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The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 49, October 14, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
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publish the contents of the note he gave the Duke of Tetuan.

The President is considering the matter, and will probably call a
Cabinet council to discuss it before anything is decided.

In the mean time, the Spanish are in such an excited state that the
Government of Spain fears for the safety of our minister. A special
guard was therefore ordered to accompany him from San Sebastian to
Madrid.

On his arrival at Madrid, the guard, which had travelled with him on the
train, again took him in charge, and conducted him safely to the
American legation.

It is to be hoped that this angry feeling will soon subside, and that
the Spaniards may allow the United States to show that her only wish in
the matter of Cuba is to do what is just and right for all parties
concerned.

The resignation of the Spanish ministry will of course delay the answer
to our letter, as it would be wrong for the Government to press for an
answer while affairs are so unsettled in Spain.

* * * * *

Austria has been having her share of excitement during the past week.

On the opening of the parliament in Vienna, a disgraceful scene was made
by the members of the lower house.

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