Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-11-09
The Peace Commissioners Who
Were to Hold a Conference
Tuesday Did Not Meet.
SPANISH CONSULTATIONS AT AN END.
The American Commissioners Asked
for POstpOnement of the Joint
Session Until Wednesday.
Want Time to Translate Reply of the United
States TO tho Latest Spanish P"oposi-
tions Regarding the Philippines
which Had just Been Received.

PARIS. Nov. s.-The Spanish-Amer-
lean peace commissioners have notified
the minister of foreign affairs, M. Del
casse, that the joint session which was
to have taken place Tuesday will not
be held, and that they will notify the
minister when they have determined
upon the date of another meeting.
Later semi-oificial note was issued
announcing thai the peace commits
sioners had informed the French min
lister of foreign affairs that their con-
ferences were suspended.
Inquiry developed the fact that the
failure to hold meeting OF the com
missions Tuesday was only due to the
Americans asking for postponcment
of the joint session until Wednesday in
order to allow time for the translation
of the reply of the United States to the
latest Spanish propositions regarding
the Philippine islands, which was re-
ceived here Tuesday morning.
WASHINGTON. Nov. $50 far as the
state department knows there has
been no break in the peace negotia-
tions in Paris, and if difficulty had
arisen officials say it would have been
reported promptly to the department.
1t is assumed therefore, that there
must be some purely internal reason
for the postponement. perhaps the con-
venience of the commissioners. The
advices that have come to hand so
far are said to be rather encour-
aging than the reverse, and there is a
disposition to agree to the statement
rather curiously made by the Spanish
cabinet Monday, that there will be
three or four more meetings of the
Joint commission. This is. taken for
an indication that the Spaniards
themselves are not looking for break
in the negotiations, but rather expect
a peaceful conclusion in a short time.
The foreign bondholders have at last
moved formally to protect their inter-
ests in Cuba and Porto Rico. The ini-
tial steps have been taken through the
agency of the French embassy, which
in this case acts no longer as the rep
resentative of the Spanish government,
but for French subjects. Through the
French embassy a most formidable
statement has been presented to the
state department, being an account o.
the various Spanish bonds owned by
French citizens chargeable against the
territories either seized or set free hy
act of the United States government
The sum total of these bonds runs fal
up into the millions Just what it i
expected shall be done with them il
not made clear. The United State.
government, of course, will not pay
them, but it may be that the French
government looks to it to cause the in
dependent government of Cuba to as
sumo liability for redemption of tn,
: bonds charged against that island wheI
that government shall have become dul,
installed by the act of the United State
government. 1t is probable that othe
/ holders of like bonds, German an,
British, will take similar steps to haV
their claims brought through thei
diplomatic representatives to the at
tention of the United States govern
ment, and it may even be that holder
of such bonds in Spain, though Span
ish citizens will take a like course
which would present a novel CLAIM
upon the generosity ca the Unite
States government.