. The literary digest. rpedo. The report makes clear that, owing to the special nature ofthe proceedings following and the absolute respect shown for theextraterritorial rights of the Maine, the commission has beenprevented from making such an examination of the inside of thevessel as would determine even the hypothesis of the internalorigin of the accident. This is to be attributed to the regrettablerefusal to permit of the necessary cooperation of the Spanishcommission both with the commander and crew of the Maine andthe different American officers commissioned to investigate thecauses of th
. The literary digest. rpedo. The report makes clear that, owing to the special nature ofthe proceedings following and the absolute respect shown for theextraterritorial rights of the Maine, the commission has beenprevented from making such an examination of the inside of thevessel as would determine even the hypothesis of the internalorigin of the accident. This is to be attributed to the regrettablerefusal to permit of the necessary cooperation of the Spanishcommission both with the commander and crew of the Maine andthe different American officers commissioned to investigate thecauses of the accident, and later on with those employed in sal-vage work. The report finishes by stating that an examination of the in-side and outside of the Maine as soon as such examination maybe possible, as also of the bottom where the vessel rests, will provethat, supposing the remains (of the wreck) be not totally or par-tially altered in the process of extraction, the explosion was un-doubtedly due to some interior CAPT, WM. T. SAMPSON, Commander o£ the North Atlantic Squadron. The report of the United States court and the voluminous testi-mony upon which its findings rest were referred without debateto the committees on foreign affairs in the Senate and House ofRepresentatives, and diplomatic negotiations regarding the wholeCuban question have, at this writing, assumed the most criticalphase in their history. Meantime active preparations for warcontinue on the paii of both Spain and the United States. Convincing Report.—The evidence marshaled by the courtin its report is convincing. In a technical problem of this diffi-cult and intricate character it would have been easy to confusethe chief issue with subordinate details. With skill and precisionthe court presents two facts which decide the occurrence of an ex-ternal and internal explosion. The bottom of the boat was bentin and thrown up, the keel plates being lifted thirty-eight feetabove their original position. The
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