The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-04
A REFUSAL PROBABLE
PARIS THINKS SPAIN WILL
NOT SETTLE.
French Papers, Supposed 70 Reflect
Spanish Views. rhIak the Conquered
Nation win Turn TO The Powsrs-
London IL Much Pleased

PARIS, Nov. e.-The French papers
ierive their news Of tho work of tho
peace commission from Spanish
sources, and therefore the morning
papers here to-day are interesting as
indicating the stmosphere In Spanish
quarters and the trend Of French
views and tendencies. II must be re-
called that the Spaniards have utterly
accepted the refusal of the United
States to assume any Of the Spanish
debt and the Cuban question has been
set away to await Its place in the FINAL
treaty, providing differences on the
question Of the Philippine islands
shall not prevent the making OF any
treaty. As the whole Is composed OF
its parts. so must tho Philippine ques-
ton be mutually agreed on or none of
those questions previously agreed on
will find place in tho treaty.
The Paris press to-day indicates
tendency to confuse the situation. The
Matin, In reviewing IL, says: 1T is
well understood that the cession
Of Porto Rico was tantamount to the
oay ment of war indemnity In cash
md entirely freed Spain from any sub
'equent repetition upon the subject"
Turning back to Cuba, tho Matin re-
marks: 1.-THE Spaniards declined to
concur in separating the debt from the
pledge, the mortgage from the loan.
and as it was impossible to reach an
they asked that at least
the order of the protocol be inverted
and that the question OF the Philip
pines be previously discussed. that
question possibly offering the Ameri-
cans an opportunity for rendering
some compensation for the enormous
sacrifices they have forced upon the
conquered. The Americans finally ac-
cedcd to the change and only asked
The Spaniards to accept Professionally
the clauses relating to tho Cuban debt.
with the reservation that the accept
ance could be withdrawn iB no agree
ment was reached as to- the Philip
pines"
Referring to yesterdays meeting the
Matin says: "The Spauiards said they
would make their answer known Fri
day. But IL 10 easy to foreseo what 1t
will be---a refusal, precise and formal.
The Spanish plenipotontiaries have
made MP their minds, In the event Of
The United States adverting to the
Philippine proposition, to decline sign
Ing the act Of peace, to break of the
uepoti ations and to call upon the civ
ilized nations to witness the abuse OF
force to which they will be subjected
and the violation Of the provisions set
,orth in the Washington protocol"
The Gaulois remarks: "The Span
hrds will never agree to abandon the
archipelago without compensation,
and we believe the Americans intend
70 suggest that they will assume the
Philippine debt. We hope tho negoti.
stions will not DO broken, but Spain,
I 10 given out as certain, would take
uch q course rather than submit to
humiliating terms"
LONDON, Nov. 1.-The Times, editor
lally, expresses its frank satisfaction
It the decision of the United States
commissioners to take the Philippine
islands 1t says:
"The arrangement Is undoubtedly
the best that could be made for both
the inhabitants and for all interested
In tho trade and progress Of the Far
East. Upon this point. as upon
others, Spain has no choice but to
FIELD, since her warmest partisans no
longer maintain that she has either
the means or the wish to o'renew the
war. The same irresistible logic Of
facts controls the question, OF the Gu
ban debt. The United States can die
tate their own terms.
AT the same time, we are bound to
draw attention to the serious oonse-
quences Of the policy upon which the
American delegates have insisted"