Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-06
SPAIN STILL SILENT
Has Made No Reply to Our
Demands. .. f..
PROBABLY COME MONDAY
While There Is Little Doubt Vhut the
bnns WIN Accept, They aIny be
Forced to Make Grand Stnud
Plays to Satisfy the renui..

| WASHINGToN. Aug. 5.--When the
President closed his official work to-
iay he had not received the reply of
| spain nor any intimatiun as to how
| soon the reply might be expected
The French ambassulnr had NOT been
heard from throughout the day. and
| he as We'll as our government officials
was waiting for Spain TO give the final
| response
Two days have now passed without
| word officially from spain either in
WAY WAY OF INQUIRY on Response, from
met realizes the time for argument.
| counter proposals or modification has
| gone by. and that there is only on.
simple issue to be met. namely. whether
the American terms will be accepted as
| 4 whole or rejected
There Is, indeed. reason to believe
| that The Spanish government has been
| directly advised that the state of nego-
| tlatinnS is passed ana that only the
favorable. remains. .a. ."..'.'.
lhai me answer has not come quick
| ly is no matter OF surprise to the ot1i-
| Gals here tor they realize the ire
mendnus responsibility which Premier
S;iSaSla must assume in making these.
| peace terms sufficiently pulat;ble to
he Spanish ponulacc and the political
| leaders to permit its acceptance with
out an interna tional CONFUSION.
In his conferences with the President
and Secretary Day. the French ambas-
| s;!d"r has brought out clearly the
great task before Sagasta. 1t seems to
| DC the general view here that IL the
premier and his ministry were untram-
ineled an acceptance would come. al
once. an! that tn. preliminary peace.
| arrangement Would be now closed. But
| IN preparing the Spanish public ana in
| guarding against political agtutions
tt,,1- I, II, Il
| ties. the Madrid officials are taking
| time for missionary work not only
among themselves, but among all polit-
| c;,i and social elements.
I,iie hes, informed persons here fin
| next Monday he time when the
nlIsd states government is likely to
receive :Spain's final answer. but this is
simply r"njectural for there is not the
slightest means of knowing :he ,enden-
| ries al Madrid.
II might come tomorrow, but in the
event Of its coming late in the day or OF,
Sunday the response would not be COM
municated to the government until
Monday. There is the same confident.
tffiat Sc III
| sWer will be q reluctant but not the
less conclusive Acceptance.
At the same time it was suggested
Today III some quarters that there.
was possibility the disclosures made
| by the American general at Santiago
concerning the serious condition Of our
r"ors might be 4 straw at which the
spanish cabinet would grasp This is
quite doubtful. however, as there is !,
| question whether the statement Of thu.
! American general ever got outside. thu.
fhorders Of the United States owing to
the Slricl censorship imposed last night.
| Moreover IL lof the evidence reaching
the officials here indicates that Spain
Is weary with the conflict and is con
Nlnred beyond the Sigh est question of
the lopeessness Of further oppusi,ion
Fhr day would have been remarkably
| dult AT the War Department, consider
ing the existence II Il state of war had
| IL not been for the publication in the
| n"W:;parcrS Of the .'round robin" sign
| Ell by the military commanders al San
tiasn and the short but sharp CORES
| pondence between Colonel Roosevelt
and Secretary .Alger. These afforded
J food for much discussion among all
rlasse Of officials. ana the belief was
genera! that there are further Interest,"
ng chapters in the correSpondence
| provided it is deemed harmless to the
| best interests of th. army To allow fur
Their publications.
In proof of the allegation that the
| War Department had beslirred itself to
| Sucror the unfortunate army in SANTA
60 before the united protest VAS made
| the Following statement is given out by
| IN. Secretary of War regarding The
shipment Of troops north from Santa
go:
| Until quite recently it was imposed
that yellow fever was epidemic in San
lia2". ami that it WAS no: believed tina t
| II would he safe to send ship loads
north Of men largely infected Win
| yellow fever. The disease il was be-
| lievea. would spread rapidly on ship
board and result in the death ard burial
| OF many at sea.
"On the 2Sih ullimo. the Secretary OF
| War tclcgraph"d to General Shafter
\
| men If his command would he moved
north 10 camp which had been Sc
lectcd for il on Montauk Point. on the
'oth Of July. General Shafter tele-
Sraphed Made known Secretary IT
| Wars telegram that troops would he
moved as soon as fever subsidized and
| 1t had Very good effect on the men
| When. however, the true condition
was made known. an order was issued
| to General Shafter to move his COM
| mand north as rapidly as possible and
all ships in the quarternaster's service
| possible TO get To Santiago, We're sent
there. and the great liners st. Paul and
ST. Louis wer. also ordered there. All
this vas done before the communca
ton signed by General Shaftor
and his generals was received. and be
fore Colonel Ronsevelt's letter was pub
lished.
Over $50 surgeons are at Santiago
and l1G immune nurses have been sent
that always attends such an army.
There have been less death in Santa :
go by yellow fever than by typhoid in
any camp Of the same size in tn. Uni
ted States" I'm
Two MESA ges We're received today by
| HE War Department from Ponce. the
frs; announcing the death of a brilliant
young army officer and the second from
General Miles touching on the trouble
in the Sixth Massachusetts which was
the subject of military inquiry of Sec
retary Alger yesterday
AS near as can be gathered the off
GERS of the sixth declined to submit to
an examination, which was prescribed
by the brigade officers. the proper au-
thority. and. upon the instance of the
latter. they sought to resign their com
mission.
General Miles himself is dealing with
the case and if ne should decide to al
low these officers to resign or discharge
them from the service of the United