Show SPAIN PAT PAY DIARL W FOR PEACE pac I 1 j united states to demand the absolute independence of cuba the cession of porto rico and the establishment of coaling stations on spanish terri territory tory tro trouble uble expected with the holders of cuban bonds j Aguin aldos course in the philippines absolves Us from responsibility sadid july 27 noon the big raise in prices on the bourse here today is looked upon as deio denoting ting great confidence that peace between spain and the united states will be concluded washington july 27 secretary of state day ia is in conference with the president relative to the answer to be given to peace message when asked as to when the reply to spain would be made he said it would depend on circumstances but would be delivered within a day or two madrid july 27 the government denies that it has been occupied with the question of peace premier Salz asta contradicts the statement that official negotiations are in progress but the foreign office announces that negotiations due to private initiative are proceeding paris july 27 the following official note was issued here today at the request of the spanish government the french ambassador at washington has been authorized by the french government to present a note from the cabinet at madrid to the president of the united states it is in the name of spain that af M cambon who is charged to watch spanish interests in the united states made this communication to president McK luley laley at tie the white house yesterday afternoon in the presence of secretary bay day madrid july 27 the government govern denied that it ban been occupied with the qu question letlon ot of peace premier sagasta contradicts the statement that official negotiations tiati ons are in progress but the foreign office announces that negotiations due to private initiative are proceeding london july 27 the equivocal denials from madrid recently when inquiries were made on an the subject of peace negotiations were aemi eem officially given at the spanish capital prior to shaws formal application at Washington j for peace many similar communications intended for home consumption may be expected during the negotiations but bat the only of such denials is to allay castillian susceptibilities and they will not affect the real point at issue the liveliest satisfaction is expressed in all quarters and in the newspapers throughout europe at the fact that spain has at last seen the right thing for the first lima tima during the war and peace is looked upon as being within measurable distance it is taken for granted that the opening of negotiations implies a cessation of hostilities and it is believed thai that the united states was at first unofficially approached and gave a general idea of the conditions she would insist upon t before M cambon cambou the french ambas f eador presented his note and with the formal negotiations will consist chiefly of the formulation of an agreement at ready practically settled t paris july 2 27 07 the government of france has no notified tilled all the french embassies of the fact that spain has made proposals through 0 M cambon the french ambassador at washington for peace with the united slates I 1 AMERICAS REPLY TO SPAIN 6 president in no hurry to send an answer to the dons washington july 2 27 07 tho adminis ia Is carefully deliberating over the t formal reply to be made to the peace message presented through the french ambassador this afternoon tho the dent with secretary ot of slate state day and charles emery smith went over the i situation and reviewed the course to be taken weight is given to the counsels E of the postmaster general owing to hia ilia t diplomatic experience and study A final conclusion will not be reached until the cabinet has an opportunity to take op up note and our projected answer there will be no extra session of the cabinet and the matter will no not be placed before the presidents advisers until friday when a reply will be settled the spanish government will have the answer of this tion aon in ita its porse by friday night nigh or saturday morning secretary day on oa living itie the white ite house after con conference terence eaid that an answer aou would id be made ehfe utter latter part of this week mr day smiled when asked BB as to the terms to be proposed and said you will know all that in time new now york july 27 A special to the tribune from washington says it is not believed that the french ambassador bas ba included in bis his representations to the president pre eident the hint that the declaration of an armistice would be disagreeable gree able to spain while overtures for peace were being considered such a request would have given a color of sincerity to the madrid governments proposals for hard pushed as ehe she is both by land and sea delay is the only thing on which spain can now count to postpone another series of naval and military disasters certainly the administration could not be expected to listen with patience to a proposal for an armistice which would cut short the elaborately planned and highly promising campaign just begun in porto rico and would even renew temporarily lease of power in manila now momentarily threatened wath capture by the american Amet ican forces in the philippines to al cambone Cam bons representation president mckinley is understood to have replied that the united states would be glad to enter upon peace negotiations on the understanding that spain is to abandon her sovereignty over both cuba and porto rico and to acknowledge this count rys ri right ight to shape the future destiny of the philippine group on these terms peace could easily and promptly be restored M cambon was authorized of course to make no comment on the conditions suggested by the administration and simply undertook to transmit them through bis his home government to the cabinet at 31 madrid adrid it is expected that a a a result of rather tentative exchange of views the spanish will per bapa hapa submit counter proposals for a treaty of peace disclosing the minimum of the demands which it is now ready to grant if premier Sag Saga astas desire to end the war is sincere bis his return propositions are counted on by the authorities ties here to make clear the fact if on op the other band hand ho he submits conditions of peace which the united states will bo be compelled to dismiss as trivial and unwarranted the failure of the madrid government to appreciate the straits to which it has already been driven will be taken as a warning that to secure peace on u rational rati basis the war must be prosecuted by the country to a bitter and relentless cod eo d the reception given overture in spain itself will perhaps demonstrate shortly whether the spanish people are weary or not of the present struggles on the temper disel med will depend I 1 greatly the conditions offered in benor senor Sag astas expected note too much importance cannot of course be attached