Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-12-10

IT'S FINISHED
Judge Day Announces the Com
pletiOn Of the Treaty With
Spain.
The Signatures Now Only Wait
Upon the EngrOsSing of the
Document.
Paris Dispatch Says Americans
We're Apprehensive, Even at
the Last Session.
Diplomatic Incident of Historic
Importance Promised by
France.

PARIS, Dec. 9.-The treaty is finished.
The Spaniards have declined to grant
most of the requests of the United
States which were unsettled at the be-
Ginning of the session They refused to
oede coaling station in the Caroline
islands to the United States. Judge
Day said:
1--WE have settled all the points on
which we can agree. 1t only remains
to engross and sign the treaty. That
will be done in two or three days"
The members Of the commission say
the treaty will contain little outside OF
the scope of the Washington protocol,
and the matters directly based thereon,
like the provisions for the evacuation
of the ceded territories, the transfer of
public property therein, and guarantees
of the safety of the property and rights
of the Spanish citizens remaining there.
PARIS, Dec. 9.-When the American
peace commissioners entered the joint
conference they were in a nervous frame
of mind. They evidently had reasons
to believe that possibility existed,
even at this late hour; that there might
be rupture This feeling of apprehen-
sion was based on the temper the Span
iards have displayed lately. This week
the commissioners of Spain have not con-
cealed the fact that having failed to gain
all the important points, they were In
different as to whether or not the COR
ference resulted in a settlement OF peace
by signing of a treaty by which Spain
loses all her colonies.
A miscarriage of the negotiations
would leave their political prestige at
home no worse, if not in better posi-
ton than if they signed the treaty. The
Americans have been anxious not to give
the Spaniards any pretext to break off
negotiations, or take offense, SO far as
the exercise of patience and diplomacy
could steer clear of protests.
The Madrid papers are disposed to re-
vive the question of the Maine and ex-
cite public opinion against the United
States On account of the reference made
to this subject in President McKinley's
message to congress. They report that
Senior Montero Rios, president of the
Spanish commission, made an impas-
stoned denunciation Of President Nc
Kinley at the last joint meeting of the
commissions But these reports are
practically without foundation.
Senior Rios did refer to the Maine, but
in only one calmly worded sentence, ex-
pressing regret that the president had
spoken, as Spaniards thought, unjustly
of them. The Spaniards had already
proposed at this conference to have the
responsi bi1ity of the Maine reported
upon by joint commission of the Euro
pean powers. The American commits
sioners refused to listen to this and per-
mitted Senior Rios reference to the pres
ident's message to pass unchallenged, as
discussion would have provoked de-
bate and bad blood.
Predict Diplomatic yocident.
Diplomatic circles in Paris predict, as
one OF the results Vi Gn6 GI0dby, d u1plo-
matte contest between France and the
United States which will have an i'm
portant chapter in history.
The French government is reported to
have resolved to take up the case of the
French holders of Cuban bonds, and it
is believed France will declare that the
population Of the bonds is a result of
the treaty which the victorious nation
imposed upon Spain. They argue that
through the treaty responsibility has
been shifted upon America, and there
fore the French government will en-