The Portland daily press., 1898-11-14

| tlons required to take rank among other
| sovereign powers, provide for rules which
Insure order and protect against all risks
the Spanish residents as well es the
Cuban natives still loyal to the mother
country.
"In the name of the nation, the Span
ish government hereby relinQuishes all
claim, sovereignty oyer or title to Cnba
and agrees to irremediable evacuation
of the island, subject to the approval OF
the Cortes--a reserve which we likewise
make with regard to the other pronered
terms, just as these terms will have to be
ultimately approved by the Senate of the
United States.
1.-The United States require as an in
demnlty for or equivalent to the sacrifices
they have borne during this short war.
the cession of Porto Rico and other ISL
ands now under the sovereignty of Spain
In the West Indies and also the cession
OF tho islands in the Ladrones, to be se-
Looted By the government.
lnls demand strips US OF the very last
memory OF glorious task and expels
us at once from the prosperous island of
Porto kieo and from the western hemis-
phere, which became peopled and civilized
throu gh the proud deeds of our ancestors.
1T might perhaps have been possible to
compensate by some other cession for the
injuries sustained by the United States.
However, the indexibility of the demand
Obil2OS oo w OCuOy anu W0 SHALL CoQ6, bQG
island of Porto Rico and other islands
belonging to the crown Of Spain in the
West Indies, together with one of the ISL
ands of the archipelago of the Laorones,
to be selected by the American govern.
ment
s'The terms relating to the Philippines
seem to our understanding quite indeh-
mite. On the one hand, the ground on
which the United States believe them
selves entitled to occupy the bay, harbor
and city of Manila. pending the conolu-
sion of the treaty of peace, cannot be that
of conquest, since, in spite of the blockade
maintained on the sea by the American
fleet and in spite OF the siege established
on land by q native force, supported and
provided for by the American admiral,
Manila still holds its own and tie Span
iSh standard still waves over the city. On
the other hand. the whole archipelago of
the Philippines is in the power and under
the soyerei gnty Of Spain.
Therefore the government of Spain
thinks that the temporary occupation of
Manila should constitute a guaranty 1t
is asserted that the treaty OF peace shall
determine the control, disposition and
government of the Philippines, but as the
intentions of the federal government, re-
main veiled the Spanish government
must therefore declare that, while accept
ing the thiru condition, they do not, a
priori renounce the sovereignty of Spain
ovel the archipelago, leaving it to the
negotiators to agree as to such reforms as
he conditions OF these possessions and the
level of the culture of their natives may
ender desirable. The government of Her
Majesty accepts the third condition, with
the above mentioned declarations.
"Such are the statements and observa.
lions which the Spanish government have
the honor to submit in reply to Your
Exoellency's communication. They accept
the proffered terms, subject to the ap-
royal OF the Cortes as required by their
constitutional duty.
HThe agreement between the govern
nf nts implies the irrenlediable suspension
# hostilities and the designation of com
missioners for the purpose of settling the
ietails of treaty of peace and of signing
t under the terms above indicated.
II avail myself of this occasion to offer
10 Your Excellency assurances of my
highest consideration.
MR.. DAYS RESPONSE.
Following is Secretary Days response,
through III. CAM bon, under date of Au-
gust 10, and which Spain declares en-
1odied acquiescenoe in her reservation of
philippine sovereignty fro m discussion
in the peace conference
Your Exceliency:
although it is your understanding
5hnt the note of Duke Almodoyar. which
you left with the President yesterday af-
jernoon, Is intended to convey an accept
ance by the Spanish government OF the
erms set forth in my note of the 30th
llto. as basis upon which the President
would appoint commissioners to negotiate
md conclude with commissioners on the
part of Spain a treaty of peace. under
that WI in the nnin1nn that
The Dukes note, doubtless owing to the
various transformations which it has un-
dergone, in the course of it's circuitous
transmission by telegraph, and in cipheG
is not, inSthe form in which it has reached
the President, entirely explicit.
sUnder the circumstances 1T is thought
that the most direct and certain way of
avoiding misunderstanding is to embody
in protocol, to be signed by us as the
representatives respectively of the United
States and of Spain, the terms on which
the negotiations for peace are to be un-
iertaken.
.sI therefore enclose herewith draft of
such protocol, in which you will find
that have embodied the precise terms
endered to Spain in my note of the s0th
ulto. together with appropriate stipuia-
Iiops for the appointing of commissioners
o arrange the details of the immediate
evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico and other
SlauClS uuu6T Spanish soVoIelShVJ III ohO
West, Indies as well as for the appoint
inent of commissioners to treat Of peace.
Accept, Your Excellency, the renewed as
surances of my highest consideration.
(Signed) s'WILLIAM r. DAY..
The Americans hold that Spain saw
that Philippine sovereignty was involved
in the basis of peace laid down by the
United States and her attempted reserva
tion of August is evidence thereof. The
suspension of hostilities was deferred be-
cause of this fact. A protocol in precise
terms was demanded because of this fact
ind Cambon cabled Madrid on the same
day of Secretary Days response, that the
federal government had decided to state
precisely in the protocol the basis upon
which peace must be negotiated. 1t was
only when the United States regarded
spain as having made an unqualified
,ompact to leave Philippine sovereignty 80
commission, by signing the protocol,
hat hostiliites were suspended. 1t was
not designed by the United States to pre-
Judge Spain's rights but to have them
determined under the protocol by the
reace conference. Added to all the de-
auctions from these communications, the
conversation at Washington throughout
he original peace negotiations left no
of.,t, H. hot ho Nj fod