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MUST FINISH THIS WEEK.
A Filipino Authority for the state-
ment That Time Has Been
Called on Spain.

London, Nov. IA Filipino who has
Aguinaldo, the insurgent
leader, in London, and who has been
with Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's delegate
In Paris, has just returned here. He as
serts that the American peace commits
sioners have informed the Spanish COM
missioners that the latter must COM
plete their work this week. He further
Says Agoncillo has received cable dis
patch from Aguinaldo denying the re-
ported rupture between himself and
the Philippine leaders.
London, Nov. a.-The Paris GORE
spondent of the Times notices with
pleasure the fact that important
French newspapers advise Spain not
to count upon European intervention,
and that 1t is expedient for her to yield
30 as not to be exposed to the terrible
consequences Of bombardment OF the
Spanish coasts.
Paris, Nov. 2.-The French papers
derive their news Of the work of the
peace commissions from Spanish
sources, and, therefore, the morning
papers here are interesting as indicat-
Ing the atmosphere in Spanish quar-
ters and the trend of French views
and tendencies. 1t must be recalled
that the spaniards have utterly accept
ed the refusal of the United States gov
eminent to accept the Spanish debt,
and the Cuban question has been set
away to await it's place in the formal
treaty, providing differences on the
question Of the Philippine islands shall
not prevent the making of any treaty.
As the whole is composed Of Its parts,
so must the Philippine question be
mutually agreed on or none OF those
questions previously agreed on will ind
place in the treaty.
This Is all the provision or provision
al understanding existent. In view OF
the facts, then, the Paris press has In
dicated tendency to confuse the sit
uation.
The Matin, in reviewing it, says:
at is we'll understood that the oession
of Puerto Riro was tantamount 20 tns
payment Of q war indemnity IN Eaan. ana
| entirely freed Spain from any subsequent
| repetition on the subject"
Turning back to Cuba, the Matin re-
marks:
.sThe spaniards declined to concur In sep
aratlng the dsbt from the pledge, the mort
gage from the loan. and as 1t was impos-
| sible to reach an understanding, they
| asked that at least the order of the pro-
| tocol be inverted and that the question OF
| the Philippines be previously discussed,
| that question possibly offering the Amer
| leans an opportunity for rendering some
| compensation for the enormous sacrifices
| they have forced upon the conquered The
Americans finally aooeded to the change,
oept provisional the clauses relating to
| me Cuban debt, with the reservation that
| the acceptance could be withdrawn II no
agreement was reached az to the Phil
! ippinss."
referring to Mondays meeting, the
Matin says:
| "The spaniards said they would make
their answer known on Friday. But 1t 10
| easy to foreses what It will be-a refusal,
precise and formal The Spanish plenipo-
| tentiaries have made up their minds, in
| the event Of the United States advertin1
to the Philippine proposition, to decline
| signing the act Of peace, to break on the
| negotiations, and to call upon the OWL
ICED nations to witness the abuse OF toroe
to which they will be subjected, and the
violations of the provisions set forth IN
the Washington protocol"
The Gaulois remarks.
1.-THE spaniards will never agree to aban-
don the archipelago without compensation,
and we believe the Americans intend I'd
suggest that they will assume the Phil
ippine debt We hope the negotiations
VIII not be broken. but Spain. 1t is given
out as certain, would take such a course
rather than submit to Illuminating terms"