Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-11-17
TO END THE FARLEY.
SITTING OF PEACE COMMISSIONERS
is AGAIN POSTPONED.
Cabinet Holds a Special Meeting and De-
cides to Grant the Request of the Ma
drid Comm issioners-Health of Judge
Day Much Improved.


Day Much Improved.
PARIS, Nov. ,5.-There was no joint
sessions of the peace commissions yes
terday. Score airy Moore of the United
States commission, received from Sec
rotary Ojeda of the Spanish commits
sion note saying that the Spanish com
missioners had found it impossible te
prepare their memorandum for presen
tation today and asking if the United
States commissioners would be incon
venienced if, owing to the late arrival
! from Madrid of expected data, the
| Spaniards should request that the next
meeting be deferred until Wednesday
Secretary Moore replied that the Ameri-
can commissioners We're quite ready tn
accommodate the Spaniards in this mat.
ter and the joint session was practically
deferred until Wednesday next. Impor.
lance is attached to this delay, it being
regarded as indicating that the Spanish
| commissioners are preparing for final
stand in these negotiations, and it may
now be definitely stated that they will
not sign a treaty of peace which yields
to Spain no more from the Philippine
islands than has thus far been offered
or indicated. Should the latter indicate
that the United States is only willing to
reimburse Spain for her pacific expendi
lures il the Philippine islands, the
Spanish commissioners will reply that
their mission is finished. Should IL is
occur it is possible that the Spanial'ls
will also suggest suspension of tac
negotiations through the commissi ~
and a resumption OF negotiations e.
tween Madrid and Washington.
This attitude of the Spaniards is ex.
planned by the fact that the members Of
the Spanish commission have political
alliances and personal responsibilities to
constituencies and the national creditors
of Spain which restrict them to certain
lines, which are as far as the ministry
at Madrid cares to go. 1t is pointed out
that if the five Spanish commissioners
here signed treaty yielding the Phil
ippine islands to the United States with
out lessening Spain S debt in an appre-
cable degree, they could not return
home with the prospect of any political
future before them and possibly would
be in danger of violence at the hands of
mobs.
Al the next meeting of the commits
sions the Americans will learn the def
mite attitude of Spain on any PROPOSE
tions thus far made. The American
commissioners may then communicate
their final attitude to the Spaniards.
Should the reply be no different from
those already presented the time will
have arrived when Spain will declare
itself helpless, though steadfast, and
will await the next step of the United
States, whatever it may be. Thus Spain
will be able to say to her creditors that
she has done her utmost and that the
issue must rest between them and the
United States.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA special cab
met meeting was held today to consider
dispatch received from Judge Day at
Paris, in which he informed the presi-
dent that the Spanish commissioners
had asked for additional time to prepare
their reply to the propositions submitted
by the United States. Although the
president and his cabinet advisers are
exceedingly anxious that the negotia-
tons should proceed as rapidly as posi-
BILE, the request for additional time will
be granted and the Spanish commits
sioners given until next Tuesday to pre-
pare their reply.