The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 8, 1898, Page 1

Call i the . to be taken frehi | Library. + $ ¢+ NO 69. .- VOLUME LXXXIV SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1898. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CABINET AND QUEEN APPROVE THE TERMS SPAIN MOST ANXIOUS TO END THE WAR Reply Accepting the Peace Conditions Will Reach ' Washington To- Day Castilians Bow to the Force of Circumstances, and Will Com- ply With All the Ameri= can Demands. Aug. 7. — The Cablnet| % % % % % X X % ¥ X X ¥ % % B # % ¥ % d after having com- | * the reply to the |* THE PRESIDENT AS ich accepts the Amer- | ¥ AN “IMPERIALIST.” NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Accord- ing to a close personal friend of President McKinley, a man in high official station in Washing- ton, these are the President's views as to the ultimate results of the war: Porto Rico to be- come a possession of the United States; Cuba to be held under a protectorate with a view of ulti- mate annexation; Manila and the Island of Luzon to pass into the control of the United States, as Hongkong is under the control of England; one of the Ladrone Islands to be annexed to the United States. So far as Porto Rico and the Ladrones are concerned it is pointed out the programme is to be fulfilled by the terms of peace Hdan conditi The re Leon y Ca dor to Fr bori,: the F ‘ingten, will ri ;' “THe Gover 1t is fully convinced | “that.the note will be satisfactory to the | % Washington Government, and that a | % syspension of hostilities will be its im- Iédiate consequence: Premier Sagasta has had a confer- ‘ence with the Queen Regent. Her Ma- approved the general lines of the of Spain to Ame s peace | % T which Sendr Bagasta explained | x Her. | % The Government believes that the | Thtted Spain’s an- £ reach the | . As a conse- | qirence of e United States accepting ‘ * the reply’ hostilities will be immediate- | 4 graphed to Senor panish Embassa- zht, 50 that M. Cam- ador at Wash- | * NOrrow. |* | = ‘J* [ By afterward s ed. % with Spain. The same terms According to reliable sources of |y prepare the way for the execu- information, the Spanish note is | # tion of the remainder. President McKinley's friends say he has become an enthusi- _couched in dignified language. It as- | serts that Spain bows to the force of | * circumstances, having done nothing | * astic “imperialist” since the war 10 provoke the war into which she|* began, and that he has no fear of tiad been unwillingly led in the de- | * the result of extension of terri- fense of her rights and territory. | ¥ tor¥- It expresses a willingness to flp—‘i****************** point delegates to meet the American | commission to discuss a regime for | treaty of peace, the officials here are *-the Philippines. | proceeding under the conviction that " It 1s understood that both Senor Sa- | the end has come and are glving at- Zasta and Duke Almodovar de Rio, the | tention to the steps to be taken next. Forelgn Minister, told the Queen Re- gent that they felt deeply the painful duty circumstances imposed upon them. it is reported that Duke Almodovar de Rlo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mgr. Merrydelval, Spanish Embas- ‘sador to the Vatican, will be selected to represent Spain in the negotiations. -~ The hewspapers make no comments | °° on the situation, owing to the strictness of the censorship. 0P’N'0N AT MADRID in the conditions it will meet with FOR PEACE AT ONCE o st oxonas has toen miara arths sk ok sk ok sk ok ok ook ok ok ok 3 ok K R K K ok sk ok ok ok sk ok ok ko kX B E prevail | was about to enter a plea In abate- again inconclusive. President was disposed to deal firm | more severe than those first lald down. In view of the delay in coming to this | conclusion, the idea was beginning to that the Spanish Government ment and that the answer would be In this case | concluding his labors as a member of with the issue, to give notice that our proposals were withdrawn and to let it understood that when Spain again sued for peace the conditions would be | | 1f the Spanish answer should embody an effort to secure any material change | 0 OUR FIRST REAL FIGHT IN PORTO RICO. The Fourth Ohio and Third lllinois regiments of General Haines’ brigade engaging the enemy, who, from a strong position on the hill on each side of a cut near Guayama, attempted to dispute their progress into the city. The small advance guard having fallen back under heavy fire the two regiments were thrown out on each side of the road and quickly cleared the Spaniards from the hill. NEW YORK., Aug. 7.—The Washing- ton correspondent of the Herald sends the following: In connection with the probable selection of Secretary Day as | one of the commissioners, I am able to | make the important announcement that | he will at an early date retire from the ‘omce of Secretary of State, and after | the commission resume the practice of law In Canton. Although this is the | first public announcement that Secre- | tary Day intends to retire from public life, it has long been known to his most | intingate friends that when he accepted | the portfollo he did so with the under- standing that he would resign his office fmmediately after peace had been re- stored between Spain and the United 1 cable to The Call and the New York .P‘wv‘i;{v‘n)'rlzhled, 1898, by James Gor- MADRID, Aug. 7.