Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-27
WILL KEEP At WORK.
Partisan Disturbances Unlikely to
Stop Peace Negotiations.
THE SPANISH PROGRAMME.
suspected 1t In to Keep Raising OD-
jections to Our Proposals, Then
Excite Europe's SymDa-
thy by Yielding.

Washington, Oct. ~. - Some appre-
hension has been manifested In certain
quarters as to the possible adverse Ell
feet upon the peace commission at
Paris of an upheaval In France. IL mas
been suggested that the Spanish cause
is in such shape that the Spanish gov
eminent has nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by any change that can
be brought about. However, 1t may De
stated that in the opinion OF the state
department officials here there Is little
danger Of the situation in Paris be-
coming so acute as to justify an aban-
donment of the work of the commits
sion on the ground that the commits
sioners themselves are in physical dan
ger. 1t is confidently believed that
with the change Of the cabinet in
France the present disorder will SUBJ
side and normal conditions will be re-
stored.
It is always possible that the Spanish
commissioners, in despair over their
failure to force the Cuban debt upon
the United States in any shape, may
break off the sessions, but this is not
regarded as probably 1t is suspected
the Spanish programme is to trump up
BILE, relying upon the sympathy sure to
be excited among European nations by
their abandonment of each point under
compulsion from the American COM
missioners as a basis for a supreme
stand at the end on the Philippines.
This being the Spanish policy. it Is
expected that when the commission
takes up the subjects of. Porto Rico
and the coaling station on the La1rone
islands there will be many hair split
ting objections interposed by the Span
ish to any propositions from the Amer
lean commissioners, just as many ref
erences or attempts at reference to
Madrid and just as loud protests over
each little point by the Spaniards at
the uncompromising attitude Of the
Americans as in the case Of Cuba.
Our Philippine Claims.
No one knows officially just what the
extent of the United States claim Will
be as to the Philippines. Admiral Daw-
ey has a much higher opinion of the
Philippine people and their capacity for
self government than it IS generally
supposed.
He has represented to the American
commissioners that the Philippines Of
the northern group-meaning by that,
first, the people on the island of Luzon
and after that in order Zebu, Panay,
Leite, Mindora and Samar-are. as
rule, intelligent, practicable and-a most
surprising statement-far better quail
fed for self government than the inhab-
itants of Cuba.
Admiral Dewey is as familiar with
the qualifications of the Cubans in this
respect as almost any naval officer hav-
ing had personal experience with the
people, so that his statement Is bound
to have weight with the American COM
missioners.
But with al this he has made no rec
ommendaticn as to what should consti-
tute the maximum or minimum demand
Of the Americans. and their demands
consequently are likely to be based up
on their original instructions. qualified
by any change of opinion the president
may have experienced as result of his
western trip.