Show I WORKING FOR PEACE Active Influences at European Capitals Capi-tals and In Spain < J PEACE AT ANY PRICE I STRONGLY URGED BY THE BARCELONA BAR-CELONA PRESS Even the Madrid Newspapers Are Calling Attention t the Injury Caused By the War Premier Sa gasta May Resign and the Queen Regent Has Sent Her Jewels Away Madrid June 21 midnight The ministerial min-isterial El Correo without openly championing peace which would be considered unpatriotic calls attention to the injury the war Is causing trade and industry especially in the Catalan districts where the factories are closed or running on half time I also points out that the governments decision to pay the exterior coupons and the inter est on Cuban bonds in pesetas will leave the treasury no resource except to increase taxation taaton In the chamber of deputies today Senor Se-nor Sagasta declined to give his consent con-sent to a declaration of the govErnments govErn-ments international policy London June 22The Madrid correspondent corre-spondent of the Times says El Diario de Barcelona one of the most important impor-tant of the provincial newspapers t strongly urges the immediate conclusion conclu-sion of peace because every days delay I de-lay raised the price at which peace is obtainable and the American resources are such that even if all the American Amercan squadrons are destroyed Spain ought still to demand peace at I y price London June 21The correspondent at Paris of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphed tele-graphed this afternoon that he learns from an authoritative source in spite of denials that the question of negotiating nego-tiating peace between the United States and Spain has been for some days the subject of lively correspondence between be-tween the chancellories He adds that some of the ambassadors ambassa-dors in Paris were instructed yesterday yester-day to remain on the alert and in readiness read-iness The correspondent further says it is expected that an event of importance impor-tance in opening negotiations with the United States and Spain will occur within a few days M Hanotaux the French minister for foreign affairs in the Meline cabinet backed by the Czar has it seems been the principal promoter of peace negotiations nego-tiations hence President Faures desire de-sire to retain M Hanotaux in the foreign for-eign office |