Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-08-06

AMERICAS ANSWER
TO SPANISH NOTE
President and a Majority Of the
Cabinet Agree Upon Terms
to Be offered.
ANSWER GOES TO CAMBON TODAY
Destiny of the Philippines to Be Left
to a Commission From Both
Countries.
ANSWER GOES TO CAMBON TODAY
SUGGESTIVE NEWS FROM DEWEY
His Telegram Has Much 90 DO WITH
the Cabinets RESOLUTIONS in
Relation To the Phil
ippincs.

Washington, Aug. 1.-The papeI
prepared by Day as an answer of tn,
United States TO SPANS peace pro
posal, as laid before the cabinet today
contained LOO words. IT is now un
derstood the president and a majority
Of the cabinet favor a retention Of
coaling station at Manila and to eXer
else practically the same sovereignty
over the city and port as is exercised by
Great Britain at Hong Kong. This, i
is believed, will be the final result ol
today's meeting. a commission vii.
probably be suggested TO carry into
execution certain governmental re
forms which this government, it is be.
lieyed, will insist upon.
Cabinet AjOurned.
The cabinet adjourned at ] p. m. As
to the Philippines it vas decided tc
leave their government open for the
present, TO be determined later by q
commission to be appointed by tho
two countries, the United States in the
meanwhile TO exercise control and iu.
risdiction over Manila, its harbor and
the Immediately surrounding terri.
tory.
The answer of the United States is
TO be handed the French ambassador
at 2 this afternoon, when a complete
statement, though not the text Of our
answer, will be made public.
The Terms.
With regard to other questions than
the Philippines the situation is, as
stated yesterday:
The absolute cession to the United
| States of Puerto Rico and all the
islands in the West Indies save Cuba.
REIMBURSEMENT by Spain of SOW
ercignty in Cuba, the United States
to exercise control there until "A stable
government is established
Acquisition of a coaling station in
the Ladrone islands, perhaps the Caro-
lines.
No assumption of SPANS Cuban or
Puerto Rican debts by the United
States.
No war indemnity from Spain.
1t is understood the commission Is
TO have charge of the entire question
of the terms Of peace on the condition,
however, that the Spanish troops be
removed Immediately from Cuba and
Puerto Rico and that the United States
shall have one of the Ladronc islands.
The Sober second Thought.
The general principle underlying the
arrangements for peace with Spain IA
understood To be The Development of
the sober second thought of the Amer
lean people as to the disposition of the
Philippines, %unclouded by the clash of
war and unaffected by the "momentary
lust for territorial acquisition. OF
course it is understood that no matter
what form the Philippine arrangement
takes the United States is to acquire a
naval station there, for ii is under
stood the original plan to acquire n
coaling station has been b%rOadcned in
to a demand for n naval station. The
argument that has brought about this
change was the representation by the
naval war board that n of the most
pressing needs of the United States
naval vessels i'm ASiatic waters was q
good dry dock and some machine
shops where repairs always required
by the complex warships of today can
be offered. The maintenance of a naval
station would require more territory
than n coaling station and the cN-
istence of n dockyard at Cavite
has fixed the eyes of the naval war
board upon that place as one ready
made for our occupancy. A naval sta
ton involves some resident population
to supply the necessary labor and
some agricultural land to maintain
this population, the extent of the ter
ritory depending entirely upon the
size of the station and its Importance.
Some naval officers are urging, and
their representations have been given
weight, that the whole island of Luzon
is not too great an cXpanse to support
properly such n station as the United
States will require. They point also
to the difficulty that would be
tered in defending the station which
does not occupy the whole island upon
which it is located. On the other hand,
it is pointed out that there are several
thousand semi-barbarous inhabitants
iuzon whose government would
oblige the United States TO keep a on
siderable military and naval force al
on II about the lSland, without
n proper recompense.
Terms Not Given Out.
The statement that the commission
will have charge of all peace arrange
ments is on the certain conditions that
their anne are confirmed.
The president has decided not TO
give out n statement of the terms in
the reply to Spain, as diplomatic pro-
prieties require they should be put in
the hands of Spain and n reasonable
time given for n reply.
Making IL Plain.
The American reply distinctly gives
warning that the proposition as TO the
surrender Of all sovereignty in West
Indian waters and the selection of an
island in the Ladrones is beyond any
discussion whatever. AS to the Philip
pines the reply says in substance that
as q further indemnity to the United
States for its expenses the United
States will hold the city of Manila, its
bay and harbor, pending the determin-
alton Of n future government for the