The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-29
SPANlARDS YIELD.
AT the Last Moment the Dons Accent
the Terms Of America.
is DONE UNDER A PROTEST
Spain at No Time Recognized Americas
Right, but Yields to Might.
A VAST AMOUNT OF NEW TERRITORY.
The Philippines, the SuluS, Guam and Porto
Rico viii Be Coded.
AND CUBANS GAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
All that Now Remains IL the Draw
ing up AMI signing of II For
mni Treaty of Peace.
A VAST AMOUNT OF NEV TERRITORY.
The Philippines, the Sulus, Guam and Porto
Rico Will Be Coded.
IND CUBANS GAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE.
All that Now Remains IL the Draw
ing up AMI signing of II For
mnl Treaty of Peace.
Special Dispatch to Tho Post,

Especial Dispatch TO The Post.)
Washington, November 2S. - Every
American must view the work accom-
plished by Tire peace commissioners in
Paris today with satisfaction. Courteously
but with consistent firmness tAe objects
they have been striving for during the last
two months We're achieved. The Spanish
commissioners have bsen compelled 10
yield by force of circumstances TO realize
the hopelessness of further opposition and
TO accept the inevitable. In other words,
the title of the United States to the pos
session OF q vast colonial territory was
confirmed and ratified today at the meet
ing OF the joint commission in Paris. This
territory includes Porto Rico. the ISLAND
OF Guam aud the Philippine arch pelago,
considered in its broadcast sense, that is
TO say. comprising the Sulu islands. At
the same time the Spanish sovereignty
over Cuba was also relinquished.
1t must be patent 10 everyone who ha :;
ipttlligently followed bhe negotiations from
their inception that the struggle between
the two commissions has been keen one.
was possible to form a fairly accurate idea
Of the progress Of the conference.
TIE length of the proceedings alone
would MITIGATE that every concession has
been hardly wrested from the Spanish dele
gates, while the completeness OF their sur
render proves the moral strength OF the
American position.
The American commissioners gradually
and skilfwlly bound down their adyersaries
10 the real isSle.
week ago it became manifest that the
moment had arrived whsn Spain must de-
eide between accepting the essential con-
ditions Of the United States or the resump-
ton OF hostilities, At this SESSION the
American commissioners presented long
detailed reply 10 all the Spanish objections
The arguments were shown TO b. mad
misslblea The different points of law raised
by Spain were discussed and disposed OF
aud the Americans finally pointed out that
as the negotiations had now lasted over two
months, it was impossible TO prolong the
unreasonably strained situation that at
any moment might jeoparlize anew the
peace of the civilized word. They, there
Il t,,In hut 81 n Ia
guage gave Spain the choice between an
acceptance of their terms OF u fresh APP
peal 20 arms.
These terms were: First the relinquisn-
meEt of Spanish sovereignty in Cuba. sec
ond. the complete and unconditional cession
land of Guam ard the PHI ppinas between
latitudes degrees and 20 degrees north
and longitude l15 degrees and 1870 degrees
east.
l'nis delmltation OF the philippines can
not have been an ableIGhought upon the
part of the commiss .cners, for a careful
collation. of information fran various
sources proves that from the very begin
ming they included the Sulu Archipelago
in the Philippine group to Which it be-
longs, both geographically and polit cally,
as il has always BEEN governed from Ma
Mia, view simply borne out by the ac-
ton OF Germany and Great Britain some
twenty years ago.
Upon the condition raat thise seliminar-
les should be accepted the United States
expressed t'her willingness
to DISCUSS amicably the settlement CT the
various questions which the change OF
regimes make 1t desirable 10 have regu-
lated.
Among unese was the purchase OF an
islanlt in the Carolines, preferably ualon,
the most easterly Of the group for cable
tation, the release Of political prisoners