AMERICA AROUSED.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1263, 14 May 1896, Page 20

AMERICA AROUSED.

Sydney, May 12. The Miner.,' Association has granted permission to work the New Lambton colliery mi tribute, and the |>u Hey c dliery on terms equivalent to the Ls.sSagreeinciit.

Those mines, in conjunction with several others, aio coiialdo of nearly supplying intercolonial requirements.

W r .\snin'oTi.v, May 11. The United Slates Government has ordered a battalion iii Florida to prepare for action, and has also sent orders to (.ho Navy to assemble in the event, of the Spanish Government refusing fu give way to President Cleveland's ultimatum that if the American citizens taken on board the Competitor were executed without, civil trial, the United States Government would regard it as an unfriendly act. Madrid, May 11. An impartial opinion in the city is that the United States is seeking to provoke war, and that it would be better to bring matters to a head immediately. ll.wannah, May 11. General WVyler, the Spanish Com-mander-in-Chief' in Cuba, will resign unless the death sentence is carried out.

Ni:w VoiiK.May 12. Tho Spanish Government bus postponed its decision in regard to the death sentences on four of the Competitor's crew until the bearing of the treaties with the United States has been considered. The New York Herald says that if the men are executed it will be impossible to prevent war. One of the treaties between the two countries guarantees a civil trial unless the men are taken in arms. The incident has aroused intense feeling throughout the States. THE COST OF CUBA TO SPAIN. It is calculated that tin; credit of Spain can supply ample funds for the expenses of tho war in Cuba during three years more. Up to the present, .£20,000,000 have been obtained for war expenses from the following sources :—Bank of Spam, .£0,000,000 ; Paris, .£2,000,000; negotiations with Cuban bonds, JM',000,000; from salo of Cuban bonds, -£5,000,000 ; and from reserve fund, £3,000,000. Of this total, £10,000,000 remain at the disposal of the Government. All tho money lias been obtained without touching tho Spanish floating debt,

I without creating new taxes or increasing the existing ones, without compromising any rent of State property, and without utilising the authorisation of the Cortes to raise a loan of £3,000,000, consolidating the floating debt. Since tho war began the Spanish troops in Cuba have lost 3877 men, 256 having been killed in battle, 11!) having succumbed to wounds, and 3190 having perished from yellow fever, and 282 having died from various causes. Up to tho present Spain has sent 118,000 men to Cuba., and by tho end of March the standing army there will consist of 130,000 men. During the entire campaign .£10,000,000 have been spent, including two for the cost of armament, purchase of new gunboats and transports. From the end of March the yearly cost of the campaign will bo £10,0u0,000.