The San Francisco call., 1898-11-02
REPLY TO OUR ULTIMATUM
BY: THE USUAL TACTICS THE DoNS SEEK DELAY.
Meanwhile Madrld's Protest Is Ig- :. nored and the Battleship
 Squadron Continues on Its Way to Manila
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NEW YORK. Nov. 1.--The Herald:s Washington correspondent telegraphs: Through Rios and his associates Spain will present on Friday to the American Peace Commission a direct refusal of the proposition made by Mir. Day to cede the Philippine Islands to the United States, and will ask for the sub mission of a substitute proposal. This, it Is believed in WeH-fnferfned diplo- matic circles here, will be the first fea- ture of the Spanish programme in the negotiations respecting the disposition of the far astern island. :::.
 By this move Spain will delay:the pre- Eentation of the second proposition un: til the following Monday; and by the Q time of the next sitting the elections in the United States will. be- over. and if they should show opposition to the ex-. pansion policy of the administratio the Spaniards will maintain frmer stand against the demands of the American commissioners with some hope of securing material rnodifications. There is no expectation either In ad- mintstration or, diplomatic circles that the Spanish commissioners wiH+ with draw.
 Spain's protest against the dispatch of the battleship squadron to. Manila
 
 Hay has informed the Spanish authori- ties that the Oregon and, Iowa. are now fin Brazilian waters and their destina-e ton after leaving Rio de Janeiro will be the Sandwich Islands. The Seere-3 tary does not enter into any discussion of the charge made by the. Spanish Minister that the protocol of August. 12 has been violated, but simply states facts in connection with the voyage of the battleships, and the matter. rests there. .s.-: ."
 Unofficially,s however, it is admitted that the ships will proceed to Manila and instructions to this effect await them at Honolulu:
 Not content with endeavoring to ob' tain a. statement. from the American Peace Commissioners in" Paris that. the United States proposed to annex Cuba the Spanish Government has attempted to: secure a declaration to this efIect direct from the Secretary of State. understand that recently a communfca- ton was received at the State Depart ment from the French Embassy .in- closing a. note from the spanish Min ister :. of Foreign Affairs asking the United States to announce its inten- tions with respect to Cuba. Secretary Hay, after the American commission CTS in Paris have diSclaimed any posi- tion or intention on the part of the United States to- exercise sovereign jurisdiction or control. over the island except for qualification has sent com munication to the Spanish Government through the embassy that the .Ameri- can commissioners having the matter in charge will answer the questions which it has asked, and the matter has been referred to Paris. : The Cabinet to-day devoted. most of its attention to the consideration of questions in connection with the ad-' ministration of affairs in Cuba: and Porto Rico. The administrative feature of the Philippine question also received. some attention. Nothing has been. heard from the commission at Paris as to yesterdays proceedings, and 1t Is realized that nothing is to be expected Tn the way of developments until Fri days session.