The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-04
I X I R A !! !!
MAKING
ENDS MEET
Cambon Laboring to Bring
American and Spanish
Ideas to a Point Of
Contact.
OUR GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT
Madrid's Many Inquiries
About Peace Details Re-
garded as Earnest
and Fair.
COMMIssION TO SIT IN PARIS
Evacuation of Condemned
Territory to Precede Any
Real Treaty Negocia-
tions.
COMMISSION TO SIT IN PARIS

| conference between the President and
Secretary Day and Secretary Long was
held this forenoon. Secretary Day when
| he joined the President after the latter
| had been comforting with the Secretary
| of the Navy, for three quarters of an
| hour, looked worn and fatigued as So
| quence to a night conference with the
| French Ambassador They were togeth-
er going over the peace propositions and
! it was one o'clock this morning before
| the conference ended.
| Secretary Day it may be said, has full
confidence that there will be little serious
| delay and pickering over the closing OF the
details of peace. A fortnight ago he was
not so confident, being disposed TO fear
| Spanish procrastination and haggling over
| details.
| To-Day he expressed the oaiili oa per-
sonally, that he believes ther was no long
er danger at that score AID said that
policy seemed to have been Abandoned
| under the stress of circumstances.
This expression goes to con,fsa other
indications that peace is near lit hand.
Those who have gone over the sf6un and
conferred with the officials S;,esss the
belief that the outcome Of peace IS very
nearly attained.
One administration public man who
talked with the President and others to-
day, predicted that preliminary agree
ment which would practically settle the
war would be effected within week
Senators and Representatives are becom-
ing more numerous, many of them re-
turning here from their homes on various
political missions.
After the conference at the White House
with Secretaries Day and Long the Presi-
dent had conference with Secretary Al
ger, Secretary Long and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Allen, at which action
was taken for the prompt transportation
of General Skaters army from Cuba to
Montauk Point, L. /.
The conference occupied a couple Of
hours and there was an informal general
presentation of the needs >of prompt ac-
ton and of the means at hand to effect it.
1t was finally concluded that there were
suficien vessels off the coast there now
for the purpose.
When the meeting ended it was Off
cially stated that the number of vessels
now there was adequate for the removal
of the army. The despatch of the troops
home accordingly viii be given at once.
Another point taken up dur'iag the day
was 4 thorough consideration Of the ex-
pense rolls of the war and a lis ,usslon
Of where retrenchment could be innle-
diately made. Steps FOR the dliband-
ment of the auxiliary navy already have
begun and other actions deraand N the IN
tcrests of economy will follow
Cabinet officer who met the Pres-
dent this afternoon stated that he was
certain the final reply of Spain to our
note will be in before the close of the
week.
This means 1t is to be communicated
officially to the president between this
afternoon and Saturday afternoon. and
word from the French Ambassador set
ting an hour for the meeting for this pur-
pose is expected almost any time.
The following general officers will be or
dered to report to Major General Wade
for duty with the troops going to Porto
Rico:-
General George w. Davis and General
George M Randall, second army corps,
General R. H. Hall and General ". w.
Gordon, fourth army corps; General H.
c. Hasbrouck, seventh army corps and
General John A. Wiley first army corps.
Baron Speck Van sternburg, in charge
of the German Embassy in the absence
of Ambassador Won Hollenben. was at
the State Department today comforting
| with the officials. The German authori-
ties and indeed all the foreign represent
| tatives here are naturally greatly inter-
ested in the progress of the peace nego-
| tiations, and they are keeping their gov
ernments fully advised of the various
stages. But while there is this natural
and material interest, there has been no
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