The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-08-06

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-On the as
sumption that peace is near at hand,
some attention is being given to the
steps by which this may be brought
about formally, and the measures nee
essary to be adopted Immediately af-
forwards. 1t is said to be not at ali
improbable that the preliminaries lead;
ing up to the signature of the treaty OF
peace
May Consume Fully Three Months,
so that it may be well along towarL
the legal date of the assembly of con
gress before the president will be pre-
pared to submit a peace treaty to tn,
senate. This allowance of time i!
rather moderate than excessive. We
were two years, from 1881 to 1888, il
arranging Il peace with Great Britain
to terminate the revolutionary war.
In the Case of the ChInese-Japanese War
it was several months before the com
missioners were able to perfect the
treaty which terminated that war. II
does not follow from this that al
actual state of wal will prevail during
this interval of three months. for, as !
matter of fact, hOstilities will termi.
nate within a very few days after Spair
has notified the United States govern.
ment of her acceptance of
The Terms Laid Down In the President
Note
of last Saturday. The military cstab
! lishmcnt. however, must be maintained
during that time, and many acts per
formed that are incident to actual war
fare.
1t is expected here that the Spanish
! pledge to accept the broad conditions
laid down by the United States will
take the form of u written agreement.
! something in the nature of Il protocol,
which, while
Very Necessary Step
in the negotiations of Il treaty. is no
always Il part of the document. The
negotiations have not progressed suf,
ficiently to indicate who shall be the
parties to this agreement, or rather
who shall represent the principals. the
United States and Spain. 1t is posi-.
BILE that it may be signed in Washing,
ton, as between Secretary Day and VI.
Cambon, or, on the other hand,
The Ambassadors of Spain and the United
States
in one of the European countries, prob.
ably in this ease France, might meet
and by the authorization of their re.
spective governments sign this agree
ment. The protocol, if it may be sc
called, in either ease, would not take
place in any name of the treaty oil
peace, which would be drawn up later
by commissioners 10 be appointed foI
this purpose.
Spain Bound to Evacuatc.
Under the terms of the presidents
note, if these be accepted by Spain, the
Spanish government it bOund to evacu-
ate Cuba and Porto Rico Immediately.
This action is not to wait upon the
work of the peace commissioners, but
is to precede it, and to follow immedi,
ately upon the signature of the memo
randum accepting the presidents con
ditions.
The Word immediately"
in this case is perhaps a little decep.
llNC. IL CAptl CIlC vi IlAC wal VIC
| partment in the cndeavor to remove to
Spain the Spanish troops surrendered
at Santiago, has not justified the ex-
| pcctation that the large force of Span
ish regulars can be gathered up and
shipped home TO Spain in less than
About sixty Days ut the Best.
This estimate is based on the fact
that it is not expected that the Span.
ish troop transports will be able to re.
turn all of the Santiago prisoners &c
Spain before the first of September.
Therefore, what is mean by the word
immediately is that the Spanish gov
ernmcnt shall at least begin the ar.
engagements At once for the evacuation
Of the islands.
4 Rather Fortunate circumstance.
On the whole, it is a rather fortunate
circumstance thai this evacuation car
not take place en- masse and immedi.
ately, for it has been determined that
the Spanish troops withdrawn u be
replaced by the United States troops.
This is deemed to be necessary &c
guard against anarchy and to secure
the
Establishment of a Stable Form of Gov.
in Cuba under proper constitutions.
guarantees, but in all probability not
many of them will have to 90 there
before the present rainy season has
neared its end.
Pacific Coast Wants Representation on the
Peace Commission.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 4.-The state
board of trade has adopted a resolution
asking President Mckinley to appoint
a citizen of the Pacific coast on the
peace commission which is to decide
upon the future of Philippine.
Gen. WheeIer's Cavalry Division Ordered
North to Montauk Point.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-All the regu.
lar cavalry with Skaters army anG
the eight companies of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders have been ordered to
proceed to M~ontauk Point, Long Is
land, for encampment. Gen. ShafteI
has been directed to use all the trans
port facilities he can command, to send
the troops north as RAPIDLY as possible,