The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-28

OF tnc 1utufe ana al the same time the re-
suits already obtained.
All differences. II any existed, regarding
Porto Rico and tho selection of the island
OF Guam, were also arranged by a mutual
understanding. and the commissioners
found themselves well nigh touching the
Philippines question. which will be taken
UP next The session Of the Joint commits
sion which began today at O'Clock ended
at o. m.
Washington, October 27.--Thc intimation
conveyed by the American commissioners
10 the Spanish commissioners at Mondays
session of the peace conference In Paris,
that the position OF the United States with
respect to Cuba and the Cuban dcbt coult
rot be regarded as subject TO change and
that consequently tho American commits
sloners were ready to proceed with the
col sideration az other helds OF the pro-
tocol. Paris advices show. had the desired
effect. One question as to Cuba that our
commissioners VIII make Is to guarantee
iof the United States that life ana prop
erty shall be secure In Cuba This re-
sponsibilty the United States assumes only
uEtil such time as stable goyernme
shall be formed end operative In Cuba.
There viii bs perpetual guarantee on this
score.
Undue Significance has been attached 10
tho dispatch OF special messengers from
Wsshingtc, yesterday to the president at
Philadelphia. Almost every day long
report has como by cable from Judge Day,
| ptesiGeni OF he American commissioners
at Paris, telling what had been accom-
| plisEed, what this Spanish commissioners
were seeking and what the American COM
miss!oners proposed to do at the next
meeting. The president has gone over
these reports very carefully In company
with Secretary Hay arr sometimes VITA
military or naval experts II their advice
seemed to be necessary. Yusterlay's re-
port was very long and to have reduced 1t
10 cipher code for the purpose OF tele-
graphing II 10 Philadelphia would have
Consumed more time ana been less salts
factory in results than the service OF a
messenger.
IA vital stage had been reached II was
thought advisable ROT to delay TIL the pres
! idents return and Assistant Secretary
| Cridler's confidential clerk was sent 10
Philadelphia vita the te,ly report.
| II is expected that the commissioners
wall now take up the subject OF the Phil
| ippincs The American commissioners
have given this subject much attention but
20 far It has never appeared before the
] Joint commission save in the shape OF one
/ spasmo5ic effort made by the Spanlards AT
the very beginning OF the sessions to have
tie United States abandon Mairdia as a
precedent to further negotiations on the
| subjec. OF the PHILIPPINES
The American commissioners among
other things, have been looking into the
subject Of the Philippine debt, about which
there is much igrorlDce here II Is un-
| likely that the same rule VIII apply 10
| that debt as was insisted upon relative TO
The Cuban debt. In other words. Y the
| United States anrexes the Phihppnes
VIII cb seems now 10 be tire logical outcome
OF the situation. II might be reasonably
| conte nded that al Least so much OF the
debt as represents money exponsed for the
/ smpI overusts OF the Sisnis would deyoye
upon TIRE J1ri;et States. The United States
regarded n as materially different from
Cubs, where the United States geins Moth
ing substantial for with the annexation
! Of the Philippines. we should acquire
TERRITORY almost rs large as the British isles
| with q teeming population Of more nhan
8 600 COO neop,e 1t will be for the Amcri-
car commissioners to arrange details for
| the transfer OF the Philippines TO the Unitei
| states az II is expressly stipulated in the
| naaoe nrotccol that the disposition OF the
| philippines shall be arrange by the peace
| commissioners so that theie is ample war
rant. unlike the case OF Cuba, for full a,s-
cussion Of all questions OF the Philippine
| debt, municipal a-d 'nsular-