The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-23
She Can Only Hope Her Refusal will
Not Provoke Further HOstiIties.
SENTIMENT NOT UNANIMOUS,
II is argued That to Throw Away This
Amount or Money i'm Addition TO
the Philippine Territory Would
lie Childish-Spain Must
Answer One Way or
Another.

PARIS. NOV 22-The Spanish Peace
commissioners last night tclesr1phed to
Madrid the substance of the United
states memorandum presented yesterday
and la.e in the evening they were discuss
inc fl among themselves. As late as one
O'Clock this morning q Spanish commits
sloror affirmed that he and his colleagues
did not know what to do regarding the
American offer.
There IS a difference Of opinion among
unofficial people near the commissioners.
but the prediction is male that Spain
will decline the American offer of money,
chat she Will refuse tO ccde the fhlhp-
pines and viii say 90 the United States:
"Y0u take the archipelago because you
have tho power 90 do so. As you advance
we will retire. protesting against aggres-
sion. -...l,,
Will CARRY OUT PROTOCOL
We Will faithfully carry out our
protocol uIodges and leave CUBA ana
Porto Rico iu your hands You came
here To- engage in 90 discussion unler lle
terms of the protocol but you eNiu'""l
meant when drawing up that oo'uhe"1
to urovido "a conference I'm which though
announce at the proper time what you
will do whether we agree 10 1t or object
such am attitude rObs the conference
Of q neeotativc character and sets NJ
tho Cnitol States as "a dominant power
whose FIRST purpose is 90 listen but whose
ultimate determination is 10 do IT'S own
will"
RIOS EXASPERATED.
Souor Montero Rios is reported 10 have
f.tr. rr..
meuts as tile foregoing. Tie said moro
even. indicating "a high degree OF eNas-
perati0n at the American offer of S-''1,-
O00 His manner. mo- less than his words,
betrayed his repusnauce.
HIS display of feeling and utteranccs
however are not wholly approved by his
Spanish colleagues. who did not hesitate
to say SD much after yesterday s. session.
I'ttcranccs later by "a Spaniard of i'm
p0rtancc. whose name is withheld for the
present. indicates another line Of action,
"a treaty coss.ou of the Philippine
A HYPOTHETICAL CASE.
"Suun0ee." said the speaker i'm Quce-
ton. "that Spain says 90 the United
States we age exhausted We have no
funds with wrich % continue ne war
We do not want 20 continue 80 and We
cannot Tou serve us with am ultimatum
We must submit ty y1ur power Pc
pare your treaty and when you want us
TO sign we VIII sign. We must bend 10
ph-sical force.
.'You have the Antilles and you Will
nosscss the Philippines as % conquest
from d helpless people. We yield, but
we decline 500 10000 for property ON
which our valuation was not asked or
respected. You have your Will. We trust
Won will not continue the war upon our
helplessncss. because. forsOoth. We de-
cline your &0O01e0 Surely this refusal
bv us Of your money will not provoke
further use Of arms against Spain
1--WE slgn, We Cede. we are dumb; II i'
finished. and we may Doe permitted TO
retain the privilege of assuring our peo-
ole and our national creditors that we
at least have not stolen and rosold terri
tory we had pawned.
WOULD BE CHILD'S PLAY.
Should Spain cede by treaty or ON the
other hand. should she refuse and break
of the negotiations here her protests
Will cmb0dy some such declaration as
this. As against such sentiment, IL is
argued that the business is work for
crown men anI that ST would boz child
ish folly 10 refuse $4,000 0N. and thar the
Spanish government could not justiy
such refusal before the Spanish people
or the public creditors Of Sp1in-a de-
lfborate throwing away Of $4,000 COO in
addition 10 the territory of the Philip
pines.
r. Is felt that the Spanish government
must now answer the American ultima
tuun. hut as it g. not likely that the answer
of Madrid VIII arrive tomorrow in time for
the commissioners 10 formulate their re-
plv 10 the Americans by the afternoon
fl IS probable that the Joint meeting will
be deferred from tomorrow 10 4 day
later in rhe week.