The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-14

/ PARIS. Nov. 13.-Among onlookers here
/ the impression exists though IL
- not the resul: OF any official statement
/ that the Spanish peace commissioners viii
not consent 10 a treaty which the Amerl-
can commissioners could sign.
| II seems almost possible also that in the
/ pi;iahle pressure 20 which the Spanish
| commissioners are subjected between their
| large creditors. who are on the spot watch
ins them. and the stern attitude OF the
/ United States, the Spaniaris may abandon
their struggles and leave the two forces
| 20 confront each other.
| II viii not he decided until tomorrow
| morning whether the next join; session Is
| to occur tomorrow or on Tuesday. The
| Spaniaris. It has been arranged. will In
! form the Americans tomorrow morning
| whether they need the DAY to prepare their
| next memorandum II they want Monday.
| the meeting viii take place on Tuesday.
| Under the rules OF procedure adopted az
| the conference. Il Is understood that the de-
| liberAI,ous may act 20 Unexpectedly con-
i Cluded by either side.
| The statement is printed here this even-
/ ing thst the las, memorandum from the
| Americans is regarded by the Spaniards as
| a virtual uitmatum, but "a matter OF
| fact the Americans have not presented an
/ ultlmatum. save as their treatment OF the
/ subject in hand may bc unswerva blc Ii
/ Is only ance Wednesday last that the Span
! iaris have begun 10 feel that the Anlerl-
| cans propose taking over the Philippines,
| and that zoo. without any assumption Of
| Spanish Indebtedness. As they now
| convinced Of this. II may De that SPANS
| next pres@ntment in conference viii he the
| supreme rally of her diplomats argumenta-
| tive ana tactical forces. 1t may even mark
the conclusion of ali she has to say. but IL
the rules Of procedure followed, the
Americans would have stili another presen-
tatlon 10 submit Ever since October ! II
has been within the range OF possibility
that az any setine open rupture might oc-
cur and on one or two occasions It might
have been easily fact. even before taking
up the Philippine question.
The boundaries OF the field In which that
question IS being worked out are becoming
more apparent; and the angie of final SCI
tie7neni cannot be far on X treaty is %
result here u may fairly be expected with
in three weeks although IT is not true as
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