The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-08-17
PEACE IN SIGHT.
The United States and Spain Have
Come to an Understanding.
A PROTOCOL AGREED UPON,
Embodying Proposed Terms For
the Negotiation of a Treaty
Of Peace Between the
TWO Nations.

O. FedCe 5eTHeeH me
TWO Nations.
\ dispatch from Washington says the
preliminary negotiations looking toward
the confirmation of peace advanced 4
long step Wednesday when the secretary
of state and the French ambassador
agreed upon the terms upon which future
negotiation for treaty are to be conduc-
ted and reduced these to the form OF a
protocol. This protocol, it is true, IS
is yet to be submitted to the Span
ish government before the formal sig
natures are affixed, but the administra
tion view as to the progress made was
set out in Secretary Day S sentence: 1t
is expected that this protocol will be
executed
As to the character Of this protocol it
can be stated on authority that our
terms are in all practical points those
out in the abstract Of the Presidents
conditions published from the White
House aweek ago. From this fact it
is deduced that the extra conditions or
qualifications sought to be imposed by
the Spanish government were abandon
ed at least in large part by the French
ambassador.
NO MORE FIGHTING.
This deduction is supported by the
circumstances that in the early morn
ing, and before the conference between
Secretary Day and NJ Cambon which
resulted in an agreement, there was
prevalent impression, based upon the
utterances Of public men vino talked
with the President, that the Spanish
answer was unsatisfactory and that the
negotiations looked as if they might ter
inmate suddenly. As this situation
changed so suddenly after the conferene
it may be fairly assumed that the am
bassador abandoned the conditions
which the President was reported to
have regarded as unsatisfactory.
1t is known that the protocol car
ries with and in itself provision for the
cessation of hostilities. On this point
the naval contingent is urgent that our
government adopt the Napoleonic poll
cyof refusing to enter into an armstice
without acquiring some substantial!
pledge to secure the consummation OF
peace. What they particularly desire
is that our government shall demand as
a condition of a cessation of hostilities,
the surrender to the United States
military forces Of Moro castle at the
entrance of Habana harbor and some
such points of vantage at the other I'M
portant ports in the territory soon to
fall under our control.
MAKES A STATEMENT.
The answer of Spain to the terms Of
peace not being entirely satisfactory to
the government, there was some appre
hension early in the day that negotia
tions might be broken of or further de-
layed. A conference between the
French ambassador and Secretary Day
at the state department during the
morning, however, seemed to relieve
the situation, as this was followed
promptly by call Of the secretary on
the President, with whom he remained
some time.
After his talk with the President the
secretary said: ''We have agreed upon
protocol embodying proposed terms
for the negotiation of treaty Of peace.
including the evacuation of Cuba and
Porto Rico and it is expected that this
protocol will be expected. "
This was the first admission that the
two governments at last had practically
come together on the basis of peace. 1t
was intimated that what remained to
be accomplished was purely formal in
character and no doubt was entertained
that the signatures required would be
attached in due time.
THE PROTOCOL SIGNED.
A dispatch dated Madrid August Ii
ten o'clock p. m., says the government.
has received the protocol and the cabi-
net council rose at $40 p. M: having
approved it. The government wired
NJ. Cambon Thursday empowering hi2I
to sign the preliminaries Of peace.
Thursday in Madrid was diplomatical-
ly one of the busiest since the outbreak
of the war There were no fewer than
two cabinet councils, in addition to va
rious diplomatic conferences Though
the text of the protocol was not receiv-
ed until Thursday evening, was well
advanced, the government had been
made fully acquainted with its con-
tents through Paris. The matter was
practically settled at the cabinet meet.
lug Thursday afternoon and the receipt
of the actual document, therefore, only
required meeting of the cabinet for 4
formal acceptance Ministers adhere to
the statement that the protocol con-
tains no modification OF the original
terms Duke Almo6evar de Rio, min
lister of foreign affairs assures the Ger
respondent of the Associated Press that
the negotiations for the peace treaty
will take place in Paris: but he says the
commissioners have not yet been ap-
pointed.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
The Associated Press bulletin from
Madrid announcing that the Spanish
cabinet had approved the peace protocol
and that the French ambassador would
receive instructions to sign it was very
gratifying to the President. Both the
United States and Spanish governments
will begin carrying out the provisions
Of the protocol The first viii be the
cessation Of hostilities followed imme-
diately by the occupation Of Manila by
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