The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-08-11
IT IS APPROVED.
The Cabinet Council Agrees to the
Peace Terms of the United States.
The Spanish Government Believes That the
Note Will He Satisfactory to the WASH
ington Government and That Hos-
tilities viii BE Suspended.

MADRID, Aug. 8-The cabinet coun.
Gil terminated after having complete
ly approved the reply to the United
States which, it is said, accepts the
American conditions.
The reply was telegraphed to Senior
Ceon Y Castillo, the Spanish ambassa-
dor to France, Saturday night, so that
NJ. Cambon, the French ambassador at
Washington, will receive it Monday.
The government is fully convinced
that the note will be satisfactory to
the Washington government, and that
a suspension of hostilities will be its
immediate consequence.
Senior Sagasta the premier, has just
concluded his conference with the
queen regent Her majesty approves
the general lines Of the re ply OF Spain
to Americas peace terms, which Senor
Sagasta explained to her.
The reason for postponing the cabi-
net council untilF6 o'clock Sunday
evening was that the note was not yet
fully drawn up. The government be-
lieves that the United States will ac-
cept Spain's answer. which will cer-
tainly reach the white mouse by Tues
day. AS a consequence of the United
States accepting the reply. hostilities
will Immediately afterwards be sus-
pended.
AS the reply to the American terms
was only submitted to the queen re.
gent Sunday, ali the reports of her ap.
proval Saturday of the American de.
mands are necessarily without foun q.
| ton.
MADRID, Aug. s.-According to the
most reliable sources of information
| the Spanish note is couched in digni.
fed language. 1t asserts that Spain
bows to the force of circumstances,
having done nothing to provoke the
war, into which she has been unwill.
| ingly led in the defense OF her rights
and territory.
1t expresses a willingness to appoint
| delegates to meet the American com.
Philippines
WASHINGTON. Aug s.--Although as
yet without official confirmation of the
| report from Paris that the Spanish
government has decided to accept the
| terms laid down by the United States
as essential to the negotiation of q
treaty of peace the officials here are
| proceeding under the conviction that
the END has come and are giving atten-
tion to the steps to be taken next In
view OF the delay in coming to this
conclusion the idea was beginning to
prevail that the Spanish government
was about to enter plea in abate'
ment and that the answer would again
be inconclusive. In this case the
president was disposed to deal firmly
with the issue; to give notice that ouI
| proposals were withdrawn. and to le,
it be understood that when Spain
again sued for peace the con
ditions would be more severe
than those first laid down. If the
Spanish answer should embody an eff
fort to secure any material change in
the conditions it will meet with promp
rejection. Some reference has beer
made in the dispatches of British
newspapers to a desire on the part o,
the Spanish government to include il
the preliminary agreement clause
exempting it from liability fol
the Cuban debt The formal state
ment of the points of the United
States notes given out from the white
house made no reference to this sub
ject and it can not be known as We,
whether or not the full text show'
anything more. But presuming thai
no reference whatever is made to tn,
Cuban debt, it is possible the subjec
may be regarded as one that should bt
treated by the peace commissioners
who are TO meet later to for the treaty
which. of course, will >embody
many details that are left un
touched in the main proposition
though cabinet officers have author
lied the statement that no par
of the Cuban or Porto Rican debt
would be assumed by the Unitet
states. Based upon the Associated
Press reports of the progress bein,
made at Madrid toward returning tn,
answer of Spain it was calculated by
the department officials that the for
NAL note could not be delivered to tn
president before Monday, and tina
was also the belief of the French am
bassador.
At&aoix l.,S Saa Sos