The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05

missioners his personal views and those
of Rear Admiral Dewey regarding the
physical, geographical, moral and po-
litical conditions prevailing in the
Philippine Islands.
General Merritts exposition of his
personal views and judgment of the
Philippine Islands was not finished to-
day and he will meet the commission
again tomorrow when he will continue
| to discharge his errand here.
The Spanish commissioners were re-
ceiVed this afternoon at 4 o'clock by
President Faure at the Elysee Palace.
Immediately following the reception
of the Spaniards the members of the
American Peace Commission were re-
ceived by President Faure at the EIysee
Palace.
General Porter presented Judge Day
and the other members of the commits
sion in turn, after which Judge Day
presented to President Faure a cable
message from President Mckinley. 1t
read as follows:
On this occasion, when the commissions
of the United States and Spain are about
to assemble at the capital of France TO
negotiate peace, and when the repre-
SentatVeS of this Government are receiY-
ing the hospitality and the good will of
the republic, / tender to you my most
friendly. personal greeting and the assur-
ances Of my grateful appreciation of your
kind cOurtesies to the American Commits
sioners.
President Faure, in replying, cour-
teously expressed his appreciation of
the cordial sentiments uttered and
heartily reciprocated them. President
Faure said that everything possible
would be done for the comfort of the
commissioners and added that he would
Immediately transmit directly to Presi-
dent Mckinley his reply TO the latter's
cordial message.
The following is the text of Presi-
dent Faure's cable message to President
Mckinley:
l have had great pleasure in receiving
the American plenipotentiaries to the His
pano-American Peac" Commission. Dur
ing the course of an audience Mr. Day
read the telegram which you so gra-
touched by the sentiments which your
eXcellency has been kind enough to ex-
press, and l heartily thank you for them.
! hope the American Commissioners will
have kind recollections of their so1ourn
in Paris which l shall try to render
agreeable to them, and I sincerely hope
for a happy termination of the pacific
work of the commission.
La Patrie this evening prints an in
terview said to have been had with
General Rafael Correrro Saenz, of
the Spanish Peace Commission, in
which he is represented as saying:
Peace between Spain and the United
States will complicate all the Eastern
questions. The day upon which the
preliminaries are signed the first chap
ter in the new history of Europe will
be commenced as the United States
henceforth Will play a preponderant
role in the events of which different
parts of the world will be a theater.
The North Americans will be COM
PEELED to create ali the naval forces de-
manded by the situation brought about
by events. The stronger the United
States are, the more their friendship
will be sought after and also the more
rivalry will there be among the Euro
pean nations.
Look at the extreme Orient. where
France, Russia, Germany and England
are powerful rivals. If the Americans
install themselves In the Philippines the
situation viii be greatly mixed. and
they will not hesitate to seek the
friendship of japan and England to the
detriment of all other nations. This
will be for America a truly privileged
situation but the diplomatic role will
be rendered proportionately more diff
cult"
MADRID, Oct. 4-Opinions Of Cen
eral Merritt have reached here and
have caused the worst impressions in
political centers.-
The Impartial published to-day a tel
egram from it's correspondent in Paris
saying that General Merritt expressed
sentiments favorable to the annexation
of the Philippines by the United States.