Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-07-28
PEACE
DAWNS
The President Likely
to Agree to an
ArlQiStiCe.
BUT CONDITIONAL.
Assurance Must Be Given Of
a Peace Treaty.
DIPLOMACY NO AVAIL.
Madrid Cannot Hope to Gain a
Respite by Trickery.
DIPLOMACY NO AVAIL.
Madrid Cannot Hope to Gain a
Respite by Trickery.

| The War Will Go Merrfly on Until an
Armistice Is Actually Proclaimed-This
VIII Likely Not Occur Until General
Miles Has Taken Possession of San Juan
and Established Secure Foothold on
the Island of Porto Rico-Two Weeks
the Maximum Time Thought Necessary
For Him to Do This-What SPANS
Proposition Really Is-Merely Request
to. Know If the President Will Consent
to Open Peace Negotiations-Hairsp
ting Distinction INDUCED In Between
"Armistice" and suspension of IIostili-
ties"-The Madrid Authorities Did Not
Seek to Know the Terms OF Peace
France Acting Alone In the Matter.
Question of Suing For Peace Had Been
In Allegiance at the Spanish Capital For
Some Days.
Washington, July 2S.-Spain's notifl-
cation to President Mckinley that she
desires peace and asking for informa-
| ton as to terms upon which the war
could be brought to a close is the all
absorbing topic of conversation in
Washington in and out of official cir
Giles. 1t surpasses in Importance the
publication of SIMPSONS long looked
for report of the great naval battle Of
July 3, in which Cervera's fleet was de-
stroyed, and the announcement that
General Miles has landed the American
army upon the soil of Porto Rico with
out the loss of man of the American
| forces.
By tomorrow our government will
have determined and communicated to
the French ambassador just what form
the steps leading toward peace shall
take 1t is likely that if the Spanish
government is really in earnest in it's
desire for peace our government will
consent to an armistice as prelimina-
| ry.
But it can be stated positively the
president is determined to lose no
ground through Spanish diplomacy.
The armistice, if granted will be con-
ditioned upon the most binding pledges
that it is to be followed by a treaty Of
peace. Moreover, the preliminary agree
ment that provides for an armistice
must constitute in itself an undertaking
on the part of Spain to submit to GER
tain broad conditions imposed by the
United States as the basis of peace.
The War to Go On.
neutrality-suspicious. are to go steadily
forward so far as the United States are
concerned, until the negotiations have
advanced much further than they are
at present. They are subject to inter
ruption a any moment by an armistice,
but it must be said that this is scarcely
expected Immediately. 1t is realized
that when the Spanish government
learns the extent of the demands to be
made by the United States the first eff
| feet will be to induce a reflex move
ment which in turn will result in the
continuation of active hostilities for a
time.
This time it is expected, however, will
be brief only perhaps so long as is
necessary for General Miles to COM
petely invest San Juan de Porto Rico.
That stroke. it is thought. will bring
the Spanish government to a realizing
sense of the hopelessness of further re-
sistance if it has not before that time
yielded to the earnest representations
of those European powers that have
been SO persistent in their efforts to
secure peace.
Military experts allow two weeks as
the maximum period of time necessary
for General Miles to secure this COM
manding position, and therefore it is
hoped that within that space Of time
the Spanish government will have been
brought not exactly to the approval of
a treaty of peace, but to an application
for an armstice that in it's conditions
will amount to concession Of those
things most desired by the United
States government.
Like Toral's Action.
1t is pointed out that the conditions
promise on q large scale to duplicate
those existing at Santiago when Cen
eral Toral surrendered. The Spaniards
surrendered with provision for a COM
mission to adjust the details of the sur
render Likewise Spain may secure an
armistice and provide for a commission
to adjust the details of peace treaty,
but the effect of the first action will be
like that of Toral's surrender
AS far as can be gathered, our gov
eminent in a general way has already
prepared itself to announce the out
lines of the conditions it will seek to i'm
pose in the contamination of peace. 1t
is not deemed proper now officially to
make any public statement of these
but much light is thrown upon the sit
uaton by official utterances. 1t should
be stated, however, that the president
has not yet committed himself beyond
recall in this matter and that he is pre-
pared to give heed to the counsels of
the leaders of the party and of the
people.
Generally stated, two propositions
seem included in all lists of demands
namely, first, the absolute independence
of Cuba, with the provision that the
island shall be absDlNed from respCn-
slblilty for any debt heretofore charged
against 1t by Spain. The last clause, it
is expected will cause some friction, in
asmuch as it is certain to arouse to
desperate resistance certain European
holders of bonds issued by Spain based
on the revenues u Cuba.
Mus, Sield Porto Rico.
The second proposition Is the absO-
lutte cession of Porto Rico to the United
States, likewise unincumbered by liza
bllity for any bonded indebtedness. 1t
Is believed that Spain has practically