The herald., 1898-08-11

points on which the disagreement rests
| are not known. That further concessions
Of the Spanish government to our demands
are awaited Is certain, however. One prom
inent administration official who has par.
ticipated in the conferences. while refrain
ing from making any direct statements
said today:
1.-The answer is not enough. but we are
hopeful of the result
"Further negotiations then are neces
sary?"
Eyes, but we look for something definite
tomorrow"
Beyond this no member Of the Cabinet Is
willing to go. The President and Sec.
rotary of State Day. are exerting every
effort to prevent news Of the progress Of
the negotiations transporting until def
mite result can be announced. Today sew.
eral members of the Cabinet were In con.
ference with the President regarding the
situation. Secretary Long was the earliest
| of the counsellors to call and Secretary
Alger soon followed. Commander Crown
| inshield of the War Board was called In
but the meeting did not last very long and
had no important bearing on the situation
| Shortly before 1880 o'clock Secretary
Day. who had been in conference with the
French Ambassador at the State Depart
ment, called to consult with the President
regarding the peace negotiations.
| The plainest evidence that peace has moi
vet come is the admission, practically Of
fetal, through several authoritative chan
nels that negotiations are stir in progress
added to the fact that the utmost secrecy
| was imposed by the President. That these
negotiations will not continue long is prac-
| tically settled, and an early. and satisfac-
tory termination of hostf1ties is looked for
Members of the Cabinet believe that by
Friday morning at the latest and prob
ably before, the definite peace outcome
will be assured beyond all doubt.
| At the White House 1t was understood
that Ambassador Cambon would trans
nit to Spain today cablegram stating
that a complete and immediate acceptance
of the terms imposed without reservation
would be essential to effecting peace under
the present terms offered by the United
States. In this connection it has developed
| that just before the Spanish answer was
delivered yesterday, President Mckinley
announced that an extra session of the
Senate would be, held doubtless In Novem-
| Der. With the peace situation at state
where a complete agreement is regarded
as likely at any moment, discussion has
again started as to the converting of an
extra session of Congress, but President
Mckinley within the past twenty-four
hours has said positively that he has no In
tention of calling the House together,
| though of course the Senate will have 20
meet in extra session TO ratify the treaty
| of peace, unless unforeseen and most i'm
probable delays should occur.
The President added that preliminary de-
| tails incident to a treaty of peace would
take so much time that the Senate would
not have to meet until some time In Novem-
| Der.
The Conferences
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-The confer
ence between President Mckinley and the
French Ambassador at the White House
last evening, it was practically admitted
| this morning, was not conclusive in all
respects, but there was a manifestation
of steadfast confidence In administration
circles that seemed TO presage an early
agreement upon the basis of peace.
Foundation for this belief was afforded
when Amba ssador Cambon called at the
| State Department during the forenoon.
| anu IL Decd1ne knOWn tndl une Ambassador
was prepared to give a response to fur
Their inquiries that had been necessarily
put last night In relation to the Spanish
position. Although no definite statement
could be obtained from anyone acquainted
with the details of the situation, 1t was
surmised that the Ambassador, having
presented certain Spanish requests yester-
day in connection with the acceptance of
1..tI
President. had been authorized to modify
or withdraw such of these additional rep
reservations as should prove unacceptable
to the United States. At any rate when
| the AMBASSADOR appeared al the State De-
partment at II o'clock. and with his Sec
rotary, NJ. Thiebaut, was ushered into the
| diplomatic room, there was a general be-
| lief among the officials Of the State De-
partment that the prospect had bright
ened materially over night and that a
cessation of hostilities, at least, was in
| sight.
| The Ambassador was in close conference
with Secretary Day for fifteen minutes
and, the Secretary. leaving the Ambassador
| behind the closed doors of the diplomatic
room, repaired to the White House for con-
sultatfon with the President. This gave
rise to the conjecture that the AMBASSADOR
had submitted additional points to those
| presented last night upon which the Presi-
| dents decision was essential.
| On the other hand, with the knowledge
| that a further conference between the
President and the Ambassador was un-
necessary, the indications pointed more
| clearly to the simple adjus tment of minor
details as the occasion for the Secretary S
visit to the White House. For instance,
it may have been necessary for him to Sc
cure credentials from the President in
order to secure authority to sign for the
| United States any protocol or memoran-
dunn that will serve as basis for the ces-
| sation of hostilities and the beginning of
the work Of the Peace Commission.
| AS far as can be gathered, our govern
| ment Is not particularly concerned at the
| insistence of the Spanish government upon
the reference Of thu peace agreement in
| its present stage to the Cortes. Our gov
| eminent in dealing with another recog-
nizes only the Executive branch and holds
that wholly responsible for ain of it's acts
| or promises, and 1t 10 proba BILE that our
| government would not concern itself as
to what further internal steps would be
necessary to satisfy the sticklers for con.
| stitutional observances in Spain. If II
should appear later that the Cortes should
| undertake to undo the work so far ac-
| complshed between the two governments
of course the government of Spain woul6
| be held responsible for that result, but as
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