Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-02
NrdorIATIoNs wIrn srAIN.
Amerisa willing 10 Assume Certain nbilEa.
tions liurrDine Troops 10 Porto igico,

Washington, Aug. 2.-up o. the tlnr
tur ttu'uUt mes today uu word had
come from Spain righer dlIrcuy COZ
t1inuNn the rreurh Ambassador lu
r.rp'nae 20 the demand ot tur un.iag
stat.a, Nuacr wta taken ut the state
men, from Madfld that further as.
plauttluu has boon asked hy The span.
uh government but thiH has not bseu
uuHHi.d 90 far o. either the rfltr dee
Itf.mUut Or tho French cmulaHy. Iur
aiWlln 90 iur,her explanations hove
ever Ia regarded as a rathtt hopeful
tlau aH trnding O. show u 4hp1rltllu uu
lun l4lt ut the hIAAlfh government Go
agree lffly Co uui tcrWs, gH 10 o. rlil
thf expectation was entertained thug
trr spaufh rcJeiEler would iai.e 90.
fuun uf EQUATOR proposal which
would lead o a diplomatic sparrinF. 10
mas been admitted at lusg hy member
ut the administration that thr ttrms
had been practically stated with ace
curacy IN tho press dispatches. ana
realizing the fuiillty of further conc
celment, some Official character wa
90 De given 90 ihU pr.fa diHpttcnCT uy
formal declarations from the White
tluHf Some huch sippl have been IN
cont mplnuln Cos several dHya ln PASS
only from The newspapers but nom a
number III puhUa men who ron that
the people should BE- tli.cn thorlughiy
into tar confidence uf thH 4dmIuIrtrI-
t.on, 10 was represented on tho other
hand that tho n ,fItnuous might bu
nef.oualy Jeupardizcd ~ the IN eject
un Spain ul ID publication of thu tHuma
Imposed. However aa h1s boon nl.
ady stated, the fuil accurate urur.
paper publications descriptive on the
peace conditions have mHis 10 uunUt.s-
HtrN o. maintain rrrlHCN llugrr and
whom the cabinet me, % was with thr
underHunding ihst a short stdt. mont
touching ilu matter though NOS ln.
Guiding tho text ot ths peace terms
should be made public 10 o. under
stood o. bf Rae present Intention of tho
/ administration Co assume lli liability
Tor an the claims presented by AmprI.
con citizens agains, Spain, on account
oi injury 10 paronu property in cuba.
Some part ~ this liability mny ba
Imposed upon the government of Cubn
| later ON, when that shan have boon
established, aud 90 include such cases
a. can Doe directly chargfd ~ arlnst
| the lusurg ents where they have dae-
! troycd the property ~ American eli
a'na ln the Cuurs. NJ their operations.
| This resumption boy ihr victorious ma
| ton, .uf llahinty for peace conditions.
/ ls rather Ia the llna ~ the usual prar,
| tlce. A tho conclusion of The Mevl-
can war the United states assumed am
such claims IN behalf of American CID.
sens and established q special tribunal
Tor their payment The same course
/ was pursued IN 1879. IN affecting ID set-
/ tlCmgnt NJ the Florida trouble with
/ Spain, though the decisions announced
/ hy the special tribunal were 90 source
~ litigation ana negotiation clear
| down tp ihe present time, Tho amount
| OF those claims lsalnsi Spain In behalf
| ~ Americans who suffered ln Cuba was
/ $1,000 900 az tho date 0f the destruction
| of the Maine 10 ls estimated that this
/ total has been Increased 20 f20O00.0t
since that time, and r1 doubt ls oniar-
! ulnrd that there ore many other
! claims ~ large amounts that have not
! yet been presented.
OF course, &c % not possible al this
| stage 20 Indicate what proportion of
/ the claims are Justly chHrgeahle 20 The
acts OF the cuban insurgents and u Is
| known that In many cases the claim
ants were unable 10 tell the source OF