The record-union., 1898-08-11
PROTOCOL AGREED UPON.
said the Terms Are Precisely Those
Laid Down by the President.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-A meeting
was arranged between Secretary Day
ana the French ambassador at the
State Department to be held this morn
ing 10 consider certain details of the
| spanish reply left open from yester-
days conference at the White House.
Ihere is reason TO believe that the
spanish Government will recede from
certain conditions sought to be imposed
yesterday and that the result will be
an agreement upon the terms of peace.
Inc French ambassador. accompa-
MED by NJ. Thiebaut, arrived at the
State Department to-day about II
o oclock, and, after a conference of fif-
teen minutes with Secretary Day. the
Iatter drove over to the White House
TO confer with the President. Embas-
sador Cambon remained in the diplo-
matte room awaiting Secretary DAVIS
return.
Secretary Day at / o'clock TODAY
made the following statement TO the AS
sociated Press:
we have agreed upon a protocol
embodying the proposed terms for the
negotiation of treaty of peace, includ-
ing the evacuation of Cuba and Porto
Rlco, and 1T is expected that the proto-
col Will be executed"
II can be stated that the terms are
precisely those laid down by the Presi-
| dent IN his original note about a week
| ago. 1T is believed that nothing but =
ieW formalities remain TO be disposed
OF to secure the signatures to the prc-
tocol.
Ihe statement by Secretary Day
showed that events had led up by logi-
cal steps to the agreement reached some
| tlme after noon to-day on the terms of
the protocol. The conference between
the President and the French Embas-
sador at the White House last evening.
IL was practically admitted this morn
ing, was not conclusive in all respects.
out there was manifestation of stead
Iast confidence in Administration cir
cles that seemed to presage an early
agreement upon the basis of peace.
roundation for this belief was afforded
When ambassador Cambon called at
the State Department during the fore
noon and it became known that the
ambassador was prepared to give a re-
sponse TO further inquiries that had been
necessarily put last night in relation 10
the Spanish position.
cOuld
De obtained from any one acquainted
with the details of the situation. it was
surmised that the ambassador. having
presented certain Spanish requests yes-
terday in connection with the accent
ance of the four bases of peace laid
down by the President, had been an
thorized to modify or withdraw such
of these additional representations as
should prove unacceptable to the United
States. AT any rate, when the Embas
sador appeared at the State Depart
ment at IL O'Clock, and, with his Sec
retary, NJ Thiebaut, was ushered into
the diplomatic room. there was a gem
eral belief among the officials of the
State Department that the prospect
had frightened materially over night.
and that a cessation of hostilities at
least was in sight.
The ambassador was in close confer
ence with Secretary Day for fifteen
minutes and then the Secretary, leay-
ing the ambassador behind the closed
doors of the diplomatic room, repaired
to the White House for consultation
with the President. This gave rise to
the conjecture that the ambassador had
submitted additional points to those