilies
Is more than you or I
Can hope to do the long day
through
How hard soe'er we try.
Every face is beaming.
Every step is light,
For o'er the threshold Easter
slipped
At waning of the night.
And little birds are singing
Like mad for joy of life.
And all the hours, In sun and
showers,
With brimming Joy are rife.
Vplift the songs of Easter,
Let none to-day be still,
When this great world is like a cup
That flowers overfill.
When blossoms deck the orchard,
And boughs are pink and white.
And winds go by. like wings thai fly,
From merry morn till night.
—Margaret E. Sangster, in Youth's Com
panion.
BONNETS
ii. hi:.ni:v." said
112 -}] Mr. Montague's
JM wife, as she came
MM' from the dining
/* room and quietly
vxilff/*' removed the paper
vlr ' ie was reat hng
|l)\ from his hands
"how long have
you carried this letter in your pocket?"
"What letter? —that? —why, it only
canie yesterday. You can see the date
that is stamped upon the envelope."
"Well, 1 didn't know. You are very
careless —you know you are. That let
ter that came from aunty—"
"What about this other?" he skill
fully interrupted. "It's from Jack, I
see." lie reached for his pa per with a
movement at once diplomatic and ten
stative.
"That's exactly what I came to tell
you about. It's very thoughtful of him,
I know, but —well, we'll see what you
think, lie writes," she said, consult
ing the letter, " 'I met your one-time
admirer—' No, that isn't the part.
Here it is, 'Mumbly, dear, I've got a
scheme that's top notch. I want you to
let me get you an Easter bonnet, here
in the city. Some stunners in the shops
—knock ilie spots oft' anything you can
get in Mayfield. It begins to look us if
I won't be able to get away froie the
•college, and I'd like to have some sort,
of a share in the festive season there at
• home. Leave it to me, won't you,
Mumbly '? —and I'll rig j ou out on time
in a crystallized dream.'
"First., what does he mean by knock
ing off the spots?' " she inquired. "I
suppose that's just an expression of his,
however. Now, what do you think?"
"I think it is," said Henry, who was
looking furtively at his paper; "1 guess
that's it."
"Henry Montague, you haven't heard
a word." She took the paper and put it
behind her. "I mea'it what do you think
of his plan?"
"Good scheme. liest I've heard of.
Lei him g.*t the contraption there by all
means. There —I refer to the bonnet,
Fanny—don't feel hurt. 1 know they
have some —well, some very unusual ef
fects in the city. I think perhaps you'd
avoid unpleasant complications, and
have something new to Mayfield to
wear. Yes, let him do it." And he
leached for his paper—and failed to get
it.
"I believe I will. Of course, I always
like to select, but I said last year that
I'd never, never trade at Miss Le
Fevre's again. Just to think that her
miserable mismanagement should have
parted two such friends—-but I was sur
prised at Helen—at Mrs. Kapulette—to
think she'd wear a bonnet that she
must have known was mine, or at least
not the one she had ordered."
"Did—you —wear- —hers?" said he,
with an imitation yawn.
"Why, of course! Now, what a ques
tion! I had to wear something—l
couldn't order another one then. Henry,
you are positively foolish at times. I
remember 1 said to Miss Le I-evre, when
1 picked it out —"
"Yes, I remember the story," inter
rupted her husband, consulting his
v. .tch and starting to arise.
"Well," said she, as she pushed him
hack gent ly to his seat, "you always for
get tii-.it lavenderand pink are positively
hideous or me, and why in the world
Ilel —Mrs. Kapulette—couldn't have
managed to send bonnet home when
shefound the mistake had been made —*
"Did she know it was yours?" asked
Henry, beginning to be rather more
insidiously sarcastic thfm enthusiastic
about this oft-repeated tale; "did she
go along win n you gave the order?"
"No: you know she didn't! ! meant
to give her a pleasant surprise—-and
that was litway of receiving my ef
fort. Your questions are childish,
Henry. She might have guessed that
'canary' was exactly my color —precise-
ly what anyone with my ta3te and com
plexion woulil be sure to select —and
Miss Le Fevre'a girl—"
"There—there's Hillings out at the
gate, (iood-by, my dear, (jive Jack my
love when you write —sorry he can't be
up for Easter. Oood-by." Mr. Mon
tague clapped his hat on his head, sa
luted his wife, made u grab tor his cane
aud departed.
