Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-11-10
THEY WILL NOT BREAK OFF.
The Spaniards Will Not Take a
Course Leading to the Re-
sumption Of War.
The STATEMENT OF PREMIER SAeASTA
The Spanish Commissioners Would in No
Case Retire, Because 1t Was Feared the
United States Would Bonba Spanish
Ports-British War Preparations Con,
nected with the Philippines.

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United States Would lombard Spanish
Ports-British War Preparations Con,
nected with the Philippines
Washington, Nov. 6.-Secretary Hay
| said last night he had no information
which would lead him to believe the
SpaniardS would break off the n ego
tiations in Paris in the event that the
American commissioners should rel ect
| the Spanish counter-proposition. Such
I a course on their part would, he said,
be utterly unreasonable and foolish.
The administration expects the Span
iards to carry their play just as far as
| it will 60. That the Spaniards will
take course which will lead to a re-
| sumption of the war is regarded as
highly improbable. The evident pur-
| pose of the SpaniardS now is to awak-
en- as much sympathy as they can for
| Spain. They hope in this way to
| soften the American demands.
There are only two courses open to
| the United States One is to grant
| the Filipinos independence; the other,
to take upon itself the responsibility
| of their government. To grant the
natives independence means to surren-
der the island to anarchy-everyb body
| totally untitled for self-government-
The only honorable course which re-
| mains for the United States is to take
up the responsibility which Provi-
dence, through the fortunes of war,
has put upon it and fulfill its obliga-
tons to the people of the Philippines
and to civilization, to the very best of
! its ability. This is what the admins
| tration proposes to do. The decision
| is one which commendS itself to all
men who combine the qualities of
| righteousness, sound reason and cour-
| age.
The logic of the situation does not
| demand that the United States should
| pay Spain one cent for possession of
| the Philippines. The suggestion of a
pay ment of $40, 600, 900 for Spanish i'm
provements on the island, rightly re-
garded. is the height of generosity
| to a fallen foe. Spain could have
been in possession of all her col
| onies to-day, except Cuba. and have
| had $500 900. 600 in her treasury as
the compensation for freeing Cuba, if
| she had been disposed to listen to rea-
son and the pleadings of justice. That
she finds herself crippled and help
| less mendicant to-day is due alone to
| that moral obtuseness which even now
| blinds her to the fact that she is being
| dealt with generously.
Those who speak of Porto Rico as a
sufficient indemnity for the United
| States seem to have forgotten the
| Maine, for which no indemnity what
ever has been demanded; to have for
gotten that the war has cost the
United States the lives of many of
it's brave soldiers, and nearly $780,
| 600. 900 in money, according to the
United States treasurer's report;
to have. forgotten that the United
States will for years to come be
| obliged to pay hundreds of thousands
| of dollars in pensions for the Spanish
war; to have forgotten that the United
| States was under an expense of about
| 81. 600, 900 month for nearly two years
before the war began, looking out for
! 6libusters on SPANS account, and to
| have forgotten also that there arenow
in the state department the claim of
American citizens for damages done
to their property in Cuba amounting
to S25 GOO, 900, which the United States
will be morally bound to pay if it alb,
solves Spain from the obligation.
Statement of Premier Sagasta-
| Madrid, Nov. 6.-Premier Sagasta,
after long consultation with the
queen regent, yesterday declared to a
number of newspaper correspondents
that he hardly expected that the
Americans would abandon their pre-
| tensions in the matter of the Philip
pines. The government. he said. had
| instructed Senior Montero Rios, the
head of the Spanish peace commits
| sion, to defend SPANS just claims to
the utmost, obtaining all possible con-
cessions. The Spanish commissioners,
Senior Sagasta said. would in no case
retire, because such step would be
| equivalent to a rupture and a renewal
| Of hostilitieS, in which case he feared
| that the Americans would bomba
the Canaries, the African colonies and
the Spanish ports, Spain being unable
| to resist.
| British War Preparat ions.
| London, Nov. 6.-The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily News says: 1t
! is asserted in well-informed quarters
that the British war preparations are
connected with the Philippine ques-
ton, in which the United States gov
eminent is working in agreement with
England. The rumors are revived
that the United States intends ceding
to England some of the islands or
| granting coaling stations there.