The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13

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Paris. December 9.-Senor Montero
Rios, president of the Spanish peace
commission and Senior Ojeda, secretary
of that commission, are still confined
to their beds. The illness Of Senior
Oieda delays engrossing the treaty and
it is doubtful whether it will be signed
before Monday. The Americans held
their usual session this morning.
The Spaniards continue making bit
ter comments concerning President Nc
Kinley's reference to the Maine. When
a. correspondent of the Associated Press
approached Senior Garnica, of the
Spanish commission, for further de-
tails Of the treaty he said: the tact
hat you represent all the American
and English papers is really a reason
why | should say nothing; but, wnat
you show me as having been cabIed is
substantially correct. The exact num-
her of articles is still undetermined It
depends upon how Secretaries OJeda
and Moore divide the treaty. 1t may
be twelve or twenty articles. Inc
Americans are to pay the
WILIlh DlCI OiAS ~
We shall appoint cOnsuls in Cuba, Por-
to Rico and the Philippines without de-
lay. The Cuban consul Will be accreo-
tied to the powers that be-
Asked why the Spaniards refused to
grant the United States a coallng sta
ton in the Caroline islands, Senior Gar
MICA said: The Americans could hard
ly expect that we should agree TO dlS-
cuss matters after the ones we nave
had from them on this point. When we
wished to discuss the Cuban debt, they
absolutely refused to consider 1t, ana
then they ask us for what ever they
want. Quelle T2upet, C'What cheek.)
Yet the Cuban debt remains an impor-
tant question for settlement
Tn regard to the Spaniards' final pro-
test on the subject of the Maine, senior
Garnica remarked: THAT protest now
becomes history, and it is emDodleu III
the protocol. We do not wish to remain
under an imputation which would per
petuate animosity and hatred against
US and which would be-a source OF con
slant irritation in Spain. 1T is neltner
lova1 nor just that this thing should
hang over the reputation of Spain. we
cannot submit to it. 1t must be Clear
ed I'D in Justice to ourselves. Ineie
are many other causes to Drlng hdlle'
between the two nations without lne
addition of such a one as TINS. AS W
the fDIuIe ISldllOIS VI LIN
tries, that is one or the innings lid. hiio-
tory alone can determine. -,
Senior Garnica was then QueStlOned
as TO the future of the Philippine IS
lands mad ne said: 1.-THE United states
has inaugurated a policy when VIII
bring it much trouble and many re-
snonsibilities. The Americans are not
nranarine for the work they are about
TO undertake.. Your democratic system
must an imperlalStlc syS-
fem and YOU must increase your army
and navy with the result that there Will
he constant friction between yourselves
and the European powers"
The Americans preserve secrecy re-
garding the terms of the treaty. rms
;s nartIv through the influence of three
senators on the body, who represent
that If would be d~iscOurtesy to the sem
ate to publish the terms before the
treaty. is presented to that body by the
president.
most reach the dimensions of a volume,
as it will contain every written state
mont presented on both sides during
fine conference. The Spaniards maze a
last contribution yesterday on the as
sembling of the commissions oehoi
Montero Rios then presented a Vlsur-
Dusty worded protest in Whlch INC
Standards declared they had yielded TO
force, but that they invoked the con-
science of the nations against the
abuse of the rights of nations OF Whlcn
they were the victims. n protest
was for the purpose Of record and con-
sisted of an argument in support Oh
every concession demanded by the
Standards and which the Americans
refused, some of them peremptorly ana
without an opportunity for discussion.
The protest concluded: But these
concessions which we are obliged 70
make, touch us less than the Insult
which has been inflicted on our natloh
by President Mckinley in his message.
We again protest solemnly against the
accusation hurled against us in con-
nection with the Maine and we intend
TO again submit the question to an IN
ternational tribunal, comprised or Eng
land, France and Germany. to deter
mine who shall bear the responslblllt!
of the catastrophe"
TERMS OF THE TREATY.
In spite of the secrecy observed by
the Americans, ii is learned tnat the
treaty, in substance consists OF thlc-
taen or fourteen articles. The princi-
pal articles provide for the cession and
evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico ana
the Philippines and the political, ad-
m~inistrative and financial results
thereof; the requirements by the Unit
ed States of public property ana the
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cles of secondary Importance determine
the status of Spanish subjects remain
ing in the coded territories and unfn-
ished lawsuits and contracts; guaran-
tees of the same terms to Spanish
shipping and merchandise as imposed
upon American shipping and merchan-
disc in the Philippine islands,, for ten
years, and leaving the status OF Span
ish in the West Indies TO De
settled later. An important provision
is the guarantee of religious freedom III
the coded territories. in the same terms
as the Florida treaty, the Americans
having s~teadfastly refused to 1ncorpo-
rate any guarantee of the United
States determination to forfeit proper
ty of the Catholic church, leaving III
subject to the general laws on the same
footing as private property.
The Americans were a~pprehensive
even yesterday that there might DC
some unforeseen turn of affairs wnlch