Then Mrs. Montague sat down to
think of the trials of that time, a little
less than a year before. There never
had been in the world, she thought, su<;h
a long and beautiful friendship as that
between herself and Helen Kapulette.
To think that after having gone to the
same identical school together —the
best of chums—they were married the
very same day —to travel in separate di
rections later, to be sure —and both had
moved to Mayfield at last to live. Mrs.
Montague recalled every detail of her
order for that fatal Raster bonnet; ex
actly that delicate shade of yellow, and
what the trimmings were—and every
thing. Then the changes she had or
dered: the exasperating slowness and
stupidity of Miss Le Fevre: the crazed
despair, when, that Saturday night she
returned so late from calling with
Helen, to find that her bonnet had not
yet. arrived. And then that awful time
on Easter morning, before the girl came
weakly up the steps and handed in
the wrong bonnet—a bonnet she had
IV'ver seen before —a horrid nightmare
of a thing in lavender and pink, which
she had to wear or stay at home—new
blue silk and all.
She wouldn't have believed that Helen
could have worn her own very bonnet—
and with veiling over the yellow at that
—and then be so hateful. She won
dered vaguely if they ever would speak
to each other again. No, she didn't be
lieve they would: she didn't believe that
Helen was half so ready to forget and
forgive .as sfte. Well, she \*ould just
let Jack get the bonnet in the city this
year, and let the people of Mayfield stare
if they wished.
So at length she arose and went to her
desk to write to her grown-up "boy."
Tn the course of time, and several days
before Easter, the bonnet from' the
great metropolis arrived along with a
note from .Tack deploring 1 the fact that
he could not have carried it home in
person. Tt was really a jewel, a dainty
creation of airy, graceful feathers on a
moss-green frame and subdued with
violets that were poised with an ex
quisite grace, where they nodded and
smiled and seemed to be tossing the
sweetest of perfume kisses to all who
were gracious enough to behold.
But Easter morning-! Ah, how it
brightly outjeweled all others of the
PRECISE REPRODUCTIONS—EACH OF THE OTHER.
year. The sun shone warmly from a
flawless sky of turquoise hue; the trees
wore freshest, fairest emerald leaves, or
pearl and ruby blossoms; the grass was
asparkle with diamond dew, and the
birds were chorusing in anthems as
clear and sweet as the crystal tinkle,
tinkle rung from pebbles by the brook.
Mr. and .Mrs. Montague not only were
in harmony with all the scene, but were
really a part and parcel of it, as, with
faces gay with smiles, they slowly
walked the way to church. The bells
had never sounded half so musical and
liquid bright—that is, except on one oc
casion, to which, indeed, Mr. Montague
was moved now to allude.
"Just such a morning as this," said
ho, with a buoyancy in his voice, "that
we went to the cliapel—so many, and
yet it seems so very few years ago.
What a day that was! And what a lot
of sunshine we have had ever since!"
"Oh, yes! And didn't the girls look
pretty—and Helen—Mrs.—Mrs. Kapu
lette?"
"I'd call her Helen—wouldn't you,
Fanny—to-day? Wasn't it odd that
Helen should have been the one to in
troduce us? What a lively pair you
used to make —you two!"
A glow had come in the cheek of Mrs.
Montague and an extra brightness in
her eyes She felt a yearning toward
the gir! zvho had been her chum—the
tall young lady who had found her mate
—the matronly woman whom long she
had loved.
"T wish I could see the way," she
mused aloud; "but I know she wouldn't
meet —"
"What way, my dear?" said her hus
band, when she paused. "What do you
know —about whom? Who wouldn't
meet what ?"
"I was just thinking what a lowly
bonnet that is on that ladv ahead!" She
"hatted along admiringly—as well she
might, having really the prettiest bon
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1898.
net on parade—but her undercurrent of
thought was still of Helen, though she
parried the questions of her husband
with the lightest digressions.
I'p the steps of the miniature ca
thedral the brilliant throng of Mayfield
was swarming, faces turned—amid the
gayety of dancing plumes and blooms
that courtesied from bonnet to bonnet
—to note what their neighbors had
found or created to grace the happy oc
casion.
Within, as Mr. and M r s. Montague
walked calmly up the aisle, the organ
was pealing exultantly, pouring forth
its thousand voices of praise in an ex
uberant and swelling river of harmony,
as if itself were the fountain of melo
dies divine.
