Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-12-01
SPAIN ACCEPTS.
We Get Cuba. Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines Under Protest.
Also . Strong Island in the Caroline Group
and the Right to Lay Cables on Any
of These Islands or Any of
the LadroneG

best authority that spain accepts the
SO 900. 900 for the cession of the Phil
ippinc islands. but under protest. The
formal signing of the papers in which
Spain yields to the American demands
will occur on Monday. IL is under
proposed to The Spaniards tariff for
revenue only in the Philippines. Spain
wanted special trade privileges The
proposition Of the Americans means an
open door for all in the Philippines. as
it puts all nations ON an equal footing
~ far IA trade is concerned.
LONDON. Nov. ga Central News
dispatch from Madrid says that Senior
Montero Rios, chairman of the Span
ish peace commission. has informed
the government that the Americans in
clude possession of the Sooloo Archi-
pelago ia their demands.
The Sooloo, or Sulu, Archipelago.
which the Americans are said to have
included in their demand on Spain, lies
between BorEeo and Mindanao. of the
Philippine group. 1t would be of great
strategic value in naval operations,
and affords opportunities for guarding
the southern islands of the Philippine
group, that could not otherwise be had.
PARIS, Nov. 2s.--The result of the
peace negotiations between Spain and
the United States will probably be
known Monday, when the time limit
of the uiimatum delivered by the
Americans expires.
Negotiations have been carried on
| through written communications on
the part of both sides. Senior Rios has
made a number of counter proposals to
the Americans. These are said to be
about as follows:
/. Spain viii relinquish sovereignty
over Cuba and cede Porto Rico and the
other islands of the Spanish West In
dies, the whole of the Ladronc islands
and the whole of the Philippine islands
for s21. OOO. 900.
,. Spain will code a strong island in
the Caroline group. give the United
States the right to lay cables on any
of those islands or any of the La
droncs.
8. Spain will rclinquish sovereignty
over Cuba, cede the Philippines. Porto
Rico and other West Indian islands,
and Guam as indemnity for the war
expenses of the United States. and the
losses to American citizens. and the
two countries shall agree to submit to
| arbitration what debts and oh igations
of a colonial character ought to be as
sumcd by the receiving country.
The old bluff of a possibility of a
cessation of negotiations has also
been conveyed, bu. it will be in vain.
The prospects are that all of the
counter proposals will he answered
Saturday. as the American commits
sioncrs have received further in
structions from Washington cover
ing the new points. Ii is
intinatCd that all of the proposals will
be rejected, and that the Americans
will stick to their demands as formu-
lated in the ultimatum of last Mon
day.
The belief is general that the Spap-
iards will accept the situation with the
best grace possible.
| LONDON. Nov. 2S.-Thc Madrid CORE
spouGcnt of the Standard says:
The cabinet has concluded that the
wisest policy is to accept the American
terms, leaving to the Spanish commits
s:oncrs FIJI Iowcr to secure the best
possible indemnity ard to place ON rec
ord, if the American commissioners
will permit. protest against the
American Interpretation of the proto-
col IS affecting the Philippines and
aga inst TIE peace conditions gener-
ally.
The decision of the cabinet is APP
proved in political and tSsEz al circles.
understand however, thge>t!c dc
| liberaticrs Of the ministers were very
pro.racted. senior SGgasta, Duke Al
modovar de Rio and Senior Puigcerver
had great difficulty in inducing some
of their colleagues to accept the small
indemnity"