The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-30
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PROVISIONS OF A TREATY PRE-
PARED BY THE SECRETARIES.
Spain TO Release Prisoners and the
United States to Induce FiIipinOs
to Release All Spaniards.

PARIS, Nov. 29.-Spain's acceptance of the
conditions laid down by the United
states has given the editors of Paris news
Iapers an opportunity to renew their criti-
cism of the greedy republic across the
Atlantic. The editors seem to be very un-
happy, and accuse the United States of
sordid motives and with depressing the
vanquished. Ono writer intimates that
America, in meddling with international af-
fairs, has virtually killed the Monroe doc
trine," and opened the way for Europeans
to interfere in the affairs of the new world.
The Temps says: From the outset the
Americans have negotiated on the principle
of take or leave it alone, and have covered
their claims by a sort of sanctity" Contin-
uing, the Temps asks: 'If the triumph, to
call it so, is complete, may it not contain
grave elements of danger and anxiety to the
Americans? The transatlantic democracy
mas become imperialist, and a republic
founded on federalism and autonomy has
become a conquering one. From an inter-
national point of view this means a repudia-
ton of the Monroe doctrine and the en-
trance of America into the conflicts and in
trigEes of the great powers, and her harsh
ness to Spain is the cause of much anxiety
TO her relations with other powers" The
Temps also expresses the opinion that Spain
has purchased peace with the United States
at the expense of internal turmoil
The Journal des Debats says: THE Amer
leans, having started out to Iiberate Cuba.
have ended with pocketing what remained
of Spain's colonies. This moral evolution
of the Americans is edifying as a good
example OF the manner in which one can.
almost in good faith, arrive at the formula
ton of the most outrageous demands by a
confusion of ambition and duty at once by
considering sn interest to be a divine right.
Now that America has entered the arena of
international politics, she may have some
lively surprises in store even for those who
nave been so ready to offer their friend
ship"
The Soleil, reviewing the situation at
length, says Probably the greatest diff
Guilty the United States has before her will
be the strong differences of opinion in the
Senate and House on the question of terri
torial expansion"
The Petit Bleu says: "All the friends of
Spain will congratulate her on having put
an end to these painful negotiations and
finished this sad chapter in her history.
Those Of the United States can, on the other
hand, regret, perhaps, that she should not
have shown herself more generous in vic
tory, and that she should have too easily
forgotten the disinterested and exclusively
philanthropic motives, in the name of which
she undertook the war. They cannot see.
either, without some disappointments. the
sudden and complete breaking down of the
principles that have been the greatness and
the prosperity of their republic, and they
anxiously ask themselves what influence the
policy of conquest will have on their des-
TIMES and on the world. The Monroe doc
trine is now out of date. The American
republic, conquering and colonizing, no
longer has the right to close to Europe the
new continent, since she herself has stepped
out of it,
The Intransigeant alludes to the possible
objection of Great Britain and Germany to
the cession of the Sulu islands, on the
ground that the treaty of 1877 stipulated that
this group does not properly belong to the
Philippines, and remarks: However that
may be, the presence in the camp of interna-
tiona1 policy of the United States as a
colonial power OF Importance, is a serious
event and one that may have unforeseen
consequences"