The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-08-04
THE TERMS Of PEACE.
Statement of What Was Offered
Spain Given Out by Authority
of the President.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE PEACE IS NEAR.
The Belief Based Upon Circamstantlai Evil
dsnee Rather Than Upoa Amy Assar-
ance Received from spaia- Reports
from Havana Show That Bianco Cannot
Hold Out Much Longer.

Warrington, Aug. 2.-The eabine
was in session an hour and ten minutes
Il is positively stated that no word in
any form has come from Spain, nor
were there dispatches of any signih-
canoe from the front There was no
important action taken, SO far as could
be learned, except that 1t was decided
to make public a statement OF
our terms of peace. The official
statement given out by authority OF
the president to-day as 70 the terms OF
peace offered by the United States is
as follows:
In order to remove any Misrepresentation In
regard to the negotiations as TO peace between
the United States and Spain. 1t Is deemed
proper 70 say that the terms offered By the
United States 70 Spain in the note handed TO
the French ambassador on Saturday last are
In substance as follows:
The president does not now put forward any
claim for pecuniAry indemnity, but requires
the REIMBURSEMENT OF all claims of sovereignty
over title 10 the island of Cuba as 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 under Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies: and the like cession OF an is land in the
Ladrones
The United States will occupy and hold the
city. bay and harbor OF Manila, pending the
conclusion OF q treaty OF peace which shall de-
termine the control. disposition and govern
nent Of the Philippines
II these terms are accepted by Spain in their
entirety. Il Is stated that commissioners will
be named by the United States 10 meet COM
missioners upon the part Of Spain for the pur-
pose OF concluding q treaty Of peace on the
basis above indicated
President Mckinley believes that
the next 4s hours will determine the
question of peace or continued war.
Reports which he has received have
shown the situation in Havana to be
such that Blanco cannot hold out
much longer and have convinced the
president that Spain will accept his
terms There will be no bag
CLING or bargaining as to the
price of peace. President McKinley's
note Is an ultimatum which Spain
must accept or reject Its acceptance
will result In the framing of q treaty
with the terms as a basis which will
at once be submitted to the senate for
ratification. The committee to deter
mine the future of the Philippines will
not be required to report prior to the
ratification of the treaty, its decision
to be incorporated in a treaty which
will also be submitted to the senate
for ratification.
There is not a membe of the admin
istration who does not confidently be-
lieve that peace is near at hand. 1t is
belief based upon circumstantial evil
dence rather than any assurance re-
ceived from Spain. The reply of Spain
to the presidents note on the terms
upon which the United States will
consent to peace is not looked for be-
fore tomorrow. but when 1t comes the
authorities are sanguine that it will
be q virtual, if not a full, acceptance.
The president told a number of his
callers yesterday that he considered ii
certain that there would be an early
of hostilities- A cabinet
member also said last night that he
had reason to believe that peace would
be an established fact inside of IS
hours He said, however. that he
based this belief mainly upon the logic
Of the situation.