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Show PEACE TERMS ACCEPTED. t-lmlnlslrallon llreel.ro Inofutlat attire at-tire lo this Rrfset. Praehtngton, Aug 3 Shortly befor. eildnlght Secretary Alger, aa he left Ihe White House, after a conference with the president, aald the adwlnla tratlon had rrcelved no official Information Infor-mation that the Madrid government had accepted the terma of peace proposed pro-posed by the United Htatea. Unofficially the president had been Informed that the Hpanlsh ministry had accepted the terma of thla country coun-try for a cessation of the war. The unofficial un-official uewe reached the president In the form not only of press dispatches, but of a prlvalo dispatch from consular con-sular agents of the United Htstes W bile this government has strong rea-sons rea-sons for believing that It terma of peace have been agreed to by the Madrid Mad-rid government, the president It taking tak-ing nothing for granted Arrange-uenta Arrange-uenta for pressing the war to a successful suc-cessful conclusion are going forward precisely aa If no negotiations for peace were In progress. Notwithstanding Notwithstand-ing these warlike preparations, the belief In official clrclea tonight amounts almost to a conviction that active hostilities have been practically con-eluded. con-eluded. A prominent official of tha administration said. "The end Is near, In my opinion The Information time far received Is unofficial and meagre, but that It Is accurate In the main wo have no reason to doubt. In fact, we have reason to believe It Is correct." |