Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-02
PROCEEDING Al THEIR Leisure
Commissioners Ia Paris are Sill logging
Slowly.


p,,t. pec. 1.--Anxious AZ boih are
A.. ,,rc,ude their work. ahe raNcd
st,,es and spanish peace commission
~ d,d ,,t hoid a joint session today.
r..,r ,a,e meeting will BE- held a
O'clock tomorrow afiernoon' TINS de-
iay arose from the fac; that the sT"n-
in commissioners at yesterday ses-
.in, one,sd several urgrn; propositions
.,Ich c,iled Tor special dellberasicn
ueor tne par. Of the Amerlcars. spain
avs the United states a. grant for
a ssrm 81 years 30 SPANS ghips carry
ing spar,sh gods " produces TO f'r-
10 Rico and cuba the same privilege
A. American vessels engaged IN the
,sr,e trade may have and che qualities
,hls ,eaucf. 10y provlsi that Grade
privileges b. extended go Cuba so long
AZ .he t-rtsd st1trs gaycrDmer; DOM
mates over the is.ari.
II. ,untort u this request the S9an-
ish commissioners assert that spain
cinno. wsaOLg vital harm Immediately
,hladnl lr cut ID business relations
~ i1r'r n,ir'.iinsd between The mother
country afi the Mpsi Indian territory.
Thrv ipr,,re nat family Ties and 80
c.gt rsit.ibus. sddrd o. al iirs - trade
maln.iinid through centuries. require
rr,Iuli ffa0ltsion. They Invoke the
trims u the irtlgy % 1919. by which
the rnHcd Sittes cook over Florida
ffom splin and IN the nftoU'h article
~ which granted spain flr twelve
years .he RICH. 90 send ihpr gpods and
produces to Florida IN spanish ships
on the stme terms a. the ships carry
Ing IN. her p30ds and products % the
Trfed S.iiee,
1ne spanish c0mmlsslinafs cite fur
shti she fact stat the treaty = 1903
with Frame. for fh1 ,saslon ~ Louis
Tara grafded French and Spanish goods
and products the sane terms 49,
American. 81 New on. ans and other
ports In the coded 'orfIiury fifnlly.
spain polu,s 90 The American proposed
N lJen-door policy" 10 me Philippines
ana asks a guaranty ~ the Fame ad-
vantiges IN her Wee indian coluf'cs
uf'ii tflde Relations can BY Degrees ac-
custom themselves ~ the change Of
society.
The proposition and the arguments
rs which 10 was srpp1r 4 are cunsld.
vrrd tgruugiy stated ana ihe American
commissioner desire time f0r duilbcra-
r1u. thus, although 'hgy wcrs busy
until ~ lriy 2 O'clock this morning.
thcy were not fuzzy prepared. and
judge Day reni a mcssaEe g. Sorpr
Mnrtero Rios requesting ihit the joint
session nxed Tor this af.erul9a b. post
pond unNl .1mafreN.
Meanwhile The Spanish commissioners
md been pr caring . lisi " subjects
for negotiation, supplemented by sug-
Eestlons counter to and amcniltory ~
the subjects the Americans submitted
yesterday. This came % she American
commissioners today IN spanish. rtn-
dQrlng q evan more desirable 10 post
ponc the sIirs session So order ~ give
time f1r humiliation and cor fd.fatlnn.
The tr1nHltiion " being made this
] evening ana the subject viii be laid be-
/ fore she America eumuSEaloncrs 10
morrow morning.
Now ihai the hrrt gust OF chhgrfn has
3 passed. the spanish commissioners arr
I meeting the Americans ~ frank spirit
I that 70 helpful e. an Early completion
81 the neglti1titns. and unitn .h-rc IL
! an UNEXPECTED hitch, the trcaty Nsii b.
/ signed within week.
From lfinrm alton which comes ti the
7 curfvsrund NJ ~ the Associated Pres
fiWm well.auihentscassd source. late
I this evening ~ seemed uniik.ly that the
: commlf's lns viii nnish thor work a.
Fuln ~ had been expected. u IL prob
B able that the regulations viii last con-
rlderably longer.
Madrid has 'ns,rur,ed the aptrfah
Z commissioners on three points % which
I the Americans attach much Import.
nnce, These are the ccssi1n ~ tha
Island IN the Cafolinca. thc granting 81
/ religious freedom over the whole ~
fhe cnfullnes, and the cesspn % a clhlo
ana coasnr H'a,kn AZ ccutn.
The Spanish government has Ia
rifucted Senior Monteru Rios 70 grant
none % these, ana while Spain may
ultimately Yield o. ihcm all. q l. al.
mltei shat ihe American c1mmifalpn-
| cts have Ia power 20 enforce shelr de.
mhniH on points rot covered by the
| protocol. Before Rpa6a does Yield. he
nefptlhtlnnf arr Nkely 10 be prolonged
and the United states may have 10 give
a suhHianitll aud prp aul.
Cen wesley Merritt. who arrived here
yesterday from London. leaving his
VIE ennvalrscere there. was Ia eon-
Hulsailon with the American oummis.
sion all morf'aE relative 10 the condl.
ihns ana necessary methods In The
Philippine Islands. Gen. Marrltt on.
poets 60 sail for New York on December
ION ana hopes 90 resume his duties
10 California or New York until his re-
urem.ni eighteen mouths hence,
MAJ iials % Den. Merrit'a stan. who
y nov hero. believes the United states
hhvins taken the Philippine Islands
VIII now have no trouble IN securing
,hs release 81 the splnlaris who are