The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

lowing is tho full text Of the inter.
view between Senor Montero Rios,
president of the Spanish peace com
mission, and NJ. do Blowitz, the Paris
correspondent of the London Tines,
published in that paper this morn
ing. Senor Montero Rios is quoted
as saying:
"We have fulfilled hero very
painful mission, in which it is i'm
possible to dream of looking forward
with any satisfaction but that Of do
ing our duty. We depart without
other consolation than tho exclama
ton:
"Tout est pardu sauf phonneurn
| can is lost but honorO
eve kLAw in advance that we
should have to deal with an inplac
able conqucror who would in no way
concern himself with any pro. existing
international law, but whose sole OBJ.
iect was to reap from victory the
largest possible advantage. This
conception Of international law is
absolutely new. 1t is no longer Il
case of might against right, hut o.
might without right. AS for us, we
had only to protect ourselves against
the abasement which it was desired
to inllict upon rs, and to prove i'll
spite Of our blunders and mistakes,
that we had not compromised the
provcrbial Icy atty to the ustilian
Fatheriand.
"Msfortuno also has grandeur.
The Americans have acted as vain
quenrs parvenns (npstart conquerors.
They do not yet know the misfor
tuno Of defeat but there are things
which the most fortunate nations
can not escape. Later on, when
they too, will havo had reverses,
when they will have become homo
genous and are no longer Obliged to
satisfy the exigencies Of political
parties, they, too, will form, like all
other nations with past, a code oi
international rights and duties, and
be less intlexible towards those who
have suffered defeat. They vii
better understand that q strict OBJ
servance of conditions agreed to, ever
IN tho thick of the fight, is a guaran
teo and a protection for all concerned
for the cosqueror as we'll as the van
, qui"hcd.
. "Nations do not count by days o
weeks but by centuries, and in th
. course Of their existence events as
k sumo various complrXions.
0 "We signed on August 12th pro
l.. tocol suspendiug hostil,tles, and i
j. was on the 18th that the America
# general demanded the surrender Q
f Manila. The archipelago had no
D been won, and has Tot yet b, Q
: conquered. The fate Of the Philip
q pines remained undetermined al
J. Spanish sovereignty was still in force
l. since wo wern still waying war wit
II considerable forces to suppress III
o instruction. But after n journe
10 across a portion Of the United Stat"
l. President Mckinley changed h
10 policy and decided on claiming II
s, Philippines by right Of conquest.
Of eyes, I repeat, tho Philippin
Up even nov arc still unconqueled. III
III two chief islands, tho two richest
3. Mindanao and Louzon--are not wo
to Mindanao and the island OF tho Gre
Lake contains population Of ha
~ breeds, half Malay and half SPANS
in constituting q military oligarcI
by which rules tho rest Of the islam
ST. and occupies tho richest portion
lis tho territory on the shores Of the la]
re I know tho country aid it's inha
lis tants. They arc proud, strong q
BIZ war-]ike, and not only arc thoy ,
lie conquered but their conquest v
ed not be accomplished quickly. '
dy the United States claimed Them,
he we'll as tho other islands, as thou
oat their conquest wore complete.
e'- "But what most pans mo is t.
'en in this great whirlwind in which
l"o have lost oil, lost our last Aaman
'el- ' there has been an attempt to depl
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