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AMERICANS EXPECT
1 ALMOST ANYTHING
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED AT A
BREAKING OFF OF NE
GOTIATIONS
HONOR OF SPANIARDS
A MATTER OF MONEY

If the United States VIII Pay a Suf-
ficientIy Large Price Sagasta's
ton to Giving Up the Whole Phil
ippine Group - DOns Expect to
Receive Moral Support of Europe
PARIS, Oct. 30-Senor Montero Rios,
president of the Spanish peace commits
sion, IS i'll. This causes some doubt as
to whether there viii be joint session
Of the commission tomorrow. If he is
unable to attend it is unlikely that the
SpaniardS would care to enter the con-
ference TO take up the Philippine ques-
tiOn for initial consideration. There Is
a strong impression that the Spaniards
have been receiving assurances of the
American determination to take the en-
tire Philippine group with compensa-
tion, and they are mortified by the at
titude of the Spanish newspapers ar
irving here today. They are found to
have wheeled into line with the Epoca
which demands that the Spanish COM
mission sign treaty in Paris no mat
ter how enormous the conditions i'm
posed by the Americans
Nevertheless, despite the attitude of
the Spanish press, and despite the at.
titude of the Spanish government.
which declares that the Spaniards here
have no intention of withdrawing, the
Americans would not be surprised if
one or more of the Spanish commits
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based upon the fact that Senor Rios
early last week would have resigned If
his doing so had not imperiled the Sa-
gasta ministry. If Senor Rios were in
clned to resign, he might in the open
contention over the Philippines feel
that his resignation might help Senol
Sagasta on the ground that the de-
mand of the United States for the en-
tire Philippine group would be extor-
uonate. 1t is believed here that on the
eve Of taking UP the main question
the Spanish commissioners are not like
ly to acquiesce in any treaty that the
Americans might sign.
TWO WEIGHTY QUESTIONS.
On the Philippine matter two
Weighty questions are likely to be
raised by the Spaniards The first is
on the phrase control, disposition and
government of the archipelago; the
Spaniards doubtless holding that the
wording disposition" does not involve
possession, though they know that
possession" was originally written in
the protocol and changed to "disposi-
ton on NJ. Cambon's intervention on
behalf Of Spanish sentiment CoIIat-
eral IS a secondary consideration. pos
slbly to be merged with the first, that.
when the protocol was signed, there
was an oral or moral agreement be-
tween Judge Day and NJ. Cambon that
neither the protocol nor It's terms
should, in the treaty negotiations, in
volve Spanish sovereignty in the Phil
ippine archipelago.
On this point, Judge Day has al
ready pOintedly denied the existence
OF any implied understanding outside
OF that written in the protocol, and
that contention Is supported by the
French yellow book. M. Cambon
however, has given the matter some
significance by omitting to deny the
report, although the omission Of the
word possession was first printed in
the Paris papers and reiterated di-
rectly and by inference
The joint session, II 1t is held to1aor-
row, will begin at p. m. The Amer
lean case is ready for presentation.
The Spanish commissioners are quite
sincere, apparently, in their opinion
that an American demand for the
whole Of the Philippines without COM
pensation would be a violation Of in
ternatfonal comfy, If made now after
hostilities have been suspended under