The Portland daily press., 1898-11-04

Iac1 Is Irrelevant II will then lie frankly
urged by ner commissioners that spain
mas pawned the revenues of the Philip
pines and of Cuba; that she did SO in
good faith to her creditors and, this being
true, that she has no moral right to give
away or re.hypothecate territory already
pledged.
Senior Rios will urge that should Spain
take that course, her creditors might fair
ly charge her with defrauding them, to
save for herself the Canaries, Carolines
and Baleario islands and to avoid possible
oommiss toner's will protest that such q
transaction would be intolerable to Spain
as it would brand her as q robber and
poltroon. They will declare to the Ameri
caus that rather than be SO pilloried by
their creditors. they will, If they must
be deprived of their remaining colonies
and suffer devastation of their mai inland.
If the United States feels it high duty
to retain the Philippines, Spain's ENJOYS
Will declare that she has an equally sacred
duty in holding them to the pledge OF
their revenues in honorable Indebtedness.
ana that, while possibly unable to make
good the indebtedness in dollars. Spain
can, If only by fruitless adherence to
her purpose, save her name from the
brand of theft
This statement of the Spanish conten-
tlon comes from a source which gives it
all the weight possible to any Spanish
utterance, and, in the presence of these
conditions, the two commissions will
meet again tomorrow.
PROCTOR THINKS WE MUST TAKE
ALL
Montpelier, Vt, November 3. United
States Senator Redfeld Proctor, who ar
rived here yesterday from trip abroad
this forenoon, addressed the joint assem-
bly, of the House and Senate. Senator
Proctor's address was brief and was con-
fined to an outline of the foreign situation
which now confronts the government of
ths United States. The Senator said
1--WE must assume some responsibility
in the far east, whether 1t be greater or
less. In my opinion the response bilities
in the far east are bound to be greater.
Many wise and patriotic men in the eoun-
try believe we should retain no herrttory
or control any part in the Philippine ISL
ands, beyond cOaling station or posi-
bly, single island. I recognize the cogency
of their argument but have failed to see
clearly any practical way of carrying out
their views.
''If any jurisdiction is assumed in the
east there is no logical stopping place
short of the whole of the Philippines. 10
establish divided sovereignty would in
vite trouble. Since that May morning
when the Spanish feet was destroyed it
has seemed to me practically settled that
Spain must surrender her entire control
of the Philippines.
DOES NOT EXPECT
BREACH TODAY.
Washington, November By way of
preparation for what may happen at the
meeting of the peace commissioners in
Paris tomorrow, it may be said that the
officials here expect that the Spanish
commissioners will come in with
counter proposition, the basis of which
will probably be considerable increase
in the sum of money to be paid to the
Spanish government for the Philippines.
This will open a way to negotiations on
that subject and as the commissioners
spent about six weeks considering the
sections of the protocol dealing with Cuba
and Porto Rico, it is reasonable to believe
that at least few days may be properly
allowed for the discussion of the Philip
pines. The officials here do not expect a
final breach of relations between the COM
missioners to occur tomorrow, notwith-
standing the comments of unfriendly Eu-
ropean newspapers in that line.
SPAIN FEELING BADLY.
Madrid. November s.--Tke announce
ment of the ,ihtentions of the United
States regarding the Philippines shas
greatly excited the public here. 1t is
generally recognized, however. that it
would be absolutely futile to appeal to
Europe which has abandoned Spain to
her fate.
The newspapers protest vigorously
against the Incredible scynicism and
abuse OF strength of the Americans"
The ministerial Ell Globo exclaims:
Europe and America seem determined
to sanction by cowardice and selfishness
a crime that will be a blot upon the his
tory of the century,
SPANIARDS WON'T AGREE
Paris, November 3.-The generally ac-
cepted view here of the peace negotiations
is that the Spaniards will not agree to
the propositions submitted by the Ameri-
cans to take the Philippine islands and to
Spain for the money spent up
on permanent improvements in those ISL
ands But. there is a conflict of opinion
as to whether the Spanish commissioners
tomorrow will present counter propo-
sltion. This matter, it is added, was un-
decided at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
OUR GERMAN FRIENDS.
Berlin, November 4.-The German pa
pers renew their attacks upon President
The kolnische ZeltunR says: Amerl-
can annexation of the Philippines would
iujure German interests, be-
sides furnishing with shame the arms of
the cong ueror and winning for Spain the
sympathy Of the world
The Vossische Zeitung thinks that
court of arbitration would award sthe
to neither America nor Spain.
FENNESSEY CASE CLOSED.
Boston, November 3.-The Fennessey
court of inquiry closed it's sessions this