Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-09
STILL NO REPLY.
SPANS Message Slow In
Reaching Washington.
EXPECTED VERY SOON.
Several Translations Neces-
sary Before Delivery

om.,al washlnRton f. Very Anxious TO
Get tho Dons Auswer-The Wording OK
tho Dispatch and Discussion NJ 20
Whether Spain Has Accepted Our Terms
Conditiouslly OF without Reservation
the Main Topics of the Hour-The Ad-
ministration willing to Be Generous TO
Our Conquered Foes, but II Spain At
taches Too Many Conditions to Her hs-
p,v 1t Is Thought That She Will BE
Given Forty eight Hours to Accept Thorn
Unoouditionally-I Case Of Her Not Do
Ing So tho Terms May BE Withdrawn
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Spain's answer
to the demands Of the United States IS
now on its way to Washington. but II
Ia coming with slowness almost pain.
full, in view Of the earnest desire 10
know whether the acceptance Is COM
plete or qualified. There are no less
than five translations. four OF them
cipher in the transmission oet"eeh
Madrid and Washington. After the
Spanish cabinet meeting on Sunday Inc
response was reduced to the Spanish
cipher and then sent to the Spanish en-
bassador at Paris, Senior Leon Castillo,
by whom it was to be deciphered and
translated into French, after which
Senior Castillo would deliver it to the
French foreign office to be reduced 10
the French cipher for transmission to
the French ambassador here. These
moves, including work on the cipher
code, calls by Castillo on the foreign
Office at Paris and time required 1or
cabling will take, it is calculated, some
eight or ten hours. Under the circum-
stances the impression prevailed In all
official quarters that the response would
not be placed In the hands OF the presi-
dent for some hours at least.
.Conjectures Regarding spain's Reply.
The impression is growing in official
quarters that the Spanish answer, While
in the nature of concession OF the
American demand, Is not brief and
simple acceptance without reservation
or condition. There Is no direct official
advice on this point, but all the press
advices from Madrid indicate that the
response Is a document of considerable
length, prepared with laborious care,
and that it has several features which
may not appear in the conditions pre-
sented by the United States.
Whether an acceptance of this char
acter will be regarded by the authori-
ties here as sufficiently responsive to
the American demands Is matter ex-
citing much conjecture. In some quar-
tiers 1t is being urged that so long as
Spain accepts the essential principle
required by the United States the dis
position here will be to deal with the
defeated enemy in a generous spirit on
minor details. 1t Is probable that this
will be the view presented by the
French ambassador in case the Spanish
reply Is not simple, categorical ac-
ceptance Of the American terms. On the
other hand, 1t Is believed that a re-
Spouse which opens up diplomatic con-
troversy and gives the conditions a
much broader scope than as originally
framed at Washington may not meet
with much approval here. For instance.
the Madrid advices seem to imply that
the answer Is based on an immediate
cessation of hostilities, but the view
among officials here Is that hostilities
will not cease on the submission Of
conditional response, but that they will
progress steadily until the American
conditions progress entirely beyond the
stage of possible diplomatic complica-
ton over details. There is a strong
disposition in some influential quarters
to have hostilities continue until the ac-
tual evacuation OF Cuba and Porto Ri
co begins by the embarkation Of SPAN
ish troops. 1t Is probable that the Span
ish reply will be in the hands of the
government in time for consideration at
the regular cabinet meeting tomorrow
when the sufficiency or INSULT
cheney of the response can be deter
mined.
The Cuban Debt.
1t is the purpose of this government
not only to decline responsibility for the
so called Cuban debt, but to absolutely
with the possibility Of any responsible
ty for 1t being assumed hereafter. The
position assumed by the state depart
ment is that this is a debt Of Spain
which has no place for consideration in
peace negotiations between the two
The fact that such bur-
den of debt rests upon Spain may have
inspired the magnanimous and gener-
Gus determination Of this government
not to exact money indemnity from
Spain, but this Is matter of generosity
and not Of bargain.
There is some authority for the state
ment, in view Of the Madrid press dis
patches, that II the reply of Spain is an
with such qualifications as
Indicated 1t will not be satisfactory
and that an unqualified reply will be in
sisted on from Spain within probably 48 |
hours, or the terms offered will be with
drawn, and no such favorable terms
will again be yielded.
The question of the time to be allowed |
or the withdrawal Of troops, the meth |
I'd of their withdrawal the disposition |
If war material. as we'll as the future |
If the Philippines, may properly 20 be- |
'ore the peace commission and would |
oe considered by them without regard |
% any expressed wish on the part Of
spain at this time, but the preliminary
erms as basis of negotiations were
stated in concise and unequivocal form,
md the privilege is not accorded Spain
% change or qualify them in any re-
pect or to accept them with any reser-
yation.
~ may NC .ho' .he description given
n the press reports of the reply is in
or, IL accurate, 1t is possible
hat the French ambassador will be en-
covered to withdraw the qualifications
found to be unacceptable to this gov
This is a question as to what
he powers Of the French ambassador
Ire in this matter, and it may be that
lie will have the authority, even If the
qualifications are suggested, to accept
he terms exactly as submitted. In this
went hostilities will be Immediately
MADRID FAVORS PEACE.