Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-22
TALK OF SECRET PEACE
negotiations Said TO be IN Progress, but
Kept Quiet.
DOUBTS or THE TRUTH or THE STORY


Madrid. July g, s. @. m.-Tho minister
OF public instruction. Senior GamhsI' in
authority for the atatcmcnt that peace
honorable TO the spanish army, wAl
shortly De- concluded.
tn newspapers today express the
opinion that the difficulty 10 obtaining
peae, a ,hs cNorbitant demands vi the
Amur,,1us.
Al Oh. ushtH az Sebastian, which Is
fortified city situated on q small pen-
lnsula ln thu Bay of Blscay, have been
cNtlnYulsh,l la view Of the possibility
OF an American attack
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS sEcREr.
Paris. July g2-Thc Maun today
publishes paragraph saying that
while nothing definite H known. u is
rtimored that grulg i.sHuty Castillo
fthe spanish ambaHfld1r iH Parihl has
been Instructed tu approach Gen
Horace Porter. United states ambha-
Fad1r 90 France with M view ut OPEN
ms secret peace negotiations. W 70
o'clock this afternoon ,h.rr had NOT
been any meeting between senior cas-
mo and Gen. Porter, although ~ lH
said positively such meeting may
develop from th0 situation.
Any negotiations. however. VIII Dc
kept absolutely secret until they have
reached stage whgrr they VIII as
sumo an official character.
Cen Porter, the American amhlHaa-
dor said 60 representative uf the
Associated PrrHaj
u deny in The mos, emphatic man
uer that any peace associations have
been opened up. 90 CO. present mo-
mont 1 cannot conceive what oilgl-
mated the Mathis statement"
NOTHING ~ the STORY.
London. July 22.-Th statement made
by senior Uamazo, q. spanish minister
uf public instruction. 90 t1a rr.ct that
peace, honorable % 90. spanish army,
viii shortly be cnuclui. ID, % regarded
In London more aH 1900 indication ui
personal opinion or hope than a. re-
nrctlug any general decision 0f the
cabinet Nothing showing any more
In the direction NJ p0l.. has been re-
ceiVcd here from any quarter likely 90
be wen Informed ON th. subject. The
spanish ambassador. count IaHeun,
who was questioned on the subject,
sild'
I'VE have no news from Madrid and
we have no reason 90 believe any such
| decided step has been taken as Senior
| GumlEb's statement would indicate"
lncnt official ~ the British foreign Of
nee said 10 a representative Of the AH-
ISOLATED Press;
I'VE have absolutely nothing con-
hrmhtory u Senior HImA4u'H alleged
statement, We wish "a, had and we
hope u ~ true, but al fir 40 we are
advised the signs donot seem propltiuus
for early peace.
Relative TO the idea that England
will be prominently connected with
the future peace NEGOTIATIONS uhH1-
| utoly nothing has occurred thus fHI
upon which TO base tho idea, As q gUn-
cral principle In these affairs, the In
reference ~ neutral is mistake
| unless invited hy both h"IllTUrentH."
n is known that che Spanish am.
| hasaadors have been 7lundlnF mo
other ambassadors 40 roo the courts of
| Europe with the object u inducing
| concerted representation ut Washing.
| ton 10 stop the war and there Do
reason 10 believe that Great Britain
IN No longer alone In iamurrlng az This
| ana pointing out the useleasness ul
| such a course,
on the other hand 70 IL said that
| representations 90 stop The war have
been made az Madrid but Judging from
| the results they hny NOT been sum,
cleutly strong 10 Induce spain 20 come
| 10 her senses II Ia rFrlrni2cd by an
except Spain that td' United States
| VIII refuse tn listen 90 HuFFOstlons upon
the part ~ the concerted powers,
| In this matter" un" NJ the ann
| hassadors said 20 o representative of
| the Associated Press spain know
| the irreducihlc minimum upon which
| the United states Viii discuss peace
| what II she waiting f0r2 Spain seems
| 90 forget that the United states can
| stop the war the moment she likes
| Now that she has no Spanish neet IN
| reckon with. she can take Porto Rico
| ana the Canary Islands az her leisure
| and finally deal with cuba In the cool
| weather Then spain viii consider th0
| American terms less ridiculous than
| now"