Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-11-25
Spain LEARNS OUR TERMS
Peace and Twenty Million
Dollars Are Hers If Ac-
copied at Once.
ONE WEEK TO DECIDE.
The American Ultimatum Presented
at a Meeting of the Joint
Commission.

Ehe United States Refuses to Arhitrate,
But Offers to Pay Ca,h and Give Spain
Trading Terms-We Also Offer TO Re-
nounce All claims For Indemnity. In
GLIDING Compensation For the Maine.
Paris Nov. 21.-The American Peace
Commissioners, at a session of the
Joint commission this afternoon, de-
liVered the following as their reply TO
the Spanish memorandum ana the
Ginal and irrpducibe terms which the
United States will accept.
The proposal of arbitration and the
Spanish interpretations of the third
article of the protocol. are rejected be-
cause they would be a virtual surrend.
er of the functions of the Peace Com
mission.
The United States offers Spain
500 600 in cash for the Philippines.
and also the same trading terms for
a series of years as American ships.
The United States further declares a
policy of "oppn door" in the Philip
Dines and also the mutual resignation
of all public and private claims be-
tween Spain and the United States
since the beginning of the Cuban in
surrection This is intended to imply
shat each Government well settle the
claims of it's own citizens against the
other country and the rcestablish-
snent of the artC-bcllum treaties The
foregoing is within the scope of the
protocol.
The United States adds an offer to
treat for the purchase of one of the
Caroline Islands and cable station at
various places.
The United States also insists upon
,f hn (FarnlinnC
under the treaty of 1856.
The session of the joint commission
was adjourned until Wednesday.
For the first time in the course of
She peace negotiations the Spanish and
American Commissioners left the
meeting simultaneously to-day. Both
sides appeared to be satisfied with
what had been done.
The offer by the United States to
buy Kusae, or Strong Island. in the
Caroline group. and other cable sta
tions is conditional upon the accept
ance by Spain within a week of the
1erms regarding the Philippines.
The proposal to renoUnce all claims
Tor indemnify includes. of course com
pensation for the destruction of the
Maine.
The Spanish Commissioners were
DarOlN surprised by the terms or the
American memorandum presented to
thcm today They fully expected. a
cefusal of their arbitration suggestion
and the delivery of Il final proposition
In the nature of an ultimatum. but the
amount of indemnity offered by the
United States for the ceSsion of the
Philippines was about half of what
was anticipated and a twentieth of
their own idea of what should be paid.
Senior Montero Rios. the President
of the Spanish Commission. who
throughout the negotiations has been
The most impcrturbahle member of the
Joint Commission. allowed his feelings
to master him when he reached the
Spanish headquarters after the adj
jOulnment. He was for some time in
fit of rage. and INDUCED in language
which might easily lead unSOphiSti-
rated hearers to believe that an agree
ment on Il treaty of peace was i'm
possible.
1t may be that Senior MOntero Rios
will persist i'm the declaration. which
hc has made repeatedly during The
past three weeks. that he would never
assent to the American terms. anC
One or two Of his associates to-nigh'
expressed their belief that he would
remain unyielding TO the end, bu
1t is not probable that Spain will sacri
fice $2o.OOO.00O in hard cash to he
pride and Senior MOntero Ross obStin
acy.