The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31


the Philippines AguinaIdo,s
Had Break In Defyinc Amer;ca
VIII Likely Cut Him Out of All
Consideration in the Adjustment
or the Philippines Question,
Forto Rico to BE Coded, Cuba to
Be Freed From the Sn.ntsh VOL
span1ards Must Abandon Sow
ereignty In West Indian woters
WASHINGTON, July so.-The repiv
Oh the United States government to
the spanish overture for peace was
tnls AFTERNOON placed in the hands ne
NJ. Cambon, the French ambassador.
To De py him transmitted to the gov.
eminent of Spain.
1t was 4:3O o'clock before the rninis-
ter received the answer, and. as If
makes about LOO words in all. must
be reduced to the diplomatic cipher
and then transmitted by cable. The
Madrid authorities probably will not
receive it until some time tomorrow.
AT 1880 o'clock this morning, in ac-
cordance with the agreement reached
yesterday, the members of the cabinet
began to assemble at the White house.
but 1t was nearly II o'clock before they
were all present and ready to resume
their discussion at the point where it
was interrupted yesterday, by adjourn
ment. Secretary Day had prepared a.
draft of the answer, based on the ex-
pressions Of his colleagues in the cabi-
net yesterday, and 1t was expected
that only short time would be con-
sumed in going over this and giving
1t formal approval. 1t turned out 9TH
erWise, however Probably overnight
new factors had suggested themselves
or fresh influences had been brought
to bear, for the cabinet was soon en-
gagged in an animated discussion Of
the Philippine settlement. On the
other points of the answer there was
| no disagreement, and these PROPOSE
tons were ratified as they stood yes
terday, namely: Cuba to be free;
Porto Rico to be coded to the United
States; one of the Ladrone islands
(probably Gaum) to be coded to the
United States as coaling station, and,
as an immediate step, all Spanish mil
withdrawn, with the formal relin-
quishment by Spain of her sovereignty
over any possessions among those ISL
| ands.
AS to the Philippines, the cabinet
agreed upon the following point:
That Manila bay, with the city and
surrounding territory, should be re-
tanned In the possession of the United
States at least for such a length of
time as is necessary to devise and put
in operation some plan for the future
government Of the entire group.
After that point, the main divergence
of opinion began and all sorts of
propositions were put forward and
urged by individual members as the
best means of dealing with the future
of the islands.
AGUINALDO'S BAD BREAK.
In the very midst of the discussion
the element that had strongly urged
the necessity of protecting Aguinaldo
in any settlement we should arrange,
received a severe check through the
receipt Of a cablegram from Admiral
Dewey, stating that the insuIgent CHI ef
had assumed a defiant attitude, and
Admiral Dewey expressed the opinion
that the United States would be oblg-
ed to make war upon them, nece5sitat-
ing the requirements of 100000 troops
to subdue the islands. While this did
not bring about complete dismissal of
the proposition to take the insurgents
into account in settling the terms of
peace, it did have the effect to cause
MT no tn
defer action upon the question as to
the disposition of the islands until the
other phases Of the peace negotiations
have been satisfactorily adjusted
meaning by that that the matter goes
over until the last Spanish flag has
disappeared from the Western hemi-
sphere, and the American flag is host
ed to stay over the coaling stations We
require in Micronesia.
The discussion lasted tw2 hours ard
g quarter before the cabinet hit upon
the best course for the United States
| to adopt. 1t was finally decided that
! what we desired could be best done by
| the appointment of a JOINT commission.
| limited in its representation to the gov
| ernments of the United States and
Spain, which commission is to endeavor
| to settle the details of the government
| of the Philippines and determine what
| treatment shall be accorded the insur-
gents, the United Sites army and navy
meanwhile occupying Manila and Ma
Mia bay, and thus retaining a position
to enforce speedily the verdict that
shall be finally reached by the COM
mission.
CAMBON AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
AS the cabinet meeting adjourned AS
siitant Secretary John Moore, who had
been called into the meeting at TIE last
moment, went to the state department
to Tut the views of the president and
cabinet in the proper diplomatic form,
and while this was doing notice was
sent to the French ambassador that the
president would be pleased to hand him
personally the reply of the United
States government at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. 1t was expected that this
ceremony would occupy only few mo-
ments; that the ambassador would take
the note and Immediately hurry with
it to his cipher clerks, and then to the
telegraph Office. In this expectation
Assistant Secretary Moore went out of
town on an afternoon train and Secre-
tary Day, as he went to the White
uhouse to meet the ambassador, tossed
Is gripsack into his carriage in the
In expectation of being able to catch