Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1898-11-02
Spain Must Pay to the United
States Every Dollar Expended
on Account ofthe Struggle.
ETHER IN POSSESSIONS OR CASH.
AS Spain Has No Money We Will
Take and Occupy the Whole
of the Philippines.
II After Balancing Our Accounts 1t ia
Found Any Compensation Is Due the
Dons, 1t Will BE Paid to Them
in n Lump Sum.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The cabinet
Tuesday devoted most of its attention
to consideration of questions connected
! with the administration of affairs in
Cuba and Porto Rico. The admins
trative feature of the Philippine ques-
ton also received some attention.
Nothing has been heard from the com
mission at Paris as to Mondays pro-
ceedings and it is realized that nothing
is to be expected in the way of devel-
opments until Fridays session.
While the cabinet gave little atten-
ton Tuesday to the peace negotiations
at Paris, there is no longer any doubt
as to the general purposes of this gov
ernment to retain the entire Philip
pine archipelago. If, after final bal
! ancing of the account, viz, the cost
of the war to the United States on one
side, and our acquisitions on the 9TH
er, it is found that any compensa-
ton is due the Spaniards it will
be made in a lump sum. 1t is point
ed out that at the time the proto-
col was signed the United States did
not have and has not since acquired
any part of the Philippine islands out
side of Manila city and harbor, and
that the United States has never en-
tertained purpose to acquire any ter
ritory by the power of conquest. What
the United States will insist upon is
that she must be fully reimbursed for
every dollar expended by her on account
of the war, and in the statement will
be included an amount sufficient to
cover all payments, present and
prospective, on account of the pensions
incident to the war. No Spanish bonds
of any character or amount, other than
local or municipal bonds, will be paid
or assumed by this government. The
question of the status of municipal
obligations under circumstances like
the present is fully settled by in
ternational law. They must be
recognized as valid and binding
by the conquering power, and hence
it is assumed that the United States
will not raise any question on this
point, but promptly consent to guaran-
tee their final payment. What sum of
money this government will consent to
pay to Spain can not even be estimat-
ed, but when the final account is rem
dered, it is believed that the balance
due Spain will be small, probably not
exceeding S25, 900, 900 or $50, ,O00,00O
The belief still prevails among the
majority of the cabinet that the Span
iards will accept the terms laid down
by the United States and whatever of
delay occurs before that result is
reached will be chargeable only to the
purpose of the Spaniards to secure the
best possible terms; to extort the last
possible million dollars, before acced-
ing to our demands.
The possibility of disagreement of
th4 commissioners and the failure of
the conference, however, is now con-
templated with greater equanimity
than at an earlier stage of the negotia-
tions. The administration has salts
fed itself that Spain is neither able nor
willing to resume hostilities on any
scale that would make her a dangerous
opponent to the United States There
fore, supposing the Paris conference to
fail, all that would be imposed upon
our government as an immediate duty
would be to take immediate complete
| of
This it is believed could be accom-
? plished without loss of life. The last
, vestige of Spanish military power in
0 the islands is that under Col. Rios
a commander-in-chief of the Viscayas
t islands, and by deputized authority
: in charge of all Spanish territory not
e directly within the control of the
J. United States, in the Philippine is
l. lands His force is insignificant from
II military point of view, and it il
doubtful if he could have held his OWL
against the insurgents had the Tagals
been allowed by Adm. Dewey to max,
= Manila the base of an expedition di
l. rected against the Spanish commander
30 Idr as tuDd 10 cOnCcTHttl, lle OH
! ficulty might be more serious but ever
.. in Cuba the Spanish military force
. are not in condition to offer prolonged
:, resistance to the American conques
:, of the island and with the Spanisl
navy at the bottom of the sea the,
could not be reinforced with troop
from Spain. Therefore, about tn
y worst that could happen would b
n, the necessity imposed upon us O
l struggling along without the sigma
er ture of treaty Of peace, bu
to in full possession of all the terri
ot tory we desire, and that such cor
ditions can exist without damage I
material interests is shown by the his
q. tory of the Spanish-American republic
w which revolted from Spain's rule.
- John F. Phillips, treasurer of the Ch
., cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad