Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-02
SPAIN YIELDS ALL TO Us
Their Note of Submission Pre-
Sented to the American
Commissioners.
DIPLOMACY EXHAUSTED.
Peace Treaty Ordered Drafted and
Submitted to Joint Session of
Commissioners.

Unable to Fight Longer, the Spaniards
Accept Our Terms observation-disclosures
Important Session Was Brief and Inn
pressive-Their commissioners Are Dig
nified, But Melancholy.
Paris, Nov. 3O.-Spain has accepted
Americas offer of $20,000,000 ana has
consented. without condition. to re
linQuish sovereignty over Cuba. and
to cede to the United States Porto
Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Her answer to the American ultima
tum was presented at the joint meet
lng of the two Peace Commissions. 1t
contains only $50 words.
1t begins with reference to the
final terms of the United States. and
says the Spanish Commissioners re-
ply that their Government has tried
10 give as equitable an answer as pos
,sible, but that they are not prepared
Ito commit their Government to acc, pit
ing the principles embodied in the Am
,prcan argument. The note continues
in substance thus:
Spain rejects these principles as
she always has rejected them. Bas-
ing her attitude upon the Justice of her
cause. she still adhcrpS to the princi-
pies she has invariably formulated.
However, in her desire for peace
she has gone so far as to propose GER
tain compromises, which the Ameri-
cans have always rejected. She has
also tried to have submitted to arhitra-
ton some material points upon which
the two Governments differed (articlc
3 of the protocol and the Cuban and
Philippine debts. The proposition to
.arbitrate the Americans likewise re
jectcd.
"The United States have offered as
n sort of compensation something very
inadequate to Une sacrifices Spain
makes now. ana she feels that the
United States proposals cannot be con
sidcrcd just and equitable.
But Spain has exhausted all the re
sources of diplomacy in trying To jus
tiiy her attitude. Seeing that accept
nncp of the proposal is necessary 20 the
continuing of negotiations. and that
Spain's resources viii not enable hnr to
renew the war. sha is prepared III her
desire to avoid hloodShcd. and from
considerations of humanity and patri-
Otisn. 10 submit 10 the conditions of
the conquering nation. however harsh
they may be. Therefore she is ready
10 accept the proposals of the Ampri-
can Commission, as presented at the
last sitting"
The commissioners then authorized
Secretary Moore. of the American
Commission, and Secretary Oipda of
the Spanish Commission. to draw up
articles emJodying the rclnQuishing of
Cuba by Spain and the ceding of Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
simultaneously at the Foreign Ministry
i'll carriages in the rain. and started i'm
mediately upon the only business be-
fore them.
Senior Montero Rios, President of the
Spanish Commission, usually has pre-
faced the presenting of a SPANS note
by verbally summarizing it. but he was
silent and unusually grave; his face
WAS deeper lined, and lie clearly show
ed mental strain. Without Il word he
produced two typewritten sheets and
passed them to the interpreter for the
United States Commission. Mr.. FERGUS
ON. who read them.
The Commissioners left the FOREIGN
Mnistery Immediately after the sec
rCtaricS had been directed to draw uD
peace treaty. There was scarcely
any conversation between the two sets
of commissioners. The Americans cX-
hihitrd the deepest consideration for
hc SpaniardS. who seemed to be re
licvcd at having reached the end Of
long controversy.
The American demands included the
acquiring of all the Philippines and
Sulu Archipelagos for S2O.O0O.Op and
it is understood the United States will
buy the Caroline group.