They took their seats, and reached,
like children, each for the hand of the
other, to exchange a gentle pressure.
No sooner had Mrs. Montague com
menced a rapid survey of the congrega
tion—in which her glance went flitting
from one exotic to another, like a but
terfly in clover—than she found herself,
abruptly, looking in the face and at the
bonnet of Mrs. Kapulette. And Helen
in return was looking at her and hers,
and the gaze of each w as suddenly held,
transfixed.
Well might the old-time friends open
eyes of amazement —their bonnets were
counterparts—precise reproductions —
each of the other; the same moss green,
the same spray of feathers, airy and
filmy, the same mass of violets, nodding
and smiling and tossing their perfume
kisses across the aisle and scats of the
chancel.
Both in confusion at last were glad to
divert their eyes to the hymn books,
held below the pews; but neither was
reading, nor praying, nor seeing a
thing but the twin of her bonnet, and
wondering with might and main how
this singular duplication had been made
possible.
Mrs. Kapulette was guilty of stealing
a "peek" from the sides of her eyes.
Mrs. Montague was timidly attempting
a similar sortie. The glances met and
fell again to the books. The service
commenced, but nothing was heard or
observed, except in a dim, uncertain,
mechanical manner, by the two. They
were quite enough engrossed with at
tempts to flank the enemy.
Tll the midst of the battle of glances,
which had gone so far that each was
now feeling singularly humorous and
amused, their gaze was focused on a
striking pair of tall young people glid
ing silently by and up the aisle sicle by
side.
They were Julia Kapulette, the daugh
ter of Helen, and John Tlenry Monta
gue, the son of Fanny. And they sat in
a pew together and sang from a single
book.
-Now began, in the breasts of two in
dulgent and admiring mothers, a con
flict of emotions and a struggle so in
tense that music, sermon, songs and
prayers, and all the people but them
selves, were merged in a shadowy
dream of unreality, to say no word of
the puzzle in their brains. Then, to
add to their fantasy tif thought and to
set them whirling in a wilder field of
conjecture, those "youngsters," mak
ing a show of arranging the overcoat of
Jack, in their seat, at the end of a hymn,
turned coyly about and smiled the tray
est, most knowing- of smiles in the won
dering- faces of their parents, doing rirst
the honor to one and then with utter
impartiality to the other.
The mothers were more than e.rer
amazed; hut not to say that each be
gan to entertain suspicions of some
thing' unusual between their "chil
dren" would certainly be to do no jus
tice nt all to that other sense in wom
ankind, which is duly r.okriowledged
under the explanation that all possess
an intuitive faculty of "finding things
out."
Slowly, very slowly, the face of Mrs.
Montague came squarely around, un
abashed, un-everything but quizzical.
Likewise tlie countenance of Mrs. Kar.-
ulette, innocent of everything but dumb
though eloquent inquiry, turned delib
erately about to that of her friend.
Their glances met without a quiver;
they scanned each other's expression
for light on the mystery: then, playing
through the eyes of each, came gleams
of old-time merriment and sparks of
mischief, and over the face of each a
flush of color from the heart. In a sec
ond they were smiling in spite of all
they could do, while the blossoms on
their bonnets insisted on nodding and
bobbing across the space intervening
in a way that was nothing short of the
veriest fellowship and nw#ct familiar
ity. '
For Helen and Fanny the Easter
service was a dream of music, smiling
faces and weridings of the past and the
future, but the whole was far too long.
They would fain awake and span the
nulf between—and yet were vaguely in
doubt to think of what they would say.
W hen at last, to the peals of a glori
ous postludiutn, the congregation
turned to move to (lie door in calm pro
cession, young Jack and the blushing
.Tulin came tripping down the aisle in
time to take their respective mothers
by the arm and halt them face to face
in the vestibule.
"We came from town to surprise yon
both," said Jack, "and—ahem—to—to
ask you for each other. I want Julia
and Julia wants me. and it was for that
reason we sent the bonnets."
And the bonnets, being twins, resist
ing each other no longer, came nearer
and nearer together, till at length the
nodding violets on either one leaned for
ward and commingled lovingly with
those upon the other.—Ella Stirling
Cummins, in American Queen.
AN EASTER LESSON.
The Spirit of Lore, Hope, Cheer and
Kulth.
