The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-08-11
IT is APPROVED.
DE Cabinet Council Agrees TO the
Peace Terms of the United States.
The Spanish Government Relieves That the
Note VIII BE Satisfactory to the WASH
ington Government and That Hos
tilIties win lie Suspended.

70 'es WIN ie suspended.
Z MADRID, Aug. S-Tnc cabinet cour
" Gil terminated after having complet,
,e ly approved the reply to the Unite
e. States which, it is said, accepts tn
American conditions.
8 The reply was telcgrarhcd to Seno
s Ceon Castillo, the Spanish am bassa
y dor to France, Saturday night, so tha
VI. Cambon, the French ambassador a
Washington, -wilhrJccivc it Monday.
The government is fully convince,
/ that the note will be satisfactory L
{ the Washington government, and tha-
q suspension of hostilitics will bc it:
I Immediate consequence.
, Senor Sagasta, the premier, has lust
concluded his conference with the
queen regent Her majesty approves
the general lines of the repiy of Sraiu
TO Americas peace terms, which Senior
Sagasta explained to her.
The reason for postponing the cabi-
net council until o'clock Sunday
evening was that the note was not vet
fully drawn up. The government be-
heves that the United States will ac.
cept Spain's answer, which will GER.
tainly reach the white housc by Tues.
day. As a consequence of The United
States accepting the reply, hostilities
Will Immediately afterwards be sus.
pended
As the reply to the American terms
was only submitted to the queen re.
gent sunday, ali the reports OF her ap.
proval Saturday Of the American de-
mauds are necessarily without founia.
ton
MADRID. Aug. S.-According to the
most reliable sources Of information
the Spanish note is couched in digni.
lied language. 1t asserts that Spain
bows to the force of circumstances
having done nothing to provoke the
war, into which she has been unwiu-
ingly led in the defense of her rights
and territory
1t expresses willingness TO appoint
delegates to meet the American com.
mission to discuss regime for the
Philippines
NASHINGToN, Aug. S.-Although as
yet without official confirmation of the
report from Paris that the Spanish
government has decided to accept the
terms laid down 10y the United States
as essential to the negotiation OF
treaty of peace the officials here are
under the conviction that ]
the end has come and are giving atten-
llon to the steps to be taken next In I
view OF the delay in coming TO this c
conclusion the idea was beginning TO {
prevail that the Spanish government
vas about To enter "A plea in abate- |
nent and that the answer would again L
&c inconclusive. In this case the q
PRESIDENT was disposed to deal firmly Il
With the issue; TO give notice that our I
proposals were withdrawn, ana TO let v
t be understood that when Spain v
gain sued fos peace the con- &
itions would be more severe n
han those first laid down. IL the b
panish answer should cmbody an eff el
ort to secure any material change in 81
he conditions it will meet with prompt
lection. Some reference has been d
lade in the dispatches of British M
ewspapers to a desire on the part of OF
ne Spanish government to include in .
he preliminary agreement a clause OF
xe mpting 1t from liability for ie
le Cuban debt The formal state h'
ent Of the points Of >the United TO
tates notes given out from the white RI
ouse made no reference 10 this sub
ct and it can not be known as vet Sh
neither or not the full text shows III
lything more Eut presuming that NJ
reference whatever is made TO the vi
ban debt, it is possible the subject ga
ay be regarded as one that should be m'
eated by the peace commissioners. tn
no are TO meet later TO for the treaty, tri
lich. Of course, will embody as
any details that are left un- ex
lched in the main proposition, SUI
ough cabinet officers have author pit
ID the statement that no part
the Cuban or Porto Rican debts
'uld be assumed by the United -,
ites. Based upon the Associated
ess reports of the progress being EiHH
de at Madrid toward returning the
swer OF Spain it was calculated by su
department officials that the for IA
! note could not be delivered 70 the Ok
.sident before Monday, and that
S also the belief of the French am
sailor.
Attack by Sea on san Juan Reported. IN
WASHINGTON, Aug. Sat midnight BIZ