The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-28

Texas is in New York receiving her
ammunition hoists, and the Columbia
and the Minneapolis are at League
Island, where the final work prepare
tory to their service is being hurriedly
done. The latter will be at Norfolk
about the middle OF the week.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
The developments of the day in the
Cuban situation indicate steady prog
ress in the negotiations of this country
and Spain looking to the maintenance
There is good authority for saying that
SPANS wish is to secure a cessation
Of hostilities in Cuba rather than to
engage in a war with the United States,
and that it is more than probable that
the negotiations between the govern
ment of the United States and the Sa-
gasta ministry will take turn in the
immediate future. The present Span
ish ministry has professed a pacific
disposition from the beginning, and the
indications are strong now that it viii
avail itself of the good offices of the
United States to the fullest extent that
public opinion in Spain will allow in
ringing to an end the hostilities in
.uba.
M'KINLEY DIPLOMACY.
To what extent the United States
may go in assisting Spain in her pres
ent design of securing an armistice is
not yet determined, but the conserva-
tive cement in the administration
consider the manifestation of this de-
sire or. the part of Spain for even a
temporary peace direct result of
President McKinley's diplomacy, and
they are naturally disposed to contend
that the president should be left free
Tor the present, at least, TO pursue
policy which promises much in the way
of preventing war between this country
and Spain, and also of bringing to
close the hostilities in Cuba. Hence
there will be an effort on the part of
the peacefully inclined in congress to
continue to hold that body in check
and to prevent inflammatory utter
ances there until this promising diplo-
matte lead may be exploited.
NO EXTENDED DELAY.
On the part of the administration it
Is stated that the development of the
length of time, and hence that there
will be no extended delay.
A policy has been fully determined
upon by the president. Tt is TO bring
the Cuban war to close. This will be
accomplished by pointed intervention
IF necessary. but it Is considered far
preferable that the end should come as
the result of peaceful negotiations
than that it should be accompanied by
hostile demonstrations on the part of
the United States. Hence the DISPOSE
ton of the president is to give Spain
fair opportunity to secure an armis-
tice with the Cubans and to allow her
a reasonable time in which TO come TO
an understanding with the hostiles.
A FREE PEOPLE.
1t can be stated upon high authority
that there has been no abatement of
the presidents intentions to see that
the war is terminated, when it is
closed, upon terms that will render the
Cubans practically d free people. 1t
is not believed that they would accept
anything less, nor that Americans
would be satisfied If we should encour-
age settlement that would not be ac-
ceptable 10 the Cubans. If there
should now be an armistice it would
be with the concessions made by Spain
at the instance of this country that ne
Sotiations should be opened immedi-
ately with the insurgents looking to the
establishment of a permanent peace
upon these terms. 1t has long been
the hope of the administration to bring
Spain to the point of making proposie
tons Of this character as the basis of a
settlement most satisfactory to all
parties and it is hoped from SPANS
attitude that this time has arrived.
The friends of the administration feel
that the situation is a very delicat e
one, and that much viii depend upon
the course congress may pursue. In
the meantime, the president will ON
Wednesday send his message. asking
that an appropriation be made for the
Ald OF the destitute Cubans.