| Show PREMIER SAGASTA TALKS present state of things he says Is neither peace nor war but merely a suspension of hostilities madrid aug 19 the cabinet council tonight decided to appoint gen goa clon ziles zilee second la command in cuba cubs rear admiral luis pastor landero who succeeded admiral navarro the spanish commander in cuban waters and marquis de montoro minister of finance in the insular cabinet agthe as the committee of evacuation for cuba the porto rican commission commit slon has not yet been appointed the be government awaiting an expression of 0 the views of gov gen geni macias but it has been de aided that admiral Valla shall be one oneat of tho the peace commissioners have not been named but it is expected the corn com position of the committee has haa been decided upon though the jamea of its members will not be published yet as the government is resolved to take ad vant asre of 0 the delay granted by the protocol in order torvold to avoid a cabinet crisis el liberal publishes remarks made by senor sagasta on the diplomatic and political polli ical situation quoting the premier as follows from a legal point of view the present state of thanaa is neither peace nor war but merely a suspension of bis b is tili ties an armistice should have been allowed us to dispel better the obscurity of the situation bet the tho united states declined making a step further in advance the questions to be solved aro are numerous and complex what we hare hate ff done first is to lay down certain basla on which each minister br may mate make any observation which study ot of the subject suggests these will continue to be treated in the dally daily cabinet councils it being held that the bases in question are the fundamental instructions tor for the guidance of the various commissions in the forthcoming negotiations to be sup ted and rectified subsequently by telegraph in cuba besides evacuation there are many other problems spain may abandon her bar sovereignty over the greater antilles but there will remain the question a of edifices and all our property there are laws too before the tribunals affecting tho the interests of spaniards where and when will theao be decided in havana where a large number ot of criminals havo bavo been eon condemned by the spanish tribunals what is to be done with them then there are other questions for which we have to fix a basis of discussion and agreement regarding the philippines besides these and other problems of greater import importance atice there is a preliminary question to be discussed Accord according log to international law a suspension of hostilities has been signed and the surrender of manila mani aa ought to have bare no legal efficacy how will that principle be understood by the united states this causes us much anxiety and we give it great attention but we are still awaiting the information demanded from gen Jau demes which bag has no not yet reached us on account of the difficulties of communication between manila and hong kong these remarks have all the appearance of being authentic as they aarein are in accord with information from other sources and in harmony with senor Sag astas usual style the public is still anxious for anex an explanation of governor general Augu augustias An gustis mysterious disappearance from manila but its curiosity is not likely to be satisfied for some ti time methe the government declining to aay say anything it is rumored that the government will instruct the cuban commisa commissioners loners to present a strong case tor for the recognition of spanish claims for compensation for the cession of public works in cuba the compensation to take the form of saddling eadd linz upon cuba the bulte bulk of the cuban debt existing in 1895 the newspapers advocate the strengthening of ceuta ceata and Anda lasian ports in anticipation ot of anglo russian eventualities |
