Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-21
IPOPULACE DISGuSTED.
Meeting Of Delegates from Chambers Of Com
merce al Safagossa.
POLICY OF REPRESENTATION CRITICISED
sp.al.h Merchant. resr that Petty ouib-
bling May irri,sis America and
Cause Fresh unpisasantness.

New York, Nov. ALA dispatch to tho
Tribune from Madrid says
The meeting a, saragossa Of dele
gates from all the chambers OF COM
mcrce Of spain diseioses deep and Bit
set Installation at the delay VI the
Pans conference 10 reach a definite
agreement as to the terms Of peace. II
anything could be gained ~ spain IN
Attempting to eiude che American de-
manda she business communities would
oner no objections. bus the chambers
Of commerce, which represent the prae-
teal conmonsense VI the country are
unanimous In denouncing the systcma-
tic nbstrucNon aud procraHtinatiOn
planned by SaRasta and carried out ny
MOntefJ ltOs. The merchants ana
manufacturers consider the philippines
already practically lost " spain ana
urge that the only wise course "
frankly 10 acknowiedgc that fact and
a. speedily ~ possible TO get the best
terms the Americans are wiliing to
give.
The PrcsdenG Of the Barcelona cham
her Of commerce even secs % Tar az 80
say that the pettlfogrns tcchnlcaiiilea
and bubbles with which MonterO NpH,
az he understands, has opposed the de-
mands % the United states commits
slonsrr are likely 10 irriiaic the Amer
leans and induce President Mckinney
a. recon- der the indemnify he may in-
tend 10 offer In regard to the Phihp-
pines.
These Views. which accurately reflect
the convictions Of the commercial ana
mercantile communities, ar shared ~
the masses OF the population. " " ths
funct .onarfos. the Monastlc orders ani
the politicians who support stgastn
aud Nuutefo Rios In their suicidal 'b'
stlnacy for rctairsnK ;hc Philippines.
wcyler. whose iniiucnce With th'
army 10 greatly increasing OWING 10 IN,
discomfort OF the returned ond unpaid
| Oh ers and WIN N now recognized ~
sngasta az an important factor IN IN,
Political Situation has strongly urged
| the premier. with whom he II nov
s.nguiarly enough, ON very ftfondly
/ terms, to stand 10 his guns on Montet,
Rios. Interpretation ~ the third article
Of the protocol, even at the rirk OF tc
ncwing hOstiitles. The queen regent re-
strucrion az Pans IN not only useless
but harmful.
Financial and commercial prcssur'
| has been put upon SagaHia who ID nov
believed 60 have Instructed MOn,ei,
Rios 60 proceed 10 the discussion Of M
| amount OF Indemnify 90 he pAlu Nv ln'
United States In regard 10 the phiiiD
pines. after having placed on record At
emphatic psotcA; against she American
Instrumentation OF article threa. couple,
with declaration that spain Yield
,,oley to superior force. Thee. diplo
matte Instructions mean IN plain Enc
fish that the Spanish commissioners a
Paris will consent % give up the Phil
lpppn,r rather than have spanish sea
fsSrtH bomhariei by an America
squadron. bun will a. % hauHhtily. "a
inrolently and suikiiy aa possible. IA
gaata ~ confdeN that Mon,er RIO
VIII carry out these instructions Il
rpir.; and letter.
II IL impossible 10 conceal the fac
that luminosity IN offlciai circles her
aratns, the United States " more bit
ter now than during the war. This feel
Ing does mot exist amJnW the manSe
~ the people. Apprehension prevails Il
financai circles lest the childish Hulkl
ness which aaRasta and Muutero RIO
are about 90 manifest IN their manne
~ yielding 90 the American demand
may induce the Washington cabinet 3
cancel or diminish the Phisppine N
demnly IN regard to the amount q
which the widest eSavxerttlnfs mr.
current. forty million dollars N con
sidered she smallest sum that can h
proposed. In ainRusne quarters 800.
100000 and even 5000. 900 are spoke
OF a. the amount az the Indemnity.