—After the Queen Regent had consulted with prominent palitical men the Government met to- nizht to approve the answer to the i'nited States drawn up by Premier gasta and Duke Almodovar de Rio, pting the American conditions. In answer the the utmost possible power of ng the details hereafter, In the Tiope of making better terms. There is no ministerial crisis. Diplo- yistic circles now believe that the Spanish and American governments will come to a definite understanding. Senor Castelara, although not attend- in% the councils here, comes out with aightforward message of peace. r Canalejas who s known in the ilted States and is an astute lawyer, the fact of requiring further ex- Planation from the Government at -\ ‘ashington implied the acceptance of peace. ving the palace yesterday Senor Sagasta said that in the early _days of the comin~ week the Govern- ment would be able to give the coun- try- its definite conclusions. . Public opinion here Is for peace and peace at once. That General Woodford 1s 10.be one of the negotiators has pro- -duced an excellent impression here, where his uprightness and fair- mindedness is highly appreciated. The Bourse boomed yesterday upon the an- -ticipation of peace and exchange went .up several points. It has gone up 30 points in a week’s ti “TWO .METHODS OF ARRANGING PEACE \'\'ASHINGTON. Aug. 7.—Although as yet without official confirmation of the report from Paris that the Spanish . Government has decided to accept the terms laid down by the United States as essential to the negortiatllon of a|time the embarkation of the Bpanish |cult ‘(lis‘pau‘hr-s of British newspapers to a | States. | desire on the part of the Spanish Gov-| The ‘main reason assigned by the | ernment to include in the preliminary | friends of Secretary Day for his desire ment a clause exempting it from | to lJeave the Cabinet is that he does not v for the Cuban (wbt. The for- | fee] financially able to hold an office el R et the poi ok the| wnich involves so many soclal obliga- White House made no reference to this | tions of an expensive character. He subject and It cannot be known as yet | feels that having served his country Spanish Government | whether or not the full text shows any- thing more. But presuming that no reference whatever is made to the Cu- b be regarded as one that should be treated by the peace commissioners, who are to meet later to frame the treaty which, of course, many detalls that are left untouched in the main proposition, though Cabinet officers have authorized the statement that no part of the Cuban or Porto Rican debts would be assumed by the United States. Based upon the press reports of the progress being made | of Spain, it was calculated by the de- partment officials that the formal note could not be delivered to the President before to-morrow, and that was also | the bellef of the French Embassador. | From the length of time consumed in its preparation, the note was belleved to be long, thus entailing the consump- | tion of much time In forwarding it first | to Paris, reducing it to cipher there, | transmitting it over the cable and then | re-translating it at the French Em- bassy. | In the case of the last note the at- | taches of the embassy worked nearly | all night to prepare their communica- tion to the Spanish Government, though | the conference with the President ’closed before § o’clock in the afternoon, | with the Embassador in possession of | the United States’ note. Should the | Spanish answer be an unconditional ac- | ceptance of our terms some negotiation | may be necessary to agree upon the steps to be taken to give effect to the agreement. So far as can be learned it has not yet been determined how this shall be done. There are two ways, then. The first is a military capitula- tion by the captain generals of Cuba | and Porto Rico, which will immediately | place the American military or naval | commanders in technical occupation cf | the islands and enable them to carry lout in thelr own way and in their own n debt, it is possible the subject may | will embody | during the trying period he should now | resume his law practice while still in | the prime of life in order to make am- ple provision for his family in the fu- ture. It is not known whether the Sec- | retary contemplates retiring with his | appointment as one of the commission- | ers or upon the final conclusion of the | treaty of peace. Should he defer his resignation until the commissioners have concluded their labors Assistant Becretary Moore will act as Secretary in his absence, and the President will | thus be able to postpone the selection at | S 3 MAdrid foward returning thecanswer | Al iy with next tdn. | At this time the President has not | made up his mind as to the selection of Secretary Day’s successor, or if so he | has not yet taken any one into his con- fidence. Hence there is plenty of time | for speculation as to the next Secretary of State. Among the names which | doubtless will soon come prominently to | the front are Senator Cushman K. Da- vis, - Embassador Hay, Embassador | Horace Porter, Postmaster-General | Charles Emory Smith and Attorney- General J. W. Griggs. SECRETARY OF STATE DAY WILL RETIRE FROM OFFICE WITH THE COMING OF PEACE " HON. WILLIAM R, DAY, SECRETARY OF STATE. armies In the islands. The intention as to whether they shall be permitted to | carry off their arms is not now as ma- terial as it was in the case of the sur- | render of General Toral's forces at Santiago, where, occurring in the midst of the campalgn, there was a necessity for securing the moral effect of com- | pelling the Spanish soldiers to lay down their arms. Spain having succumbed it might be urged that the United States might grant a concesslon on this point to Spanish pride without fear of having the action attributed to fear for the consequences of a refusal. 