Griggs courier., 1898-12-15
PEACE treaty Is SIGNED.
Commissioners Representing Spain
and America Conclude Their
Work in Paris.
Il CONSISTS OF SEVENTEEN ARTICLES.


President Mckinley Sends Con-
gratulations The Expenses In-
CURED by the eAmericans-Protest
Made by the Spanish Government.
Paris, Dec. 12-The treaty of peacs
was signed at s:45 Saturday evening.
The treaty as signed consists of II ar
ticles, it having been found advisable
to subdivide two or three of the articles
in the draft agreed upon at the last
meeting. The commissioners of the
two nations wrote their signatures on
two copies of the treaty. one copy be-
ing for the archives. The document
was prepared by Secretary Moore, in
behalf of the United States commits
sioners. and by Senor Villa Rutia for
Spain, on account of the continued ill
ness of Secretary Ojeda. of the spsnish
commission. Each copy contains the
English and Spanish texts of the treaty
in parallel columns. The wording had
been approved previously by the COM
missions without joint meeting, SO
there was no controversy on this SUBJ
ject.
Principal Features.
The essential features of the peace
treaty are as follows:
First-The customary preface Of treaties
In the nature Of an expression of amity and
Of hope for perpetual peace.
Second-The REIMBURSEMENT by Spain Of
her sovereignty over Cuba.
Third-The withdrawal Of all Spanish
troops.
Observation-Disclosures by Spain of
sovereignty over Porto Rico.
Fifth-spain's cession of the Philippines
sixth-The withdrawal Of the Spanish
troops there.
Of $40. 900 for the Philippines.
.Eighth-The provision for the "open
door" commercial policy in the Philippines.
Ninth-Cable station rights in other Span
isti colonies.
9enth-Release Of Cuban and Philippine
political prisoners.
Eleventh-Mutual abandoning Of all
claims for indemnity.
President Sends Congratulations.
Washington. Dec. 12.-The officia!
news of the signing of the peace treaty
was received in Washington a little
later than the press reports. 1t was IN
cipher form, as usual, from Judge Day.
1t was at once transmitted to the pres
ident, who was alone at the time. but
within a comparatively short time al:
the members of the cabinet had either
called or sent their congratulations.
The presidents congratulations were
promptly cabled to the commission.
The news of the signing had been SD
thoroughly discounted that the actual
receipt of the official advices created
little stir here. There was general
feeling Of relief. however. that no un-
foreseen circumstance intervened at
the last moment to block the peaceful
close of the negotiations.
Expenses of the Commission.
The following figures give the esti-
mated expenses incurred by the Amer
ican members of the peace commission.
now spending their seventy-first day in
Paris. up to this time:
Salaries Of commissioners. $30, 900: salary
of secretary. $4,000; compensation of inter-
prefers. legal advisers. ETC.. $4,000: steam
ship passage for party. 5000: hotel accom-
modations. $4,000: personal expenses Of
party. incidentals. ETC.. $4,000: services of
special employees. $4,000. Total. 100000.
The American peace commission is
composed of five members, secretary.
score or more translators. type
writers. stenographers and a retinue of
servants. In all. 80 persons were in the
party.
Protest Approved.
Madrid, Dec 12.-The government
entirely approves the memorandum of
protest against the action of the United
States commissioners filed by Senor
Nontero Rios at Paris.
The memorandum protests against
the refusal of the Americans to surren-
der the securities deposited in the
treasures of Cuba and Porto Rico by
private Spaniards. remarking that
"never has civilized nation commit
ted such an act Of violence"
Secondly, it protests against the ulti-
matum demanding the Philippines.
Thirdly. it protests against the posi-
tion in which those spaniards are
placed who desire to remain in Cuba.
Fourthly, it protests against the ref
erence to the destruction of the Maine
in President McKinley's message to the
United States congress. On this point
the memorandum says:
"Spain has proposed arbitra tion but the
United States refuses to give her the right
which Is granted to a criminal, namely, the
right of defending herself. The Spanish
commissioners leave the care of fixing the
responsibility for the explosion to the en-
tire world. which will say whether those
are responsible who desire the truth or
those refusing to seek II"
Women Are Aroused.
New York, Dec. 9. = Efforts to pre-.
vent Brigham H. Roberts, representa-