The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-06-06
to Paris.

to Paris.
Washington, June 5.-The belief is
growing in the best informed govern
ment circles that Spain is sincerely
anxious to make peace, and that even
now she Is seeking favorable oppor-
tunity to make overtures in that direc-
tion. Numerous evidences of this have
come to the attention of the authori-
ties here but up to this time no actual
move has been made toward ascertain
ing on what basis the United States
would consider peace. It is said that
the first step would be toward having
some disinterested power make inquiry
of this government as to what terms
would be accepted, which terms being
stated, it would be for Spain to form a
commission and make a formal tender
of peace. The authorities here feel
that Spain is feeling her way toward a
movement of this kind. One evidence
of it Is the utterance of the Spanish
ambassador at London urging that a
peace movement is opportune at this
time. It is thought to be highly i'm
probable that Spanish official Of his
rank would make a statement Of that
kind unless it voiced the views enter
tanned by the authorities at Madrid.
Another evidence is the sending Of
Senior Castillo to Paris, his principal
mission being to enlist sympathy there
and encourage a movement towards Sc
curing peace on basis honorable to
Spain. With this comes the report of
the serious embarrassment of the Bank
of Spain on which the government re-
lies for funds to carry on the war
The desperate condition of the Spanish
forces at Manila, Santiago and Havana
are looked upon as added reasons which
should be eager at this time for peace.
But while Spain is thought to be anx-
ious to secure peace, she appears to be
unable to secure the services of a dis
interested powerto take the initiative in
a peace movement. This was the view
expressed to-day by leading member
Of the diplomatic corps. He said that
much surprise had been caused at for
eign capitals by the resentment in the
United States against the kindly repre-
. no +o
President Mckinley some weeks ago,
which had been treated by the Ameri-
can press and by public opinion
throughout this country as an intrusion
on the part of the great powers
For that reason the efforts since
made by Spain to induce the European
powers to intervene had met with fiat
failure because none of the powers
wish to arouse the enmity of the
United States. For the same reason,
this diplomatic official pointed out, the
European powers were loath to defend
Spain at the present time even to the
extent of making inquiry as to what
basis of peace would be acceptable to
the United States. No one power
would undertake such inquiries, he
said, as it would subject that power to
the possibility of being snubbed. He
! thought such a snub quite likely in
view Of the manner in which the kind
ly representations of the powers had
been received some weeks ago. And,
while no power was willing to act
alone, neither could the powers be
brought together for united action upon
that line. For this reason, it is point
ed out that Spain's isolation at the
present time made it extremely diff
cult for her to secure any intermediary
by which she could conduct initial
steps toward securing peace.