The times., 1898-06-01
MAKING TERMS Of PEACE
The President Already Consider
ing the Inevitable End.
SPAIN MUST GIVE UP ALL
Nothing But an Unconditional Sur
render VIII He Consids red-Cuba,
Porto Rico and the philippines
VIII He Taken and Held and Per-
haps AIso the Canaries.

Spain's early surrender is considered
probable. The terms of peace when the
surrender comes are under consideration
by the President and by the Foreign
Affairs Committees of Congress.
President Mckinley has alluded TO the
possibility of an early surrender in sew
eral of his recent conversations. Un-
doubtedly he believes that it may come
when Cervera and Santiago are taken
The terms of peace have been discussed
/ at the Cabinet meetings and the fresi.
! dent has secured the views of several OF
! the leaders of Congress.
The terms have been practically decided
1 on The Philippines will be held. Porto
! Rico will be held. Cuba Will be freed.
1T is possible that the Canaries may De
taken also.
The Decisive Battle.
The second great battle with Spain Will
/ be fought within two weeks, unless the
/ conditions change In some unforeseen
way Everybody in this country ana
Europe looks forward 10 it as almost a
/ certain victory for America. 1t viii. be
1 an overwhelming victory. too, and tre-
I mendous disaster for Spain.
The tenor OF the entire European press
on the Hispano-American" s!uation has
been that Spain would be willing 10 sur
/ render when the fleet of CerHera was
I taken Ii is probable that the larger
part of Europe now believes that the
end of the war is not far away
There is no question which way Europe
views the situation. II knows that every
day now is a battle against the ineVi-
f table 1t sees that the continuance Of
the war must be every day more and
more costly than an immediate. uncondi-
tional surrender. There is no possibility
now that Spain can obtain the honor
OF one victory. Cervera 5 capture takes
this last hope away. In addition 10 this
there is very good reason to believe that
Europe fears the continuance of the war.
She believes that the United States is
gaining in ambition with every victory,
and that the hopes and even dreams
OF America when the war began are now
far outstripped by her confident eXpecta-
tions. Europe wishes the war to end.
The talk of members of the Foreign
Affairs Committee is that If Spain is not
willing 10 surrender. Europe VIII step in
with demand when the second section
Of the Spanish navy has been annihilated
or flies the American flag. President Nc
hinley is inclined TO believe this also.
Record OF the War.
The record of the war up to the present
time is unexampled in the history of the
world There was never a conflict be-
tween TWO great nations where great
armies and great nayies took part on
both sides in which the loss was almost
absolutely all on one side. The naval
strategists would have said that such a
One-sided conflict at the end of the nine
teenth century was impossible. There is
no writer OF fiction that would have had
the haTdihood TO tell of a war in which
one great nation lost three immense pos
sessions. two fleets and thousands of men
in killed and wounded and the other lost
only eight men, no ships and even no
smallest sea coast town. but this is the
record 50 far in the Spanish-American
war
II Spain surrenders when Cervara does,
there Is a great probability that the rec
ord viii be continued TO the end. There
are now embarking for Cuba and Porto
Rico thousands Of men Bombardments
that viii be very costly in life and treas
ure to Spain if she allows them will soon
take place. San Juan. Havana. and San
tiago may lose thousands OF men. II
! seems very probable that with these in
vading armies already landed and these
commandments in prospect and with moth
ing whatever to gain. Spain may decide
to give up al least after the loss of San
tiago. She may give up when the guns
Of the invading army are pointed toward
Santiago and give the United States an
other bloodIeSs victory. The record OF the
wonderful one-sided war would then be
complete.
There has been a generally expressed
fear that Spain may surrender before
Porto Rico has been taken If Santiago
is attacked first. This has been one Of the
Il reasons given by many why the eXpedi-
ton 10 Porto Rico should be made first.
II has been said that If Spain should sur
render while Porto Rico was still in her
hands that island would be lost 10 the
United States. This suggestion is un-
founded on any necessity of the case
whatever. international lawyers say.
When Spain surrenders il must be an
unconditional surrender. The United
viii make the conditions If the only fear
now is that the war viii be over too soon
and if the United States wants Porto
Rico Ii can have il by demanding it.
whether San Juan has been bombarded
and a landing made or not. Porto Rico
would be occupied peaceably.
Europe is talking Of the terms Of peace
The European newspapers are full of it,
/ and It is fair TO suppose that the cabi.
nets are too. It is very certain that
European interference is now the only
possible reason why the United tSates
| should not dictate any terms she may
choose Spain viii be powerless. Two
other things seem equally certain, how
1 ever-that the United States would not
/ submit to any interference from Europe
1 and that Europe would not care or would
not dare TO offer any.
Europe's Altered Position.
The bugbear OF European interference
which was undoubtedly a menace at the
J beginning Of the war, is now passed, il
the opinion of careful students of tht
situation in Congress and the Cabinet
As the aspirations of America have
grown. and as Europe undoubtedly has
had more and more reason TO be iealou:
of American supremacy, Europe has re-
ceded more and more from her firs
naughty position. The United States has
herself loomed up as a powerful foe anG
perhaps this is the largest reason for the
change of tone in Europe 1t is Ger
4 tainly true. too. that the stand taker
by England has had much to do with it
There is every reason to believe thai
the United States may suit herself en-
) tirely, and be governed only by her owr
desires and her own magnanimity il
her demands.
4 The proposition with which the United
States began the war was that there
should be nothing except the forcing OF
V Spain out of Cuba. President Mckinley
I said many times to his friends and others
4 in Congress that when Cuba was free the
: war would end. He also intimated thai
q the war would not extend any further
than Cuban soil II was said that there
Il would be but one campaign, and but one
hpvv han.