Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-07
REVIEW OF WAR NEWS
Spain's Acceptance Expected
Todayor Tomorrow.
NAVAL PLAN UNCHANGED
f"rl" is'rnn Campaign Admirably nlnm-
aEeh by General Niles. Spanish
Cruiser Maria Tcrcs: Coming 10
Hampton Roads. ....
lRy Tnlnpranll

CBy Telegraph)
| WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-Just Il week
| ago today Ambassador ,!anll",n received
| from the l'rcs,len, the terms of peace.
| that would he granted by the United
States. When the state Department
closed It's doors this afternoon the.
spanish government had not sisniled
| whether or not it was prepared To :lv-
ccpt these conditions Every day dur
l's IN" past week an answer has been
! expected and that salu,. feeling Of ex-
Hectancy prevailed at the close or The.
| Neck Ii is significant that all respon-
sihle government officials are satisfied
| The reply Will he an acceptance OF our
| terms when it does come About half
past o'clock Secretary Thiebault. or
:he French embassy. called at the state
| Department. thus giving rise to the
IsunpoSition that he was seeking to
| make an appointment for the ambas-
s.dor TO meet The President to deliver
tn" Spanish answer This, however,
! turned out to be erroneous. NJ. THE
! h1u't 5 business being connected With
some OF the recent seizures of French
| inerrhant vessels by the bluckadinc
iicst. and relating; in no way to the
Spanis! peace negotiations The fact
| that Secretary Day. who had rontenl-
plated trip to Atlantic City this ar
lernonn. did not leave town, was also
the basis for another guess that he
coming Immediately and that his pres
cncc would be required here AS ).
! matter of fact the secretary was de-
tanned beyond his train time by his re-
eepti"n Of the Italian ambassador.
who had Il long conference over the
| Grrrutti c"se. Altogether the expec-
t'tti"n or an early answer is still cher
lshed. and it was the belief of the Of
| iici;.lS when the day closed that there
| is no~ no likelihood Of its receipt bv
| the president before Mn1Inv II
funnred III Some>uuarterS that the
spanish government had sent II long
NOTICE that it had accepted the princi-
| PA american terms and would be pre-
| pared To make Il final answer Monday.
but the French embassy, which would
be the only recipient of any such no
| tee. gave a very quick and effective
denial of this story. While all this de-
!ay IS deprecated, it is realized that
| Snsasta probably is making the strug-
gle Ct his life to bring the Spanish par
| " leaders to the point Where they will
agree to stand by him in his accept
ance OF the terms Of peace. This fact
tends to secure the Indulgence. of ON.
| government In some degree, ana this is
more readily extended in consideration
| OF the fact that far from having
surrendered any advantage in agree ing
l" 'iScuss terms of peace we are gain
| ing something substantial every flav
| IN the prosecution OF the campaicn "a.
revealed by the report from Porto RI
co. me naval plans of operation arc
also moving steadily forward and NOT
N'lhSlandlhg statements to the effect
| mat IN" projected cruise against the
Spanish coast by the eastern suuatfron
| mas been abandoned Secretary Long
stated this afternoon that no change
| mad been made in the plans of the
| dcpnrtment respecting this SQUADRON,
| tp 70 this point not the slightest COM
! 'l;tint has reached the department re-
sIecunS the management of the Porto
| l.ico campaign. a tribute to General
Miles ability. No word has come Of
soldiers without food or anmluit ion
or "t sick men without doctors or med
| lcinc. nor is the inward movement OF
| me American army delayed by the lack
i"r artillery. owing to General Miles
assistance upon keeping his artillery In
| the very vanguard and giving personal
attention to the commissary and quar-
| terW:iS:er departments
| Inc War Department officials now
! say that Skaters army will begin en-
barking in earnest tomorrow, the trans
ports which are arriving being obliged
to take on stores for the homeyvnrd
trip. These. however. will be limited in
quantity in order to avoid unnecessary
delay. and only ten days rations will
pc placed aboard each ship. Colonel
! Hecker. i'll charge of transporta ton
SAID that he believed it would be nee
eSsarE- for the transports 10 make two
| Tips !or in addition to The ships already
| III santiago there Will be avail la bic.
| Tor transport purposes the steamers
which are carrying to Santiago The i'm
mune regiments which are to replace
| The Fifth army corps at that point
! The Merritt Chapman Wrecking Com
panE has Informed the Navy Depart
ment that the wreckers have succeed
ed in floating the Spanish cruiser Ma
| ria Teresa and are about to start her
under her own steam to Norfolk The
navy has nothing to do with this voy-
age. the wreckers having contracted
| to deliver any of the vessels of Ccrve-
ra's fleet that might he recovered at
! Norfolk. 1t is expected that the bae-
tle-scarred Spanish ship viii attract
thousands of curious visitors when she
reaches Hampton Roads. 1t is fully
expected at the Navy Department that
| the Maria Teresa will require very ex-
tcnsiNe repairs. having suffered no, on
| ~ from shot. shell and fire. but also
| from months snbmersion in the
quickly fouling water of south Cuba
| However, the repairs will certainly
| b" made. for the sentimental reason
alon" is strong enough TO warrant the
| expenditure Of money enough to mn
the ship into serviceable condition.
| RETURNED WITHOUT GOLD.