The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-05
SPAIN HAS YIELDED.
Unofficial Information Is Received
That Peace Terms Are Accepted.
NO OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION YET.
No Let Up, However, to Hostiiities Until
Negotiations Are ConcIuded-Gen.
wade's Regiments Decided
Upon for Porto Rico.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Shortly be-
fore midnight Secretary Alger, as he
left the white house after conference
with the president, said the admins
tration had received no official infor-
nation that the Madrid government
had accepted the terms OF peace pro-
posed by the United States. Unoffi-
cially, the president had been informed
that the Spanish ministry had &C
ceded to the terms of this country for
a cessation of the war The unofficial
news reached the president in the form
not only of press dispatches, but OF
private dispatches from confidential
agents of the United States govern
ment
While this government has strong
reasons for believing that its terms of
peace have been agreed to by the Mad
rid government, the president is TAX
ing nothing for granted. Arrange
ments for pressing the war to sue
cessful conclusion are going forward
precisely as if no negotiations for
peace were in progress. At confer
ence participated in by the president
Secretary Alger and Adjt Gen. Corbin
at the executive mansion last night
final decision was reached as to the
constitution Of the provisional corps
of Porto Rico to be commanded by
Gen. Wade. The regiments which are
to comprise the corps were decided
upon and will be designated in gen.
eral order. to be issued probably to-
day. Secretary Alger said that the
corps might be en- route to Porto Rico
within a week
Notwithstanding these warlike prep
arations, the belief in official circles
| last night amounts TO conviction
that active hostilities practically have
been concluded. A prominent official
of the administration said last night:
1.-The end is near, in my opinion. The
information thus far received is I'M
official and meager, but that it is ac-
curate in the main we have no reason
to doubt In fact, we have reason to
believe it is correct" 1t is understood
that the reason referred to is contained
in the private advices received by the
president and from private dispatches
received by representatives of foreign
governments at this capital
Ambassador Cambon, who is con-
Quoting the negotiations for the Span
ish government, had not commune
Gated, so far as could be ascertained,
with the president last night, and IL is
not probable that the official response
to the terms proposed by the United
States has yet reached the French am
bassador. Upon its receipt it will be
transmitted to the president without
delay.
In the event of Spain's acceptance of
the terms proposed by this country the
first step probably will be toward an
agreement to close active HOSTILE
ties pending the drafting of a
treaty of peace along the lines
of the accepted terms According to
presidents originally regarded, an
armistice would be proclaimed, and,
in the circumstances, this would mean
the practical close of the war. After
the proclamation of an armistice, dip
lomatically the next step would be the
designation by the president of the
commissioners to represent the United
States in the conduct of the final nego
tiations of peace The terms proposed
by this government provide for joint
commission to draft a peace treaty and
to solve the difficulty relative to the
future government of the Philippines
Again, according to the best accepted
presidents, this joint commission
would meet upon neutral ground. i
has been suggested that the commits
sion may assemble in Paris, but as ye
that is the merest conjecture. The
commission might meet in either o
the belligerent countries.
Pending the conclusion of the worl
of the commission, the probabilitie
are that the armies of both Spain anC
the United States will be kept in tn,
field, their relative positions remain
ing unchanged during the diplomat
negotiations. Here, again, however
precedent may be put aside by tn
United States. but it is regarded tina
this country will not withdraw any o
the troops from the field until a deter
mination shall have been reached o
all questions in issue before the com
missioners.