The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-06

MADRID, Aug. 5.-In the conference
between Senior Sagasta and Senior Sill
Vela, the latter urged that 1t was i'm
peIative to summon the cortes for the
negotiation of a treaty of peace
Gen. Polavieja, who was present, de-
clined subsequently to speak of the
conference to representatives of the
press, on the ground that his duty as
soldier imposed secrecy upon him,
but Gen. Azcarraga said that if Spain
possessed adequate resources the war
should be continued in order to secure
more acceptable conditions, otherwise
peace ought to be concluded.
Gen. Chinchilla, captain general of
Madrid. said: I'VE have a brave and
Well disciplined army, and it is ready to
go wherever 1t is sent
Later Senor Sagasta conferred with
Senior Salmeron, the Republican lead
er, who told the premier, in the course
of a long conference, that he blamed
the government greatly for closing the
cortes and sitting the press. After the
Interview he said he had assured Sen
or SagaSta that he would reserve his
opinion on the general situation until
the chamber was convoked, but that
neither directly nor indirectly would he
support the existing oligarchy, which
is the cause Of all Spains misfortunes."
This evening the premier will confer
with Gen. Weyler, Marshal Primo de
Rivera, Senior Gamazo, minister of
public instruction and public works,
and Senior Romero Giron, minister Of
the colonies
DELAY NOT SURPRISING.
WASHINGTON, Aug 5-When the
president closed his official week to-
day he had not received the reply of
Spain, nor any intimation as to how
soon the reply might be expected. The
French ambassador had not been heard
from throughout the day and he, as
we'll as our own government officials,
was waiting for Spain to give the final
response. Two days have now passed
without word officially from Spain,
either in the way of inquiry or re-
sponSe. From this 1t is clear that the
Spanish cabinet fully realizes the time
for argument, counter proposals and
notifications has gone by, and that
there is only one simple issue to be
met, namely, whether the American
terms will be accepted as a whole or
rejected. There is, indeed, reason to
believe that the Spanish government
has been directly notified that the stage
of negotiations has passed, and that
only the matter of an answer, favora-
BILE or unfavorable, remains. That the
answer has not come quickly is no
matter of surprise to the officials here
for they realize the tremendous respon-
sibility which Premier Sagasta must
assume in making these peace terms
sufficiently palatable to the Spanish
populace and the political leaders to
permit acceptance without an internal
conVulSion.
CAMBON EXPLAINED.
In his conferences with the president
and Secretary Day the French ambas-
sador has brought out clearly the great
task before Sagasta 1t seems to be
the general view here that if the pre-
mier and his ministry were untrammel-
ed an acceptance would come at once,
and that the preliminary peace ar
rangements would now be closed. But
in preparing the Spanish public and in
guarding against political agitations
ties, the Madrid government is taking
time for missionary work, not only
among themselves, but also among the
populace and different sects.
Well informed people here place Mon
day as the time when the United States
is to receive Spain's final answer, but
this is purely conjectural, for there Is
not the slightest means of knowing
the trend Of affairs at Madrid. 1t m. ght
come tomorrow, but in the event of it
coming late in the day the response
would not be communicated to the gov
errment until Monday. There is the
same confident feeling among officials
here, as from the first. that the Span
ish answer will be a. reluctant accept
ance of the terms offered. At the same
time there. is a remote possibility that
the disclosures made by the Ameri-
can government at Santiago concerning