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SBlASIA 70 SEEK PEACE
FALL OF SANTIAGO BEGINS TO
BEAR FRUIT
SPANISH PREMIER ACKNOWL-
EDGES COMPLETE DEFEAT
CAN MAKE NO SUCCESSFUL FIGHT
WITHOUT A FLEET

Says Americans Could Now Starve
SDaniards In Cuban Towns Into
Submission, Hence the Time for
Peace Proposals Is at Hand
SSain's Commercial Interests and
People Are CInmoring for an End
Want to Terminate the Conflict.
BERLIN, July 1.-THE Tagblatt's
Madrid correspondent says that Sa-
gasta has declared that he is convinc-
ed the Spaniards will be defeated in
Cuba, and since Spain no longer has
D a fleet the Americans could starve the
island without subjecting themselves
solved to bring about peace as soon as
possible.
The German emperor has contrib
uted 1000 marks to the Red Cross
fund.
PEOPLE DEMAND PEACE.
LONDON, July 15.-The Madrid COR
respondent of the Times says:
The feeling for peace is growing
daily, especially in commercial circles.
The minister of commerce has receiv-
ed kilograms in this sense from Cadiz,
Vigo and other towns.
1T must not be supposed, however,
that the desire is for peace at any
price. Peace with honor and without
great territorial sacrifices more ac-
curately describes the movement. In
ordinate demands might easily rouse
the warlike spirit of the people to such
an extent that the government would
be compelled to swim with the current,
regardless of the consequences. The
government itself maintains the great
est reserve.
SEEKING TERMS.
1t is said the foreign minister, Duke
Almodovar de Rio, only wants definite
information as to what the American
government wants in the way of terri
torial cones ssions. There are various
ways by which this might be obtained
without securing the good Offices of any
other country. For example it is point
eSout that in two or three European
capitals the Spanish and American rep
resentativeS have remained on friendly
terms. Whatever channels it may en-
ploy the negotiations will Nive a Sc
cret trend. 1t is the desire Of the Span
ish ministers to spare their country
further sacrifices, and there are a num-
Der of concessions suggested in the
American press which public opinion
would not allow them to make. Spain's
colonial empire may be diminished in
area, but 1t must not be destroyed.
The question of pecuniary indemnity
has not yet occupied public opinion in
this country. Some persons who are
supposed to be we'll acquainted with
official and unofficial opinion in the
United States declare that President
Mckinley will be very moderate in his
demands. but his insisting upon the un-
= conditional surrender of the garrison of
Santiago does not seem to indicate
conciliatory spirit.
SPAIN SHORT OF MONEY.
LONDON, July 14.-According to
special dispatch from Madrid, the Cor
respondencia Militaria announces that
the government has decided to suspend
payment of salaries to all civil and
military servants as the money is need
ed for war expenses. Feverish prepar-
ations continue at the coast towns for
the advent of the Americans
The government of Ceuta complains
O. the unfitness of the guns and de-
fehses there. All the guns that can be
spared are being shipped to the Balearlc
islands. Admiral Camara's squadron,
it is said, will be sent to Cartagena.