The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-03

expected, therefore. in the most impo ant
question, war or peace, that these pre-
linlinary operations would require many
days. In reality, If not entirely dispensed
with they were got through in a single sit
ting, and the whole procedure of examining
the American demands. deciding on course
or action and preparing formal reply was
accomplished, If we may trust the Madrid
press, in less than twenty-five hours.
evenn una noIs was ~
the Queen Regent by Duke Almodovar de
Rio, the foreign minister, who subsequent
ly paid Senior Sagasta midnight visit. At
s o'clock Monday morning the Premier tel
ephoned his colleagues to assemble in coun-
Gil at 10. When the council rose at mid
day the main questions had been decided in
principle, but full reply could not be pre-
pared because one or two points in the
American note required explanation and
supplemental note had been received from
M. Cambon containing a new condition.
The existence of this new condition was adj
mitted by Senior Sagasta TO press repre-
sentative, but the premier declined to say
whether 1t aggravated or softened the con-
ditions previously communicated.
AT 3 O'Clock Duke Almodovar de Rio had
an audience with the Queen Regent and at
o'clock the Cabinet had a second sitting.
Before rising the ministers had, it is said,
completed their formal reply and some au-
thorities affirm that it was telegraphed to
Washington during the night, but this state
ment requires confirmation. AS to the pre-
else nature of the demands and the contents
of the note in reply ministers refuse to
give information. So the current rumors on
the subject cannot be regarded as more
than surmises, but indications are not want
ing that President McKinley'S proposals
have been considered in a concilatory
spirit, with a view of arriving, if possible,
at an immediate pacific solution All recent
point in this direction. The latest of these
declarations is the explanation given for
maintaining such unusual reticence, namely,
the danger of compromising the success of
the negotiations and the desire to give
proof of a sincere wish to arrive at a per-
feet understanding.
Here and at Washington the original
sumption that NJ Cambon was to act
merely as a transmitting agency, but now
he is frequently spoken of as If he were
sort of mediator between the two powers,
using his good offices in favor of Spain.
Whether this proceeds simply from popu-
lar misrepresentation of the procedure actu-
ally adopted and a natural desire to obtain
some extraneous diplomatic support or
whether it indicates a real change OF pro-
cedure so far as M. Cambon is concerned,
the events of the next few days will prob
ably show. AT the present moment diSin-
terested diplomatic support cannot fail to
be welcomed. The harvest prospects are so
good throughout the peninsula that the gov
eminent has decided to cancel the decree
prohibiting the export of grain and to inn
pose merely a moderate export duty"
The Madrid correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says that Carlist rising is re-
ported at Venta de Banes, south of Palenire
An Associated Press dispatch from
Madrid says: THE King left his bed for
a few hours to-day.
Military measures, with view of pre-
venting risings, have been initiated in the
provinces of Catalonia AragOn and Biscay
THE situation at Manila, according to
private dispatch received to-day, is UNI
changed. There have been unimportant en-
counters between the Spaniards and the
rebels.
"a private dispatch from San Juan de
Puerto Rico says that 2,0G0 volunteers have
surrendered to the Americans