El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-27
PEACE NEAR.
Spain Has Presented Request For
Terms.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-The follow
ing was given out at the White House
at 4:5O p. m.
"The French ambassador, on behalf
of the government of Spain and by di
rection of the Spanish minister for for
eign affairs, presented to the president
at the White House q message from
the Spanish government looking to the
termination of the war and the settle
ment of terms of peace"
WASHINGTON, July 27.-President
Mckinley will answer Spain's plea for
peace tomorrow. The cabinet will
thoroughly discuss the terms this
country can give Spain, and when
they are decided upon, the president
will formally notify M. Cambon, French
AMBASSADOR, who is the official repre-
sentative of Spain in Washington.
M. Cambon, when he called on the
president yesterday, first announced
that with the consent of his govern
ment he called to deliver q message
from the queen regent of Spain. The
meeting took place in the blue room of
the white house. There were present
the president, M. Cambon, Secretary
of State Day, and M. Thiebault, first
secretary of the French embassy.
After M, Csmbon's announcement
Secretary Thiebault read the message
1t is stated on good authority that it
read as follows:
THE government of the United
States and the government CT Spain
are nnhappily at war as Q result of
demand on the part OF the United
States that Spain withdraw from Cuba,
which demand she refused to comply
with: In the contest of arms which
followed Spain admits she has been
worsted, and that her sufferings as a
result are very great.
"She believes the time has now come
when she can properly ask the cooper
alton of the United States in terminal
ing the war, and she therefore asks to
be furnished, through the French am
bRssador, with statement of terms up
on which, the United States would be
willing to make peace"
President Mckinley followed the
reading closely. At it's conclusion the
message was handed to him by the
French ambassador. The president
qualification at the receipt
Of the message. He said in view of it's
gravity he would like time before max
ing a reply. SO as to discuss it with his
cabinet. He begged the ambassador
to kindly call for the answer which he
would be ready in q few
days.
WASHINGTON, July 27.-While the
will give no hint as to
what its answer to Spsin's overtures
for peace will be, the best opinion is
that it will demand the independence
of Cuba under the protectorate of the
United States, the cession to the Unit
ed States of the Island of Porto Rico,
the retention by this government of .
cOaling station in the Philippine Is
lar ds, the future control OF the archi-
pelsgO to be amicably arranged, prob
ably IL der a protectorate of the Unit,
ed States and all the powers holding
interests in the Pacific ocean: and the
retention of the Lsdrones. r~z ec
1t is probably wholly undecided
whether the administration will de-
mand money indemnity. But it will
ask quid pro quo for all our expen-
penditures caused by this war. Spain
will express her willingness to cede
Porto Rico to the United States, but
will ask our government to take Cuba
rather than that the republic be per-
mitted TO establish itself. 1t is feared
Spanish residents in Cuba might suffer
under Cuban government. AS nego-
tiations are in progress Spain will be
willing to yield the Ladrones, but not
the Philippines without bitter strug-
gle.
MADRID, July 27.--It is reported
that the government will protest to
the powers against the continuance of
the campaign by landing troops on
Porto Rico after Spain has sued fer