The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-08-04
In Regard to Peace
Terms Sent OMad=
rid Saturday.
AN EARLY ACTION PROBABLE
Cambon, the French Min
lister, Acts For
Spain.
4 FEW DAYS MAY END THE WAR.

New YORK, July S1.-The Herald
has the following special from Wash
ington: Spain can have immediate
peace if she accepts the following gen
eral but emphatic terms, which form
the substance of the note formally
presented to Ambassador CambOn for
transmission to the Madrid govern
ment:
Withdrawal by Spain of her forces
and sovereignty fromCuba, theUnited
States to exercise control until a sta
BILE government can be established.
Withdrawal of her forces and SOW
ereignty from Porto Rico and the alb
solute cession of this and the minor
Spanish West Indies.
Acquiescence by Spain in the per-
manent occupation by the United
States of Guam Island, in the La
drones, already in the possession Of
United States.
The United States to exercise con
troll over the city and bay of Manila
and the immediate surrounding terri
tory, including Cavite, until such
time as commissioners appointed re-
spectivelv by the two countries to de-
termine upon the future disposition
and government of the Philippines
reach an agreement which receives
the ratification of the two govern
ments, the Uuited States neither
waving claim to the whole of the Phil
ippines nor specifying the exact
boundary limit of the territory she de-
sires to hold permanently.
The State paper embodying these
general demands upon Spain is not
as lengthy as it is important. 1t con
tains about twelve hundred words. 1t
is scarefully drawnup leaving no doubt
as to the meaning of the President
and as to what Spain must do if she
desires a cessation of hostilities.
The only official statement made in
connection with the note was this an
nouncement from the White House
Immediately after Ambassador Cam
bon's departure:
1.-The reply of the government Of the
United States has been delivered to
the French Ambassador, representing
Spain. 1t would not be proper to
make it public before the Spanish
government has received it,
In addition to the general features
given above, am able to give these
facts:
If Spain accepts the proposals OF
the United States it will operate as a
final settlement of all questions be-
tween the two governments on this
side of the Philippine Islands. The
Spanish forces will be withdrawn at
once from Cuba and Porto Rico, and
they and all the outlayingislands will
be turned over to the American mill
tarv authorities.
The question of the future of Cuba
will be one to be settled exclusively
bv the American government and the
people of the island. Porto Rico and
the minor islands will be governed as
Congress may direct.
The conditions imposed are such a.
to leave no reason foran arnistice eX-
cept in the Philippines. They must
be accepted before the United States
will consent to the appointment o
commissioners to settle the question
of the future of the Philippines.
The question of the Cuban ant
Porto Rican debts is not in any way
involved. Whatever obligations
Spain has incurred in connection witt
her Western possessions must be liz
Undated by her alone. Porto Rico i,
to come to the United States unen
numbered by Spanish debt, and Cuba
whether Independent or attached tC
the United States, must be free from
the burden of debt, which was one o.
the chief causes of the insurrection.
As to the requirements in regard tC
the Philippines, the reference is rather
brief, considering their Importance
The President and his official advisers
feeling that they were not sufficiently
informed as to the exact status o
affairs in the islands and of Admira
Dewey's relations to Aguinaldo, deem
ed it inexpedient to make any specific
demands for concessions or to waiv,