Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-11
Washington Letter.

er II could atJacn bLtluB W I've "oo~P'
aneo Of the forms Of peace offered by |
President McKnley--it was 50 thor
oughly Spanish. The French Ambas-
sador knew that the terms offered we're |
in the nature of an ultimatum and so
informed Spain. There is no room for |
any trickery, consequently nothing put |
plain sailing is now looked for. AS |
soon as the government OF Spain form |
ally accepts the terms of peace, when |
it has already unoiTicially accepted
Peace Commissioners will be named Ivy
President Mckinley to meet like Com
missioners representing Spain and pro-
coed to the negotiation Of treaty OF
| peace; and a cessation Of hostiltes VIII
be ordered While Of course, no On.
can do more than guess bow long 1t
will take to negotiate that treaty, ~ is
the general expectation in official CIR
cles that 1t will require several mont
owing to the difficulty likely to be eA-
perienced in reaching a satisfactory
agreement as to the Philippine Islands
Should tho treaty not DO signed before
November, the senate will not be call
ed in extra session to ratity tho treaty,
as no harm would be done by waiting
for the regular session in December.
President Mckinley has taken occAs-
ion to express his gratitude for the cor
dial support given him in the conduct
Of the war by the press, regardless OF
politics, and he thinks it will be Of in
calculable benefit to the country by
showing to the world that however
much wo may differ among ourselves as
to domestic policies, we are all Ameri-
cans when it comes to confronting a
foreign foe.
The figures in Assistant Secretary
Howell's statement Of tue rece pts and
expenditures Of the government for the
, last fiscal year are very interesting.
= notwithstanding the addition to the re-
ceipts Of $64, ,929, received by the
government from the sale of Pacific
railroads, tho expenditures exceed
tho receipts Of the year by S3S, O47, par
I N 1t counting the Pacific Railroad mon
@ cy tue deficit was SOS, 240, 1903. Mr.. How
. ell says this large deficit was partly &C
countsd for by war expenditures, wh;cI
he estimates to have been sos, 5000, 0O
during the last four months Of the hsca
year. Accepting his figures, that dur
= ing the last five months Of the tisCo
+. year tho receipts OF the government ex
ceeded its expenditures on peace bas
" is, by more than $4,000, OO9, the drfc
/ would have been slightly in excess {
lie $40, 900, 900 for the year had there bee
N no war.
=. All Of the auxiliary cruisers, excel
o. the Harvard and the Yale, are to be T.
VI leased to their owners by the goveri
ment as fast as possible, there being Z
further use for them, owing to Spa
having practically no navy LETT, eve
.. should there be hitch before peaC
was assured by the formal signing Of
oi treaty between tho two government
a anu blO ga p1hoV VI ADN pms WV -
he commission being very heavy.
bo One Of the most curious features
the present situation is that with pea
3D. with Spain in sight the administrati
nj should be preparing to send heavy 7
It Inducements to Gen. Merritt i
inf Spanish at Man la as elsewhere, are
ready sufficiently whipped, but tho
NV ro-inforcements are necessary to email
TO Gen, Merritt to successfully cope Wi
Nv. Agu,naldO, whose SUCCESSES at Man
have made him a dangerous leader
the semi-barbarous Philippine inst
gents, as the latest information max
1t almost certain that he will dispu
OF American possession Of Manila and \
ill island Of LuzOn with force. The teri
OF peace provide that we shall be
Manila and Manila Bay until pea
commission decides upon the futu
government OF the Philippine ISLAM
IN In order to hold Manila we must a
his hold enough of tho country back OF it
protect the source OF its water supp
and it is now regarded as too much Of
task TO impose upon the present for
under Gen. Merritt-he will only ha
oe 10000 men when all the troops now
rm the way reach aim. Members Of {
Id administration admit that they
m, much perpleXed over the problem
what to do with Aguinaldo, but tt
"a say that the solution must be found
this government alone. The belief
gro wing in Washington that Aguina
is receiving secret encouragement fr,
nm ono or more European governmen
- which hope to 50 mix up tho philippi
mess that thoy can get their fingers
me 70 it before it is done with. They N
GO, them badly squeezed, too.
More troops are being sent to Pc
Rico, 70 share IN the enjoyment Of
.u ing welcomed by the Porto Rica
80 with those already with Gen. Nil
III There is little probability Of any Dbl
lighting over there.