It is ever the same, yet never the
same. This Easter, as all the Easter
days before, will set the bells a-swing
ing. and will pile all the altars high
with blossoms.
Think for one moment of the chorus
of praise that will go up on Easter
morning from all the churches in all the
lands of all the Christian world. And
that thought alone is enough to make
your own heart echo with the Easter
joy and praise. Think again of the
myriads and myriads of flowers about
the church altars and in the homes of
the high and the low. And remember,
how all through this beautiful spring
time they have been getting ready for
this festal day.
Look at the Easter from the universal
standpoint. Ask yourselves how much
of all the great world's work and life
are due to love and hope and cheer and
faith.
We shall find leaning (leva upon these
qualities all that spirit which makes
our homes lovely. All that spirit which
has built our hospitals and our
churches. All that spirit which has
made our nation worth living and dy
ing for. And then let us remember that
these blessed things, love and hope and
faith, come to us through that tri
umphant life that swung wide the gates
of Faster and let the King of Glory in.
If we begin by looking into the sig
nificance of all that Easter means uni
versally we are far more apt to get
what it means individually to every
soul. Or, if individually, our hearts are
not yet in perfect attune with Easter
music and Easter praise, we have the
better joy of being glad that upon all
the rest of this weary world the Sun of
Righteousness has risen. Whether to
us it is or is not the holy day, our hearts
cannot fail to respond joyfully to the
fact that, since He is risen, it is the
world's great holiday.—Washington
Home Magazine.
THE DATE OF EASTER.
Why It In Somet I men Kurly anil nt
Other Ti ill em I.nte.
The date of Easter is determined by
the ecclesiastical calendar of the Cath
olic church. It is a very complicated
and laborious affair invented by Lilius,
a Neapolitan astronomer and sage, un
der Pope Gregory XIIL, at the close
of the sixteenth century. It would be
preposterous to tax the brains of mod
ern readers with the abstruse calcula
tions by which the date of Easter is
determined, but a few general rules
might be given for their enlightenment.
The regulations of the council of
Nice are four: First, Easter must be
celebrated on a Sunday; second, this
Sunday must follow the fourteenth day
of the paschal moon; third, the paschal
moon is that moon whose fourteenth
day falls on or next follows the day
of the vernal equinox; fourth, the
equinox is fixed invariably in the cal
endar on the 21st day of March.
This calendar moon, it should be re
membered, is not the moon of the heav
ens nor yet the moon of the astron
omers. but it is an imaginary moon
created for ecclesiastical convenience.
From these conditions it follows that
Faster Sunday cannot happen earlier
than the 22d of March or later than the
25th of April.— Detroit Free Press.
AFTERMATH.
J
Mrs. Cobwigger—l never think of vis
iting my milliner's for a month or so
after Faster.
Mrs. Dorcas —Why so, my dear?
Mrs. Cobwigger—lt really isn't a fit
place for a woman, because the men are
there swearing ;».">out their wives' bills.
—X. Y. World.
A Ulitil Dlneened.
"My wife ga v e me a terrible shock
last night."
"What was it?"
"I offered her money for an Easter
bonnet, and she said she believed she
would spend it on a new saddle for her
wheel."—Detroiti Free« Press.
SPAIN'S ANSWER.
It Arrives at Washington, but i&
Not Made Public.
CongrouM Will Walt Until Monday Before
Any Artlon Is Tak«n-Th« Frc#l
dont HUM Asked Delay
t'ntil That Time.
Washington, April I.—Thursday was
a day of anxious waiting for Spain's
reply to the demands of the United
States contemplating the termination
of the war in Cuba and the independ
ence of the island. On that reply, it
was universally believed, the issue be
tween peace or war would be decided,
unless some new and unexpected con
siderations arose to postpone the issue
further. The gravity of the situation
was felt in all otlicial quarters. It was
not a day of rapid development, as
when war preparations were following
in rapid successions, but the tension
was even greater from fhe uncertainty
that prevailed, and the feeling that
Spain would not concede the complete
independence of Cuba.
The White House continued to be
thronged with congressional leaders,
anxious to learn from the president
what his course was to be. The gen
eral view conveyed by these leaders,
after they had been with the presi
dent, was that he expected to -have
definite replies from Spain in time to
present the entire subject to congress
by next Monday.
