The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-09
PEACE OF PARIS FINISHED.
~ ONLY REMAINS TO ENGROss AND
SIGN THE TREATY.

yfII CONTAIN Lltue O"pS
gone of the washington ProtO-
ao,-The "Details Not Given Out.
,,,drid Pnpers Want TO Revive the
question of the Maine-Rios' Ref
renee to McKinIey's Message
E.assed TnnOticed.
Paris. Dec. S.-The United States and
t5a Spanish peace commissioners eonclud-
"a ,5eir work to-day and finally settled
r5.. terms Of the treaty of peace
,raev will meet once more in formal Sc ;
.;o, on Saturday or Monday next, when
the spanish commissioners, sorrowfuuy'
anil the Americans, with feelings Of re-
r.f will write their signatures upon the
document which embodies the result OF the
ar ana the preparation of which has
lo,sumed eleven weeks, a longer time than
The war itself.
In the meantime the treaty will be Gu
crossed under the supervision of MT
Moore and Senior Ojeda, the secretaries of
the respective commissions.
The spaniards are exceedingly bittsr
over the result, though observing the
f,rrns of friendliness and courtesy to the
end. Senior Montero Rios, whose strong
and persistent struggle to save for his
country every possible asset from the
wreck of her colonial empire, has COM
rranded the respect and admiration of his
opponents. went from the council cham
her to-day 10 his bed in a state of COM
uIete collapse as the result of the long
strain and his chagrin over the small
fruits of his efforts. Senior Ojeda has been
Frustrated since yesterday, and was uu-
able TO attend the joint session to-day.
The. spaniards charge equal blame upon
the European Powers and the United
states for their downfall One of the
Spanish commissioners said this evening:
The European nations have made a
great mistake in deserving Spain and leav-
ing her to spoilaqon by the brute force
Of a constituencies giant, They all know
that in the Philippines America has taken
more than she can digest. She will III
timately sell the Islands 10 England or
Germany. and when the transfer is at
tempted il viii precipitate general Euro
pean strife.
tbe Carolines. We never thought of con-
sidering an offer. Nor have We consented
10 resotiate upon aly queatisn excep lhoss
directly involved in .the protocol signed
in Washington"
Paris. Dec. S.-The treaty is finished. The
STANDARDS have declined to grant most OF
the requests Of the United States which
were unsettled at the beginning of the ses-
sion. They refuse to cede a coaling sta
ton in the Caroline Islands 70 the United
States. Judge Day to-day said:
I'VE have settled all the points on which
we can agree 1t only remains to ensross
and sign the treaty. That will be done in
two or three days"
The members of the commissions say
the treaty will contain little outside the
scope of the Washington protocol and the
matters directly based thereon, like the
provisions for the evacuation OF the oeded
territories, the transfer of public property
therein. and guarantees of the safety Of
the property and rights of the Spanish Cit
liens remaining there.
The details of the last c.ass of questions
covered by the statement which the Amer
leans handed to Senior Montero Rios at the
last meeting were considered today, but
an the commissioners refuse TO divuige
any of the details of the conference.
Several points upon which they were I'M
au.e. to agree were left open for diplo-
matte negotiations. The Spaniards refuse
to admit that they had failed to respect
former treaties guaranteeing religious free
dom in The Caroline Islands or that there
was a necessity for new guarantees. The
conclusion Of the work was, according to
the commissioners, marked by polteness
acd All outward evidences of good feeling
ana relief at the fact that the task was
accomplished.
When an the propositions had been dis
cussed Judge Day, president of the Amer
lean commission. remarked: There seems
to be nothing more to do but to engrosa
and sign the treaty"
Senior Moutero Rios, president of the
Spanish commission. aequesced to this
and the Americans bowed themselves oui
hefore the spaniaras, according to thoi
custom
The American commissioners entered the
joint conference to-day in nervous franc
OF mind. They evidently had reasons Il
believe that possibility existed, even al
This late hour. that there might be a rup
tlre. This feeling of apprehension was
based on the temper the Spaaiards hav
displayed late.y.
The Madrid papers are disposed TO re-
Nive the question of the Maine ana eXciJs
public opinion against the United STATE.
on account of the reference made to thl
subject la President McKinley's messag,
10 Congress. They rep0p that Senior M1n
tero RIOS. president Of the Spanish com
mission, made an impassione1 denuncial.of
az President Mckinley at the last join
meeting of the commissions. But thcs,
reports are practically without Voundation
senior Rios did refer to the Maine, bu
in only one calmly wordcd sentence OK
pressing regret that the President ha,