Show 1111 MAIt lots IV A Sunday dispatch was to tho effect thxt the war might soon be brought to a close through ortnln Important ton cessions by Spain Ilieae were to be I as stated the Independence of Cuba the cession of Porto III to the United Stated also n 1hlllpplne Island 1 for u naval station Naturally such a dispatch dis-patch evoked n great deal of lntt > t and Moment notwithstanding tho fact tint tho tory was very generally discounted dis-counted nnd still lacking In conllrnm tlon may be said to b l j altogether untrustworthy un-trustworthy Such nn niter In good faith on Spains part would mail It almost Imperative on the part of this country embracing as such offer wOllld nil that vs 0 have Eli Car demanded to I accept and to refuse would be to make the war one or spoliation IUd conquest a circumstance which would drive rom the adinfulst rat Ions support morn than hall of the bent People I of the nation It may however safely be assumed that no such refusal would occur And In the meantime the gov rnment will not busy Itself In the direction Of declining things which hnouot been offered It looks very much as It the war v TOP from nearing a finish hall not fairly begun so far as the Atlantic Is I concerned at least There are some desultory proceedings of a hostile nature na-ture now find then prominent among which Is I the sinking of the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror craft more to bo dreaded than n battleship It In also authoritatively reported that BOOO Americans have effected a June tlon still 3000 Cubans near Santiago de Cuba and that nn Immediate attat k on the town Is I to ba made from the rear This statement sounds a little hackneyed from frequent repetition but that such a movement Is and has Wen on the lapis for some time Is I certain cer-tain and lIB Actual occurrence at anytime any-time Is I OM of the highly irubable things When this takes place events In that direction will assuredly liven up it little that lot 1 It anything Involving death nnd destruction can bo said to liven matters Altogether there 1 not the Son blance of probability that the Span lards nre prepared to concede anything to end the struggle As a plain matter mat-ter of fact there Is I no assurance that they would not prefer that the mar should KJ on Anyway as events are shaped at present It is I painfully evident evi-dent that what we do get from them we will have to take |