The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 60, December 30, 1897 | Page 5

collector found the amount of coal in the ship that the master and mate swore was there--and so far everything goes to prove that they have been telling the truth.
The statements of the crew have been sent on to the Government, and the vessel will be kept in custody as long as it is necessary in order that a proper investigation may be made.
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After thinking matters over, the Spaniards have decided that President McKinley's Message was not so friendly to them as they at first supposed.
They have arrived at the conclusion that the part of the Message which refers to intervention on our part in case Home Rule does not succeed, is highly offensive to them.
Se?or Sagasta is reported to have said that if the United States should try to interfere between Spain and Cuba, Spain would be found ready to protect herself and defend her national honor.
The heads of the Government then decided that Spain ought to increase her navy, so that she should be ready in case of trouble. An endeavor has been made to raise funds for this purpose, and one of the Spanish Senators has suggested that a public subscription be opened for the purpose.
A meeting of the Carlists has been called to protest against the interference clause of the Message, and the Spaniards generally are much annoyed over it.
General Weyler has not allowed the opportunity offered him by the present unpopularity of the United States to pass him by.
He has been doing his best to convince the people that his recall was due to our interference, and that, had he been allowed to remain in Cuba, the island would have been pacified in a very short space of time.
He and his friends have been working industriously to raise him to the position of a popular hero, and, taking advantage of some of the President's remarks about the cruel methods of warfare employed in Cuba, he says that he feels proud of the fact that the President attacks him, as it is a proof that his conduct was displeasing to Spain's enemies.
Following up these remarks, which were published in all the Spanish papers, Weyler determined to visit Madrid and pay his respects to the Queen.
He and his friends evidently hoped that there would be some popular demonstration in favor of their idol.
A holiday was chosen for his arrival, so that the lower classes might be free to greet him, and a party of his admirers, several hundred strong, went in a body to the depot to receive him.
Sagasta, learning of these arrangements, feared that some hot heads might make an attack on the American embassy, and sent a special guard to protect it.
He might, however, have spared himself the anxiety. The people took very little notice of the great man's arrival, and made no demonstration whatever. His arrival in the city seemed to be of very small importance to any but his own personal friends.
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You will be glad to hear that Gen. Rius Rivera, the insurgent leader, has been released from the Cabana fortress by a royal decree.
He has sailed for Cadiz, Spain, where he will remain in exile.
It is said that General Blanco sent for Rivera, and asked him if he would promise not to take up arms against Spain if he were set free.
Rivera replied that as soon as he was free he would return to the insurgent camp and fight for Cuba till the last drop of his blood was spilled.
General Blanco then asked him if he would go to the rebels and offer Home Rule to them.
This was met by another firm refusal. The Cubans are feeling very proud of his bravery and firmness.
You will remember General Sanguilly promised, if he were freed, never to fight against Spain, but Rivera prefers imprisonment or exile to giving a pledge which he could never keep.
Rius Rivera was the general who took Maceo's command after that leader had been killed. He was captured last March, while severely wounded.
There is a rumor that Gen. Julio Sanguilly has gone over to the Spanish cause and offered his services to General Blanco.
It is impossible as yet to learn the truth of this rumor. The General, over his own signature, indignantly denies it, and begs his friends to deny it for him.
In spite of the fact that when he was released, through the intervention of our Government, he had to sign an agreement not to return to Cuba, it is said that Sanguilly would willingly head an expedition against Spain to-morrow, if he only had the chance.
The Cuban Junta (or council) will not, however, send him, and it is said that his willingness to go back on his promised word has made the Cubans suspicious of him. They think that a