Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-08-06
NO| ID Be- MADE PUBLIC.
The President Will Not Allow the
Reply to Spain's Overture to
be Made Public at Present.
II WOULD VIOLATE DIPLOMATIC USAGE.
u Is Understood, however, that the Fu-
turo OF the Philippines will Rest with
Joint Commission, tho United states
to Retain at Least Naval Station In
the Islands.

WAsnINGToN, July 3O.-The president
decided that the statement intend
ed to be made public, as the reply to
SPAIN should not be given ont. He
reached this determination upon rep
resentation that such course would
be Il violation of the proprieties OF
diplomacy which require that such a
note shall not be published before it is
known to have reached the nation ad-
dressed, and that even then reason able
time must be allowed for an an swer.
What Was Learned.
However, it was learned that an ar.
rangement had been proposed, which
had met the approval OF the cabinet,
providing for the reference of SO much
OF the Philippine question as touched
their future government to a commits.
SON. probably limited to American and
Spanish representation. The scope
and power of this commission could not
be learned in the advance of the cabi-
net meeting, and the method devised
For Enforcing Any Verdict
it might reach was left to surmise,
Still, the general principle underlying
the arrangement is understood to bt
the development of the sober second
thought of the American people as tc
the disposition of the Philippines, un
clouded by the clash of war and unaf
fected by momentary lust for terrific
rial acquisition.
The United States is meanwhile to
exercise control and jurisdiction owe,
Manila, its harbor, and immediatcly
surrounding territory,
other Questions AS Before stated.
With regard to other questions thar
the Philippines the situation is a.
stated Friday.
Absolute cession to the United State
of Porto Rico and all islands in tn,
West Indies save Cuba.
Eelinquishment by Spain Of sover
eighty i'll Cuba. The United State
will exercise control there until
stable government can be established
Acquisition of coaling station il
the Ladrone islands and perhaps th
Carolines.
No assumption of Spain's Cuban o
Porto Rican debts by the United States
No war indemnity for Spain,
To Have Naval Station in Amy Event.
of coarse, it is understood that n
matter what form the Philippine ar
rangement takes, the United States
to acquire Il naval sta tion there, for
is understood that the original plan t
acquire coalIng station has bcel
broadcned into a demand for nava
station. The argument that brough
I about this change was the representa-
ton of the naval war board that on
! of the most pressing needs Of Unite,
States naval vessels in Asiatic water
was
, A Good Dry Dock and Some Mchin
Shops.
where the repairs that were alway
required by the complex warshi ps c
: to-day can be effected 1t was ais
pointed out that under strict apple;
ton of the neutrality laws, as urged b
some writers, the United States nigh
be prevented. in time OF war, from tai,
ing it's own coal from its own coalin
station, though the same rule can nc
be applied to naval station, whic'
would be held under an entirely differ
ent tenure.
The Maintenace OF IA Naval Station
would require more territory than
coaling station, and the existence of
dock ward at Cavite has fixed the eye
of the naval war board upon that plac
as one ready made for occupancy.
naval station involves some rcsider
, population to supply the necessary Ii
Dor, and some agricultural land is r.
quired to maintain this population, III
extent of the territory depending ell
, trcly upon the size Of the station an
, its Importance.
Some of the naval officers are ure
t ing. and their representations haN
been given weight, that the whole {
til. island of Luzon is not too great a
; expanse to support properly such n st
ton as the United States will II
h quire. They point, also, to TIL
difficulty that would be cncouI
, tered in defending station whic
Il does not occupy the whole of the is
. land upon which it is located.
A A Distinct Warming.
The Ame rican reply distinctly Civ
warning that the proposition as to su
render of all sovereignty in the We
Indian waters and the selection of a
e island in the Ladrones is beyond an
discussion whatever. As to II
. Philippines the reply says, in sui
stance. that as further ii
demnity to the United States for /
u expepses the United States will hold II
city of Manila, its bay and harbo'
nendiup the determination of IL
future government of the whole islam
group.
NJ, C,mbon at the white House.
The French ambassador left the en-
bassy shortly before two O'clock ~
: companied by his first secretary, an
: drove in a surrey to the White llous,
The ambassador had laid aside n
usual alpaca coat and straw hal
and with the formality usut
in diplomatic calls on the pres
d,nt. he was in scml-dres
attire with silk hat and black frln'
Albert. NJ. Thicbaut also wore tt
conventional silk hat and long coat
such formal occasions. They we'
,, shown through the private corridor
the White House, and the confcrcn'
began soon after two o'clock.
senator Hanna Says the Philippines 10 Il
!. Question.
+ CLEVELAND, o., July Ex-senator
n A. Hanna, in response to an inquiry q
t to what, in his Judgment, should U
$ done with the Philippines, said;
+ "rhat is a big question, aud "
j must 30 slowly. We at least want
footing on those islands. Althoue
there may be a setme at against keel
inc them, there is bigger sentimel
against giving them back to spar
' We are confronted with new cond
l. tions, and we intend to work out u
nroblems In manner which wiz
f,r The best OF the country"