The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-15
VICTORY FOR SAGASTA
Spanish Premier Still Master of the
Situation.
PROROGUED THE CORTES
ENDED SENATE SESSION WITH
A ROYAL DECREE.
Queen Signs the Bill Approving the
Protocol and All Is Plain Sailing
Believed That Spain VIII Sur
render the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Between Members of the Senate.

Madrid, Sept. 1.-the premier. Senior
Sagasta. has obtained the queens sigma
ture to a decree proroguing the cortes.
and with it ended stormy session of the
senate.
General Primo de Rivera has demanded
an inquiry into his administration of the
Philippine islands. and in doing so, ne
said the attacks of Count d Aimenas were
only lit for the mouth of miserable
slanderef.' The count was endeayoring
to reply when Senior Sagasta read the
decree prorogulnS the .cories. Count
d Almenas and General Rivera separated,
approached the president in hostile
manner, and duel is expected.
Premier Sagnsta afterwards read the
decree In the chamber of deputies.
II is expected that the Spanish peace
commissioners will be appointed without
delay.
4 painful Impression has been caused
by statement made by the Pals. saying
the United States intends To demand $40
0tc,oe0 indemnity I'm behalf of American
citizens who have suffered through the
inSurrection in Cuba.
The Spanish peace commissioners Will
strongly oppose this. IL is claimed, but
fears prevail that the United will become
pitiiess and press its advantage TO the
utmost.
The queen regent signed the protocol
Dill this evening. The government had in
tended the cortes 10 sit until an indemnity
BIZ for the suspension of the cons'ifn-
TO al guarantees al BEEN pG SEED, but the
tnre aienea agitation on the part OF Gen.
eral Weyler and others. together with the
evidence of divisions in both the liberal
and the conservative parties, convinced
Senior Sagasta of the adyisa bility Of clos
ing down debates which would hinder the
free progress of the peace negotiations.
The cortes will be next conVoked to
ratify the final treaty of peace. 1t is
rumored that Senior Perio, Senior Crespo
and Senior Lara, members of the chamber
of deputies, started for the French
frontier late this evening.
London. Sept. l5.-Tho Madrid corre-
spondent Of the Daily Mail says: The
politicians for the most part favor an
entire remuneration of the Philippines in
return for economic advantages.
The government closed the cortes to-
day "wednesday because il feared COM
plications through the publicity a con-
tinuance of the session would give TO the
acts of the Spanish generals.
The Standard says editorially this
morning. after congra tulating Senior
Sagasta and the government upon ''hav-
ing survived difficult period success
fully that the danger now is over.
Spain, II continues, appears re-
conciied. knowing that watever differ
ences may arise in the peace negotiations,
she Is bound to yield.
AS to renorts that indemnity viii be
demanded, the United States knows that
no money can be got out of Spain and
is therefore unlikely to make such a de-
mand seriously. IL the United States
secures Luzon, IL Is most probable that
Spain will give un the remainder of the
islands as useless incumberance."