The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-12
HOW PEACE is DECLARED
MORE COMPLICATED THAN A DEC
TAXATION OF WAR.
what May be Done to stop the Pres
ent COnfiict-PreambIes and PrOvi-
siOns of Former Treaties.

what May he Done TO stop the Ffes-
ent COnfIict-PreambIes and PrOvi-
siOns of Former Treaties.
From the Detroit Free Press.
AS will be realized when the occasion ar
rives a declaration of peace will be mat
ter much more complicated and ceremon-
ious than was the declaration of war.
SPANS movements will be guided with
view of making the best possible showing
in the formal treaty which Is to bring hos
Titles to a close. When the President shall
become convinced of her sincerity in court
ing peace at the price set by him, and that
she Is not seeking time to perfect some I'M
demanded scheme, he will begin TO revolve
the wheels of the peacemaking machinery
The etiquette of peace-making Is as strict
as that of war-making. Pending negotia-
lions for permanent peace the President
may agree to an armistice-that is to say,
a temporary peace. Neither side may take
advantage of such a truce by making war
like movements or repairs beneath the 9TH
er's guns If Havana or any other Spanish
city is under siege, however, it will be per-
Missile for its defenders to repair or build
inner defenses out of the reach of our ar
tillery. In other words, neither Spain nor
the United States may do anything during
the armistice which the other might have
prevented it from doing at the moment
when the truce began TO take effect. Pre-
| suming that the theater of war will not
extend to the continental possession of
| either belligerent, we might continue TO nj
! out ships, equip troops, recruit new men,
Il l.ars1 M
| though the war were going on, and Spain
| might do the same wherever in her posses
| sions hostili,es have not just been in pro-
| gress.
Finding that her cities blockaded or I'M
! der siege were on the verge of starvation
It would be a characteristic move for Spain
| to ask an armistice with the hope of enter
| ing with supplies during It's protection. To
! guard against such d possibility we would
| probably agree that sufficient food be ad-
| mitted during the armistice TO last the
| starving people only few days at time
| thus preventing an advantage OF long
| standing.
! The war will not be permanently termi-
| mated until treaty of peace with Spain
has been signed, ratified and proclaimed
| by both countries. 1t has happened that
| Two countries i'm modern times have termi-
mated a warfare between them, not
| through a formal treaty of peace but
! through exhaustion. Such cases, how
| ever are rare Our civil war closed with
| out a formal treaty of peace, because by
| its ending was caused the destruction of
| the Confederacy, and there remained no
! power with which to treat 1t is not
! probable chat Spain will fight until she is
| thoroughly exhausted or until she has lost
| her political identity.
The treaty of peace Will, of course, eX-
cite the interest of the European Powers.
! 1t may settle all matters in dispute be-
tween us and Spain or 1t may not. Some
times nations find themselves so thorough
" entangled in dispute that it becomes
| impossible to enumerate what they agree
| to be wrong If you viii turn to the
treaty of Client, which closed the war of
| 1872. you will see that it left difficult
! problems uusolved.
In such cases nations agree TO "let by
! cones be bygones forever" each one, new
ertheless, assured that il is right. But
without doubt we will not agree to peace
| in this case until entire satisfaction is
| guaranteed in black and white. The doc
| ument will probably contain the agree
meut i'm detail of Spain to grant freedom
| and independence TO Cuba, to give us Por-
to Rico and the Philippines and to pay us
! indemnity for the destruction of the
| Maine. We may ask for all of the ISL
| ands. preferring TO hold on to Cuba for a
| while before handing il over to her own
! patriots, or we may agree TO accept an
| enormous indemnify lpl AliS HIipPAiSS-
| Arrangements viii be made for the re-
| sumption of commerce between us and
| Spain and for the return by both sides of
| prisoners OF war. The latter will be kept
only so long as is absolutely necessary
after the establishment of peace-to ar
range for their return They will be re-
| turned man for man, of equal rank, and
| If We find that we then retain more than
| Spain can thus exchange, we may charge
| "A sum of money or agree to some other
| allowance in return for the excess.
War will not actually come to close
| until after both governments have ratified
| the peace treaty. Any vessels afterward
| captured by either side through ignorance
| Of the time fixed in the treaty must be