Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-02
On tho Other Issues There Was
Little Or No D'ffersnes
".>~" g. Apparent. i a'.
INDEPENDENCE FOR CUBA
Porto Rico to Be Acquired and
."
Cpalin9 Stations In the
49, .r... Pacific.
No Interference by the Euro
pean Concert VIII Be
r. 60. Allowed. ~

pean Concert VIII Be
r.. 49,, Allowed. 49,.
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WAsn1NoToN. July 80.-Nearly seven
hours earnest discussion BY tho presl.
dent and his constitutional advisers Of
the nature Of the response to b made
BY tho government TO the Spanish
overtures for peace brought no oonclu.
sion and the subject necessarily was
postponed for further confederation 1t
smother meeting Of tho cabinet.
Such was the formal statement Of
tho situation at the conclusion Of the
days work BY each member Of tho
cabinet who was questioned upon the
subject. A dnal conclusion. however,
i much nearer than this statement
would seem to indicate. and, indeed,
there 10 little reason to doubt that an
agreement has been reached upon all
tho substantial points at issue and that
what remains to Be done 10 rather to
smooth away inequalities and to adjust
some minor points Of difference before
making the answer expected by N.
Cambon. ''''
DaApositioa Of the PhillppiDes
The point under discussion during
the greater part Of the morning, was
what disposition should be made Of
ths Philippines. On tho other issues
unsnimity developed. There was to
be Independence demanded for Cuba;
Porto Rico was to be coded to the
United States. coaling stations were to
be acquired ct Guam in the Ladrone
islands and one in the Caroline islands.
These propositions were disposed Of
quickly, but when it came to tho Phil.
ippines some, divsrsity::of opinion was
revealed. As near az can be gathered
this did not relate mainly to the re.
tsntion Of the islands. ON that propo.
dtion q majority Of the cabinet was
speedily recorded in tho negative. but
accepting the sbE9ad peop99ihon that
Spain was tobs allowed 70 keep those
possessions, other Questions naturally
developed and it was felt these must
b adjusted before tho
Ssh jest wss Dsaaitsly Disposed o.
There was no question as to the pro-
priety Of demanding the coaling sta
ton In the Philippines. and while
there reasonably might be a difference
Of opinion Of the location and extent of
this station little difficulty was OK.
peoted to be encountered in solving
thatsproblem. The Question was 40 to
what form Of government should be
esta blished =, in the Philippines and
what should BE- the nature Of tho guar
antee required Of Spain that the new
government should b liberal and an.
tonomonS in character. " ''' ~
"A point which was quickly estab.
ushed was that there should be no ref.
erence Of any phase Of the question Of
the disposition Of the islands to any
concert or individual member of the
powers. One point that was. settled,
although there was no formal action,
was that no protest against the con.
tinuance Of &f&".
Military or Nava, Operations
pending the peace negotiations would
avail in the slightest, there would be
no suspension Of operations nor modif.
cation whatever in the present plans
until the Spanish government had
agreed upon the plans proposed. = :. =
A result Of the oession Of Porto, Rico
and the recognition Of Cuban Inde.
pendenee by Spain was the decision
that every vestige Of Spanish govern.
ment and authority in tho Caribbean
and West Indian waters must be re-.
moved ON formal acquisition Of numer-
Gus islands over which the Spanish
flag flies. Furthermore sweeping
change Of authority from Spain to the
United States In our nearby waters is
to be effective also as quit claim Of
all indebtedness assumed by the Span.
tsh government and charged by her to
those islands, 20 far as the United
States 10 concerned and all
Commercial Treaties Now Existiug
between the Spanish government and
her possessions and other powers are
sxtinguishsds Some discussion was
had - 70 The probability Of Spanish
acceptance 81 our tstmA The views
differed, though It can DO stated that
several Of the more influential mem.
bers Of the cabinet believed that the
terms Substantially agreed on would
not be accepted BY spain At once.
While believing that the proposition
made should in all reason consti.
tute the minimum to be consld-
cred some expressed the belief
that Spain was not immediately u.s.
posed to reach an agreement On them
and that possibly : considerable lapse
Of time would ensue before that gov.
eminent would be ready TO yield.
meantime seeking . compromise,
which, it was assorted, was not to be
entertained for moment. Others
took the ground that there was every
indication thar she hae decided to
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