Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-08-03
SPANISH WILL ACCEPT.
Cabinet Meeting Called to Dis
cuss the Terms.
ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.
Disposition of the Philippines is the
Principal Point of
Contention.

Washington, D. c., Aug. lit is an
nounced officially that the note to Spain
will not be made public today as had
been expected. The President made the
announcement, but did not indicate
whether it would be held until the Span
ish reply is in.
Paris, Aug. 1t is announced this aft
ernoon in dispatch from Madrid to the
Temps that the Spanish cabinet is to
meet this afternoon and draw up SPANS
reply to the United States answer to the
peace proposals. The dispatch adds that
it is believed the Spanish government will
accept the terms Immediately after official
assent is given to them and that hostili-
ties will be suspended in the Antilles.
In conclusion the Madrid dispatch says
It is the general belief that peace will be
an accomplished fact before August 10.
Madrid. Aug. 1.-THE Liberal says to-
day that the Spanish-American peace
commissioners are to meet in London and
that the points which will be discussed
will be the disposition to be made of the
fhl1pDlne islands, the payment OF the
Cuban debt, the evacuation of Cuba and
Porto Rico and the ownership of the war
material in the Antilles.
L lie Spanish minister IOf war; Gen.
COrrea, is said to be ''actively arranging
for the repatriation of the Santiago sol
dlers, the first of whom are expected to
arrive in Spain at the end Of August.
Washington, D. c.. Aug. 1.-The day
opened quietly in the state, war and navy
departments, and there was a visible wan
ing Of interest in the war. attention being
rather diverted to the peace negotiations
now in progress. Secretary of State Day
and Assistant Secretary Moore had not re-
turned to the city and were scarcely eX>
pected before tomorrow. 1t was still the
understanding that no word was to be eX>
pected until tomorrow from Spain touch
ing the acceptability of the United States
demands
A number of callers awaited Secretary
Alger at the department., prominent
among them being Col John Jacob AS
tor. Col. Astor is a member of Gen.
Skaters staff and was sent north with
dispatches, including, it is understood. the
full articles of the capitulation of Santi-
ago. He had been very much delayed on
account of quarantine regulations He was
accompanied by his secretary. who had IN
charge the reports from Gen. Shafter,
which by that officers direction he was TO
hand personally to Secretary Alger and no
one else. Col. Aston will go to New York
to spend a few days before returning TO
the front 1t is rumOred that he is to be
attached to Gen. Miles staff at Porto
Rico, but on this point he had nothing to
say.
Gen. Greedy. chief signal officer, was
able to announce with a great deal Of
qualification today that he was now in
direct cable communication with Gen.
Miles headquarters at Ponce, Porto
Rico Heretofore all messages from the
general have had TO come via a dispatch
boat to st. Thomas and thence by cable,
involving delay of from twelve to TWEEN
ty hours. When the Spanish forces re-
treated from Ponce they destroyed the
cable Instruments. Gen. Greedy has sue
ceeded in getting the officials at St.
Thomas to send over new instruments
The present cable now runs from Ponce
to St Thomas, thence to Martinique and
to Kingston and SO by one of two routes
to New York. The British officials who
control the cable are perfectly willing
to transmit messages for the United
States government over it providing that
our forces are in possession of the cable
terminals, but they will not allow their
cables to be used if instruments are "cut
I'M at any intermediate points. Thus it
happens that the same rule being applied
to the cable from Hong Kong to Manila
has prevented Admiral Dewey from using
the cable to communicate with Hong
Kong, although he holds one end which
he has cut. When he possesses Manila,
the company will recognize his right to
use the cable. This rule has been adopt
ed after very careful consideration as one
demanded by strict neutrality.