Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09
so rrAor MOVEMENT VII.
Eumurs Thereof Evidently FROM q Wlsh
that Proposals MAY Come.

Washington. July 9.-Tho belief That
a peace movement will be- lnauguratcd
continues strong but the definite an.
nNncemcnt l. made that no such
movement hns taken form thus far.
The state dcpartmcn; today again au-
thoriiatlvcly stated that no peace over
turts. direct OF Indirect. official or un-
official had been submitted 10 the
government ~ the same time SINH
lsr statements came from authorized
sources from the English. French. Ger
man and oiho cmhauirii and legatiunr.
n lH ftatrd broadly in those official
Qunrtrfn thar. whatever WnF hf thr
hops ur cap. station NJ spain iowhN
peacc. the matter thus fur ~ confined
entirely 90 the other side NJ the water.
and has taken no form either before
the authorities or before the foreign
rcproscnthtivUH n those powers which
would Boz most likely 90 speak ia the
event OF n peace movement, In Wow
NJ this condition, officials ate surprised
az the explicit reports that one power
or another has already taken thc ln.iln-
tive on some branch or other 90 the
present conflict one report was a. the
cfftri thiT the German Ambassador and
Russian Ambassador called together az
tho state department yesterday. the
Inference htinE that they had an i'm.
pornut mission relative 90 tho Philip
pines.
Neither the iluainu Ambassador nor
the German Ambassador was ln Wash.
ington yesterday, DR. Won IclIchcu,tho
Gpfman ambassador helnE IN Now
York and Count Chsslnl, the Russian,
nt NnfrnranHett Pier The lint arc-
rotary ~ M German embassy. Baron
Won Speck Won Sirrnhorg, called yes
tcrlny ana today, hiH visits being frc-
qucut. but with authority q ~ stated
his visits had moi reference 20 peace or
tho Philippines
IL n REGARDED ns unaccountnhle that
reports Of such Importance should h.
published when both nmhnFhadnrs are
away, and mo action ~ the char
acter stated ~ on Another
Another report states that Great
Britain IL taking q lrndlug part sir
Julian having made oNrriur't 20 me
President. aud another that the Brit
lsh ambassador al Madrid has received
tn spanish proposition ana has trans
mltt.d 10 90 the United states ambaa-
sador Mr., Hay, Ht London.
As o. Julian Pnunrrfoie, The nmhah.
Eador himself authorizes The most "N-
pliclt and sweeping denial, lie hlF not
seen the President Tor a month, rnd he
has not approached any oiilcltl ~ this
government officially or unofliclally
on the subject ~ peace. A. Co SlT
nrummOn-W oln There ~ no means
here or knowing what he has done at
MADRID. hut tho officials here. govern
maut and diplomatic dism'as ths report
In view ~ the well established facts
here. The state department has ra-
cclyed no such proposition from ambas-
Fndor Hay, aud II would Doc advised nt
once NJ anything ~ this nature ma
come through Sir Drummond-Woln or
any other source.
That Sir Julian PauncHfoiO u not app
pretending any such movement on the
part ~ Great Britain ls Indicated by
his departure today Tor prpuot Conn
FOR the summer. We had remained.
not because ~ the war, but because
the new treaty OF reciprocity rclntlug
20 the British West Indies had adj
Vanced 90 % stage where only two or
three minor points remained open with
the adjournment Of Congress the S'n-
ate was not here % ratlfy the treaty
oven n accepted. 40 there ~ no further
urgont demand Tor his presence
In Washington. The treaty goeH over
probably unili autumn.
while making Il clearly understood
that no peace movement whatever hIF
been lnnueurated, the officials continue
90 believe the movement may assume
definite form az any moment Any
such movement would be VI such su-
preme importance that the officials
donrecatr the reports that It actually
has occurred
London, July 9-Although peace ru-
mOrH are numerous ana there ~ a gem
ornl feeling that Spain may at any
moment sue for peace, nothing def
mite ON the subject ia known IA com
petont quarters. Both the officials Ut
the United States embassy and tha
British foreign Office say the situation
ia the same as yesterday ana nj tho
foreign office II Is declared that there
IN absolutely no truth In the story
Printed this morning by paper 10
the eject that spain has made in
formal oyortures for pence with the
United states through Sir Henry
Drummcnd- Wolf the British amhasHl-
dor at Madrid ana they ndloulo tn
alleged concessions attributed 20 spain
In the story referred TO.