The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-31

Commission to Settle the Eu.
the Philippines Agu;n,,,
HAD Break in Defying Americana
VIII Likely Cut Him Ont NJ Al,
o"hsioerat1On in the Adjustment
of the Philippines Quest;on
Forto Rico to Be Coded. Cuba TO
BE Freed From the Spanish Yoke
-Spanfards Must Abandon Co.
erefgnty in West Indian w.+ars
WASHINGTON, July 3o.-The ran;v
VI the United States government to
the Spanish overture for peace was
Inns AFTERNOON placed in the hands Of
M. Cambon, the French amba ssador
TO be by him transmitted to the gov
eminent of Spain.
1t was 4:30 o'clock before the minis
ter received the answer, and. as if
makes about LOO words in all must
be reduced to the diplomatic cipher
and then transmitted by cable. The
Madrid authorities probably will not
receive it until some time tomorrow
At 1870 o'clock this morning. in ac-
cordance with the agreement reached
yesterday. the members of the cabinet
began to assemble at the White house.
but it was nearly II o'clock before they
We're all present and ready to resume
their discussion at the point where it
was interrupted yesterday, by adjourn
| ment. Secretary Day had prepared a
| draft Of the answer based on the ex-
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| net yesterday, and 1t was expected
| that only short time would be con-
| sumed in going over this and giving
| it formal approval. 1t turned out 9TH
erWise, however. Probably overnight
new factors had suggested themselves
or fresh influences had been brought
| to bear, for the cabinet was soon en-
! gagged in an animated discussion of
the Philippine settlement. On the
| other points of the answer there was
| no disagreement, and these PROPOSE
| tons were ratified as they stood yes
| terday, namely: Cuba to be free;
| Porto Rico to be ceded to the United
| States; one of the Ladrone islands
! probably Gaum) to be ceded to the
United States as coaling station, and,
as an immediate STEP all Spanish mill
itary forces in the West Indies to be
withdrawn, with the formal relin-
quishment by Spain of her sovereignty
over any possessions among those ISL
ands.
| AS to the Philippines, the cabinet
| agreed upon the following point:
| That Manila bay, with the city and
surrounding territory, should be re-
| tanned in the possession of the United
| States at least for such a length of
| time as is necessary to devise and put
| in operation some plan for the future
| government Of the entire group.
| After that point, the main divergence
of opinion began and all sorts of
propositions were put forward and
urged by individual members as the
best means of dealing with the future
| Of the islands.
AGUINALDO'S BAD BREAK.
| In the very midst of the discussion
the element that had strongly urged
the necessity of protecting Aguinaldo
in any settlement we should arrange,
received a severe check through the
receipt of a cablegram from Admiral
Dewey, stating that the insuIgent CHI eff
|
| Admiral Dewey expressed the opinion
that the United States would be obl:g-
| ed to make war upon them, nece5sitat-
| ing the requirements of 100000 troops
| to subdue the islands. While this did
not bring about complete dismissal OF
| the proposition to take the insurgents
! into account in settling the terms of
| peace, it did have the effect to cause
| an agreement upon the proposition to
! defer action upon the question as to
| the disposition of the islands until the
| other phases Of the peace negotiations
have been satisfactorily adjusted;
meaning by that that the matter goes
| over until the last Spanish flag has
disappeared from the Western hemi-
| sphere, and the American flag is host
! ed to stay over the coaling stations we
require in Micronesia.
| The discussion lasted twa hours ard
quarter before the cabinet hit upon
the best course for the United States
to adopt. 1t was finally decided that
what we desired could be best done by
the appointment of JOINT commission.
limited in its representation to the gov
ernments of the United States and
Spain, which commission is to endeavor
to settle the details of the government
| of the Philippines, and determine what
treatment shall be accorded the insur-
gents. the United States army and navy
meanwhile occupying Manila and Ma
Mia bay, and thus retaining position
| to enforce speedily the verdict that
shall be finally reached by the COM
mission.
| CAMBON AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
| AS the cabinet meeting adjourned AS
siitant Secretary John Moore, who had
been called into the meeting at tie last
moment, went to the state department
to Tut the views of the president and
cabinet in the proper diplomatic form,
and While this was doing notice was
sent to the French ambassador that the
president would be pleased to hand him
personally the reply of the United
States government at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon. 1t was expected that this
ceremony would occupy only few mo-
ments; that the ambassador would take
the note and Immediately hurry with
it to his cipher clerks, and then to the
telegra phi office. In this expectation
Assistant Secretary Moore went out of
town on an afternoon train and Secre-
tary Day, as he went to the White
house to meet the ambassador, tossed
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