Iron County register., 1898-12-01
PEACE Is NOW ASSURED.
After Much Processing that Shss
Would Not, Spain Accepts
the Terms Offered.
WILL NOT DECLINE THE INDEMNITY

l.Pretepds to Believe that She Has Been.
Harshly Treated, and Yields Only to-
superior Force, But Nevertheless Yields =.
Absolutely and Unconditionally - The
End Is Near.
Paris. Nov. 29.-Spain has accepted
the United States offer of $4,000, ,0O0,..
and at a joint session of the peace COM
missions yesterday afternoon con-
sented without condition to relinqulsh-
Cuba. and to cede Porto Rico, Guams.
and the Philippine islands. The docu-~
ment presenting this acceptance CON-
tained only 200 words. 1t opened with.
reference to the final terms OF the'
United States, and said that the Span
ish commissioners, after having taken
cognizance of the terms proposed by
the Americans, replied that their gov
ernment had tried to give as equita-~
BILE an answer as possible, but that
they were not prepared to commit
their government to acceptance of the
principles embodied in the American
argument. "Spain rejects these prin--
ciples," the note continues, "as she al
ways has rejected them"
Bases Her Attitude the Justice OF Her
Cause
Basing her attitude upon the justice
of her cause, the note then says, she
still adheres to these principles.
(which she has heretofore invariably
formulated"
However the note adds, sin her
desire for peace, she has gone so far
as to propose certain compromises,
which the Americans have always re-
ole otf
further asserted, ito have sub
mitted to arbitration some of the ma
terial particulars upon which the two
governments differed: These proposals
for arbitration" it is added, 'the
Americans had equally rejected"
These allegations, in Spain's reply,
as to attempted arbitration, refer to
her proposal to arbitrate the construc-
ton of the third article of the pro-
tocol and also to submit the Spanish
colonial debt of Cuba and the Philip
pines to arbitration. The last propo-
sition has been made in a written
communication. Since it's presenta-
ton and in return for such arbitra-
ton, Spain offered to cede the terri
tory in dispute. The Americans re-
fused both propositions to arbitra-
ton.
The United States Offer of Compensa tion
Very Inadequate.
Spain's reply yesterday in substance.
continued by declaring that the
United States had offered, as a kind of
compensation toSpain, ,somethingvery
inadequate TO the sacrifices the latter
country makes at this moment, and
she feels, therefore, that the United
States proposal can not be considered
just and equitable.
Spain has, however, exhausted air
her resources of diplomacy in an at
tempt to justify her attitude. Seeing
that an acceptance of the proposal
made to Spain is necessary condition
to continuance of negotiations, and
seeing that the resources of Spain are
not such as to enable her to re-enter-
upon war, she is prepared, in her de-
sire to avoid bloodshed, and from con-
siderations of humanity and patriot.
ism to submit to the conditions of the
conquering nation, however harsh
they may be. She is, therefore, ready
to accept the proposals of the Ameri--
can commission as presented at the
last sitting.
The Reading and Translation "a Matter of
Oniy a Few Minutes
The reading and the translation of
the document occupied less than five
minutes. At the conclusion of the.
translation the commissioners empow--
cred Senior Ojeda, secretary of the.
Spanish commission, and Secretary
Moore, of the American commission.
to draw up articles which are to em--
body the accomplishment of Cuba by
Spain and the cession of Porto Rico
and the Philippines. These articles.
which may be considered as consti-
tuting the conditions of peace, will be-
ready for submission on Wednesday
Much Interest Manifested I'm the Meeting.
A great deal of interest was taken,
in yesterdays meeting. The two COM
missions arrived at the foreign office
In carriages in the rain almost simul
taneously, and, repairing to the con-
ference room, Immediately opened
the only business before them. Senior
Montero Rios, the president of the
Spanish commission, has usually nra-
eeded the presentation of Spanish
communication in writing by verbally
summarizing it, but yesterday Senior
Rios was silent and unusually grave.
His face was deeper lined and he
clearly showed the mental strain nm
der which he was laboring.
The Final Scenes
without Il word Senor Montero Rios.
produced two typewriter sheets and
passed them to the interpreter of tbo.
United States commission. Mr. Fero,,
road he,