The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-04
ReiteratiOn of Previous Reports that
Leading DOns Are Anxious for
Prompt and Honorable Peace.
MILITARY MEN FOR WAR
AND CONVINCED AMERICANS CAN BE
REPELLED AT SANTIAGO.
Little Probability that Senior CASTELAR,
Will he Prosecuted for His Attack
on the Queen Regent.

MADRID, June 2--Except among lingo
papers like the impartial, sentiment in
favor of peace is growing. The correspond
ent of the Associated Press has sounded
several politicians and financiers on the
subject. and finds unanimity as to the de-
STABILITY of prompt and honorable peace.
The pluck Of Admiral Cervera's fleet against
odds and the failure of the Americans in
their attempts to land in Cuba and in Porto
Rico are regarded as balancing the Cavite
disaster, while evidence of the lack of SYM
pathy for America on the part of the ma
tives of the Spanish colonies, as the Span
iards argue here, should convince the
United States that the motives for going to
war are completely changed. These are the
arguments heard in Madrid and fostered by
recent articles in the Temps of Paris, which
the Epoca welcomes and indorses believing
them sincere. Similar sentiments have ap-
peared in the Paris edition of the New York
Herald. The Epoca says: "A nation grand
and powerful like the United States loses
nothing by rectifying an error. We go fur
Their, confessing that the same inclination
in favor of peace is predominant in Spain.
We are equally convinced that the war has
no foundation beyond defense Of outraged
dignity" Military men, however, raise no
voice for peace. They are convinced that
the Spanish position at Santiago de Cuba
is strong enough to repel the Americans,
both by land and sea-
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Lieut.
Gen. Correa, minister of war; in reply to an
inquiry as to whether Spanish expedition
would be sent to the Philippines, said the
government was celebrating on the matter.
and that troops would be prepared. ready
ha
Further debate on the question has been in
definitely postponed
Senior Azcarate. Republican, spoke against
the proposal that the House should author
ize prosecution of Senior Emilio CASTELAR,,
the distinguished Republican statesman. for
his article in Petite Revue Internationale
attacking the Queen Regent. He contended
that the Queen Regent was not inviolable.
like monarch, and he recalled the conduct
of previous regents which had been criti-
cised without causing scandal.
Senior Sagasta replied: Parliamentary i'm
munity is worthy of respect, but the in
volatility of the crown ought to be de-
Tended with the utmost energy Parlia-
mentary immunity does not extend to acts
outside the chambers of Parliament and it
is a pity that precious time should be
wasted in such discussion" The House
then decided to pass the order of the dey
and the discussion of the budget was re-
sumed.
Senior CASTELAR,. who is now at Alicante.
has declared to an interviewer that he will
not come to Madrid to defend himself OBJ
serving at the same time that the article
in question docs not attack the Queen Re-
gent, but the courtiers, and this has been
permitted under absolute monarchs."
A Spaniard from Cuba, who has returned
here since the blockade of certain ports
of the island, said to-day he had heard thai
plenty of food had been received in Cuba
through the blockade runners chiefly Eng
hsh, under the very noses of the American
ships, at various points along the coast
from which IL was carted to the railways
thus reaching Havana. The Spaniard as
sertS also that there is sufficient food In
the island for the next eight months, thai
the greatest enthusiasm prevails amonE
the SpaniardS there, and that all the popu-
lation is under arms. Private DISPATCHES
from Cuba say that the rainy season has
begun and that the insurgents do not dare
to attack Santiago de Cuba
Is The Pals. prominent Republican organ
says II is rumored that the United State
fleet has made a second attack unon SAINT
iago dc Cuba. and that the Americans
forced an entrance into the harbor Ir
Spanish circles here the report is not he
lieyed to be true The Madrid newsnaners
maintain that Admiral Cervera's ieef is
sailing in the direction of the Philippine
Islands.