La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-08-06
MAY GET PEACE SOON
ANSWER SENT TO SPAIN.
She Must Leave the Western Hsmisphere,
but thr Fate of the Philippines IL Un-
settied-Csmbon Had Powers of .
Minister of spain.

most mOmeHtRus 'IHiTac.tr pefutEeu III
the conference at the White House
yesterday afternoon between the Pres
idcnt. Ambassador Cnmbon Of France
and Secretary Day, carrying the peace
negotiations far beyond the mere sub
mission OF terms OF peace by the Unit
cd States and reaching the point of II
preliminary basis OF peace between
the government OF Spain and the gov
ernment OF the United States, needing
only the ratification OF the Madrid Cab
Inet In what was done to bring the
war to an end.
This was accomplished on the part of
Spain when Ambassador Cambon pre-
scented TO the President credentials he
had received from the Spanish govern
ment appointing him envoy eNtraordi-
nary and minister plenipotentiary with
complete instruction ms 10 the manner
OF aciing upon every one OF the peace
conditions presented by the United
States, including the disposition OF
Cuba. Porto Rlco. the Philippines, the
LadrOncs. indemnity. armistice and all
other questions likely 10 arise in the
course of the negotiations.
With these credentials authorizing
him TO speak IA plenipotentiary for
the government Of Spain, aud with full
instructions on every point at issue.
Ambassador Cambon. in behalf OF
Spain, not only received the peace con-
ditions laid down by the American
Cabinet earlier in the day, but there
upon entered upon their finai Discus
sion with view to reaching n final
and complete agreement.
After strong argument. the President
and Secretary Day consented TO n
modification OF the American terms In
one particular. What that mOdiiica.
ton relates to Is not disclosed, but 1t liz
believed not 10 apply TO the condition
for the absolute independence OF Cuba,
the ccsslon OF Porto Klco, or the grant
Ing OF adequate culling stations to the
United States IN the Pacific. or 10 dl-
ninish In any vital particular the
terms ON which peace will be restored.
The modification brought about practi-
cal unanlmity between the President
and Ambassador Cambou. us plcnlpo-
tentiary for Spain. and the latter has
now transmitted the results OF the CON
ference 10 Madrid for approval, which,
II given. viii end the war.
on the main points OF the answer
there was no disagreement. and these
propositions Were ratified as they stood
yesterday, namely: Cuba to be freed:
Porto Rico 10 be ccdcd 10 the United
StateS: one Of ilie Ladrunn island.
probably Guam1 to be coded TO the
United States AS a coalng station. and.
rs an immediate step. ali Spanish mil
itnry forces In the West indies to be
Withdrawn, with the formal rellnaulsh.
mcnt by Spain of her sovereignty over
any POSSESSIONS among those islands
As TO the Philippines, the Cabinet
agreed upon the following point: That
Manila bay. with the city and sur
rounding territory, should bc retained
In the possession OF the United States
at least for such a length of time as il
necessary 10 devise and put in OPERA 4
tion some plan for the future govern.
mcnt OF the group.
After that point the main divergence
OF opinion began. and all sorts OF prop
osiiions Were put forward and urged
by individual members as the best
means OF dealing with the future OF
the islands.
In the very mlds, OF the discussion.
the element that had strongly urged
the necessity of protecting Agulnaldo
in any settlement we should arrange
received severe check through the re-
ceipt OF n cablcgram from Admiral
Dewey, stating that the insurgent chief
has assumed a defiant attitude. and
Admiral Dewey expressed the opinion
that the United States would bc obliged
TO make war upon them. necessitatlpc
the requirement of 1900 troops to sub
due the islands While this did not
bring about II complete dismissal OF the
proposition to take the Insurgents into
account in settling The terms OF peace.
1t did have the effect to cause an agree
ment upon the proposition to defer ac-
ton upon the question rs to the dlspo-
sition of the Islands until after the 9th
er phases OF the peace negotiations
have been satisfactorily adjusted.
meaning by that that the matter goes
over until the Spanish iiag has disap-
peared from the Western Hemispbcrc
and the American dag IL hoistei to
stay over the coaling stations we re-
qulre in Micronesia.
The discussion lasted two hours and
quarter before the Cabinet hit upon
the best course for the United States to
adopt. 1t was finally decided thnt
what we desired could be best done by
the appointment Of n Joint commission.
limited in its representation to the gov
ernmenis of the United States and
Spain. which commission Is TO endeay-
or to settle the details of the govern
ment OF the Philippines and determine
what treatment shall be accorded the
insurgents, the United States army and
navy meanwhile occupying Manila and
Manila bay. and thus retaining n no.
sition TO enforce speedily the ver,iic,
that shall be finally reached by the
commission.
As the Cabinet meeting adjourned
the members went Off to their lunch
cons with pleasant consciousness
that they had succeeded in dlsposiuy OF