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IA Madrid Dispatch to London Further
 Says There is LittIe Objection to Com
 ceding a CoaItns Station in the Philip pines-Americnn Reply Anxiously Awaited-Rather Conflicting Reports Making Concessions.
 London, July S0.--A special dispatch from Madrid says: Though it is not likely that the government will decide to prolong the war. considerable feeling is manifested and every possible diplo-
 matic effort will be made to retain Por- to Rico. Apparently there is little ob- | jection to conceding a coaling station in the Philippines. The American re- ply is still anxiously awaited. Judging from press opinions, anything beyond
 the cession of Cuba will be considered
 harsh and unjust. This is the unani- nous feeling among even the strongest advocates of peace. The people are be- ginning to realize that peace will mean almost total loss of colonies, and, looking to the delicate and difficult po- sition of the queen regent, great care is still necessary to induce the nation
 to accept the terms. According to Fl. Liberal, the government would not al- low even the loss of some of the Philip pines to hinder the conclusion of peace, because it is very doubtful whether the country would endorse sending an ar.
 my of 40000 men to crush the rebellion. One of the leading Carlsts here denies the reports of dissension.' The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says: ''The Spanish gov- ernment will combat to the last against q cession of Porto Rico to the United States. It would much rather sacrifice one of the Philippine islands, contend 1 ing that Porto Rico has always been loyal and outside the scope of the war" The Madrid correspondent of the Times says that according to a newspa-, Ter statement, Senor Gamazo, Spanish l minister of public instruction and pub- [ IlS NCi hs St1lo HI tllG COuIS UL du III terview in Madrid yesterday: Spain l has not asked an armistice or even a 1 suspension Of hostilities. That would l be tatamount to beseeching the enemy not to strike up. We shall never come 1 t. that. The message to the United States, while recognizing the superiori- ! ty of the Yankee forces and their mill I itary operations is confined to terms so dignified that when the document is published no one will be able to say 1 it is hufniliating. IL asks whether the 1 United States is disposed to make peace, but requests neither truce nor armistice'
 Except upon the unsettled point of the Philippines the main lines of the peace terms were already discounted | here. The editorials in the morning papers to-day generally regard them as evidence of a desire on the part of the United States to meet Spain gener- l ously and to limit so far as possible l the extension of America's administra- | tive responsibilities beyond seas. The l papers agree that there is no limited ability in warfare. Spain Is naturally sore, but they point out, she must put up with the loss of Porto Rico and, if she is well advised she will close with 1 the American terms.
 The Morning Post, however, says: Since the United States have decided 10 take Porto Rico there is no need to be fastidious about Cuba. It must be seen that the resolution of congress was an unnecessary trying of hands. If it Is consistent with justice and | morality to annex Porto Rico 1t can- not be wicked or unjust to annex Gu | ba"
 | The Times discussing the questions raised in the Philippines, says: It seems equally difficult for America to 1 take or to leave them Spain had trouble enough to hold them before the war. She will be still more embar ! rassed now and probably would not re- I main long without tempting offers from some of the powers, which her poverty | might impel her to accept. Had Amer 1 ica demanded a concession of the Phil 1 ippines outright. Spain could hardly have avoided yielding. Now she may 1 find in her very weakness the means 1 of softening the other conditions of peace. For since the United States have decided that the Philippines are not worth annexation some arrange ments must be made to secure the re- version of the islands to the United States in the failure of Spain to main tain a tolerable government.
 ] The Daily Chronicle is for the annexa- l tion of the Philippines and thinks it will not be an easy task to bring Gen. eraI Merritt and his army back with nothing to show but coaiing station l The paper says: "We are impatient with American modesty in believing the task of governing the Philippines is too much for the United States. It must ! be admitted that grave danger looms in German ambitions; but no other power will object to annexation Eng | land has already informed Washington l to that effect and Europe with the ex- 1 ception of Spain and Germany would be relieved if the United States decided on l a direct control of the Philippines
 1 The Standard advises Spain to accept l the terms and is not surprised that l America does not intend to annex the | Philippines. It says: If German temper had been officially manifested, the Philippines would have been an- ! nexed, but it goes to show that Amer ! ica was not bullied. We would be glad l be cIla1,l5 apnoy- tba,,, and in,