The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-15
III IS FAIRLY LAUNCHED
Peace Commissioners Hold Their
Fifth Joint Session. ~
THE VALUE OF The MAINE
This Item May Be Included In the United
etsses' Classification Against In
so-CaIled Cuben Debt-orai
Discussions.

Paris, Oct. 1l-Commander Bradford
Of the United States navy. who has ar
rived from Washington. vas examined
this morning by the United States
peace commissioners relative to the
conditions In the Philippines.
The fifth Joint session of the two COM
missions was convened at 2 O'Clock to-
day. 1t may be said the first, SECOND
and third meetings scarcely penetrated
the surface Of any protocol point and
less Sill the marrow. Last Tuesday,
however. there was a marked Spanish
presentment regarding the Cuban debt.
which has during the recess brought
the Americans to serious preparations
for the adjustment Of their diplomatic
forces n the formulation of q plan
upon which they may ultimately stand
In relation to the Cuban phase of the
mission here.
The session was two hours longer
than n previous one. The American
reply to the Spanish presentation of
Tuesday was submitted and read. An
oral discussion followed, occupying the
time until abou 10 minute after s
o'clock, when the commissions ad-
journed until Monday next.
1t is believed the Spanish submitted.
as their construction Of the protocol.
hat IL was just to consider Spain as
having equities dischargable by the
American assumption of Cuban obliga-
tions. 1t is not unlikely that the Amer
leans voiced the conviction hat fair
equities to the United States in war ex-
pense were incurred by. the United
States and possibly, though not posi-
lively. the Americans may schedule
the value of the battreship Maine
among the expenditures possible of
classification against the so-called Gu
hon Anht IynuraxAr ~ No hA nnnatd-
cred certain that the commissions have
arrived at a point from which hence
forth the joint sessions will be occp-
pied bv oral discussions as well as by
written presentations of propositions.
The work is now thoroughly entered
upon. though 1t is not likely that any
segment mas been polished and finished
for a place In the final treaty.
The Philippine question has not yet
been entered upon.
The Spanish ambassador, Senior Leo
y Castillo, will give a breakfast in hon.
or OF the Spanish commissioners Sat
urday and the United States ambassa-
dor. Gen. Horace Porter. will give a
breakfast on Tuesday. at which NJ.
Cambon, the former French ambassa-
dor at Washington. Gen. Wesley Mer-
rift and Commander Bradford will be
present.
. London. Oct. 15.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Standard. under date
of Thursday and by way of Bayonne,
France. says: The results Of the Paris
commission excite daily increased in
terest here since II has become known
that America insists on no modification
of the terms of the protocol. Inspired
paragraphs nave appeared In many pa
pers, abiding to the possibility OF mat
tiers coming to such a pass, through
the exaggerated p~retensions of the
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obliged to appeal to the European pow
ers to arbitrate or intervene. Both the
government and public opinion of Spain
have INDUCED the Illusion that diplom-
acy would obtain from the United
States. in M Philippine question n
the Cuban debt. compensations for the
loss of the West Indies and for the
grave consequences which foreign and
colonial wars will have upo Spanish
finances.