The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-07
The Signing of
the Treaty.
DAYS WORD FOR 1T.
All the Big Questions Have
Been Settled.

Paris, Dec. 6.-The peace of Paris is
practically an accomplished fact. To-
days session disposed of the essential
features of the treaty which will be
embodied in the following eight arti-
cles:
Fhst-The customary preface of
treaties, in the nature Of an expression
of amity and of hope for perpetual
peace.
Second-The REIMBURSEMENT by Spain
of her sovereignty over Cuba.
Third-The withdrawal of the Span
ish troops.
REIMBURSEMENT by Spain of
sovereignty over Porto Rico.
Fifth-Spain's cession of the Philip
pines.
SiXth-The withdrawal of the Span
ish troops there.
acknowledgement by the United
States of $2OOOOOOO for the Philippines.
Eighth-The provision for 'open
door commercial policy in the Philip
pines.
The Americans have agreed to trans
port the Spanish prisoners home, in
Guiding the garrison and sailors at Ma
Mia captured by Admiral Dewey and
SOlQlGTS
and civilians held by the Filipinos,
whose return the Americans have guar
anteed.
AS compensation, Spain promises to
liberate all Cuban, Porto Rican and
Philippine political prisoners.
The Joint commission met at two
o'clock this afternoon. 1t has Just de
yyeloped that yesterdays session was of
far greater Importance than was gen
orally supposed. 1t resulted in the
Americans rejecting SPANS request,
that for a term of years the ships of
that country and its products be adj
mltted to Cuban and Porto Rican ports
under the same regulations and Gus
toms tariff as American ships and
products.
The Spanish commissioners for some
Gays have been playing for tinae The
Americans were anxious for a decision
on the question of a coaling station in
the Caroline islands, religious tolerance
In the CarolineS and the release of DO
lltlcal prisoners. The Spanards We're
unwilling to answer these points until
they heard what the Americans pro-
posed to do for their industries which
had been built up by the Cuban and
Porto Rican trade.
Ihls is why Spain was contented that
me articles OF the treaty be disposed of
In their order while the Americans
wanted to first settle their pressing
needs. The session of yesterday was
practically fight on the order Of pro-
cedure. Finally the Americans Welded
and then the Spaniards proposed their
shipping and commercial question
which the Americans rejected in it's
entirety.
The session then adjourned with
neither side in an especially amicable
frame of mind. 1t is learned that there
were differences of opinion among the
Americans on the shipping question,
ana numerous kilograms were ex-
changed with Washington. Finally the
American commission was instructed
to refuse, the principal reason being
that Porto Rico is about to he declared
within the coast line of the United
States, while as regards Cuba the au-
thorities at Washington would make no
promises as the American occupation
there is not fixed and the future Cuban
government must make its own treat
| les.
When the commissioners emerged
from the foreign office this evening. af-
ter another long session, Judge Day.
president of the American commission,
announced that all the big questions
had been settled and that the treaty
would be signed in three or four days.
The work remaining consists largely in
drafting into language the conclusions
reached.