The Iola register., 1898-08-05
FEELING IN SPAIN.
The Spanish People Indifferent as
to Terms of Peace.
OPINION ENTERTAINED At BERLIN.
The Terms OF Peace Imposed Upon Spain
Thought TO lie Too Hard-The Lon
don Times Comments on the
Assertion.

London, July 80. The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph
says: However unpalatable the terms
Of peace may be they will not provoke
the slightest disturbance in Spain,
where listless indifference is predomi-
nant. The Madrid correspondent of
the Daily Mail, remarking on the
feeling of satisfaction and relief the
peace overtures have produced" says:
There is little probability of popular
discomfort, and none at all, If Spain is
allowed to retain the Philippines and
is not compelled to pay indemnity"
Another dispatch from Madrid says:
The government does not conceal that
it hesitated for some days to go be-
yond an unofficial exploration at
Washington, because the diplomatic
agents employed to make the sound
ings gave conflicting accounts of Pres
ident McKinley's disposition. One
represented him as eager to terminate
the war on moderate conditions: the
other, that the nest onerous condi-
tions would be imposed, so much so
that the Madrid government thought
1T useless to sue officially. When,
however, it was seen that the
American war preparations con-
tinued Duke Almodovar de Rio
minister of foreign affairs, was
instructed to send the note. The
cabinet met Wednesday evening to de-
liberate as to the best means and
channel of negotiation. Paris and
London were both discussed. No de-
cision was arrived at, but a majority
favored sending Senior Moret, former
minister of the colonies, on a special
mission to London to negotiate the
treaty of peace with Ambassador Hay.
Official feeling favors direct negoti-
ations without interference from out
siders even with regard to the Philip
pines. There is little doubt that il
President McKinley's reply proves an
acceptable basis the negotiations will
not be protracted, since Spain, for
many reasons, is desirous of a speedy
settlement, and not the least so be-
cause at the present moment public
opinion is calm
After yesterdays cabinet council
Senior Sagasta, the premier, said he
had grounds for hoping that an un-
derstanding might be arrived at but
he could say nothing definite. Duke
Almodovar de Rio said the European
cabinets had been informed of the step
Spain had taken, but not as to the
text of the note sent to President Nc
Kinley. The cabinet council will not
meet again until Friday evening, by
which time President McKinley's re-
ply is expected.
OPINION ENTERTAINED AT BERLIN.
London, July 80. The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Times says: "The
terms of peace which America imposes
occasion surprise here as much too
hard. The National Gazette remarks
that the United States have not won u
victory signal enough to warrant such
hard terms, and expresses the opinion
that the prospects of peace are, in con-
sequence, gloomy"
The Times commenting editorially
upon the suggestion of the National
Gazette, that the United States has
not won a victory signal enough to
warrant the hard terms they would
Impose, says: This suggestion from
would-be friends of Spain merely
shows that these critics entirely fail
to grasp the military significance of
Americas sea power. Only by prompt
and straightforward dealings with
President Mckinley can Spain hope to
prevent the fruition of American i'm.
perial policy in the l'acific, the advan-
tage of which even peace-lovinr, mod
crate Americans cannot ignore