The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-11
SATISFIED.
Spanish Official Circles Express
satisfaction
With President WcKinley's Lat
est Reply to Spain.
SAGASTA OUIBBLES.
Saws NJ. CambOn Had No Right
to Make Changes.
The Pope is Worried About His
Interests.
SAGASTA OUIBBLES.

Madrid. Aug. lin official circles
here the reply of the United States to
Spain in the matter of peace negotia-
tions is regarded as satisfactory.
Premier Sagasta, however, denies that
he authorized the French ambassador
at Washington. NJ, CambOn, as the rep
resentative of Spain. to make changes
in the Spanish answer 'as regards GER
tain conditions which might create diff
ferences during the course of negotia-
tons
The premier added: IF any changes
are to be made the government itself
will make them"
The text of the reply of the United
States will not be definitely known un-
til after the coming cabinet meeting
Pope May Appeal to Europe.
New York, Aug. IA dispatch to
the World from Madrid says:
Powerful influences are being brought
to bear on the cortes and government
in the interest of the monastic orders
in the Philippines whose fate excites
much apprehension in church circles
visited Premier Sagasta today in the
name of the pope to plead the cause of
the monks and Jesuits who have suf-
fered sOrely in person and property in
the past and present instructions.
The nuncio displayed the utmost anx-
iety to know if the government could
give assurance that the standing and
the property of the religious orders will
be respected after peace is restored and
order is re-established.
Premier Sagasta promised that the
authorities shall give protection to the
orders wherever Spanish rule still pre-
walls in the Pacific Archipelagoes, but
he could do nothing on the island of
Luzon. which is now in the possession
of the Americans and the insurgents
Beyond this the premier would only
give evasive and conditional answers
He told the nunciO that if the American
government assents to the terms of the
Spanish note forwarded Sunday night
mixed commission will meet soon to
settle all Philippine questions. and
therefore, the Madrid government must
await the result OF the labors Of that
commission before it can reply fully to
the query by the vatican
The Madrid press believes that it will
go hard with the monks, as it is an
open secret that both the natives and
the Americans contemplate putting an
end to their sway in the Spanish Paoi-
fic possessions
The cause Of the religious orders is
warmly espoused not only by the Car
lists and the Ultramontanes. but bv the
Conservatives. Their newspapers saw
the vatican Will appeal to the E,uroDean
powers and negotiate direct on the mat
Yer with the American government
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politicians. = -A-A
Ioday's newspapers report that some
LII91s4Iless, .-s-ess, even alarm, prevails about
lHe manner in which President NcKin-
III view the latest Spanish note.
Progress is Slow.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE preIirn-
ALaIy negotiations looking toward the
confirmation of peace adya1Cs5 y 49,
SEP When the secretary of state and
SLS Ffench ambassador agreed upon
. e.9 terms upon which the future nee-O-
Ia dtICLlS Tor a treaty are to be conducted
ana reduced these to the form of n
protocol This protocol it is true fs
Ct TO oe signed and is to be sl1tr77f++ad
70 lne spanish government before the
Ao4 MAJ sigma lures are affixed but the
american view as to the progress r7ada
was set out in Secretary DAYS sentence
II is expected that this protocol viii
De executed
There is always the possibiIi+v- in
oeallnS with the Spanish ey0I-ar7n,a,7+
tlat II may recede at the last moment
from an implied agreement bur If is
scarcely probable that it would he will
1-S 70 involve the French Ambassador
N the difficulties that would follow
What TO the world would seem to he a
1epuQlaJlon of his benevolent efforts in
behalf of Spain. - ~
mere must be a delay, possibly from
SMenty-1our to forty eight hours. he
-. - ne next step can be taken and the
IlCCOCoL made binding upon both the
onIted states and Spain by the attach
@lSHt OF the signatures of tha r7Is1f
1~1-.@l isi5-IleS Secretary Day for the
LIted states and NJ CarnbOn for SnafD
Ehe delay will be largely at+rib71teli
- pig slcal causes The protocol fs
long II must be translated and 411rns5
pack ana forth into code ana sf-111a
language no less than five fines beeC7s
Il reaches Madrid through the F7raTob
toIeish once This work was NOT he
sun until late in the afternoon. after
- udu consumed the best energies of
assistant Secretary Adee. of tbe stats
G9pdI lInent and Thiebaut. secretary of /
S--e r rehch embassy, in the preparation
IN formal shape of two COMES of +ba
PEotocol, one in English and one in
s.l17Ich; rI,Snch; Inese were prepared very care !
-, li1e ldlomatIc variance in the two
-a-s sudSes necessitating the greatest
caullon IN order that the identical char
served. PIE
Ihe length Of the protocol imposed a
$50 q 50 amount of work upon the cipher
clerks or whoever is charged with the
WoLh OF rendering the original into
clpher' 50 that altogether it is apparent
the consumption of time involved in