Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-30
FAST WORK ION TREATY
Peace Men Rapidly Formulate Terms
Of Agreement.
NEW SUBJECTS OF DEBATE.
Joint Sessions VIII Now Discuss the
Various Questions That Were Not
Included In the Protocol.
The End In Sight.

Paris, Nov. SO.-The secretaries Of the
two peace commissions, Messrs. Moore
and Ojeda, began their joint task OF
formulating the articles Of the peace
treaty at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. as
directed by their respective commits
sions at Mondays conference. This
work will be easy and rapid as to the
REIMBURSEMENT and SESSIONS referred to
in the protocol, the terms OF which re-
lating thereto will be transferred bodily
| t. the treaty.
The secretaries, moreover, will embo 1y
| in tentative articles for discussion at
| he next meeting the subjects OF the
| eligious freedom of the Caroline is
lands, a naval station for the United
States in the same group, cable landing
rights at other points within SPANS
Jurisdiction, the release Of the insur-
rectionist prisoners and the revival Of
the treaties broken by the war.
Thus the commercial and general
treaty of 1875 will be revived. to be re-
cast later; the treaty Of 1884. for the
settlement Of certain claims; the treaty
OF 1877, providing for extrad on. The
trademark treaty of 1882 and the sup
be revived, in add ton to seve:a modus
vivendi agreements.
Friendly Negotiation.
1t Is expected that the secretare s
will submit the treaty articles at the
Joint session, when all the oth-r points
for negotiation will be discussed. Thu.
the commissions will have before them
the entire treaty for amendment. ap-
prevail or rejection.
On all the points outside Of tie pro-
tocol there will be friendly negotiat on
only. Spain having the right to name
the prices she wants for her territory
and to reject or accept the American
offers.
The Spaniards no less than the Amer
icans are now anxious to conclude the
business which brought them here.
A competent authority considers that
ten more days will be reasonably suili-
cient to conclude the treaty.
The Gaulois, after an inspired state
ment OF the Spanish side. admits that
the solution as made is practically the
best for Spain, Europe and the former
Spanish colonies.
1t says the decision does not involve
an immediate signing Of the entire
treaty, but an agreement on the single
clause respecting the Philippines, and
that other points to safeguard the ex-
listing commerce of Spain, as promised
by the Americans, and some financial
questions remain to be settled.
Views of Other Papers.
The Soleil reviews the situation at
length and says: Probably the great
4 ho
fore her will be the strong differences Of
opinion in the senate and house on the
question of territorial expansion"
The Petit Bleu says: IAN the friends
Of Spain will congratulate her on hav-
ing put an end to these painful negotia-
tons and finished this sad chapter in
her history. Those of the United States
can. on the other hand, regret perhaps
that they should not have shown them
selves more generous in victory and
that they should have too easily for
gotten the disnterested and exclusively
philanthropic motives in the name OF
which they undertook the war. They
cannot see either without some disap-
pointment the sudden and complete
breaking down of the principles that
have made the greatness and prosperity
of their republic, and they anxiously
ask themselves what influence the pol
icy of conquest will have upon their
destinies and upon the world. The Mon
roe doctrine is now out of date. The
American republic, conquering and col
onizing. 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 pos
sible objection of Great Britain and
Germany to the cession of the Sulu is
lands 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 international
policy of the United States as colonial
power of Importance is a serious event
and one that may have unforeseen con-
sequences