The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-29

St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, July
25-The United States troops are land
ing today on the island Of Porto Rico
near Ponce, on the south coast.
London, July 25.-It is announced in
O. special dispatch from Madrid, pub
lished here his afternoon, that the
Spanish government has drawn up a
message, addressed to the government
at Washington proposing an armistice
for the purpose Of discussing the
terms upon which peace with the Unit
ed States can be arranged.
Madrid, July %, 10 a. m.-AccOrding
to a dispatch from Cadiz to The I'M
parcial of this city, advices from Tan
gier say the foreign minister of Mo-
rocco declares that if the Americans
enter Moroccan ports they will be no.
titled to leave in t~wenty-fOur hours
and, it is added, if they refuse to do
50 Morocco will place herself under
the protection of the powers. The
peace probabilities are anxiously cam
Vassed at Tangier since the arrival
there of the new United States con-
sui. and, the special adds, that the be-
lief increases that the United States
does not intend to deprive Spain of
anything but the Antilles.
A private dispatch from San Juan
de Porto Rico says a strong American
squadron has appeared before Bahia
Honda CD, but that the American at
tempt to disembark was repulsed with
considerable loss.
1t is tonight that COM
plete tranquility prevails throughout
Spain.
The Cuban colonial government, it
is also announced, will confer with the
representatives Of Maxine Gomez, and
it is believed that the conference may
result in the insurgents espOusing the
Spanish cause.
Madrid, July %. Midnight.-The
government processes to have full III
formation as to all the carlist doings
and is acting accordingly. The carlist
leaders, it is believed, left Madrid be
cause they feared arrest rather than
with any idea of preparing to rising.
The authorities assert that the agita-
ton has been effectively checked.
VasCO, the carlist chief at BilbOa, has
been arrested. The exodus of carlists
from the northern provinces Of Spain
into France is extremely active.
NItIllld, July ulIlS ~ d Spe-
ciaI dispatch from Rome the vatican
has instructed the papal nuncio at Mad
rid to threaten with severe punish
ment any priests favOring carliSt or
an~ti-dynastic i%ntrigues.
London, July 25.-A special dispathc
from Rome says the pope has cOmmu-
nicated to the powers peace proposals
that he considers acceptable to both
Spain and the United States, namely,
Anoaricon annexation IF Cuba and
Porto Rico, the restitution of the Phil
ippineS to Spain and a commercial
treaty giving Spain EXCEPTIONAL ad-
vantages in the olonies surrendered.
The Daily Chronicle this morning
claims to know positively that no
peace negotiations of any sort have
occurred between the American and
Spanish governments. The Daily
Chronicle says: Spain has made no
approach and apparently does not
mean to yet. 1t is understood that the
Spanish government is still hopeful to
organize a European concert against
the United States"
The Paris correspondent of The Daily
News says: THE projects of the lower
Pyrenees reports a carlist exodus from
Spain. Saint Jean de Luz, Bayonne,
and Biarritz are alive with carlists.
The projects of the Pyrenees nave been
ordered to place certain carlist chiefs
undo surveillance and to notify the
French government if any organization
for moving arms or ammunition is
discovered.
The Madrid correspondent of The
Daily Telegraph say An American
lady. said to be Commodore Schley'S
daughter, has arrived here, but Meth
er the queen-regent nor any RESPONSE
BILE parsonage will receive her. She
will probably be requested to depart at
the earliest possible date"
Presumably, the American lady re-
ferred to is Miss Jessie Schley, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Charles Schiey, of Milwau-
kee. a cousin of Commodore Schley.l
Sir George Sydenham Clarke, the ex-
pert on naval tactics and imperial de-
lenses, writes to The Daily Graphic to-
day strongly approving American an
neXation of Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The letter was invoked by an arti-
Gle in The Graphic, calling attention
to the reversal of England's traGi-
tional policy to prevent the United
States from acquiring stagetical posi-
lions in the Atlantic and the Pacific
enabling it to control the canal.
The Daily Graphic, in an editorial
his morning, said it agrees with Sir
George Syndenham Clarke, but is Curl
Gus to know what induced Lord Sails
bury to adopt an attitude which has
so much facilitated the success OF the
United States.
The Madrid correspondent Of The
Standard says: There is still an en-
deavor to keep alive the impression
that something is going on behind the
scenes in the direction of peace, but
the prevalent idea is that the war
will continue until the fall Of Manila
and the invasion of Porto Rico. A
cabinet crisis has been averted for the
time being. Those who succeed the
present cabinet will certainly be oblig-
ed ere long to ask the country to sub
init to terms profoundly repugnant to
the national pride. The prospect is in
termediate bin is marred by the
y and correct attitude of General
Polavieja, who declines to become the
instrument of politicians eager to
create a third party"
The Madrid correspondent of The
Times, noting the great increase in
carlist activity, says: All the lead
inc noauphprc nf tho M rfxy 1oyo LEA