'This would not apply, however, to the vol- unteers who might elect to remain in Cuba, as it would not be prudent o allow so large a body of men to carry arms without restraint in the davs of reconstruction, when delicate and diffl- atters of in be settled and new methods applied to tha government of the islands. The second method by which the pre- liminary peace agreement might be formally effected would be by a2 pro- tocol to be signed by a representative of the President, probably Secretary T'ay in this case, and by M. Cambou in bekalf of the Spanish Governmenr. it wag by just such an agreement as this, known as the Cushing prctocol, that war with Spain was ayertad as a result of the Virginius affair. This course, having the weight of precedent, may be adopted in this ease. It is probable that in the Philippmes the greatest difficulty will be met in put- ting the agreement into effect on ac- count of the attitude of the insurgents, but General Merritt is now gaining in strength daily and probably will ke in nal policy, are to| po. tion to»meel any emergency, General Wade's reinforcements for General Miles are going forward re- gardless of the progress of peace nego- tiations. The agreement to negotiate a treaty of peace does not necessarily carry with it a cessatlon of hostilities. In the case of the Mexican war it was |2 month after the peace negotiations began before hostilities were declared | to be closed, and if desirable these re- inforcements may be intercepted and returned to the United States after | they sail. The present plans of Secre- tary Alger all contemplate that they shall leave the United States, espe- cially as it is felt that with the practi- cal field experience they will acquire | in Porto Rico under favorable climatic conditions they will make good mater- ial to use both there and in Cuba in carrying out the Government’s recon- struction policies, 4ldents when the Ameri ADVANCE O F THE AMERICAN FORCES TOWARD SAN JUAN PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 7 (via St.| Thomas, D. W. 1.).—A general advance of the American force began this | morning. The remainder of General | Ernst's brigade, consisting of the ad- | vance center, with two batteries, moved out at 6 o’'clock, and a part of the Elev- enth Infantry of General Henry's divi- slon started to the left toward Adjun- tas. Troop A of New York, the Phila- delphia City Troop and Troop H of the Sixth Regulars are conveying General Brooke’s transportation column along the coast through Salinas to Arroyo. Colonel Tice of General Miles’ staff will probably be assigned to the com- mand of the Sixth Massachusetts. General Wilson has moved the head- quarters of his division from Ponce to Juana Diaz. General Schwan, with the Eleventh Regiment infantry and two batter moved to-day through Yuacd toward Mavaguez. | General Brooke Is moving nor¢h from | Guayama with 10,000 men. | TO BOTTLE UP ALL THE SPANIARDS AT SAN JUAN | Special cable to The Call and the New York | Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gor- | don Bennett. B | PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 7 (by The | Call-Herald dispatch boat to St. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 7).—In four col- umns the American forces are now | moving forward, intending to drive all the Spanish forces on the island into San Juan and bottle them up there. | General Schwan has started for Maya- | guez, via Yuaco and San German, while | General Henry is proceeding direct to Arecibo, where his forces will be joined by those under General Schwan. Gen- eral Wilson is advancing upon Coamo, while General Brooke is pushing for- ward toward Cayey from Arroyo. The period of inaction for the Ameri- can troops has ended. The men are| breaking camp and all are prepared mri the march on San Juan. All vessels in the fleet are preparing | to shift the naval base to the north side | of the island, where they will be ready | to co-operate in the attack on San Juan when General Miles and his troops ar- | rive before the city. a5 SR | HAINES’ OUTPOSTS | AGAIN FIRED UPON | Pl Copsrighted: 198, by Tames Goes don Bennett. GUAYAMA, Porto Rico, Aug. 6 (By! Call-Herald Dispatch Boat to St. Thomas, D. W. L, Aug. 7).—Brigadier General Haines, with the Fourth Ohio and Third Illinois, is securely holding the town of Guayama. It turns out that the enthuslasm displayed by many res- cans entered the | three miles beyond Guayama, on town did not extend to all. Part of the populace show strong Spanish proclivi- ties. Many have been arrested, but re- leased on parole. General Haines' outposts again were attacked by Spaniards this morning. Two shells from light artillery were dropped near the American lines, but there w no further firing. 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