Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-18


text to seize the Philippine Islands a
guarantee"
The supposed American peace terms are
greatly exciting the public, and the opin-
ion is expressed among the people that war
to the death would be preferable to the
ruin of Spain.
Uncertainty In Madrid.
LONDON. July 1s-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Times says:
THE public here is in a painful state Of
uncertainty regarding Santiago. The Amer
lean dispatches are contradictory and there
is almost no information from Spanish
sources 1t Is suggested that the delay IS
due to the fact that the cabinet communi-
Gates with Gen. Toral only through Cap
tain General Blanco. who has large discre-
tionary powers, but this explanation is un-
satisfactory.
Zone thing is tolerably certain and It
augurs Ill for the speedy conclusion OF
pace. The cabinet at Washington seems
more exacting ebout conditions than Gen.
Shafter and this is regarded as indicating
anything but conciliatory disposition on
the part of President Mckinley at a crit
cial moment VIXEN a little generosity
might turn the scale in favor of a peace
full solution and when tbs local negotia-
ticns between the two generals at Santiago
tween the two governments.
Spanish Public Opinion.
TT is impossible. owing TO their reserve,
to say what the ministers here regard as
reasonable conditions; but observe among
their private friends an idea worth men
tioning. In any peace negotiations, say
thase, the point of departure ought to be
the publicly avowed object Of the war on
the part of the United States, namely, the
ON rc fiCO Of f<uha from SnaniSh rule.
If President Mckinley restricts himself to
that object, there viii be no serious diff
Guilty in coming to an agreement: because
Spanish public opinion, official and unofti-
clal has come to recognize that Spanish
rule in Cuba cannot be re-established. II,
on the other hand, a war undertaken for
ths specific purpose Of liberating Cuba de-
velops into war of ruthless conquest and
annexation, the Spanish government and
people will defend themselves TO the ut
most. This seems to me at the present mo-
nent the dominant note of public opinion"
To Dissuade :the Hyena."
The Daily Chronicle this morning says
il believes that the conference between the
queen regent and Gen. WeyIer means that
her majesty is trying by her personal In
fiuence to dissuade the "hyena" from vio-
lently adopting the Carlist cause and TAX
ing his military adherents with him.
The Chronicls says: SPANS anxiety IS
to Gibraltar is quite groundless; but IL she
lNSlSls tu pldIllAIs DdNNtIltS "
cur harbor and coaling station. we shall
be obliged to stop IT.
BIanco for President.
The Gibraltar correspondent Of the Daily
News says:
"a private letter from Havana received
here asserts that a compact has been con-
cluded between Gen. Maxine Gomez and
Capt. Gen. Blanco. The writer of the let
ter says that Blanco, after peace has been
.1z. o.pzI Il-Hr lMaa1,r
Just as Dom Pedro was elected viceroy OF
BraziLf
"A popular English yachtsman tells me
that while he was visiting here the Span
ish consul, on behalf of the Spanish gov
ernment. offered him the command Of
cruiser"
Bread Hiots at HueIva.
LONDON. July 1s.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph. tele-
graphing Sunday. says:
"Riots have broken out at Huelva, capt.
tai of the province of Huelva, in Anda-
lusia.
1.-The inhabitants marched to the munich
pal buildings. shouting for cheap bread.
Rioters 20 the number of 1000 sacked
many private houses.
They were finally dispersed by the mill
itary, and energetic measures Will be taken
to prevent a renewal Of the disturbances"
The rise in the price of necessaries IS
cia, Seville and elsewhere.
Censor Cuts Out Columns.
A special dispatch from Madrid says the
appearance there Friday night of several
with blank columns, represent
ing portions Of news suppressed by the CEN
scr, caused a sensation.
The following day Lieut.. Gen. Chinchilia,
governor of the city, had inter-
views with leading editors and managers
and discussed the situation. He expressed
a desire to apply the new regulations with
the least possible rigor, but the result 10
that bitter feeling prevails, and, as one
effect of the censorship, the papers insin-
uate they know moro than they dare as
sert.
Ell Nacional Suggests that the entire
press cease to appear until the censorship
Is abolished.
Ell Liberal significantly reminds the gov
that the last time the newspapers
with blank sraces was the eve of
the September revolution, when the revo-
lutonists were headed by Senior Sagasta,
Queen Isabslla's implacable enemy"