Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-15
STILL ANOTHER DELAY,
Spanlards Secure Until Wednesday to
Prepare Their Reply.
IT WILL BE A FINAL STAND.
announced In Paris That They onn.
not Sign Peace Treaty Yie1din~
Frem the Philippines the
Little We 0ncr,

Paris. Nov. l5.-There will be another
oeiay IN the meetings OF the peace COM
mlssioners. Secretary Moore of the
United States commission received
rom secretary o;eda Of the Spanish
commission note saying that the
spanish commissioners had found II
impossible to prepare their memoran-
Gum Tor presentation and asking II the
United States commissioners would be
inconvenience II. owing to the late ar
rival from Madrid Of expected data, the
spaniards should request that the next
meeting be deferred until Wednesday.
secretary Moore replied that the Ameri-
can commissioners were quite ready to
accommodate the Spanish commission
ers IN this matter. ana the Joint session
was practically deferred until Wednes-
day next.
Importance Is attached to this DELAY.
II being regarded as indicating that the
Spanish commissioners are preparing
Tor final stand In these negotiations.
ana 1t may now be definitely stated
that the spaniards here will not sign a
treaty OF peace which yields to Spain
no more from the Philippine islands
than has thus far been offered or indi-
Gated by the Americans.
Should the latter announce that the
United States 10 only willing to reim-
ourse Spain for her pacific expenditures
IN the Philippine islands the Spanish
commissioners with reply that their mis-
sion 10 finished. Should this occur 1t Is
possible the spaniards will also suggest
a suspension Of the negotiations
through the commissions and the re.
sumption Of negotiations between Mad.
rid and Washington.
This attitude Of the Spa niards Is ex.
planned by the fact that the members
OF tbs Spanish commission have polite
al alliances and personal responsible
ties to constituencies ana the national
creditors Of Spain which restrict them
to certain lines, which are as far as
the ministry at Madrid cares to 60.
Would XIII Them Politically.
1t is pointed out that If the Ave Span
ish commissioners here signed a treaty
yielding the Philippine islands to the
United States without lessening Spain q
debt In an appreciable degree they
could not return home with the pros
pect of any political future before
them, and possibly would be in danger
Of violence at the hands Of mobs.
At the next meeting Of the commits
sions the Americans will learn the def
mite attitude of Spain on any PROPOSE
ton thus far made. The spaniards.
however. in this presentation will not
declare all negotiations Closed. They
will insist that the sovereignty Of Spain
over the Philippines is beyond question.
but will announce spaihs readiness Ia
yield that sovereignty for an adequate
equivalent and wifi then invite nesotia-
lions under the Spanish construction OF
the protocol.
The American commissioners may
then communicate their final attitude
to the Spaniards, but the Americans
| are expected at a future meeting to
present carefully prepared conclusion
OF their contention and conditions
Should they be no different from those
| already presented the time will then
have arrived when Spain will declare
herself helpless. though steadfast. and
will await the next step of the United
States, whatever 1t may be. Thus Spain
will be able to say to her creditors that
she has done her utmost, and that the
issue must rest between them and the
United States.