Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1898 — PEACE NOT SOUGHT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PEACE NOT SOUGHT.

Denial from Washington That Overtures Have Been Made. SPAIN MUST MAKE FIRST MOVE. It Is Said She Will Only Agree to the Loss of Cuba, Preferring to Fight to the Bitter End to Yielding Further Concessions. Washington, July 13. —Although the statement has been repeated day after day that no overtures have yet been made to our government for peace it may bear repetition once more in view of the express denial given at the state department to so much of the stories emanating from European sources as seek to create the impression that the United States government or any of its representatives so far has made any move in this direction. The fact is to-day as it has been: the first overtures in the direction of peace must come from Spain, directly or indirectly. Spain’s Terms of Peace. Madrid, July 13. The possibility of peace with the United States is being widely discussed in the newspapers and by the public. The conservative papers declare Spain is prepared to accept peace, provided it implies only the loss of Cuba. But, they assert, Spain would prefer war a I’outrance if the United States should claim Puerto Rico, the Philippine islands or an immense indemnity which it would be impossible for Spain to pay. The public connects the recent con

ference between Duke Almodovar de Rio, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, and the French ambassador here, M. Patenotre. with the report that the French ambassador at Washington, M. Cambon, has been instructed to ascertain the lightest conditions upon which peace is obtainable. The Only Remedy. London, July 13.—The Madrid correspondent of the Mail says: Senor Sagasta. being asked as to whether a decision had been made regarding peace, replied; “No; but what renZ edy can there be but to make peace?” The ministerialists insist that the regular army in Cuba does not object to a conclusion of peace, but that the 20,000 volunteers are determined to continue the war. Peace Most Be Honorable. Paris. July 13.—The officials of the Spanish embassy here communicated to the press a lispatch from Madrid, declaring it came from an authoritative source. It set forth in substance that although Spain was “only fighting in order to maintain her right to repel unjust aggression” she will continue the struggle “until she obtains an honorable peace, whatever sacrifices may .be necessary to attain this end.”

Richard Harding Davis reports that the American lines around Santiago are now in the shape of a horseshoe, five miles in length.

THE HORSESHOE AT SANTIAGO’S DOOR.