The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-23
BELIEVED SPAIN WILL DECLINE
UNITED STATES WILL nis Ai.i.OW ED
70 SEIZE THE ARCHIPELAGO.
Already Observation-Disclosures
of Cuba Likely To CONTINUES.

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''~'eA'os - "' s,i''i's' pe'so
commissioners last night teieSfaphed TO
Madrid the substance Of the United States
memorandum presented Yesterday even,ns
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'''' ."se :" '"e oNe"'he 'nes Me'p aissu's-
ing 1t among themselves. As late as
O'Clock this morning a Spanish commits
sioner q ftr,o, ,,.,t l., 49,, hta ,,,,,.,
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u'a i'e hhow "haI 10 40 feSaraius the
American offer
1,ae.e is a difference ,f ,,n,nion among
un.,fe-i,, r,o,>,, 49, -, ...,--,.s,s
put the prediction Is maize tot Spain
will decline the American offer OF
money. that sbo yvlIl ,aynss 80 coa, ~
pn;s,,S,, N , eN WV
anu VIII say 10 tae uhiteu
States: You may take tie archipelago, be-
cause you have the mower IN 10 so As
y.u advance, we win retire. nrosesttnr
against greedy aggression. We win taiih
iully carry out our prctoco pledres and
leave Cuba and Porto Rico in your hands
You came hero IN onvaya !, ,i.,,,ssi,,,,
unaer the terms az the nraiosa, h,, t'S Won,
evidently meant when drawing nm thar
document to provide a conference In watch,
tough we diner man to man, YOU propose
TO announce at The nroDer time what WI,
will do whether we agree 10 ii or oh
Ject. such an attiul.e robs The conference
OF q, negative character and sets nm Inc
United States as a dominant mower ,vhnse.
fist purpose is to listen. but whose njti-
mate determine lion is 10 do IFS oun will ),
As "a matter OF FACT seno.. Wonfero tios
lis reported to have used virtualIv s,n,h
language and arguments Az the foregoinc
He said that. even indirasiny n highar
degree OF oxnsperatl1r, nj tbn Amor,r,n ~.
fer of $40 100000 His manner no l,ss than
his wo. DIS betrayed bis ropuenanee. 1850
His display OF fesain. and uttarances.
however. are not wholly approved hy His
Spanish colleagues who did NOT hesitate ia
say as much after Yesterdays session. Ut-
teranccs later by /, spaDiard of import.
aucs, whose name is withheld for the nres-
emit ind Gates another line of artinn a
treaty cession OF the Philippines.
Suppose said The speaker In question.
that Spain says to the United STATES. we
are exhausted; we have no funds with
which to continue the war: we don't want
TO continue. and we can not You serve
us with an ailtimattlm. We must submit to
your treaty and when YOU want us 20 sign
we will sign We must bend to physical
force.
You have the Antilles and you will
possssss the Philippines as conaues, from
helpless people. We yield, but we decline
$50 900 900 for property on which our val
,ation was not respected. Yotp have your
will. We trust you will not continue the
war upon our heiplessness because, for
sooth we decline your $40. 1000 900. Surely
This waiver by us OF your money viii not
provoke further use of arms against
spain
We sign, we cede, we are dumb. IL is
finished and We may be permitted TO re-
tain the privilege of assuring cur people
and onr national creditors that we at least
have not stolen and sold territory we had
pawned.
Shoula SDain cede By treaty or on the
other should she refuse TO break Off no
gotlatiops here. her protests, will embody
some such declaration as this.
AS against such sentiment It is argued
that the business In hand is work for
grown men and that IT would he childish
folly IN refuse the 10000 900 ard tho
Snan,sh couid not Justify such a refusal
before tbe Spanish people. or the pubic
crsSitors M snain a deliberate throwing
.wav ~ 800 000 900 In addition to the loss
n ME pbilinnines.
act nfght the Spanish commissioners
s.rt Inc American proposl.ion nv mes
senser N Madrid where II viii arrive TO-
-, ,,,',,v II is ss,, that the Snanish gov
,-'r1,,,,s,,, r,,,st now answer me American |
vi ,ip,at,,,, Nv, ae a. a. moi 1ikeiy that Nh.
ans.rs,. - Nsd IA viii arrive toino-row Ia