Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-02
CAROLINES FOR SALE.
Germany Now Trying to Strike a
Bargain with Spain for
Those Islands.
UNCLE SAN Is NOT TO GET ONE.

/ Spain Declines to Sell, or to Negotiate I:e-
Gardins Religious f9ssSerfy in That Group
| Wants Favors, However. in the West
Indies, and Cites P-ecedents-PhiIIppin
Cloud Is Growing Natives Decline To
lie Sold - Cuban Commission Seems
Afraid of Uncle sans sIemory.
Berlin, Dec. "A German govern
He-t official, in an Interview with the
| correspondent here of the Associated
Press. confirms the report that Ger
many is negotiating with Spain for the
purchase of the Caroline islands. 1t is
understood that Spain expects to set
20, coo francs for them, which Ger
many considered excessive. Germany
also makes the proviso that TIE nego-
tiatiors shall be contingent uTcn no in
ternational compilations arising. es-
p=cially with the United States. Prince
Won Arerberg, president Of the colonial
society, assures the correspondent Of
the Associated Press that the 'acGuisi-
tior Of the Caroline islands is impUr-
tant less from the standpoint OF COM
merce, which Is in-isn. ficant there. than
from naval view point"
storm Center of Our Next Officially.
Manila, Philippine Islands. Dec. p
=
is not disposed to accept the result of
the deliberations OF the peace commits
6ioners at Paris. jCGEirg from the tone
Of the native press. The InGepsnienSia
publishes 4 particularly bJm5astic lead
ing article to the effect that the Fiji
piEos Will decline to permit their homes
10 be bought and sod like merchal-
disc. 1t then repeats that the F.l'pinos
are ready 10 fight in defense Of their
~ arfl M > -
and people are unanimous in claiming
nothing less than independence. The
paper also claims that the FfIipinos
have incontestiEle claims upon the isl
and OF LuzO1. part Of the FisIyas isl
onds and the island Of AEind5nao by
right Of conquest It comedies that the
Americans helped the insurgents in
directly by blockading Manila" But
The Independenc!a claims that even
without help the revolutionists must
have ultimately wen. Finally The IN
dependencia holds that Spain cannot !
cede the Philippine archipelago be
cause il was never hers"
LEST We Forget; Lest We Forget
Washington. DC. yesterday Senior !
ouesada, charge d'afaires Of the Gu !
han legation in this city, called at the |
White House and arranged with the !
president for an audience for General !
Garcia and his associates on the Cuban |
commission. The president VIII meet !
the commission this aftc.no- y. but the !
meeting VIII be entirely Informal ard 1
unofficial in character. The visit Of the I
delegation has a double purpose. First /
II bears from the santa Cruz del Sur
convention resolutions thanking the /
American EOycTume mt for its interpp- /
sitiOn for the liberation OF Cuba and !
FOR the proclamation. made in the con-
Eressional war resolutions. that it was |
not the intention Of the United States |
to assume sovereignty over Cuba Sec !
ond. the commission is to confer with /
the United states authuriti $ relative to
the general situation in Cuba and TO
arrange, II possible. some way by which
the insurgent army can lie paid and dis
banded.
Chinese ia the Philippines.
Washington, Dec. The Washing
ton Star prints an interview with W.
I1ng-FauE. the Chinese minister. con-
corning the probability of the enforce
mt nj Of the Chinese exclusion law in !
the Philippines when the islands shall
come under the control Of the United |
states Regarding the application Of
the Chinese exclusion law TO the Phil
irpiEes. WI said Il wish 10 appeal to !
the American people not to enforce the
Chinese exclusion law in those islands
BY doing so a great injustice will lie |
done my countrymen. and the many
Of a prosperous and happv
life viii De denied them. Tnere are A
great many Chinese IN the Philippines |
and al Of them are a credit To the |
archipelago The Chinese population |
there is entirely different from that in
your western countries. N the Philip
pines my countryren are engaged IL