The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-13

other preferred terms-just as these
| terms will have to be ultimately ap
| proved by the same officials of thu
United States.
1.-The United States require as an III
| demnity for. or an equivalent to the
| sacrifices they have borne during this
| short war, the cesson of Porto Rico
| and other islands now under the soy
| ereignty of Spain i'll the West Indies
| and also the cession Of islands in the
| Ladrones to be selected by the Federal
| Government.
This demand strips us of the very
| last memory of the glorious task and
eXpels us at once from the
PROSPEROUS Island of Porto Rice
| and from the Western Hemisphere
which became peopled and civilized
| through the proud deeds of our ancestors
| Ii might perhaps have been possible to
commensurate by some other cession fol-
the Injuries sustained by the United
States. However, the infleXibility of the
demand ohliges us to cede, and we shall
cede. the island of Porto Rico and other
islands belonging to tie Crown of Spain
in the West Indies, together with one
of the islands of the Archipelago of
Ladrones, to be selected by the American
Government.
THE terms relating to the Philippines
seem to our understanding quite indefin-
lite. On the one hand, the ground on
which the United States believe them
selves entitled to occupy the bay harbor,
and city of Manila, pending the conclu-
sion of the treaty of peace, cannot be
that of conquest, since in spite of the
blockade maintained OH the bay by the
American fleet and in spite of the siege
established ON land by native army
supported and provided for by an Am
erican Admiral. Manila still holds lis
own and the Spanish standard still
waves over the city. On the other hand
tie whole archipelago of TIE Philippines
is in the power and under the SOW
ereignty of Spain
SOVEREIGNTY NOT RENOUNCED.
'"Therefore, the Government of Spain
thinks that the temporary occupation of
Manila should constitute guaranty. Ii
is asserted that the treaty of peace shall
determine the control. disposition and
government of the Philippines, but as
the intentions of the Federal Govern
ment by repression remain yelled, the
Spanish Government must therefore de-
clare that. while accepting the third
condition. they do not A PRlORl re-
nounce the sovereignty of Spain over the
archipelago leaving il to the negotiators
to agree as to such reforms as the con-
ditions of these possessions and the level
of the culture of their natives may rem
der desirable.
'The Government of Her Majesty ac-
cepts the third condition, with the above
mentioned declarations.
Such are the statements and observa-
tons which the Spanish Government has
the honor to submit in reply to Your Elk
cellency's communication. They accept
the proffered terms. subject to the APP
prevail of the Cortes of the Kingdom, as
required by their constitutional duty.
The agreement between the two
Government implies the immediate sus-
pension of hostilities and the designation
of commissioners for the purpose of set
Ting the details of n treaty of peace
and of signing it under the terms above
indicated
Il avail myself of this occasion to
offer to Your Excellency assurances of
my highest consideration"
SECRETARY DAYS RESPONSE.
Following is Secretary Days response,
through NJ. Cambon, under date of Au-
gust 10th, and which Spain declares en-
bodied acquiescence to her reservation of
Philippine sovereignty from discussion in
the peace commissions:
Your EXcellency:
although it is our understanding that
the note of Duke of Almodovar de Rio.
which you left with the President on
yesterday afternoon, is intended to con-
vey an acceptance by the Spanish Gov
eminent of the terms set forth in my
note of the Both ultimo, as basis upon
which the President would appoint COM
missioners to negotiate and conclude
with commissioners on the part of Spain
II treaty of peace, / understand that we
concur in the opinion that the Dukes
note doubtless, owing to the various ]
transformations which it has undergone
in the course of its circuitous transmits
sion by telegraph and in cipher is not,
in the form in which it reached the
President, entirely explicit.
Under the circumstances, il is
considered that the most certain way
Of avoiding misunderstanding is
to embody in protocol. to be
signed by us as the representatives re-
spectively of the United States and of
Spain, the terms on which the negotia-
tons for peace are to be undertaken.
81 therefore enclose herewith draft
of such n protocol. in which you will find
| have embodied the precise terms ten
dered to Spain in my note of the Both
ultimo, together with appropriate stipu
lations for the appointing of commission
ers to arrange the details of the imme-
date evacuation of Cuba. Porto Rico
and other islands under Spanish sover-
eighty in the West Indies, as well as for
the appointment of commissioners to
treat Of peace.
accept Your Excelency, the renewed
assurances of my highest consideration.
CIVILIAN r. DAY"
THE AMERICAN CONTENTION.
The Americans hold that Spain saw
that Philippine sovereignty was involved
in the basis laid down by the United
States. and her attempted reservation Of
August 9TH is evidence thereof. The sus-
pension Of hostilities was deferred be-
cause of this fact. A protocol in precise
terms was demanded because of this
fact, and NJ. Cambon cabled Madrid on
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