The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-18
ONLY HOPE FOR SPAIN
AMERICA MAY BE ASKED TO
BRING PEACE.
The Scw spanish Minister Thought Ia bc
preparing for Mediation of the Emitted
states Negotiations Being Conducted
with Insurgents In Cuba.

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with Insurgents In Cnba.
W,suIyGToN. March ~ Spain Is
face to- face with question of acceptance
II mcdiation by the United States 1t
voul occasion no surprise here IL,
through Minister Wocdford at Mad.
rid or Minister Polo v Bcrnabc at
Washington, Spain should within n
very short time express her desire for
the exercise OF the good Offices OF this
country. Spain has gone TO the limit
IN making concessions She has Of
fcrcd To surrender 10 Cuba all but the
sovereignty. The insurgents will not
consider the terms. because they sus.
poet The sincerity OF tho mother coun.
try. Hence Spain Is confronted with
the necessity OF asking the United
States to step in and negotiate for her
or sec autonomy finally rejected by
the Insurgents and independence rec
ogniscd by the United States. Unless
Spain can accomplish something
through the good ofi,cs OF the United
States, unless she eau have the intiu.
'hCc VI tht 'uIl'u NlulCS, sue lHllS'
give up.
Minister Bcrnabc Pola saws that
Scnor Ccballos did not act on anv au-
thority In presenting his plea for Il
p~eaceablc Intervention TO the prcsi-
dent. Nevertheless, what Senior
'cballcs said to the president was in
he same Tone ~ aud only u little
more explicit than the language
which Minister Polo used In his talk
with members Of the cabinet, Senior
Ccballos disclaimed any authority
for what he proposed. l!ut he is
one of the leading mcn in span.
ish-hmcrlcan He is not
only commissioner named
by the nutonomist government TO
aid in the reciprocity treaty. but he
Is - member Of the national commit.
tee appointed TO tnl:c charge ot the
work of relieving the distress, in Cuba.
Senior Ccballos said that he did not
represent his government in the prop.
osition he made, but he believed he
was justified in expressing the opin-
ion that the Saga,ta ministry would
sustain him If President Mckinley
would consent to exercise his innu-
cnce with the insurgents 20 accept the
plan.
IL would seem that mediation can.
not DO far of in view of the conversn-
ton OF the Spanish minister and tho
proposition of Ccba.los But there is
one difficulty In the way. Spain. il
Icballos spoke for her, wishes media.
ton on the basis Of acknowledged
sovereignty. The insurgents, on the
other hand, are willing to leave the
matter to the United States il the
terms OF settlement shall proceed upon
n basis of independence. They are
willing to agree to any terms which
the United States may call fair il it
recognizes independence. The parties
to the proposed mediation stand on
lrrcconcilablc conditions. Otherwise
the work Of mediation would be- not
only practicable, but easy.
Negotiations, the most important
yet undertaken, are now in progress
between tho autonomists and the in
burGcnts The two parties arc nearer.
together than they ever were, but
N'h Wv h'b tth NliuJ autonomy Is
amy more probable. Gown IN the
head OF the autonomists. lie is offer.
Ing the insurgents n wider form of
home rule than has yet been proposed.
he is practically duplicating what Co.
ballos said 10 the president SATURDAY..
In the proposition preceding this
the insurgents were asked TO
accept an autonomy which bound
Cuba To recognize the sovereignty. to
pay So, 900, 900 tribute to the crown
and to take care OF part OF tho debt.
Gown has been authorized to drop he
provision for tribute and to make n
more liberal proposition as to the debt.
There Is little more than ~recoyni.
ton OF the dag asked In these latest
negotiations. Every step that Gown
and the ~autonomists take has carried
them farther away from Spanish al.
icgiancs and into closer sympathy and
relationship with tho Insurgents.
Cuba is drifting very rapidly toward
independence.
The offices have been filed nj
through the interior of the island
with ex-insurgents. There Is no
Spanish authority except where
Spanish bayonets enforce it This was
what Senator Proctor made clear 10
the President yesterday afternoon.
The senator Is very clear on the weak.
ness OF the Spanish authority. lie
thinks that the entire Cuban popula.
ton is now for independence, and
that the movement represented by the
insurgents in the field does not by any
means represent all of the sentimen,
for independence. The senator fount
many Cubans in the cities, APPARENT,
loyal to Spain, who were as heartily
for Independence as the men undo,
iomcz.