America and Spain.

Manawatu Herald, 18 August 1898, Page 2

America and Spain.

The Cubans have accepted the armistice and have discontinued fighting. The American newspapers are exultant at the completeneaa of the victory. On Saturday morning Morro™ Castle fort at Havana fired . on Commodore Howell's flagship San EV&oci-co, and one shot hit the vessel. The Americans did not retaliate, but sent a flag of truce and communicated the fact that peace had been proclaimed. Admiral Cerveras met with an enthusiastic reception on his arrival at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on *. board the warship Boston. Large crowds besieged the Btation and hundreds, including many women, rushed to shake hands with the Spanish Admiral. The Spanish newspapers bewail Spain's vanished Empire, and anticipate that she will have interminable difficulties. One paper estimates that Spain's loss in territory amount < to 128,148 square kilometres, containing nearly two and a half million inhabitants. This estimate does not include the Philippines. Both ihe Spanish and tho American Governments have heartily thanked France for M. Cambon's services in assisting to arrange pface. It is the general opinion in Madrid that the joint protectorate of the Philippines will be unworkable, and the combination of the Spanish and America methods will lead to disastrous complications. .