The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-28
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Spain Sees That the United States viii
Not Assume the Obligation.
SPAIN'S COMMISSIONERS YIELD
Recognize the Hopeless Task Of Asking
America to Pay Cuba's Debt.
SPAIN'S CABINET CAN NOT RESIGN.
Senior Rios, Acting on This knowledge,
Agrees to Relinquish Sovereignty.
SUBJECT OF THE PHILIPPINES is NEXT.
All Parties in Ignorance as to what
II Is Based lpon-Americn Liable
To Hold the Islands.
'UBJEcT OF THE PHILIPPINES is NEXT.

Especial Cable Dispatch to the New York Her
aid and The Houston Post. Copyrighted
1898, by James Gordon Bennett)
Paris. October 27.-Spain has agreed to
the first two articles OF the negotiations.
Tia Hispaoo- American peace commission
has reached the point whore the discussion
is about to be transferred from the Atlantic
TO the Pacific.
The clauses agreed to state;
/. That Spain relnouishcs all claim and
her sovereignty over and title TO Cuba.
2. That Porto Rico ana the Island OF
Guam. Ladrones be ccded to the United
States.
This result was not arrived at Without
discussion and frequent communication
with Washington and Madrid.
Spain, after many futile attempts to In
d,lce the United States to assume or guar
antee all or part OF the Cuban debt, or
allow 1t to he saddled on Cuba. brought
forward a proposition that II she agreed to
the surrender of her sovereignty over Cuba
without reference to the debt the nego-
tiations were TO proceed with the other
provisions OF the protocol. but If any dts
agreements arose and the two nations were
these agreements on the first two provi
slops were nullifed.
This proposition was communicated 10
Washington yesterday and when the COM
mission met the American delegates an
bounced TO their Spanish conferees that
they accepted the conditions and the con-
ference adjourned until Monday. when II
is expected the American commissioners
will present the demands of the United
States in regard to the Philippines.
Paris. October 27.-The Spanish peace
commissioners have accepted the negative
view OF the United States peace commits
sioners toward the proposed assumption by
the United States OF the Cuban debt.
| The American commissioners have firm
| ly but cautiously declined assume foI
the United States entire or joint RESPONSE
bilhy for the Spanish financial condition:
| and the Spanish commissioners have finally
| abandoned the effort and have agreed tha
| the Cuban article of THE protocol shall,
without conditions. have . place I'm the VI
innate treaty Of peace 1t was not unit
/, Monday tnut tacy became aDsoiu.eiy .oh'
| WINGED that the Americans mad ficm tn
outset of their refusal TO accept the Cubai
debt meant exactly what they said In
spite of the fact that the Spanish ccmrIis
sioners had as BACKGROUND Of their or
forts doubts of succeeding. their hope o.
SO doing has been so keen and their con
tention has been so vigorously prosecuted
that the inal conviction OF their inabilit!
TO win their point brought the Spanish e'.cs
a shock and depression that, consistently
| with these dispatches at the time.there wer'
grave doubts as to the continuance OF th'
| ne gotiaticns.
| In support az these statements is the fac
That Senior Montero Rios. after discus
| sion Tuesdoy last would have resigned th'
presidency OF the Spanish peace commits SION
/ sad he no. relieved u-sit MS SO 9oihs pas"
| have grievously shaken. even II II had no
Ilnseated. Senior Sagasta's government
From this standpoin,. II for no other rea
son. Senior Montero RIGS retained his 20
lsltion. and at yesterdays session.. actinx
under the conviction arrived at on MONDAY
thai they would forego further argumen
on the Cuban debt. and agreed thai. prac
ticalIy in the terms and absolutely in tn
lspirit OF the protocol, the article about
Cuba should go forward into the final
treaty. Thus Spain agrees TO relln1uish
sover. ;xnty over and claim TO Cuba withou
either terms or conditions.
II should be said that the adiustmsnt'
lalready accomplished will stand IN the flnal
/ treaty unless opposing views and positions
on the Philippines question should deyeiol
hereafter and bring to naught the effort
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