CHEERING FOR CUBA. 237 use the entire land and naval forces of the UnitedStates, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the States, to such an extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions intoeffect.

final plunge had been taken, there was a wild burst of cheering. It had been arranged that there should be a great demonstration on the declarationof war. It began somewhat prematurely on the despatch of the ultimatum, andin a hundred cities, as the tidings arrived from Washington, bellsrang,steam whistles shrieked, and crowds cheeredfor Cuba.

" 4- That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise s'overeignty, jurisdiction, or control over the said island except for the pacification thereof, and On the same fateful morning there was another striking scene in progress in Madrid. asserts its determination when that is accona The Spanish Parliament, the Cortes, hadbeen summoned toconsiderthecrisis, and the Queen Recent was to open it in person. The royal palace and the palaceof the Senate at .Madridare within a few minutes' walk of each other, but, in order to mark the solemnity of the occasion, the queen was escorted by a longproce which moved slowly through the two openptazasbetween the palaces. Along the route great crowdswaited to see her pass. And such was their eagerness that it was with difficulty thesiddiers wholined thestreets could keep the way open. The proces-S!i 'ii w l headed by plished to leave the government and controlof the island to itspeople."

There seems to have been some difference ofopinion in the Cabinet as to the form the ultimatum should take. It adjourned till Wednesday morning, to have the final draft of the document prepared. The meeting on Wednesday was almost a public ceremony. In the largereception-room of the White House a dense crowd of newspaper correspondents and reporterswere waiting for the result. Outside, a larger crowd, eager for news, filled all the approaches tothebuilding. The ultimatum set forth THE QUEEN REGENT OK SPAIN.

(From a fhotosra/h ly F. DA-as, Madrid.)

the resolution of Congress,called for the evacuation of Cuba by the Spanish troops, and ended by giving Spain three days in which to comply with this demand, after which time of grace the army and navy of the United S would be used to enforce compliance. At 11.20 Air. McKinley signed the resolution and the ultimatum, and the summons to surrender was at once cabled to General Woodford for presentation to the Queen Regent's Government. The time of grace would expire on Saturday, the 23rd.

As soon as the reporters, rushing out to telegraph the news, told the crowd that the a squadron of hussars. Then came officers of the Court in quaint liveries, and chamberlains, and ladies-in-waiting,and grandees of Spain in their state carriages. Lastly came the Queen Regent, with her son -eated beside her. They were greeted with a roar ofcheering. " Viva la Reina! Viva elRe.' Viva Espafia!" (" Long live the Queen! Long live the King! Hurrah for Spain!") was the cry. As they entered the Senate House the cheer was taken up by the crowds in the corridors and galleries, though the usual etiquette of such ceremonies is to receive the sovereign with respectful silence.

Two throne, had been placed under a canopy