The record-union., 1898-12-10


PARIS, Dec. 9.-Senor Montero Rios,
President of the Spanish Peace Com
mission, and Senior Ojeda, Secretary or
that commission, are still confined TO
their beds. The illness of Senor Ojeda
delays engrossing the treaty, and it is
doubtful whether it will be signed be-
fore Monday.
The Americans held their usual ses-
sion this morning.
The Spaniards continue making bitter
comments concerning President Nc
Kinley's reference to the Maine. The
Spaniards made a last contribution
yesterday on the assembling of the
commissions. Senior Montero Rios then
presented a vigorously worded protest.
in which the Spaniards declared that
they had yielded to force, but that they
invoked the conscience of the nations
against the abuse Of the rights of ma
tions, of which they were the victim.
The protest was for the purpose of
record, and consisted of an argument
In support of every concession demand
ed by the Spaniards, and which the
Americans refused, some of them per-
emptorily and without discussion.
The protest continued But those
concessions which we were obliged to
make touch US less than the insult
which has been inflicted upon our ma
tion by President Mckinley in his mes
sage. We again protest solemnly
against the accusation hurled against
us in connection with the Maine, and
we intend to again submit the question
to an international tribunal, composed
Of England, France and Germany, to
determine who shall bear the response
bility of the catastrophe"
When a correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press approached Senior Garnica
of the Spanish Commission for further
details of the treaty he said: 1.-The fact
that you represent all the American and
English papers is really a reason why
I should say nothing. But what you
show me as having been cabled is sub
stantially correct. The exact number
of articles is still undetermined. 1t de-
pends upon how Secretaries Ojeda and
Moore divide the treaty. 1t may be
twelve or twenty articles. The Ameri-
cans are to pay the indemnity within
three months Of the ratification We
shall appoint Consuls in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines without delay.
The Cuban Consul will be accredited to
the powers that be-
Asked why the Spaniards refused to
grant the United States a coaling sta
tion in the Caroline Islands, Senior Gar
Mica said: The Americans could hardly
expect that we would agree to discuss
matters outside of the protocol after
the lessons we have had from them on
this point. When we wished to discuss
the Cuban debt they absolutely refused
to consider it, and then they ask US for
whatever they want Quelle toupet!
(what cheeky. Yet the Cuban debt re-
mains an important question for settle
ment."
In regard to the Spaniards' final pro-
test on the subject of the Maine. Senor
Garnica remarked: THAT protest now
becomes history as it is embodied in
the protocol. We do not wish to remain
under an imputation which would per-
petuate animosity and hatred against
US, ana Which would be source of con-
Stant irritation in Spain. 1t is neither
loyal nor just that this thing should
hang over the reputation of Spain. We
cannot submit to it. 1t must be cleared
up, in justice to ourselves. There are
many other causes to bring hatred be-
tween the two nations, without the ad-
dition of such one as this. AS to the
future relations of the two countries.
that is one of the things history alone
can determine. Many nations which
have been deadly enemies are speedily
reconciled.''
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the future of the Philippine Islands.
and he said: "The United States has
inaugurated a policy which will bring
it much trouble and many responsible
ties. The Americans are not prepared
for the work they are about to under
take Your democratic system must in
augurate an imperiahstic and bureau
cratic system, and you must increase
your army and navy, with the result
that there will be constant friction be-
tween yourselves and the European
Powers''
The Americans preserve secrecy re-
garding the terms of the treaty. This
is partly through the influence of the
three Senators on the body, who repre-
sent that it would be discourtesy to the
Senate to publish the terms before the
treaty is presented to that body by the
President
The protocol of the treaty will almost
reach the dimensions of a volume, as it
will contain every written statement
presented on both sides during the con-
ference.
In spite of the secrecy observed by
the Americans, it is learned that the
treaty in substance consists of thirteen
or fourteen articles. The principal ar
ticles provide for the cession and evac-
uation of Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines, and the political, admins
trative and financial results thereof;
the requirement by the United States
Of public property, and the relinquish
ment of archives
The articles of secondary Importance
determine the status of Spanish sub
jects remaining in the ceded territories,
and unfinished lawsuits and contracts;
give guarantees of the same terms to
Spanish shipping and merchandise as
imposed upon American shipping and