The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-02

tOcol Of 1877, which the Spanish gov
ernment has notified her commission
ers not to revive, is the celebrated
Cushing protocol which has been
source of much correspondence be-
tween the two governments and was
invoked by this government number
Of times prior to the outbreak of hos
tilities. The protocol was framed with
special reference to the outbreaks in
Cuba against Spain and now that she
has lost nearly all of her colonies and
especially those near our soil, 1t has
not it's former Importance to the Unit
ed States. Its aim was to guarantee
our citizens protection against sum-
mary and secret legal proceedings. It's
first clause, which is fairly destructive
Of the whole protocol, provided that
no citizen of the United States resid
ing in Spain or in her island posses
SiOns charged with treason, cOnSpira-
cy against the government or any 9TH
er crime be subjected to trial by any
exceptional tribunal unless captured
with arms in hand, but, instead shall
be tried exclusively by the ordinary le
gal jurisdiction.
SENATOR HOAR OPPOSES PHIL
IPPINE ANNEXATION.
Worcester, Mass, November 30-Sen-
atOr Hoar announced himself today as
positively opposed to the acquisition of
the Philippines by the United States.
In a cOmmunicat to The Gazette he
says:
I'VE have not, so far, any news
which is absolutely trustworthy OF
what they are doing in Paris; but il
the report is true that it is proposed
to buy of Spain the sovereignty Of
the Philippine islands and to pay $780,
600, 900 for it, / do not believe that such
a treaty Will be agreed to, and I do
not believe it ought to be agreed to.
Spain has very little sovereignty in
the Philippines to sell just now; and
l do not think the people of the Unit
ed States are in the market to buy
sovereignty, or that the constitution
has conferred on anybody the right to
buy any such commodity. The consti-
tuition was framed upon the theory
that sovereignty is not a salable ar
tiCle. The people of the United States
have conferred upon nobody the pow
er to make such purchases in their be-
half. We have acquired territory
either vacant or so sparsely settled
that there We're no people capable of
governing it and no germ of a nation
al life. We have also. in one recent
case, acquired territory where the
original germ of national life had per-
ished. But neither of these precedents
applies to the Philippine archipelago
Will llS HlllllOHS Oh ln1ld Dl ldHlS.
GENERAL BLANCO'S DEPARTURE.
Havana, November 3O-The Spanish
mail steamer Villaverde, with Marshal
Blanco, the former captain general OF
Cuba, and his suite on board, left this
port at l o'clock a. m. today. The de-
parture of Marshal Blanco was not ac-
cOmpanied by the pOmp and ceremony
marking similar events in previous
years. Only personal friends and a
few officers accompanied General Blan-
co, none of the crowds usual on such
occasions, waiting to see him for the
last time. A body of troops, however,
to do military hOnOrs to the former
captain general was present. AS soon
as Marshal BlancO arrived on board
the Villaverde the vessel weighed an
Choir.
AGUINALDO DEMANDS RANSOM.
Madrid, November 30.-The govern
ment has received an important dis
patch from the Philippine islands in
which 1t is stated that AguinatdO, the
insurgent leader. demands 81, 500. 900 for
the release of the imprisoned friars.