The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
CERTAIN RECORDS SENT FOR
RIGHT OF PHILIPPINE DISCUS
SION NOW THE ISSUE.
Madrid Newspapers Assert That the
Government Will Not Yield
It's Sovereignty Over
the Archipelago.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

PARIS, Nov. lit is now generally
understood that the joint session of the
Peace Commissions which was ar
ranged for Saturday will be postponed
until Monday next.
At the joint session Of Wednesday
last it was agreed that the session fixed
for Saturday might be postponed until
Monday if the Spanish Commissioners
found themselves unable to prepare
reply for presentation on Saturday, and
it now appears the Spaniards found it
| necessary to send to Madrid for GER
tain records which cannot reach Paris
before 10 o'clock on Sunday morning,
and therefore their proper embodiment
into the Spanish memorandum cannot
| be accomplished before Monday.
The next answer from the Spanish
Commissioners will deal with the right
| of either to discuss the question Of
! Spanish sovereignty over the Philip
pines and with the American conten-
ton that the retention of public
moneys and customs collections at Ma
nila is justified by the fact of the mill
tary occupation of the place by the
American forces and warranted by the
protocol even if faulty, as claimed by
Spain because such action commenced
after the suspension of hostilities.
There is no truth in the statement
printed here this morning that the
| Spanfards have decided to refuse en-
tirely at the next session to discuss the
cession of the Philippine Islands.
! Judge Day, president of the Ameri-
! can Commission, is suffering from
cold and had a slight chill last night.
Therefore, by his physicians advice, he
is resting quietly to-day. The Judges
indisposition is in the nature of an at
! tack Of the grippe, from which all the
| Commissioners have suffered more or
less, but he expects to be able to at
tend to business tomorrow.
MADRID, Nov 1.-THE newspapers
assert that the Government of Spain
Is sending instructions to its commits
sioners at Paris not to yield on the
question of Spanish sovereignty over
the Philippine Islands which is asserted
to be entirely outside of the protocol,
wherefore the Commissioners are not
authorized to discuss it. It is further
asserted that the Spanish Government
will declare that it has not been au-
thorized by the Cortes to negotiate the
cession of the Philippine Islands.
The Liberal advises the Spanish
Peace Commissioners to leave Paris
after lodging a protest against the de-
mands of the Americans.
The Spanish newspapers are angry
at the Marquis of Salisbury, whose
speech at the Guildhall banquet on
Wednesday night they declare to have
been merely a glorifcation of brute
strength and denial of the rights of
the weaker.
The Heraldo asserts that the Govern
ment has resolved to maintain Spain's
sovereignty over the Philippines. 1t
has been suggested also that Emperor
William be asked to arbitrate in the
event Of the Peace Commission failing
to agree.
The Queen Regent presided at the
Cabinet Council rald to-day. Premier
Sagasta read letter from Senior Rios,
president of the Spanish Peace Com
mission announcing that the American
Peace Commissioners had refused to
recognize the Cuban debt and had ex-
acted the Philippine Islands. The Cabi-
net Council will meet again this even
ing and decide upon reply.