The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-12-15


nrdIv Contendrd for Every Point
Spamiards Say American
T.r,n, Are Harsh and Yield Only
- SUPERIOR Force Under Protest.
Tie peace negotiations between
c...,. and the United States began in
-. French Foreign Office, on the
o,.: d'Gr-ay. Paris, on October /,
or1faye been continued with at least
.,r, f,.1t meetings Of the Commission
crarv week since then. The Ameri-
am. commission consists of eX-Secretary
-. state william r. Day. Of Ohio,
r..rfuan, Senator Cushman K. Davis,
..11.nnc-ota; Senator William P. Frye,
-. Name; Senator George Gray, OF
u-..yare. and Whitelaw Reid, Of New
yark The Spanish Commissioners
ora senior MonlerO Rios, chairman;
corcrl Correo and Senores Azlrzuza,
y.arrutta and GarLica.
Tie first decisive point in the settle
.oaol,oa ,,,,;, oo,oho.
o. when the Spanish Commissioners
80 1 .Lo. a..
.,,1 80. ,,;.ba.
from, H., determination not to assume
.....oo tho .o.c.1Ied Cubap debt
..,-.oJ n reIinnuisb sovereiontv
- lain, e. C,ba w;tbo,t either
...i-,;ooo n, tho s,me do y
.-rJ;,, .,o ooesio,, of
Demand the Island of Gnam in
,,,,dor tho farm. Of tho
..t...l ,yora also arranoed
r.. .r.,o.itior If the pbjlinnines
..r.,.. ,,l.o, mn NV the Commissions
n.,oLor 81 tho ,mor;co,
....r- ,o,ifod THAR c,a,ish
Fila ,,,,r,oso Of Tho Ir,i,aa
tab. tho o,,;ro oro,o .ud
anna .,cb ,or,iops o,Iv Of tho
49,. .r..r,ol 70 ,be Isl.ndo no hos
..,,., far ,ho bereGt ~ ,he,, nv
u..~ Inhabitants. Four weeks have
t.. 1a,.,ted to baoplipo over tbis
,:,t the Snarisb Commissioners
.f...,tlei, first stand on the assumn-
,,..t t.,t the nrotocol did not nrovide
s..,,o.ti,,in,, Sna,isb sovereiontv i,
-. I-r,ndo
,.i., Jomords Of tho Americo, Paoce
Commission on which the delav of the
,.-, ,,ook occ,r,ed were inc,uded in
n....,o ,,i,,or to tho Sno,isb Vow,
,,,:--..,.ors last week This note
rof,or.ted that the limited States
must have the entire pbiIinnne s,rcbi-
,or,.,, For trea,r cess;or of the
rrl. ,ho ,orioo,e tondorod 70
c,.... ION non 900
:, ,.,. c,r,,,o. aoo,.rod u,ot = 20 .ho
,,...a.o ho 1r,;,od S,a,os 20 moi,
,.;,, ho phi1i,,,i,e 1.,.nds 90 o.,
o.o., lao.,, - a., or,1,, ooo.
a. ~ , u,o It;,o,
c..,.- ., .o, o,;,,;o,,
-, ,,; eo ;1oi.
......,,,r ,. os.oo1 a,,hsoe,,,o,,. -, ti,o
t, -, H.. r,,,, ;o
s.,
= o,so ,os 1ooIaroa .hot thu 1rn;ted
...,o. 1o,;.o1 - t.oot of tho ro,,o;ous
r,; I.,59
, a., r.;,oa
:; 1000 oa o,.o .ho
.;..,; g 900 81 to r,,o1;,o
1l,n1, f,ro ,,,or;c., naval stot;o,
anal - o,,lo Ia,d;na rio,ts .t other
,,raros IN S,o,isb ;o,risdiction and the
ro,.i,,al IF cortoin S,o,;sb- American
,reatios os bara,,f,re in farce
The Americans also refused to
orbitr,ta Article 2 of the neace
protocol. bearino upon the future dis
roaition .nd control of the phlinniue
islands
In nresentation handed to the
S,o,ish commissioners q, Novamher
81 the American Commissioners ex.
pressed the hone that they mioht re.
cejve. ON or before the 2Sth. definite
ar,pntance of the pronosals as to the
phiInnines and also an accentance Of
the demands. already professionally
agreed to ~ to Cuba. Porto Rico and
the other West Indian Islands. and
the Island of Guam. in the Ladrones
,ress dis,atrh from Paris dated
Dec. lst. saws.
The neace Of Paris is practically AZ
accomplished fact. To-day's session
disposed of the essential features of tn,