The state department was the center
of interest throughout the day, as it
was there that Minister Woodford's
dispatch announcing Spain's attitude
was to be received. The officials shared
in the general anxiety, but throughout
the business hours of the day no word
was received from the United States
minister.
The attitude of European powers
continued to be seriously discussed in
official quarters, as it was felt that an
offer of European mediation was al
most certain to follow a war crisis.
Congress will wait until Monday be
fore any action is taken. The presi
dent has asked delay until that time,
and assurances have been given by
those in charge of affairs that there
will be nothing done until Monday.
A message from Minister Woodford
was received at midnight at the White
House. Secretary Porter announced
that the message was in cipher and
would not he translated last, night and
that no information regarding it would
be made known until Friday morning.
Roth committees of congress dealing
with foreign affairs were in session
yesterday. The senate committee con
tinued its examination of the report
on the Maine, and the house committee
by a party vote refused to take any ac
tion on Cuba until Monday.
The senate committee agreed to and
Senator Lodge reported a bill appro
priating $5,000,000 to purchase one or
more of the Danish West India islands,
to he used for naval purposes.
The senate committee had before it
Capt. Sigsbee, of the ill-fated Maine,
and Capt. Darker, Secretary Long's
naval aid. What these officers told the
committee is treated confidentially.
The committee from the republican
conference reported to that confer
ence a recommendation that no action
be taken until Monday, and its report
was approved, the conference adjourn
ing until that date. When this com
mittee returned from its consultation,
the chairman commended the course of
the president.
The most important action taken by
the navy department yesterday was the
determination to have the naval mili
tia of the several states prepared for
immediate service should this be found
necessary. This conclusion was the
outcome of a conference of the mem
bers of the naval strategic board dur
ing the afternoon. Letters will be
sent to the governors and to the adju
tant generals of all states where there
are naval militia or organizations ask
ing them to set in motion the machin
ery for drilling and equiping the state
organizations promptly so they may be
ready within a very few hours' notice
of a call to arms.
IT IS TIME TO ACT.
Hon. \Y. J. ISryan Sayx the United States
Should Intervene in Culmn Affairs.
Lincoln, Neb., April 1. —Hon. W. J.
Bryan last night made the following
statement for the Associated Press in
answer to the question whether, in his
judgment, the time had arrived for the
United States to intervene in behalf of
Cuba and bring the war to an end.
"Yes, the time for intervention has
arrived. Humanity demands that we
shall act. Cuba lies almost within
sight of our shores and the sufferings
of her people cannot be ignored unless
we, as a nation, have become so en
grossed in money making to be indif
ferent to distress. Intervention may
be accompanied by danger and ex
pense, but existence cannot be separ
ated from responsibility and responsi
bility sometimes leads a nation as well
as an individual into danger.
'•War is a terrible thing and cannot
be defended except as a means to an
end. and yet it is sometimes the only
means by which a necessary end can
be secured. War is the final arbiter
between nations when reason and
diplomacy are of uo avail. Spain might
not resist intervention; it is to be
hoped that she would recognize the
right of the United States to act and
immediately withdraw from Cuba, but
whether she resents intervention or
not the United States must perform a
plain duty."
Heady for Active Service.
Washington, April I.—The work of
overhauling the dynamite cruiser Vesu
vius, completing the work on her runs
and fitting her up for active serv ce, is
now almost finished and she pr< oably
will he ordered to leave the Washing
ton navy yard within the next two
days. Her officers do not know as yet
where she will be ordered, though it is
thought that she will go first to Nor
folk and then proceed to southern
waters. The men are busily employed
at present in giving her a coat of black
paint, preparatory to painting her a |
dark green.
HEATED DEBATE.
it Occur* In Hoth HOIIMCH of T'ONRCMN 0?tl
the rrcnldent'i Attitude on the Calwa
QuMtlon.
Washington, April 1. —An apparent
simple request made of the senate yes
terday by Mr. Frye on behalf of the
foreign relations committee unexpect
edly precipitated a discussion on the
Cuban question. It finally led to a pas
sage at arras between Mr. Chandler
and Mr. Frye in which the former
made some sarcastic references to the
conduct of the foreign relations com
mittee anil to the attitude of the presi
dent. Concerning the latter Mr.
Chandler said: "I have confidence that
the president intends to pursue a pa
triotic and righteous course in the
present emergency and I shall thank
God when he reaches a conclusion of
some sort or an'other. Therefore lam
not iu rebellion as yet against the
powers that be."*
Mr. Allen made t fie request of Mr.
