The Lamar register., 1898-08-03
MAY GET PEACE SOON
ANSWER SENT 10 SPAIN.
She Must Leave the Western Hemisphere.
but the Fate of tho Philippines Il I'M
settled-cambon Had Powers of
Minister of spain


yesterday afternoon between the Pres
, ident. Ambassador Cambon OF France
| and Secretary bay, carrying the peace
negotiations FAR beyond the mere sub
mission Of terms OF peace by the Unit
cd States and reaching the point OF 4
preliminary basis of peace between
the government OF Spain and the gov
ernment OF the United States. needins
| only the ratification Of the Madrid Cab
met In what was done to bring the
war 10 an end.
This was accomplished ON the part OF
Spain when Ambassador Cambon pre-
sented 20 the President credentials he
had received from the Spanish govern
1nenI appointing him envoy extraordl-
nary and minister plenipoientiary with
complete instruction as to the manner
OF acting upon every one OF the peace
conditions presented by the United
States, including the disposition OF
Cuba, Porto Rico. the Philippines. the
LadrOues. indemnity. arrnistice and all
other questions likely TO arise in the
course OF the negotiations.
With these credentials authorizing
him to speak as plenip0tentiary foy
the government OF Spain. aud with full
| instructions on every point at issue.
Ambassador Cambon. in behalf Of
Spain. not only received the peace con
ditions laid down by the American
Cabinet earlier In the day, but there
upon entered upon their final discus
sion with view to reaching a finai
and complete agreement
After strong argument, the President
and Secretary Day consented 10 a
modification OF the American terms in
one particular What that modifich-
ton relaies to Is not disclosed. but u Is
believed not TO apply to the condition
FOR the absolute independence OF Cuba,
the cesslon OF Porto Rico, or The grant
ing OF adequate yus,ii..::sss stations 10 the
United States in the Pacific. OF to ,ii-
mlnish In any vital particular the
terms on which peace VIII be restored.
{ The modification brought about practi-
cal unanimity between the President
and Ambassador Cambon. as pienlpo-
tentiary FOR Spain. and the Latter has
now transmitted the results of th. con
ference to Madrid for approval, which.
II given. will end the war.
On the main points of the answer
there was no disagreement. and these
propositions were ratified as they stood
yesterday, namely; Cuba to I've freed:
! Porto Rico TO be ceded to the United
States: one OF the Ladrone islands
probably Guam TO he ceded to the
United States as coaling station. and.
as an immediate step. all Spanish mil
itary forces In the West Indies to be
Withdrawn. with the formal relinquish-
ment by Spain OF her sovereignty over
any possissions among those Islands
As TO the Philippines. the Cabinet
agreed upon the following point: That
Manila bay. with the city aud sur
rounding territory. should be retained
In the possession OF the United States
at least for such length OF time rs IL
necessary TO devise and put In opera
tion some plan FOR the future govern
ment OF the group.
After tha; point the main divergence
Of opinion began. and all sorts OF prop
ositions were put forward and urged
By individual members as the best
means of dealing with the future OF
the Islands.
In the very midss OF the discussion.
the element that had strongly urged
the necessity OF protecting Aguinaldo
in any settlement we should arrange
received severe check through the re-
eeipi Of n cablegram from Admiral
Dewey. stating that the insurgent chief
has assumed n defiant attitude. and
Admiral Dewey expressed the opinion
that the United States would be Obliged
to make war upon them. necessitating
the requirement OF 1900 troops to sub
due the islands. While this did not
bring about complete dismissal Of the
proposition 10 take the insurgents into
account in settling the terms OF peace.
II did have the effect to cause an agree
ment upon the proposition to defer ac-
ton upon the question as 10 the dlspo-
sition OF the Islands until after the 9th
er phases OF the pence negotiations
have been satisfactorily adjusted.
meaning by that that the matter goes
over until the Spanish flag has disap-
peared from the Western Hemisphere
and the American flag is hoistcd 10
stay over the c1allng stations we re-
quire in Micronesia
The discussion lasted two hours ana
quarter before the Cabinet hit uDon
/ the best course for the United States TO
adopt II was finally decided that
what we desired could be best done by
the appointment Of joint commission.
limited in its representation to The gov
ernmenis Of the United States and
Spain. which commission Is to epdeay-
or TO settle the details OF the govern
ment OF the Philippines and determine
what treatment shall be accorded The
insurgents. the United States army and
navy meanwhile occupying Manila and
Manila bay, and thus retaining n no
a