The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-11-05
SPANIARDS REFUSE.
AmorlcAn Commissionsr's Note Haughtli
spuTned by tho Dons

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American CommissIonsr's Note Haugh,uy
spurnod by tho Dons
Paris. Nov. 4--The Spanish commits
sIoners. in the course Of "a two hours
session OF the peace conference today.
natly refused to accept Monday So propo
sdtlon by the Americans to take the en-
tire Philippine group ana TO reimburse
Spain FOR her Pacific" expenditures
there
This negative action was expected.
The Spanish commissioners had also a
number OF positive declarations which
filled some 81 sheets Of typewriter
presenumeut. In this statement the
5paniards held that the United States
had no ultimate rights In the Philip
pine islands and could have none save
by the consent Of Spain in these ncKo-
tiauons and upon terms satisfactory 10
her. According 10 the Spanish conten-
tion in the formal statement. the Unit
ed States entertained no thought OF
annexlng the Philippines when the
protocol was signed. or IL would have
been expressed in the protocol as clear
ly as the condidtions regarding tho ces-
sion of territory in the Antilles and
the orient NJ. Cambon, before the sign
ing OF the protocol, received from Mad
rid-the presenument alleged-l cable
message clearly setting forth that the
maintenance Of Spalnsi authority over
the Philippines should not be affected
by the protocol, to which reservation
the United States made at that time
no protest or objection.
This dispatch, as the spanlards claim
ed today, embodied also the view that
the United states had no valid basis
or claims in the archipelago.
1t was further held today by Senior
Rios and his colleagues that the captu-
latlon Of Manila. having occurred af-
ter the signing OF the protocol and thus
after The suspension OF h0suuues was
invalid.
With an this for ground work the
spaniards made -heir FIRST positive
move against the Americans. ana Il
constituted their counter proposition
They charged upon the United States
a wrongful appropriation OF public
moneys belonging 20 Spain by seIzLl
the tariff duties al Manila, and thes
formally demanded the return ~ thes,
moneys. IN the sum of nearly "a million
dollars
On the same pi,mises the United
States was today declared % hay,
made and held as prisoners the Span
lsh troops at Manila In violation Of iu
ternauoual l5a, because done afte- lh'
suspension OF h1s,ilies under IN. pro
tocoL A further charge was that b!
the imprisonment Of the spauisl
troops at Manila the United States ha.
prevented Spain from quelHng he in
surrectlon and had thus contributed u
the violence against spain after th
cessation OF hostiliues
Todays Spanish presentment ais
cited the refusal Of the Americans I
consider the Cuban debt. on the groun
that 4 was not sanctioned in the pro
, tocol and demanded an adherSuce I
this as a precedent In tine disvus,io
of the Philippines, regarding "a cessio
Of which the Spanish commissioner
; held the protocol 10 make no mention
3 In support OF these assertions, argl
= ments and demands the Spanish pr,
q sentiment inyokes SPANS record In n
e correspondence BY mail and telegraph
= through II Is not known Oficiai
n whether the spaniards produced a
A. message said 20 have been sent fro
Madrid 70 n. cambon, az the time a
protocol was signed. In which. Il vi
fe affirmed today. Spain reserved n
philippine sovereignty. The pressn