The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
BECOMES MORE LENIENT
UNITED STATES MAY NOT TAKE lHt
PHILIPPINES, AFTER ALL,
Concessions Are Likely. Philippine Ques-
ton Must be Settled This Week--The In
utructions Are Cabled to Par:s--Treaty
Must be Ratified Before Congress Meets

Must be Ratified Before Congress Meets SUI
WASHINGTON the admlnlstra- De
TONS policy respecting the Philip In
piner undergone change! oo
Territorial concessions, it is now re- "A
ported, may be made to Spain which IT,
NAV result in the annexation of but w.
portion of the archipelago to the W.
United States. The matter has been 70
left to the Judgment of the American W
peace commissioners, who will embody 10
in note to be delivered to the Span e.
ish commissioners this week the decl- :,
sion which they have arrived at, and -
which was fully and carefully consid- y
cred bv the president and the mem y
bers Of his cabinet at Saturdays ses- y
sion. ,
Just what has caused the hesitancy :
Of the administration with respect to
the annexation of the entire group can
not be ascertained ct the TRANSMISSION
Of this dispatch, but there is no doubt
that such hesitaDcy exists, and 1T may
he due to developments in the inter-
national situation, in which, however,
Spain does not in any way enter. De-
sides, there is reason to believe tha'
the elections have had something to 90
with the matter, but just to what ex-
q tent it is impossible to learn.
D The authorities are now saying that
8 there never has been any certainty
r heretofore as to what would or wnat
q would not be taken by the United
states. but that as matter OF TACT
~ The American commissioners in Paris
% have been merely feeling their way
a. ascertaining the views of the Spanish
If government and Spanish commission
r. ers as to the propriety of transferring
in the Philippines to the United States
r.. and the effect upon European inter
an vcntion, but the officials have been
nd carefully considering Lord Salisbury
sneech, indicating the seriousness ano
gravity of the step which the Oniteo
States was taking in annexing the en-
tire archipelago, and it was referred
an n the cabinet session Saturday.
Resides the question of the amour
roo snain should be given in exchange 10
vas the islands was under discussion BAL
' nrdav The administration has IL
J.. strncted the American commissioner
i Vh OF paris to bring the Philippine que'
t .he ton to head this week, as resu
, ;no If a cabled report from Judge Ia
ing received Saturday morning, lndleatll
h - that the negotiations were not aaVan n
u tho Ua ING as rapidly as the president a
4 ~ sires. The president thought IL 81 y:
Ors w fciently important to req ulre the II
o tha mediate consideration at a spec.
. ,n op cabinet meeting, called as soon as
ake 5 bad received the cablegram, and
ANU this meeting the situation at Paris "
onoo thoroughly discussed, to a gene
enoe ocraement that the American comm
aA :1h s;oners should be advised that
Will snanish commissioners must
H. fought to understand promptly
4 u; thew must definitely meet our dem'
oh m for the Philippines and accept or
iectit -,
No formal ultimatum is to be CIV
Init the main question is to be- set
sb in a Dnsadily 80 that the only thing
United States treats as open 10
cnssion, namely, the matter OF
+ Per- u uansation may be taken up for
owe B. disposition. 49,
" Wv" oon. The president has received the v
y c has Of every member of the commlS'
Ona nS W Epon the information they
3D. T ANU uaos;ved md considered, and the
j. = 10y msn mepts submitted by the Spanish
~, n+ tho missioners as to the policy the VI
A'D Mo Mo states should pursue res pecunle
nod ! in in philippines. From what coul'
'peo 1r ~ adhered, there is apparently
70. MI, esarsonal difference Of opinion, OF
t l'aD fire. among the commissioners as &c {
'n nullad extent to which the United :
i, p ulied should 90 in taking territory
peyo onr. for East, It was reported that
sno h ga. to Gray was opposed to acqulrln
me nay, W. .orr;tory in the far East except
oti,;e coaling station, and that serlo'
J., James ference had arisen between II
eS OOO. and the other commissioners "
T'' is reported untrue :
The action Of the president II
y ing for the views Of the America 81: l.h
res ressentatives is considered high
That tho n;Scont and the authorities
,cent. much averse to discussing them N.
: cosso. wav. But it was stated that tn
u GaS ba- missioners had been inio RI
prived to the ma a"d 70 eynedite the negot
element menu LII ~ ,,ossible
been ac- as rap'o.' ~. nrasid.
n ;U said to the treaty shall be ratified by
taken an congress meo'1 e-oh oynediti
estors not preclatea 'n"S tha making
not not diff portant concessions to tne :, ,
n nISo ned Commissioners, as they will u
former adv resist as long as pos,
a ~ o-am. transfer of sovereignty over u
,eeh eAa L;oolooo to the United Stat