Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1898-08-03
FROM. MADRID The ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS is REPORTED.
The Matter of Pecuniary Indemnity is Also
Left to the Joint Commission for
Final Adjudication.
Special to the Argus.

position of Cuba, Porto Rico, the
Philippines, Ladrones, indemnity,
armistice, and all other questions
likely to arise in the course of the
negotiations.
After q strong argument the presi-
dent and Secretary Day consented to
the modification of the American
demands in one particular. What
that modification amounts to is not
disclosed, hut it is believed not to
apply to the conditions for absolute
independence of Cuba, cession of
Porto Rico, or the granting of ade-
quate coaling stations to the United
States in the Pacific OF to diminish
any vital particulas in the terms up
on which peace will be restored.
This modification brought about a
practical unanimity between the
president and Ambassador Cambon,
as plenipotentiary for Spain, and the
latter has now transmitted the re-
suits of the conference to Madrid for
approval, which, if given, will end
the war.
After Cambon had presented his
credentials as plenipotentiary, and
they had been examined and his
status recognized as the envoy of
Spain, the first business was the
presentation of the terms laid down
by the United States government.
Secretary Day read the terms paus-
ing at the end of each sentence to
allow Thiebault, first secretary of
the French embassy, to give the
Interpretation in French, as the
ambassadors knowledge of English
is limited. This reading by Secretary
Day and interpreting by Thiebault
took but l5 minutes. Then began a
discussion of point by point. The
president and ambassador addressed
each other directly with the greatest
freedom and frankness, each stoutly
maintaining the justice of his posi-
tion on several points involved.
When, al last, after an eloquent plea
/ by the ambassador, it was agreed la
/ modify the conditions in one par
ticular, Secretary Day withdrew
from the room for half an hour to
attend to the making of the modi-
ficatiOn. This accomplished, the
ambassador addressed himself to the
president, not SO much as the advo-
cate of Spain, but personally as hav-
ing with the president a like interest
in humanity.
What modification has been agreed
upon can be only conjectured. But
there is reason to believe it relates
either to the time when actual hos
tilities will be suspended, or else to
the extent of our interest In the
Philippines, leaving unchanged the
condition that Spain shall withdraw
from Cuba and Porto Rico, grant
the United States coaling stations in
the Pacific. and make important
concessions in the Philippines. 1t is
now for the Madrid government to
partly accomplished today. 1t is
even possible that this approval may
come speedily within a day or two,
for there is no need of extended con-
~ferences or correspondence. All that
was accomplished today. when
Cambon acted plenipotentiary for
Spain. From the fact that he acted
under instructions, the prospect
would seem to be hopeful, for SPANS
ratifying what had been done. But
IL is for Spain herself to determine
between the issue of peace or war AZ
now presented.
Washington, July 30.-After a day
of anxious elaboration and import