to the very colorless and tentative overtures for a ce cessation bation of hostilities made by spain through M cambon bet but that even the first step toward peace pence should be taken at this eady early blase stage of the conflict has undoubted significance it demonstrates that peace is held to be obtainable by both hostile governments covern rovern ments and when that conclusion is reached in warfare peace may ba said to be not far out of elnet washington july tomorrow our government will have determined and communicated to the french ambassador just what form the steps leading toward the peace shall take it is likely y that it the spanish government is to really in in earnest in its ta desire for peace that our government wilt will consent to an armistice as a preliminary but it can be stated positively the president is determined to lose no ground around through diplomacy the armistice if gran granted tedo will ba conditioned upon the most binding pledges that it is to be followed by a treaty of peace moreover the preliminary agreement that provides tor for an armiju armistice ce must conati constitute in itself an undertaking on the part of spain to continued on page vage eight SPAIN WILL PAY DEARLY FOR PEACE brorn race 11 submit to certain broad conditions imposed by the un cited states as the basis for peace military operations are to go steadily forward eo far as the united states is concerned until the negotiations have advanced much further than they are at present they are subject to interruption at any moment by an armistice but it must be said that thia ia scarcely expected immediately it is realized that when the spanish government learns abo extent of the arrangements to be made by the united states the first act will be to make a reflex movement which in turn will result I 1 id the continuation ot active hostilities tor a time this time is expected however will be brief only perhaps eo long as necessary for gen miles to invest san juan de porto rico that stroke it is thought will bring the spanish government to a realizing sense of hopelessness of further resistance if it has not before that time yielded to earnest representations of those european howera that have been so persistent in their efforts to secure peace military experts allow two weeks as the maximum period of time necessary for gen milea to secure his position and therefore it is hoped that within that space 0 time the spanish government will have brought not exactly to the approval of a treaty 0 peace but to an application for an armistice that in its conditions will amount to s concession of those things most desired by the united states government jt is pointed out that tho condition promise on a large scale to duplicate those existing at santiago when gen taral surrendered the spaniards surrendered with provision for a commission to adjust the details of surrender likewise spain may escure an armistice and provide for a commission to adjust the details of a peace treaty but the effect of the first action will be like that of morals surrender aa to the terms to be proposed it is probable that our state department is about to five the diplomats of the old world a lesson in straightforward dealing abandoning the devious paths of old time diplomacy and striking straight forward and without double dealin fc or hair splitting toward the object in view in such negotiations conducted on the broad and high plane which has characterized the attitude of the united states government from the very beginning with spain which led up to the war there will be little chance for the successful exercise of what is termed spanish diplomacy aa far as can be gathered our government in a general way has already prepared itself to announce the outline of it will seek to in the consummation of peace it is not deem ed proper now to make any public statement of cheso but much light j s thrown the situation by unofficial abt l ancee it ehwald ba staled th the president has committed himself beyond recall lu this matter and that be is prepared to give heeds to the counsels of the leaders of the party and of the people generally stated two propositions seem included in all liet of demands namely first the absolute independence of cuba with the prevision that ahe beland shall be absolved from responsibility for any debt heretofore charged against it by spain the last clause it is expected will cause some friction in arrangements as certain to aroujo the desperate resistance of certain european holders of bonds issued by spain based on the revenues of tho bland the second proposition is the absolute cession of borto rico to the united states likewise unencumbered by a liability tor the bonded indebtedness it is believed that paia has practically made up her mind lo 10 this condition before instituting abo overtures tures tor peace another point upon which the united states it la believed will insist is the cession of certain coaling stations in the La drones and probably guam island in the former and yap island in the latter and perhaps one other in different quarter of the world not yet designated these territorial concessions it Is expected will bo regarded as sufficient by our government ascom pen tation for the expenditures made by abia country without a specific demand tor money indemnity the last consideration is the one which promises to give more than any other namely the settlement of the philippine there id reason to believe that the president pre eident has known beforehand how athla subject shall be treated A coaling station is wanted there but beyond that it may be that we will not care to go an entirely different attitude might have been by our government but for the course adopted by the under aguinaldo Agul naldo which it is leaves the united states under no moral obligations to care for his people tho revolution in the began como time before abo outbreak of the war between spain and the united states since then the insurgents ins urgente have assumed a very have conducted their military operations without particular references to the wishes of the american commander have been in their relations with our troops and bailers bailors and finally have bet up an independent government of their own absolutely without reference to the united states thine it ia held here are quite sufficient to absolve our government from any responsibility for what happens to aguinaldo in the future though of churbe courbe it Is not meant by this to aegert that it has definitely made up in its mind to relinquish all claims to the islands beyond the coaling stations already referred to touching the question ot indemnity it may be said that our government will toot be in the mood to abandon any claim on abia score if spain by further resistance obliges it to go to heavy expense in bending a naval expedition to spain and ot on a large scale the military movements now under 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