The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-11

London. July IA special dispatch
from Madrid says: The fall of Santiago
!. will convince the most sanguine of the
hOpelessness of the struggle. and will
give the government the desired Oppor-
tunity, at least to suggest an armistice
/ for the discussion of terms. Circumstan-
tial statements are in circulation TO the
effect that the war is virtually ended. and
I that the government has actually opened
peace negotiations, but they cannot be
verified.
! A detailed account has been published
| of SPANS naval lCsseS-21 warships and
2 merchantmen. as against practically no
| losses or the American side. This tends
| TO convince the most rabid war advocates
ana, as Tor long time past, the whole
commercial and industrial interests OF
Spain are bringing strong influences to
1 bear in favor Of peace
] Every day that passes without disturb
I ance strengthens the peace party. 1t is
| believed however, that there is a strong
| undercurrent in favor of continuing the
war and the attitude OF the CarliSts and
] Republicans causes anxiety.
mysterious. black-edged. unsigned
| manifesto appeared in the leading squares
of Madrid today Sunday, bearing the
municipal stamp and headed Gloria VictiS,
with an angel supporting a dead, naked
soldier. The manifesto contains an eio-
quent appeal from spanish mothers, call
ing Tor the regeneration of the country
on the basis of the army and crying,
Down with the bribed politicians and
bought press.
-Four million copies of this manifesto
have been distributed through Spain and
1t was attracting considerable attention
The whole of Admiral Camara'S squad
ron. with the exception of the PelayO and
the San AuguStin, which are waiting at
Port Said for a transfer of coal. is now
en- route for Spain
CABINET DISCUSSED WAR.
Madrid. July 1O.-The cabinet council
today. the ministers declare. did not touch
the peace question On the contrary, war
was the principal object of the govern
ment's deliberations. The council was Oc-
cLpled with a dispatch from Governor
General Blanco, detailing his means Of
defense in Cuba.
Information received from the most re-
liable sources is 10 the effect that the
darkest pesSimism perVades Madrid OFF,
cialdom. The hopelesSnesS Of the war is
finally recognized and the peace idea now
seems to predominant in the cabinet and
negotiations are considered urgent. The
cabinet is likely to cohere until peace is
secured.
1t is now recognized that Santiago de
Cuba is completely beleaguered and can
not hold out. owing TO the lack of pro-
visions and munitions of war. II is con-
sidered certain that the Americans will
blockade Cuban and Porto Rican ports,
cutting off their supplies. while the au-
thorities are convinced that an American
feet is coming to the peninsula. There is
no confidence felt that the powers will
interfere, even if defenceless Seaports
are bombarded, and, therefore what
measures of defence are possible are be-
ing made.
CAMPOS' VIEWS.
Marshal Martinez Campos. in the course
OF an interview at San Sebastian. said il
was impossible that negotiations for peace
should be entered upon by the Spanish
and American governments for the reason
that the time was not yet ripe. He had
always advocated reforms for Cuba since
1869, but not autonomy. He fully recog-
plished the expected results. partly in con-
sequence of the island war and partly be-
cause it had been granted too late. In
1886, he said. the late Senior CanOVaS. when
premier. had proposed to him introduce
autonomy but he (CampOs) declined to do
Sc. considering the time unfavOrable.
GeHeIdl campus uSHLeu IethSirk dt-
tributed to him that he was less con-
cerned at the loss of Admiral Cervera's
squadron than at the position of the queen
regent.
L believe he said. that Spain and the
monarchy are intima tely connected, but
am first of all a Spaniard. Ny affection
lection for my country is greater"
CUBANS AGAINST AMERICANS.
Impartial AYERS that an aide de camp
of General Maxine Gomez has asserted
that there will be a new Instruction in
Cuba against the Americans 'as the
CubanS believe the Americans do not
desire the independence of the island, but
its submission to American rule"
FL Liberal says that peace is impossible
if the United States claims possession of
Cuba. The Spanish army is determined
to reCel such claim. but even should
tho army cease to exist, there would be
hold the Spanish flag and to reject peace
In the event of the Spanish soldiers
quitting the island" says FL impartial
the war would be continued by it's in
habitants. who do not wish to become
Yankees
Paris, July 1O.-The Madrid correspond
ent of the Temps says: The end is i'm
patiently awaited. even the government
no longer attempting to disguise its con-
v0tiOn that after the fall of Santiago the
viii have come for thinking about
lures of peace, especially as all the
European chancellors advise this course.
CARLIST ACTIVITY.
The meetings that are being held at
Bayonne. in the provinces of Navarro
and along the Pyrennean frontier. greatly
disturb the ministry. The Dartisans Of
intention TO rise if the terms upon which
peace is conducted should entail a loss
of territory.
General Blanco cables that it will be i'm
possible for reinforcements to reach San
Iiago in time TO aid in the defense, the
duration of which will depend upon the
supply of food and ammunition, unless
the garrison attempts a desperate sortie.
The Temps, commenting on the foregoing
dispatch from it's Madrid correspondent,
Say-s: What should decide neutral cabi-
only the fact that the latest developments
of the war have entirely changed the
complexion of the situation. which was
already grave enough for Spain, but the
further fact that there are trustworthy
indications of beginning of reaction
in favor of peace in official circles.
BLANCO URGES WAR.
A letter from Madrid says General Blan-
CO. in replying to the governments re-
quest for his views of the situation,
urges war to the end. and asserts that the
Cuban volunteers cannot be reconciled to
the idea of handing the island to the
Americans, and that a majority of the
Cubans favor Spain.
1t is believed in Paris that the inter-
view between Senior Sagasta, the Spanish
premier and the Austrian ambassador.
and that of Senior Sagasta with Arch
duchess Elizabeth of Austria are connect
ed with the invoking of the good offices