Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-28
SPAIN SURRENDERS
The United States Practically Mott
fled That She Can Have Every
thing She Wants.
DIPLOMACY IS EXHAUSTED
All Europe, Except England, Is Bitterly
Hostile to American Expansion, the
Bitterest Feeling Existing at
the Vatican.

Paris, Nov. 2S.-The joint peace COM
missions met promptly at 2 o'clock this
afternoon, when the Spanish commits
sioners announced their acceptance of
American demands. The Spanish ac-
ceptance was made verbally, but Il writ
ten acceptance will be presented later.
The Spanish commissioners announc-
ed they We're authorized by their gov
ernment to reply that the American
propositions were inadmissible and not
proper compromise on legal principles.
sources had been exhausted and the
Spanish commission is now asked to ac-
cept or reject the proposition. Spain,
inspired by patriotism and humanity
and to avoid the horrors of war, resigns
herself to the power of the victor. She
accepts the offered conditions in order
to conclude treaty of peace.
AS to the general sentiment, w. Y.
Stead who just returned from a tour
through France, Belgium, Germany,
Russia Turkey and Italy, and who has
seen the brightest politicians in each
country, and in some cases the rulers,
said today: "Outside of England l have
not met single non American who was
not opposed to the expansion of Amer
lea. Nor through my whole tour of
Europe have | met European who did
not receive protestations of genuine sim
cerity with which the Americans enter
ed upon the war with more or less mock
incredulity."
Stead reports that the bitterest hos
tility was found at the vatican.
The answer of the Spaniards was So
short that less than 10 minutes We're
for the Americans. Spain's reply was
as already cabled, and added that
throughout the controversy Spain had
the strongest argument, and that as be-
tween the positions so diametrically op
posed, the American offer of $20,000,000
was not fair sum. Nevertheless, Spain
desired to avoid any further effusion of
blood and further disorder, and con-
cluded to accept the American offer un-
conditionally, thus bowling to the supe-
rior power of the victor.
The secretaries were then ordered to
prepare treaty articles embodying the
cession of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the
Philippines and payment by the United
States of $20,OO0,0OO, for submission to
the meeting to be held Wednesday next.
the American demands include the
whole Philippine and Sulo groups for
500, 100000, the United States to purchase
the Caroline group. The debt of Cuba
was left unsettled.
ACCEPTED AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-The State de-
partment officials have accepted as ac-
curate the Associated Press bulletin
from Paris announcing that the Span
ish commissioners accepted the Ameri
can terms, although official advices had
not been received up to noon. Secre
tary Hay has been confident from the
beginning that such would be the out
come But much remains to be done in
execution of the last instructions from
the State department before the treaty
itself can be made ready for signature.
Count Won Starnberg called at the
State Department. today, which gave
rise to the rumor he had come to make
representations respecting certain
rights claimed by Germany in the Sulu
islands. The department has not failed
to take notice of certain suspicious at
tempts to ALLEVIATE the Sulu islands from
the rest of the Philippines. Accordingly,
when the administration decided to ac-
quire the Philippine islands the Ameri-
can commissioners were especially
charged to define the limits of the group
so as to leave no room for misconstruc-
tion on this point, nor any setting up of
claims to islands whose inclusion in the
group might be regarded doubtful.
Spain's title to Sulo was not established
beyond question until 1877, when Ger
many and Great Britain both acknowl-
edged Spanish sovereignty in return for
certain concessions to free trade and
fisheries, as far as the islands were con-
cerned