The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-25
Wants Americans to Retire From
the Philippines.
SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS MAY RE-
suit IN DISAGREEMENT.
Spain Must Reckon With the Vatican,
Which Has Been Disposed to Side
With Don Charlottesville Inter
national Complications Dreaded
By Spain-Cortes to Be Convened.

London, Aug. "a dispatch TO the
Standard, by way of France, says: a
very unfavorable impression has been
caused in Madrid by kilograms attrib-
uting to President Mckinley the inten-
ton of instructing the peace commits
sionerS to insist upon the ceSSion of
LuZon; that American commerce shall
have the same footing as Spanish in
the Philippines, and that Spain should
pledge itself that none of the Spanish
colonies should be coded to European
powers. If such are the intentions of
the United States government, the ne
gotiations are very sure to be laborious,
even if an understanding is arrived at.
The SpaniardS consider the ceSSion OF
Luzon, their best and most important
island, to be deathbloW to their pres
tige and sovereignty in those regions,
and that it would be irretrieveably
weakened by the presence of Ameri-
cans in the heart of their colonies.
Commercial equality with the United
States in the archipelago would annul
the only advantage and compensation
which they might have expected to
have derived from the cost and sacrl-
fees which have been necessary to
maintain their rule in the archipelago
The separation of church and state
would be the most unpalatable to most
Spaniards, and would create grave diff
ficultieS in their relations with the vat
lean and the church, let alone the pow
er of religious orders in Spain, which
are always disposed to side with Don
Carlos against the present dynasty.
Last but not least, any pledge to re-
frain from ceding any part to the pow
ers, would displease many statesmen,
and people of all classes, who are daily
more and more inclined to advocate the
sale of the Spanish archipelago to the
highest bidder, especially TO continental
powers most likely to be in position to
arrest the growth of American political
and commercial influences in the far
east.
CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Times says:
The recent article in the Times re-
commencing the annexation of the
Philippines by America are attracting
much attention here. They are regard
ed as confirming current rumorS about
a secret agreement between the cahi-
nets at London and Washington for
joint action in the far east
In any case. it is feared that the
rapprochement which unquestionably
exists contains the germs of great IN
ternational complications. Three
months ago, when Spain suddenly
found herself alone, face to face with
a powerful antagonist such a prospect
would have been hailed with delight,
because it was believed that in a gen.
eral imbroglio she would be sure to
find allies. Now the political situation
is better understood, and fears are ex-
pressed that in general conflict of the
great powers, whatever the result,
Spain would have to pay les pots
cases."
FL Liberal publishes significant ar
ticle in this sense. Trying to forecast
the immediate future, it says: Two
contingencies are possible: either the
great powers will come to an agree
ment about their respective spheres of
influence or there will be a great war,
in which England will play a leading
part against Russia and France. In
the former case, Spain would lose the
Philippines because they would be in
cluded in the partition. In the latter
case, England would begin by an at
tempt to get possession of the keys to
the Mediterranean, including Ceuta and
the Balearic islands, which may be re-
garded as the keyhole.
This possibility of a struggle for ma
val supremacy in the Mediterranean
at some time in the near future gives
certain Importance to reports of new
forts in the vicinity of Gibraltar and
diplomatic correspondence. there anent-
Neither Spain nor England, however,
can be supposed to have any agrees
sive designs, and if we read between
the lines of certain very guarded semi
official statements We must conclude
that the Spanish government has re-
Gently received from London some pos
tive assurances on this point. Spain
must, it said, maintain her elementary
rights to national seIf-defense. but she
has at present sufficient diplomatic
difficulties on hand to prevent her Gre
ating additional complications"
CARLIST MOVEMENTS.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: is significant that
the principal Carlists here are regis
tering their property in the names of
other persons, to prevent its confisca-
ton in the event of trouble.
The military judge at Barcelona has
ordered a courtmartial of a sergeant,
two corporalS and several soldiers who
were trying to recruit among the gar
rison for the Carlists.
Carlist disturbances are reported in
several small towns in Aragon, caused
by the closing of the Carlist clubs.