Frye the occasion of a speech upon the
general Cuban question, in the course
of which he reviewed his own record
on the subject and declared that ht»
stood now just where he has always
stood, in favor of the absolute inde
pendence of the Cuban people from
that "hideous monster among nations'*
—Spain.
JIOI'SK —For three hours the packed
galleries and excited members of the
house listened to a passionate outburst
of oratory on trhe Cuban question dur
ing which the intensity of feeling wan
alternately manifested by cheers, jeer.*
and hisses. The three speeches which
stirred the assemblage to its depths
were made by Mr. (rvosvenor, who it
was assumed, spoke for the adminis
tration: Mr. liailey (Texas), who an
nounced the democratic position as for
free Cuba without war if it could bo
avoided, but with war if necessary,
and Mr. Johnson (Ind.) who spoke for
peace.
A CRITICAL STAGE.
Spaniard** Realize that It HAH Arrived—*
The Conference at Madrid.
Madrid, April t. —The conference yes
terday with (ien. Woodford lasted an
hour. The ministers submitted fresh
proposals, which Gen. Woodford tele
graphed to Washington. Their nature
was not disclosed.
Kl Liberal says:"The moment of the
denouement (solution of the crisis) has
drawn much nearer. There may yet
be found means to delay matters, but
we doubt it. We ought to apply our
selves to obtain a gain of time, or
heartily devote ourselves to the con
trary. I n our opinion it would be a<--
ceptable, even preferable, to accept)
any extreme measure which would cut
the knot if we failed to untie it. The
situation is such that by avoiding ex
ternal struggle we may fall into a still
graver one."
The linparcial (independent) says:
"Despite the hopes of the last few
days, it is now believed that a conflict
is near. We are confronted with a
danger which, whatever may be
thought. President McKinley cannot
change. The nerves of Spaniards are
being hardened to resist coolly the
consequences of this danger. We are
all Spaniards; our mission is to save
the national honor, and it rests with
the government to take energetic reso
lutions."
BADLY SHAKEN UP.
California Kxpirlences a Severe F.arth*
<|U»k«> Shook Much Damage Reported,
but No Lot* of Life.
San Francisco, April I.—At about
midnight Wednesday this city and
state were shaken by one of the most
severe earthquakes ever experienced
in California. Iu San Francisco build
ings were swayed violently for fully
ten seconds, though reports from other
places state that the vibrations con
tinued for from 40 seconds to a minute.
A tenement house on Clementina street
between Fifth and Sixth streets col
lapsed. but no one was injured. Nearly
every window of the Strathmore apart
ment house on Larkin street opposite
the new city hall was broken.
No person was injured so far as the
hospital authorities know. The shock
was felt throughout the state, but
very meagre reports have as yet been
received, owing to the demoralized
state of the wires.
Mare Island, Cal., April 1. The
earthquake was very severe here, do
ing damage estimated at $"35,000. The
sawmill ;vas prostrated and is a com
plete wreck. The government hos
pital and several shops were badly
damaged.
A BIG APPROPRIATION.
The New York Legislature Will Vote
#1.000.000 to I'ut the State on a War
K mting.
Albany, N. Y., April 1. —The state
legislature will make an appropriation
of $1,000,000 for the use of the national
guard if it should be called into active
service in the near future. This ex
traordinary appropriation will be made
in response to an emergency message
from Gov. lilack on its necessity. The
proposition to make this appropriation
has been under the consideration of
(iov. lilack and the financial heads of
the state government for several days
past. The appropriation will be a con
tingent one, to be used for the guard,
under the direction of the governor,
only in case of war.
It was the sense of the conference
that the appropriation was not to
he made with thii idea that war was
inevitable or would be declared, but
that it was to be made simply to place
the guard on an immediate war foot
ing if war was declared.
War Hang* in the ISiilanee.
London, April I.—The Times says
editorially: It is evident peace and
war hang in the balance, and that the
world has not long to wait for definite
information. it cannot be supposed
that America's terms have yet been
published in their completeness, but
they may be guessed to include com
plete freedom for Ci lia. The Spanish
government will make a fatal mistake
if it fails to understand the terms now
offered, which are the bt.st it is ever
likely to obtain, and if they are not
promptly accepted it is to be feared
that the next presentation of American
demands will be in a harsher shape.
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