The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-02
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OFF F|C|AL TERMS.
President Gives Out a
Statement Of Our
Proposals to
Spain.
NO MONEY INDEMNITY
Porto Rico and One Of the
Iadrones to Be Ours
Cuba Free.
PHILIPPINES VERY VAGUE
No Extra Session of Congress;
But the Senate May
Be Convened.
TO RATIFY TREATY OF PEACE
Madrid Claims a Victory Over
Insurgents Skaters Sick
at Santiago.
nnJMrc M TpnnDg TN CAMP
DoINGS OF TROOPS IN CAMP
Disciplinary Measures at Chicka-
mauga--The Concho's Sad
Voyage.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2, lSsS.-Ths
Cabinet was in session an hour and ter
minutes. 1t is positively stated no WORD
in any form has come from Spain nol
were there dispatches of any significance
from the front. There was no important
action taken so far as could be learned,
but it was decided to make public state
ment of our terms Of peace
The following is the official statement
given out by the President through the
State Department.
In order to remove any misappre-
hension in regard to the negotiations
as to peace between the United States
and Spain, it is deemed proper to say
that the terms offered by the United
States to Spain in the note handed to
the French ambassador on Saturday
last are in substance as follows
The President does not now put for
ward any claim for pecuniary in
demnity, but requires the relinquish-
uGll Ol dll IldiAl Va SOfSA 10 7@-~s
or title to the Island of Cuba, well
as the immediate evacuation by Spain
of the island; the cession to the United
States and Immediate evacuation of
Porto Rico and other islands un-
der Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies. and the like cession of
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ed States will occupy and hold the city,
bay and harbor of Manila pending the
conclusion of treaty of peace which
shall determine the control, disposi-
ton and government of the Philip
pines If these are accepted by Spain
in their entirety, it is stated that Com
ed States to meet commissioners on
the part of Spain for the purpose of
concluding a treaty of peace on the
basis above indicated.
Up to the time the Cabinet met today
no word had come from Spain either di-
rectly or through the French Ambassa-
dor, in response to the demand Of the
United States No notice was taken OF
the statement from Madrid that fur
ther explanation had been asked by the
Spanish Government, but this has not
been directed so far to either the State
Department or the French Embassy.
The aliusion to further explanations, :
however, is regarded as rather hopeful
sign as tending to show a disposition or
the part of the Spanish Government tc
close early with our terms, for it is said
that the expectation was that the Span
ish rejoinder would take the form of q
counter proposal. the effect of which
would be to lead to diplomatic sparring
1t has been admitted at last by member.
of the Administration that the terms O
peace laid down by the United States hat
been practically stated with accuracy il
the press dispatches and realizing the flu
tiiity Of further eoncealment some officia
character was to be given to the pres
statements by formal declaration from tn
White House. Some such step had beer
in contemplation for several days past il
deference to pressing requests not onl,
from the newspapers but from a numbe
Of public men who felt that the peopl'
Should be taken more thoroughly int
ms confidence Of the Administration
Z ( was represented. on the other hand
that the negotiations might be seriousl,
Jeopardized by the III effect in Spain O.
! publication Of the terms imposed. How.
ever. as has been already stated. the full