The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-11-22
The POpuiace Is CIamOring for
Peace at ANY Price, ReaIlz-
ing Hopeless Situation.
THE PHILIPPINES ARE LOST
Pact shOSId BE Acknowledged and
Peaes-Asksrs Should Get Best Pos
Sibls Terms from UsIted Ststss.

NEW YORK. Nov. n,-A disDasch 70
the Tribune from Madrid says,
The meeting at sarsgoasa Of delexntas
from all the chambers OF commerce Of
Spain dlscioses deep and bltter disssas-
faction at the delay Of the Paris confer
enee to reach definite agreemMt "A
to the terms oe peace.
II anything cou.d be gained by Spain
In attempting to elude the American DE-
mands the business communities wouId
offer no objections. But the chambers Of
commerce, which represent the practical
common sence Of the country. are unan-
imous in denouncing the systematic OBJ
struction and prucrastnnaaon PLANNED
Vy sasasta and carried out by Montero
Rios. The merchnts and manufacturers
consider the Philippines already prac-
acally lost 20 Spain and urge that the
only wise course Ii frankly to acknow-
ledge that fact as speedily as possible
to get the best terms the Americans are
willing to give
Der OF commerce even goes 20 Ear a. to
The president OF the Barcelona cham
say thar the petufogging technlchalItIes
and bubbles with Montero Rios. as he
understands. has opposed the demands
Of the United States commissioners are
likN'-' to irritate the Americans and in
duce President Mckinley to reconsider
the indefnity he may intend to oner In
regard to the Philippines.
These views, which accurately reject
the views Of che eommercsal and mer-
camille communities. are shared by the
masses OF the population. Il is the func-
tionaries. the monastic orders and the
politicians who support sagasta and
Mentero Rios in their suicidal obstlnacy
for retaining the Philippines.
Weyler, whose influence with the army
IS greatly increasing owing to the discOn-
tent Of Of the returned and unpaid ON
GERS. and who is now recognized by sa-
gasta as an important factor in the DO
litical situation. has strongly urged the
premier. with whom he Is now, singulariy
enough, on very friendly terms, TO stand
to his guns on MonterO Rios interpreta-
tion Of the protocol even al the risk Of
renewing hostilities The queen regent
remains convinced that any further OBJ
strucuOn at Paris is not only useless
but harmful.
Financial and commercial pressure has
been put on sagasta. wao is now believed
to have instructed Monter1 Rios to pro-
ceed to the discussion Of the amount Of
indemnity TO be paid by the United
States in regard to the Philippines, after
having placed on record an emphatic pro-
test against the American Interpretation
Of article three, coupled with a declara-
ton that Spain yields solely to superior
force.
These diplomatic instructions mean in
plain English that the Spanish commis-
sioners at Paris will consent to give up
the Philippines rather than have Spanish
ssapOrts bombarded by an American
squadron, but will do so haughtily, as In
solently and sulkily as possible. sagasta
is confident that MOntero Rios will carry
out these instructions in spirit and let
ter.
1t is impossible to conceal the fact that
animosity in official circles here against
the United States Is more bitter now
than during the war. The feeling does
not exist among the masses OF the peo-
pie. Apprehension prevails in financial
circles lest the childish sullziness which
Sagasta and Montero Rios are about to
manifest in yielding to the American de-
mands may induce the washington cab
met to cancel or diminish the Philippine
indemnity in regard to the amount OF
which the widest exaggerNtions are cur
rent. Forty million dollars is considered
the smallest sum that can DO proposed.
In sanguine circles $780, 900 and even
$500 100000 are spoken Of as the amount
OF the indemnity.