Show 1 SPAIN HASHAB I fNOUGH 1 J Sentiment In Favor of sPeace Is Growing FRENCH GOVERNMENT WANTSCONFLICT ENDED I II I Russia May Decide to Act As I J Mediator Spanish Ambassador at London Says i the Wa Means Ruin For Spain and Hopes Some Way May Be I Pound to Secure Peace Bun On the Bank of Spain Continues Currency Cur-rency at a Discount Drifting to a Forced Paper Currency London June 2The Madrid correspondent corre-spondent of the Horning Post says Senor Leon y Castillo the Spanish ambassador am-bassador to France at his recent conference I con-ference with the queen regent and Senor Se-nor Sagosta was officially charged to I ask the powers to intervene to obtain i peace on such terms a would protect I the amour propre of Spain 1 The ambassador will urge for a reason I rea-son for such intervention the danger of a loss of trade to the powers themselves them-selves in the event of the continuance of the war Political and diplomatic circles In Madrid believe that Castillo will succeed I The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Mail says Span has addressed another appeal to the powers to intervene i inter-vene in the war and Austria is prepared pre-pared to accede but only In conjunc Ion I-on with other powers With regard to the report of European Euro-pean intervention the Vienna correspondents corre-spondents of both the Dally Chronicle and Daily News deny that the Austrian Aus-trian government has received any fresh communication from Spain I would appear therefore that any efforts ef-forts in this direction are being made only Irh France where they are appar ryIrh et ently the most likely to succeed I Is understood that 1 Hanotaux i and other ministers regard the present situation as intolerable A protracted war besides destroying commerce I would necessitate postponing the comIng com-ing exposition I is hoped that the new commercial agreement between I France and the United States will smooth the way to French intervention I in which certainly Austria and perhaps England or the other powers will join 1 Russia I is asserted would be willing Ito I-to undertake the office of mediator t i save France the necessity of becoming becom-ing prominent AMBASSADOR FOR PEACE H Count ue Rascon the Spanish ambassador am-bassador in London who ha been interviewed in-terviewed on the subject admitted that war means ruin for Spain and he said I The sentiment is growing In favor I of seeking an honorable peace which America considering her unprepared ness for a war of invasion would also II welcome In preference to a protracted struggle involving heavy sacrifices of money and men This being so I hope I a basis of understanding may be found leading to peace SPAINS ISOLATION I the queen regent oi Spain ha instructed in-structed Senor Castillo to ask the powers pow-ers to intervene for peace that move neio ea aiovf meat has not yet taken any form in I Washington either at the state department depart-ment or any of the foreign embassies Among diplomatic officials I is thought to be quite possible that Spain is feelIng I feel-Ing her way toward securing peace but I I is not believed tis will meet any active ac-tive assistance from the great aI As one leading diplomatic official said today Spain finds herself in the same condition of isolation that France was in in 1S70L At that time M Thiers afterward president went from capital to capital seeking to secure the cpita seking scure cooperation coop-eration of Europe with France but his mission va a failure The mission of Castillo Ia said to be like that of Thiers I and the diplomatic officials believe i will meet with the same fate I is known that Spain has counted most on arousing the active Interest of France but I has been unsuccessful The French authorities here have not heard of any negotiations for many weeks past |