The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-01
FIVE ARTICLES
ACCEPTED BY THE PACE COMMITS
sIONERs AT PARIS YESTERDAY.
Eight Remain to he Discussed and
Agreed To Before They Can BE In
cOrpOrated i'm the Treaty.
DAILY SESSIONS HEREAFTER
UNTIL ALL THE THIRTEEN ARTI-
CLEs ARE DISPOSED OF.
Little Discussion over the Clauses
Relating to Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam,
the Philippines and Prisoners.
--H----
SIX TROUBLESOME POINTS
REFERRED TO MADRID AND WAsH-
INGTON FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
s-A-
Little Discussion Over the Clauses
Relating to Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam,
the Philippines and Prisoners.
SIX TROUBLESOME POINTS
REFERRED TO MADRID AND WASH
INGTON FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
spaniards Opposed TO ReviVing the
Protocol of 1S77-Rumor that
AguinRIdO Wants $I,5OO,OOO.

PARIS, Nov. 30-People not familiar with
the workings of deliberate bodies imagined
that to-days joint meeting of the peace
commissions might possibly be the last-that
all that remained for the treaty makers to
do was to affix their signatures to the arti-
cles of agreement prepared by the secre-
taries yesterday. This idea was wrong, for
it may he week or more yet before the
treaty is in shape for signing. There are
thirteen articles in the newly prepared pro-
tocol-the commissioners evidently do not
believe in unlucky numbers-and only five
were agreed to to-day after a session lasting
from p. m. till 4:3O o'clock
The United States commissioners held q
session this morning for the purpose of dis
oussing the draft of the treaty articles made
yesterday by Secretaries Moore and Ojeda.
| The final preparation of these articles was
concluded ana the revised draft was then
turned over to the typewriters while the
commissioners hastily launched prior to the
| hour fixed for the joint session. The type
writing, however, was not finished at
o'clock, the time set. The Spaniards ar
rived first at the conference chamber They
were quickly followed by the American com
missioners with the exception of Judge Day
and Secretary Moore, who waited for the
| rived at tho conference an hour later The
two commissions then began the discussion
of the formulated protocol agreements and
the subjects for negotiation, all of which
were presented to the Joint coniuission in a
| form acceptable to the Americans. The
| thirteen articles cover the following sub
| jects:
| Frst-rhe REIMBURSEMENT of sovereignty
! over and claim of title to Cuba
! Second-The cession of Porto Rico and
other Spanish possessions in tho West
Indies, together with Guam, in the La
| drones.
Third-The cession of the Philippines.
| Fourth-The terms of THE evacuation of
| the Philippines.
Fffth--The pledge of the United States to
preserve order in the Philippines pending
| the ratification of the treaty.
! Sixth-The release of military prisoners
mutually.
Seventh-The cession by Spain of the
Island OF Kusae, or Strong island, in the
| Carolines.
Eighth-rhe mutual REIMBURSEMENT of in
demnity claims.
| Ninth-The religious freedom of the Caro-
lines, assuring the rights of American mis-
sionaries there.
Tenth-Cable landing rights at points
within the Spanish jurisdiction.
Eleventh-The release by Spain of polit-
ical prisoners for offenses in Cuba and the
| Philippines.
Twelfth-The pledge OF the United States
| to inaugurate in the Philippines an OPEN
door policy and to guarantee the same to
| Spain for at least twelve years.
Thirteenth-A revival of the treaties
broken by the war.
| The first three articles were mutually
agreed upon to-day as was also the article
embodying the terms of the evacuation of
the Philippines, which will be practically the
same as in the evacuation of Cuba and
| Porto Rico. The mutual release of military
prisoners was agreed on, Spain liberating
the rebel prisoners and the United States
liberating the Manila garrison and the Span
iards held by Aguinaldo. The political pris-
oners to be released by Spain are such as
are now in exile at Ceuta, in Morocco. or
| at other Spanish penal settlements.
Daily sessions will be held hereafter, and
| 1t is now believed that the work may be
possibly concluded this week. although so
| early termination is not probable.
The foregoing list of subjects under con-
sideration does not show the precise order
in which the articles were laid before the
| Spanish commissioners to-day, and in fact
only eight of the thirteen articles were dis
cussed. -Four points arose about which the
| Spaniards desired to consult Madrid and two
on which the Americans will consult WASH
| ington. After the session and the departure
| of the Spanish commissioners the Americans
remained in the conference chamber for an
hour in executive session. The adjournment
was taken until o'clock Tomorrow
The report that Mr. Ferguson, interpreter
! 90 the United States peace commissioners.
had been taken i'll is without foundation.
He has been perfectly well throughout the
conference sessions and attended to-days
| proceedings as usual.