Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-05
II Is Said II Contains Counter Prop
OsitiOns and Asks For Informa-
ton on Some Points.
A CONFERENCE HELD
OVER THE DOCUMENT.
The President and the French Ambas.
sador Discuss the Matter. but Sep
arate without Reaching Any
Conclusion.

Washington, Aug. I. After a confer.
ence on the peace question lasting an
hour between the president and NJ. Cam.
bon, the French ambassador, the latter
acting n the representative Of Spain.
Secretary Day emerged from the White
House and announced that yesterdays
conference was inconclusive, whereof
the parties 20 Il had agreed no; 10 state
publicly what had occurred. The sccre.
tary did not appear 20 BE- discouraged a.
be made this statement, though he ad.
mitted that no time had been set for an.
other conference.
From this It is gathered that the long
expected answer Of the Spanish govern.
ment 70 the presidents note had turned
out 20 b. just rs IL was expected either
a counter proposition or a request for a
fuller statement in detail upon some Of
the clauses Of the presidents note.
Up TO the middle Of the afternoon IL
was stated by all parties concerned that
the Spanish answer had not been ~.
oeived, that the only formal note that
had come % hand was one from the
Madrid cabinet 10 NJ Cambon asking
for information upon some points tina,
were not clear TO the Spanish minister.
However, just after 3 o'clock the secre.
tary Of the French embassy. NJ. THE.
haut, called a, the state department and
arranged with Secretary Day for n meet.
ing between the president and the am.
hassador at 8; Is, n already stated, AZ.
ter comforting for an hour the parties
separated, having been unable 10 reach
a conclusion as 20 the acceptance by
Spain Of peace conditions laid down BY
the president and binding themselves
TO the observance OF the strictest secrecy
a. to the proceedings until further pro
gress had been made. Thus II Is prac.
ticaily assured in advance that anv at.
tempt 20 state what occurred At the
meeting At the White House would be
nothing more than pure guess work,
Washington, Aug 4-The govern.
ment Is now waiting 10 hear again from
Spain, and this time il is expected the
answer will be final The president de.
clined the earnest appeal Of the French
ambassador 20 modify the United States
demands, except in slight and CON.
paratively unimportani respects. There
is no doubt but that peace negotiations
are progressing 90 the entire satisfaction
Of the president and the members OF the
cabinet Tho conference yesterday az
the White House IN which the president,
". Cambon and Secreta.y Day partici.
pated, was devoted almost entirely to a
discussion Of the details which are NJ.
garded by the president as unimportant
and hence the request Of the French am.
bassador, for the most part, will be &C.
coded TO. One OF These was that the
commission TO BE- appointed to settle ON
the terms Of peace % meet outside VI
the Uniteo States, and preferably
France. The president sees no obiec.
ton TO granting this request and IL is
said to be practically settled that the
conferences will be held az Paris
The Madrid government, through
VI. Cambon, propounded the questions
as to the time Spain will BE- expected 10
evacuate Cuba and the territory ceded
10 the United States and what provision
will be made by the United States to
protect the interests oi Spain and her
subjects Of these islands while the
evacuation is In progress. NJ. Cambon
was informed upon oil these points, pre-.
sumably 20 his satisfaction.
The one point, however, which the
Spanish authorities, Judging from their
communication 90 their representative
here, failed 10 comprehend, and Secro.
tary Days call upon the ambassador
was for the purpose Of making perfectly
clear this point, which was that the
evacuation OF Cuba, Porto Rico and ono
Of the Ladrone islands, 20 BE- selected bv
United States, and the permanent ces.
sion 10 this government OF all Of these
Islands except Cuba. was made a con.
dition precedent to all peace negotia.
tons, and that not until these terms had
been fully complied with would this
government consent 70 entertain any
peace propositions whatever.
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