The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
~ TIRED OF DELAY.
Ii Business Men Want the Neeotia'
lions Concluded.
|,rc TO TAKE WHAT THEY CAN GET.
Rceent and the People Wish
nut Wcyler Encourages
..n..ta In His Quibbi,ng.

ya.l November 2o.~-A dispatch
r-,hnne from Madrid says the meet
s.raeossa OF delegates from all the
~. AZ commerce OF Spain .discloses
IA hltter dissatisfaction at the delay
paris conference In reaching a
~ sreement as to the terms OF peace.
..v.hinv could be gained by Spain In
,,,nv IA elnde the American de-
4. ,he business community would Of
!. ohiections; but hechambers of COM
which represent the practical COM
.onse Of the country, are unanimous
nnn1cing the system as an obstruction
demonstration PLANNED by Sagasia.
merchants aud manufacturers consider
|philipplnes already lost to Spain and
maj the only wise course is frankly
cknowledge that fact as soon as pos
~ get the best terms the Americans
willing to give.
/, nrtsldeut of the Barcelona chamber
commerce even goes SO far as to say
Inc pettilogging techn4cailties and
Sbhng with winch Senior Rios, as ne
%rstands, has opposed the demands OF
limited States commissioners, are likely
,itate the Americans, and inlduce Presi-
Mckinney to reconsider the indemnify
may intend to otrer IN regard TO the
,up&nes. These views are shared by
masses OF the people. 1t Is the function
the monastic order and the politicians
support Sagasta and Montero Rios in
suicidal obstinacy for retaining the
|ippines.
{tyle. whose influence with the army
reatiy increasing, owing to the discon-
OF the returned and unpaid onicers
4 who is recognized by Sagasta as an
oftant factor, has repeatedly urged the
Aier TO stand to his guns on Montero
Interpretation Of the third article OF
protocol, even at the risk of renewing
&ities. The queen regent remains con-
bed that any further obstruction at
ks is not only useless, but harmful.
financial and commercial pressure has
b put upon Sagasta, who Is now be-
jed to have instructed Montero Rios to
iced 10 the discussion OF the amount of
kmgity to be paid by the Ullited States
regard to the Philippines, after having
leu on record an emphatic protest
Bl1sl lUb Va
|cle 8. coupled with declaration that
|in yields solely to superior force.
Ihese diplomatic instructions mean, in
IN English, that the Spanish commission
Paris viii consent to give up the Philip
rs rather than have Spanish seaports
bbarded by an American squadron. bur
! do so as haughtily, insoiently and
xiv as possible. Sagasta is confident
Montero Rios will carry out the in
bctions In spirit and letter.
is impossible to conceal the fact that
mostly in official circles here against
United States is more bitter now than
fag the war This feeling does mot exist
Png the masses of the people, Appre-
)sion prevails in financial circles lest the
)dish srlkiness which Sagasta ami Mon
4 Rios are about to manifest in their
hner Of yielding to the American de-
ftis may induce the Washington cabinet
cancel or diminish the Philippines in
hntty in regard to the amount in which
widest exaggerations are current.
r. million dollars Is considered the
ellest sum that can be proposed. In
|guire quarters $500, 100000 and even
e,oO0,oOO are spoken of as the amount
Indemnity.