Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-10-22
USELESS DELAY STOPPED.
American Peace Commission Opens inc
Eyes of the Dons.

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LONDON, Oct. 1s.--A dispatch to
London news agency from Paris says:
To-day (Monday) the conference
reached crisis for the first time. Judge
Dav presented the demands OF the
American commission in threatening
words He said that delay was the only
possible object attainable by the per-
sistent efforts of the Spanish commits
siopers to saddle the United States with
the Cuban debt, aad would be tolerated
no longer, as the United States would
neither assume nor guarantee any part
OF the debt.
1.-The Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in position OF repudiat'
ing or of reducing the face value OF the
= Cuban bonds from 80 to 60 per cent
: paving only half the stipulated interest
on the reduced value. Before they woult
y adopt either alternative they woul'
surrender to the United States the en-
~ - tire Philippines.
a. Judge Day responded that the SUI
# render of the Philippines would prof
ii ably be demanded, irrespective OF tn
m Cuban or any other debt.
ne "This, to the Spaniards the first int
ne nation of the intentions OF the un'te
a States as to the Philippines, resulted
In a whispered conference, followed by
DIS request for an adjournment in order
communicate with Madrid.
in Judge Day said that President NJ
le- Kinlev had instructed him to demal
ng the entire surrender of Porto klco
on morrow (Tuesdayl."
nj No Cuban sovereignty.
re- The Paris correspondent of the Tin
ap- saws: At the sitting Of the peace co
the mission this Monday afternoon t
not American commissioners otficially-a
.m- it would seem defnitely-rejected t
BY idea of accepting sovereignty over Gu
hly for the United States. The span
to commissioners thereupon remarked II
'ov. Spain. having abandoned sovereign
liza under pressure of the United Stat
lore and the United States having den
that sovereignty henceforth belong
them. Cuba is de facto in state
anarchy, as an intermission OF
rem ereienty cannot be viewed in any OF
light.
Will .The American commissioners
shot ioined that, without accepting
lille ereirnty, the United States conside
ans themselves deputicd and bound to mi
AS tain security for all the inhabita
tim that they would not fail to introd
Two and uphold order. and, in short,
arm, they would do all that was necessar
the nut the island as speedily as possibl
his state of normal organization, to
cog transformed at the earliest moment
two a legal regularity satisfactory for
and security of all.
Nll Upon this the Spanish commlss
'steo ers. with what seems striking IL
The promptly replied that, by the fact OF
ance declaration just made them, and OF
June United States undertaking to res
| legality, OTOSl anu '~N"ii i''' N'
nnon States were invested with verltable
,r'er' ereignty, seeing that they admit
Iapt. could not tolerate the relapse mt
1ated archy of an island placed under
supervision and direction.
Final Refusal Made Known.
Notwithstanding these strilSln
on he iections, the American commissl'
persisted in their refusal, and ofllf
sc eN' declared that the United States ca
hee'o be considered invested with sover
y, ,o''hs tv, and that they (the comm'sslo
i i, eii'N could not deviate from this definite
-, laration.
According to impressions | have
, able to collect in various circles Il
nected with either side, but EMIT
1 80 y weight, the refusal of the United
m the is not of so positive character as
e back at first sight seem to result fro
,erfor- formal declaration mentioned.
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