Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-03
T'HRIINONTHS
Will be Agreed on Quickly Il Done Within
Inst Tine.
EVACUATION Of Gus, AND PORTO RICO.


Nnahiurfun. Aug aHIhH report from
Madrid. by way of London, stating thai
spain had determined upou an am
aver TO IN, demands OF The United
stntss end that th. answer had been
nt or waa now 200 route Co wash
inaton had ih .f..t of arous'ug the
most lively interest I1 90 official quar-
/ tors today. while the reports ore &c.
a.. pi,d aa showing the undouhtod ten-
usncy of ,he spanish go.,rnmcnt Tor
saco und OIL ul..y Co o. borne out
ln the naar future ty ,ho formal re-
fponso uf Madrid. set IL can hg stated
positively thlt s1 far the United siatca
poysrnmrnt has received mo- anawer
from, spain. nor BIAS she French en-
bassador received 900 answer which
win Do communicated 90 tho uuthcri-
ties here 20 BE- apparent from this
that The answer could not have been
rent from Madrid uu Monday. lu stated
boz some OF 90. foreign reports Ths
miHapprUhUu.Ior doubtless nriHar from
the fact that on. Madrid Calumet uft.f
receiving the American terms. desired
more Information uIYH some uf tn
points lnvoiy a. This led Co o. caii
communication 600 80 Cumhuu DO
was not intended Ha response 60 the
American terms and was Doc mo- sense
conclusive upon thn subject matter vi
the negotiations Their. was nu need
even 90 % call hY ~. Cumbun ut thf
white House. or ut the state depart
ncnt This continues o. Dee the stu.
alton uu ~ the present time. ~ the
same time 70 nnui answer o. expected
daily and almost hourly. aud although
mo- official lntmutuu has hHru given,
IL ~ ppprihlg the decision has been
already reached o. Madrid 10 has
not reached any quarter lu Washing.
ton, up 60 tho prl cent timp. however.
\ call w. ~ Cnmhun az The state
department today ~ likely 90 cause
apcculatlun, thuurh it had mo- reference
90 thr peace negotiations OF 90 tho
Inhir NJ spain. bot o. Tor the uur-
pose " discussing matter relnuuN
io Franc, and the United states. some
weeks ngu. United gtatra wnmhip
captured the French merchant steamer
Olindc Rodriguez. nine miles ou San
Juan. u was claimed rht WAS rum
ulnE tho blockade She was taken tu
Charleston. r. g.. where she ~ Htlll de-.
tninod with number uf pasHengorE.
freight and The unlCihl mail ~ the
Franch minister nt Poit Au Prince.
Both the French embassy and tho
French Transatlantic Steamship cum.
rany nslted Tor tho RELEASE NJ the
steamer on tho Eruuud thnt The was
not running the blockade. The de-
pnttmcnt NJ Justice has been consider
INK the subject ana tn pruHpertH nre
Tor satisfactory adjustment ana O.
release ~ the steamer ~ no claims
Tor detention are made.
on the assumption that peace if near
az hand. come attention ls being given
90 the stops hy which ihls may be-
brought about formally, and ihe meas-
ureH nee wliy t Do adopted lmm d.
ntcly afirrwHrlH ~ Do nlld % De- nos
AZ an Improbable that %. praliminar.
irH leading up o. the aiguliurf of ihF
treaty VI pnice may consume fuily
ihfec month"; ~ thli % may DE- well
along toward Doc legal date 70 thr ass
Hgmhly ~ Congress before the proai-
dent viii Doc prepared % submit q peace
treaty o. iht nate. THIS allowance
" dime Is rather moderate than exc
goFslyr. We were two years. from
1854 90 1853, iu arranging q peso. with
Great britain 90 terminate The HIvl-
luiilpify war IN the case % iha chi.
u'HCsIlpantfe war ~ was several
months before ihn commission. wtri
able 90 perfect ,he ifliy which ier-
minated ihht war ~ does not follow
from th'n hlt an actual state 90 war
VII prevail durluE ihIa lni rVil u
three months, Tor az q matter NJ fact
hlHtllilrH WII terminate within h very
fW days lfi.r Spain hrs unlllHd thH
United stitUH government lf hHr ace
p'Aucs on ihs terms llld down ln ins
rr.uieut'F n1N N laHt Saturday Tho
military gHtlhllHhmCui hlwuyef must
hr ma'uialnet during that time. uni
HH# F.HHN.HHH.I
dental o. actual warfare.
70 if expected here ihai the spanish
pledge 90 accept Tho broad conditions
lid down by ihe United giafHs viii
take Che form NJ n written agrsamout.
H1mcih'nr On the nature of protocol.
which, while r. very necessary step. Dol
the negotiation of a treaty ia mol al.
negotiations have NOT progressed M.
nrlonily 90 indicate who shall be- the
parties 90 thlH agr1H mrut, on flfhUr
who shall rcprcr.ut ih7 prnclplis. ths
United states and Spain. n o. plaslblr
that Il may De slrned To- washington.
~ between Secretary Day ana Al
Camh0n, 90 on ihc other hand mo am.
states In nne ~ ihc Eur1p.ln e6up,
tries. probably IN this case Franc.
might meet ana by the HuiharlsttI,n
u their respective rIVrrum nta. HIrn
this agreement The protocol. IL h
may De nl called ln olthar case. w6ulj
not take The place lu any manner III
The treaty M peace, which would h.
drawn up later by clmmlHsIluers ~ H..
appointed f1r ihls pufp1se.
Under The terms of the proaldent's
note. II they shall hr accepted by spain
the spnulfh government ~ bound 10
cVhcuaie cuba and Porto Rico immcdi.
otely, This action ir not 60 walt un1n
The work of the peace cdmmlssianera.
but Dr. 90 precede u and 90 follow Inn
modlately upon the signature N the
memorandum accepting the prpaident'a
conditions The word Immediately" ~
ihla case, n perhaps "a little dccaptlve.
The experience uf the war department
lu the rndoayur 10 remove 10 spain thr
Spanish troops surrendered nt Santiago.
has not justified the expectation that
the large force ~ spanish regulars can
be- gathered up nud shipped home Co
spain ln less than about sixty days ~
the best,
This estimate Is based IN the fact that
n ~ not expected by the Span.
lsh authorities, who are dlroctin~
the movements OF tho spanish trolp
transports that they win Dee able ~ re-
turn an ~ the Santiago prisoners 90
spain bpforr tho nrHt ~ September
Therefore. what ls meant hy tho word
immediately ~ that the spanish gov-