The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-02
WAR WILL GO ON.


those of an anonymous character which will
give understanding of the measure of the
ambassadors authority in representing the
views of Spain on the settlement of peace.
Aside from the foregoing authorized state
ment and without giving them any author
lied form because of their Jux.aposition
with the foregoing, considerable light can
be thrown on the official character in which
the French ambassador had his three hours
conference with the President on Saturday.
After the first meeting of the ambassador
and the President, M. Cambon's authority
was strictly limited to that of being the
bearer of SPANS communication. lie had
no 8uthority whatever to speak in the
name of Spain beyond presenting SPANS
communication. In view, however, CT the
fact that the United States government
would make a speedy reply to the Spanish
proposition. it was deemed desirable that
M Cambon should be clothed by the Span
fish government with a larger measure of
authority than that of merely conveying
and receiving communications passing be-
tween the two governments. Accordingly
the desirability of this course was made
known to the authorities at Madrid. The
latter shared in the view and a result
the Spanish minister of foreign affairs.
French embassy on last Friday entirely
changing and enlarging the scope of NJ.
Cambon's authority from that given when
the original Spanish proposition was pre-
scented.
The dispatch from Duke Almadovar de
Rio was most complete in its dealings with
the subjects of controversy between the
United States and Spain which would be in
volved in the discussion of terms of peace.
Besides treating each subject involved, it
fully enabled the ambassador to discuss,
from the Spanish governments point of
view the propositions about to be made
by the United States on all questions of
peace. OF course, between Tuesday and Fri
day there was no time for mailing written
credentials, in the usual sense employed in
diplomatic intercourse. The matter being
urgent and about to eliminate in a meet
ing at the White House. the instructions
were necessarily embraced in a cable dis
patch bearing the signature of the Spanish
minister of foreign affairs. Even the dis
patch was in cipher, so that 1t lacked
those usual formalities of written creden-
tails by which the right of a diplomatic
official to express the direct views of for
eign government are made known. The es-
sential point. however, free from techni-
calities. was that NJ. Cambon received from
the Spanish minister of foreign affairs these
enlarged instructions permitting him to
speak the views of Spain on the various
points at issue and thus to bring the two
governments, the United States and Spain,
into direct discussion. 1t was under such
circumstances that the French ambassador
and his secretary, NJ Thiebaut made their
notable call at the White House last Satur-
day. NJ Cambon was in possession of the
enlarged instructions and the conference
proceeded with the ambassador expressing
the views of the Spanish government The
official communication when made public it
- understood will make this authority of
NJ. Cambon plain.