Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-26
REPLY 1O SPAIN IS FIRM
The American Peace Commissioners
Define Their Pos tion in Most
Positive Language.
DELAY WILL Be TOLERATED NO LONGER
United States VIII Not Assume Any
Portion of the Cuban Debt-Surren-
der of the Entire Philippines May
Also BE Misunderstanding Ses-
sion of Joint COmlni ssiOn.

Lordon, Oct. 18.-A dispatch to a
London news agency from Paris says:
Monday the peace conference reached
crisis for the first time. Judge Day
presented tic demands of the Amer
lean commission in threatening words.
He said thai delay was the only pos
siblc object attainable by the per-
sistent efforts of the Spanish commits
sioners to saddle the United States
with the Cuban debt, and it would be
tolerated no longer, as the United
States would neither assume nor guar
antce any part of the debt.
The Spaniards Reply.
The Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in position of repudi-
ating or of reducing the face value of
the Cuban bonds from so to 60 per
cent. paying only half the stipulated
interest on their reduced value. Be-
fore they would adopt either alterna-
tive they would surrender to the
United States the entire Philippines.
Must Be No More Delay.
Judge Day responded that the sur
render of the Philippines would prob
ably be demanded, irrespective of the
Cuban or any other debt. This, to the
Span,ards the first intimation of the
intentions of the United States as to
the Philippines, resulted in a whis-
pered conference, followed by re-
quest for adjournment in order to
communicate with Madrid. Judge Day
said that President Mckinley had in
structed him to demand the entire sur
render of Puerto Rico to-day (Tues-
day..
Don't Want Cuban Sovereignty.
London, Oct. 1S.-The Paris CORE
spondent of the Times says: At the
sitting of the peace commission Mon
day afternoon the American commits
sioners of6cially-and it would seem
efnitely-reject the idea of &C.
cepting sovereignty over Cuba for the
United States. The Spanish commits
sioners thereupon remarked that
Spain, having abandoned such SOW
ereignty under pressure from the
United States and the United States
having denied that sovereignty hence
forth belongs to them, Cuba is de facto
in state of anarchy, as an intermis-
| sion of sovereignty cannot be viewed
in any other light.
VIII Maintain Security.
The American commissioners re-
joined that, without accepting SOW
ereignty, the United States considered
themselves deputed and bound to
maintain security for all the inha bit
ants, that they would not fail to in
troduce and uphold order, and, in
short, that they would do all that was
necessary to put the island as speedily
as possible in a state of normal organi-
cation, to be transformed at the ear
liest moment into legal regularity
satisfactory for the security of all.
| Some Objections.
Upon this the Spanish commission.
ers, with what seems striking logic
promptly replied that by the fact OF
the declaration just made them, and
of the United State king to re-
store legality, order and security, the
United States we're invest ed with VERT.
able sovereignty and consequently
could not refuse to accept the conse-
quences Of such sovereignty, seeing
that they admittedly could not toll.
crate the relapse into anarchy Of an
island placed under their supervision
and direction.
Persist in Refusal.
| Notwithstanding these striking OBJ.
jections, the American commissioners
persisted in their refusal and officially
declared that the United States cannot
be considered invested with SOW
ereignty and that they 0he commits
sioners) could not deviate from this
definite decla tion.
Killed His Wife and Himself.
Flint, Mich, Oct. 1s.-William c..
Murray, of Chicago, former resident
of Clinton, Ia, killed his wife and him.
self with pistol at the Oak Grove
| IA nit rium Monday evening" The wom.