Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-04
SPAIN WILL OBJECT.
The American Proposition at
Today's Session.
MEET lei AGAIN IN WEEK
Commissions Will Retire from Confronting,
rosition" for Il Few Days. Trouble
Galore In Sight Over tn.
Philippines Settlement
(By TeleEraph.)

| WASHINGTON. Nov 3.-Bv way or
preparation for what may happen MT
'he meeting of the peace commissioners
| IN faris tomorrow it may be said that
| lhe ot'lcials here have no idea that th.
spanish reply would be an uncoudition
| al acceptance of our last position reIot
| ing 10 the acquisition Of the Philippines
on tne other hand. they do not expect
| an unequivocaI rejection What is liz,
| ~ to occur is that the Spanish commits
sioners will come in with a counter pro
position. In short. it may be said that
| the officials here do not EXPECT a final
breach OF relations between the COM
n'asslelierS TO occur tomorrow. notwith-
Standing the comments OF unfriendlv
european newspapers in that line.
| HaVlng heard the American propo-
slelon. the Spaniards might have inn,e-
| dlately declined it. as they certainly
VIII do at tomorrow's session Whether
.ney VIII accompany the refusal with
| Il counter proposition has not been def
hltely ascertained, though ut a late
hour this evening this course seems inn
| iropahle. The result will be that the
commissioners will retire from confront
ing propositions until one or the other
snail have reformed it's lines for the
next meeting. which will probably oc-
cur next week.
The correspondent of the Associated
Fress ascertains from Spanish sources
Deyond question authentic, that before
the Philippines question is settled the
spanish commissioners will declare that
they are not here solely to save or to
gain all the money possible from the
United States. I'M
II the United States feels it a high
duty to retain the Philippines Spain
ENJOYS will declare t., she "a
Hqually sacred duty in holding them to
the pledge of their revenues in honora-
Bile Indebtedness
LONDON. Nov. 3.-The Paris CORES
pendent Of the Times. who repudia,eS
as 'calumny" charges of hostility TO-
| wards the United States containe.! in
letters he has been receiving from
| Americans for some time, says:
understand that at tomorrow's
tt'riday's) sitting the Spanish commits
sioners will reply textually as follows:
It is impossible for us either to ac-
cept or refuse the conditions the United
sta tes impose. do not desire to de-
| clare formal rupture. because 1t would
oblige Europe to run the risk of behold
ing the humilfating spectacle OF an
American fleet bombarding European
shores. -
1--WE do not intend to furnish Amer
lea with pretext for the realization OF
such an act but we cannot subscribe to
dictates which are not in conformity
with the stipulations adopted in the
common agreement that terminated the
war.
I'VE withdraw because we do not
feel we have a right to sign the abd-
cation sought to be imposed upon us
We withdraw leaving public conscience
and history to judge the act of violence
of which we are the subject, and al
though We are unfortunately convinced
that our attitude will have no effect
upon the minds of our conQuerorS we
cannot assume any other because by ac-
cepting the conditions imposed. we should
become accompliceS in an injustice and
a violation of international law to which
we may submit. but in which it is i'm
possible to ask us to take any share OF
the responsibility
FRANCE WILL SERVE AGAIN.
NEW YORK, Nov. "a dispatch to
the Evening Post from Paris says:
The reported rupture of peace ne
gotta tons between Spain and the Uni
ted States is not credited in the French
foreign office. France willingly will
serve again as an intermediary in the
hope of putting Spain under permanent
thus Strengthening her own position in
the European balance of power.
Paris and BRUSSELS bankers are TAX
ing active interest in the question of
Spanish debts"
MADRID. Nov. 3.-The announce
ment of the intentions of the United
States regarding the Philippines has
greatly excited the public here. 1t is
generally recognized. however. that it
would be absolutely futile to appeal to
Europe, which had abandoned Spain to
her fate
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