The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-29
CIV ES UP.
Spain Accepts
Terms.
WILL SIGN TREATY.
Our Demands Consented to
Without Conditions.

Paris Nov 28.-Spain has accepted !
the United States offer Of $4,000, coo, |
and, at joint session of the peace |
commissions this afternoon, consented |
without condition to relinquish cuba
and to cede Porto Rico, Guam and the
Philippines
The document presenting this ac-
ceptance contained only 300 words. 1t
opened with reference TO the final
terms of the United States, and said
that the Spanish commissioners, after
having taken cognizance of the terms
proposed by the Americans, replied that
their government had tried to give as
equitable an answer as possible, but
that they were not prepared to commit
their government to the acceptance of
the principles embodied in the Amer
lean argument; Spain rejects these
principles, the note continues, cas- she
has always rejected them
Basing her attitude upon the Justice
Of her cause, the note then says she
stlll adheres to those principles, (which
She has heretofore invariably form
ulated"
However. the note adds, in her de-
sire for peace she has gone so far as
to propose certain compromises which
the Americans have always rejected.
She has also attempted to have sub
mitted to arbitration some of the ma
terial points upon which the two gov
ernments differed.
These proposals fer arbitration, it is
added, the Americans have equally re-
iected.
These allegations in Spajn's reply
with regard to an attempted al|bitra
ton, refer to her proposal to arbitrate
the construction Of the third article
of the protocol and also to submit the
Spanish colonial debt of Cuba and the
Philippines to arbitration. The last
proposition had been made in d writ
ten communication. Since its pres
Eentation and in return Tor such ar
bitration, Spain offered to cede the ter
ritory in dispute. The Americans re-
fused both propositions for arbitration.
Spain's reply today, in substance,
continued by declaring the United
States had offered, as a kind of com
pensatiOn to Spain, something very
inadequate to the sacrifices that coun-
try made at this moment, and she felt
therefore that the United States pro-
posals could not be considered just
and equitable.
Spain had, however, exhausted all
the resources of diplomacy in an at
tempt to justify her attitude. Seeing
that an acceptance of the proposals
made to Spain was a necessary condi-
! ton to a continuance of negotiations
and seeing that the resources Of Spain
were not such as to enable her to re
enter upon war she was prepared, in
| her desire to avoid bloodshed and from
considerations Of humanity and pa
triot4sm, to submit TO the conditions of
the conquering nation, however harsh
they might be. She was therefore
American commission, as presented at
the last sitting.
The reading and the translation Of
the document occupied less than Ave
minutes At the conclusion of the
translation, tina commissioners emf
powered Senior Ojeda, secretary of
the Spanish commission, and Secretary
Moore of the American commission, to
draw up articles, which should embody
the REIMBURSEMENT of Cuba by Spain
and the cession Of Porto Rico and the
Philippines. These articles. which may
be considered as constituting the con-
ditions of peace, will be ready for sub
mission on Wednesday.
A great deal of interest was taken
in today's meeting The two commits
sions arrived at the foreign office in
! carriages in the rain, almost simultan-
eOuSly, and, repairing to the conference
room, Immediately opened the only
business before them. Senior Montero
Rios, the president of the Spanish COM
mission. has usually preceded the pres
4 ,A.,f
in writing by verbally summarizing the
same. But today he was silent and I'M
usually grave. His face was deeper
/ lined and he clearly showed the mental
strain under which he was laborlng as
he approached the final relingushment
of Spain's colonial possessions. without
a word, Senior MOnteFo Rios produced
the typewriter sheets and passed them
to the interpreter Of the United States
commission, Mr. Ferguson, VINO read
them substantially as cabled, the out
line Of the Spanish document being
furnished later to correspondent of
the Associated Press by Senior Oieda.
The commissioners left the foreign
office Immediately after the secretaries
had been directed to prepare the arti-
Giles of the peace treaty. There was
scarcely any conversation between the
American and Spanish commissioners
after the adjournment Among the
Americans, only the most grave con-
sideration for their Spanish colleagues
was apparent. The Spaniards seemed
to be relieved at having arrived at the
conclusion OF @ long controversy.
Having embodied in the treaty arti-
Giles all the protocol questions, the two
commissions win now enter upon
friendly negotiations regarding the
matters suggested in the American uI-
timatum a week ago, matters subsid-
larry and incidental to the principal
provisions which must form part of the
peace treaty as finally signed.
/ These include the religious freedom
of the Caroline Islands as agreed to -
years ago; the release of political pris-
oners now held by Spain in connection
with the Instructions in Cuba and the
| Philippines the taking over OF the
island Of Kusaie. or ITALIAN in the Car
dimes, for Geographic and naval sta
ton; cable station rights at other
points in Spanish jurisdiction, and re-
newal Of certain treaties previously in
| force between the United States and
Spain, which may have lapsed or been
vtiated by war.
| The American commissioners are we'll
pleased at the successful conclusion Of
their mission as to its chief points The
questions that remain are comparative
lily unimportant and admit of speedy
settlement. The, American commission