The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-07-29
&c. CLARKSBURG. WA. JULY 49, 1898.
| SPAIN SUES FOR PEACE.
! She is We'll Thfdsh6dAnd Wants no MOr6
OF 1t.
The Conquered EonOss Terms. Thought willing Sur
render Cuba and Porto Rico.


.....-1.
Spain Is begging tor peace.
The direct offer from the Madrid
government looking to the end
of the war was madeto the Pres
ident Tuesday through the am.
bassador of FranceM. Cambon.
The diplomat was selected by
Spain to be its representative
here when diplomatic relations
with Spain terminated by the
withdrawal to Canada of the
Spanish Minister and his lega.
ton. 1t was after three o'clock
when the French Minister, in
company with the first Secretary
of the embassy, called at the
White House. Secretary of State
Day was already In conference
with the President when he ar.
rived. For more than an hour
the conference lasted. and some
time after its determination the
President made public the bare
fact that the French ambassador
had presented a message in be-
half Of Spain looking to the de.
termination of thewar and set.
Element of terms ofpeace.
Spain's message 10 President
Mckinley. briefly WIS as follows:
1.-THE Governmentof the Unit
ed States and the Government Of
Spain are unhappily at war as 9
result Of q, demand q the United
States. that Spain withdraw from
Cuba, which demand she refused
to comply with.
"ln the contest Of arms which
followed, Span admits that she
has been worsted, and her suffer
ings as q result are very great.
"She believes thatthe time has
now come when she can proper
~ ask the cooperation Of the
United States in terminating the
war, and therefore ask to be fur
nished. through theFrench am
bassador, with a statement of the
terms upon which the United
States would be willing to make
peace
That President Mckinley ap.
preciated the gravity of the mes
sage was evident, twas told by
the close attention he paid to M.
Thiebaut as he was reading the
document.
Spain will follow close the res
olutions of ConRressupon which
the war is predicted, and will
simply offer to withdraw her SOW
ereignty over the Island of Cuba.
This as, an initial STEP to be met
with concession further along, if
the President is in the frame Of
mind to open negotiations upon
the basis Of such offer
It is not to be denied that this
move upon SPANS part to end
the war is received with some
feeling of qualification among
the official class. Its fortunate
likewise in advance Of whatever
the Spanish concession may be,
that General Miles has already
made a landing and raised the
American flag over Porto Rico.
This makes it a realeonquest Of
war for it is beyond doubt within
his ability to hold hispresent po-
sition and to take thelsland.
So far as the President is con-
cerned, however, until Spain is
willing to except terms Of our
own making, the Invasion of Per-
to Rico and the capture of Ma
Mia. will not be internitted. No
orders are to be ISSUED to defect
the movements now going on. 1t
may be at this time that Dewey
has taken Manila, or will have
taken it before the SLOW process
of diplomacy whip the peace
negotiations into shape. This.
then. would give the United
States the Philippines by virtue
Of conquest in war.