Evening journal., 1898-07-30
NO ARMISTTCE ASKED
Senior Gamazo Says Spain Has
Not Sought a Truce.
SUCH MOVE WOULDADMIT TOO MUCH
Spain WIN Fight Hard TO Retain Porto
Rico - London Editorial Comment.
Daily Mail Thinks We WIN De-
mand Indemnity For the Maine.

Rico - London Editorial Comment.
Daily Mail Thinks We WIN De-
mand Indemnity For the Maine.
LONDON. Suly SO.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of The Vimes Aays that. ao
cording to newspaper statement, Se
nor Gamaso, Spanish minister OF pubLo
instruction and public works. said In
the course o. an interview in Madrid
yesterday:
Spain has not asked an arrnistice or
even a suspension of hostllites. That
would be tantamount TO beseeching the
enemy not to strike US. We shall never
come to that.
The message to the United States,
while recognizing the superiority of the
Yankee forces and their military Op
erations, is ccslfheSi To terms so digni-
fed that when the document Is PUBLISH
ed no one wiz be aIo TO say IL II hu-
initiating. It asks whether tho United
States is disposed to make peace, but
requests nebheC truces nor armlsuees.
II Manila surrenders, the oapitula-
tlon VIII only apply to the walled town."
II Is feared the correspondent reports,
Tina the peace negotiations Will not be
very smooth or expeditions. Already
there are premontory symptoms Of agi-
tation against the Inevitable conces SONS,
and the correspondent Of The Times
considers 1t very doubtful whether all
the ministers have the moral courage
to accept the responsibility and 20 face
boldly certain amount OF unpopular
ity"
The Madrid correspondent Of The
Times, m a dispatch dated Thursday
and delayed IN transmission, explains
that the function Of NJ. Cambon. the
French ambassador at Washington. IN
Spain's approach TO tho United states
was merely that q a transmitting
agency" The correspondent proceeds:
The message was dispatched from
Madrid Thursday night. The delay In
Its delivery at Washington arose from
tho fact that when senior Polo dc 1jer-
nabe. the spanish minister 20 the Unit
Cd States, retired oa the breaking OF Of
diplomatic relations and conAded tho
interests Of Spain 10 France and Aus
tria he left only single copy OF the
diplomatic cipher.
when NJ. Cambon received tho pCace
message. this cipher happened 70 be
in the possession of his Austrian onl-
league. who was ont Of town. 2'he idea
- current here thai but for this delay
the Porto Rico expedition might have
been indefniteay deferred This wiz
not. howeYer. Stand tho test a. careful
exaTnduaiOn.s
T71o SfadIqfs scorrespondent of Tho DsaI-
" sE4n stEyBs
"Ths Szonhsh EOVernmenf WA cOauko1
" Tho hast agsanst o ce&arVl cs 1aDrto
Zoo 10 tho United States. II woald
r1toh rRthar shcg1flc9 ona a tho Philip-
Tane islaDdA c0ntead1nsg that Porto MOo
has always tesm lOVal and oaDts4dte the
sSnfe Of the yer."
II speOd.it dlnsOaAsn eroc2 SsldTad 0iVsa
SahOHssh q, NJ not A1kdSs rnG.t tAe gov
se4pSpenA lrsa dSdAe - psS6lsae sfSs war
btfasiso ~ Pso<ao h(cs, oonsslaTob}esyR-
ipe is u1anifested and everT possible
dzgaonatAS efeOrt vsatf bo mado ~ EetaSn
n
THbe ThISea In an editorial this mOCn-
hng on ofe terms of peace. Confines IT.
sir % a discussion OF the questhne
raieed ga tise Philippines. II says:
~ seems equally didlcult for Amsrf-
oa 20 take OF to leave tirem- Spain had
trouble enough 90 hold them before the
war. She VIA be still none cuTtJarraaeed
now and pFFJbabiy wNDutd not FeFilain
long without tegppttns offers from some
OF the pogvera, which her poverty might
inEpel her TO dcs4t.
"Had America demanded a cessiun Of
tho Philippines outright Spain could
hart1iY have avoided yielding. Now sile
may find IN her very weakness tha
means of sOfdening tho other condittaps
of peace. B'oC. slnoe tho United St6tes
haVn decided that the islands are not
worth enneKing. Some arrangement
must be made with Spain 10 insure the
reverslon OF the islands to the United
States Ia the event Of Spain failing to
maintain tolerable government.
Here are all the eieJnents Of bar
etsln. wiaich skflifth dlpborhacy might
turn bo Spaln's advantage but the thing
nlalst be done quickly and tho advan-
tage nOt pressed too far"
Tho Dacy Chronicie ls for the annex
atIon Of the PHILIPPINES and thinass 1T
waH not be an easy task to bring Cen
eral Merritt and .his army back with
NOTHING to show but a coaling sta
ton" The paper says:
1--WE arc impatient with American
modesty in believing the task of gov
ernlng the Philippines too much for the
United States. 1t must be admitted that
a grave danger looms up in German
ambitions. but no other power viii OBJ
ject to the idea Of Spain sending the
Cuban army to the Philippines"
The Daily Mail says:
I'VE cannot believe that President
Mckinley will abandon Aguinaldo and
the insurgents II would be the deep
est dishonor besides sowing the seeds
Of universal war. A Joint commission
could not arrive at an enduring COM
promise"
In the Daily Mar's opinion an IN
demnity OF from $3O.OOOOOO to s35. OoO.
600 will be demanded for the loss OF
the Maine.
SIrs. STaybrick's Case Reopened.
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