The herald., 1898-11-30
Press Special Wire

PARIS, Nov. Z9.-Ihe secretaries OIL TN
two peace commissions, Messrs. Moore an'
Ojeda, began their joint task Of formulating
the articles of the peace treaty at O 'clocl
this afternoon, as directed by their respect
i've commissions at yesterday s conference
This work will be easy and rapid as to the re
lnquishment and cessions referred to in the
protocol the terms of which document vii
be transferred bodily to the treaty.
The secretaries, moreover, will embody
tentative articles for discussion on Wednes
day, the subjects of the religious freedom OF
the Caroline islands, naval station for the
United States in the same group, cable land
ing rights at other points within Spain:
jurisdiction, the release of the insurrection
ist prisoners and the revival of the treaties
broken by the war.
Thus the commercial and general treaty
Of 1875 will be revived to be recast later; the
treaty of 1884 for the settlement of certain
claims will be revived; the treaty of 1877
providing for extradition will be revived
the trade mark treaty of 1882 will be re
vived, and the supplemental extradition
treaty Of 1887 will be revived in addition to
several modus vivendi agreements.
1t Is expected that the secretaries viii
submit the treaty articles at the joint ses
sion tomorrow, when all the other points
for negotiation will be discussed. Thus the
commissions tomorrow will have before them
the entire treaty for amendment, approval
or rejection. On all the points outside of
the protocol there will be friendly negotia-
tions only, Spain having the right to name
prices, if she wants to, for her territory and
to reject or accept the American offers
The Spaniards no less than the Americans
now are anxious to conclude the business
which brought them here.
THE DRAFT COMPLETED
AS the result of the work of Mr.. Moore
and Senor Ojeda, the draft of the articles
embodying the protocol agreements was
completed this evening. 1t will be pre-
sented to the two commissions in the morn
ing at their separate sessions and in the
afternoon at the joint session, when it will
receive final consideration. There will be
little delay on these articles. Mr.. Moore
will also submit tomorrow to the United
States commissioners the subjects to be
presented to the Spaniards for negotiation
These for convenience and greater dispatch
are being drafted into the form of articles
The release of the inslrgent prisoners held
~. SPAN VIZ ~ iHtO tHc plOtOtOI dgTte-
ments, it having been already agreed that
Spain is to release them upon the United
States undertaking to secure the release OF
the Spanish prisoners in the hands of Aguin-
aldo. This question is so intimately related
TO the peace treaty that it has been removed
from the subjects that are matters of nego-
tiations and has been embodied in the ar
ticles containing the protocol agreements.
FRENCH EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Soleil, reviewing the situation at
length, says:
Probably the greatest difficulty the
United States has before her will be the
strong differences of opinion in the senate
and house on the question of territorial ex-
pansion."
The Petit Bleu says: "All the friends of
Spain will congratulate her on having put an
end to these painful negotiations and fin
ished this sad chapter in her history. Those
of the United States can, on the other hand,
regret, perhaps, that they should not have
shown themselves more generous in victory,
and that they should have too easily for
gotten the disinterested and exclusively
philanthropic motives, in the name of which
they undertook the war. They cannot see,
sudden and complete breaking down of the
principles that have made the greatness and
prosperity of their republic, and they anx-
iously ask themselves what influence the
policy of conquest will have upon their des-
tinies and upon the world. The Monroe doc
trine is now out of date. The American re-
public, conquering and colonizing, no longer
has the right to close to Europe the new con
tinent, since she herself has stepped out of
it."
The Intransigeant alludes to the possible
objection of Great Britain and Germany to
the cession of the Sulu islands, on the
ground that the treaty of 1877 stipulated
that this group does not properly belong
to the Philippines, and remarks: GLOW
ever that may be, the presence in camp of |
the international policy of the United States |
as colonial power of Importance is a serious |
event and one that may have unforeseen
consequences"
The Temps says: 'rFrom the outset the |
Americans have negotiated on the principle |
OF take it or leave it, and have covered their |
claims by sort of sanctity."
Continuing, the Temps asks: eff the tri- |
umph, to call it so, is complete, may it not |
contain grave elements of danger and anxi- |
ETY. to the Americans? The transatlantic |
democracy has become imperialst, and |
republic founded on federalism and auton- |
omy has become conquering one. From an |
international point Of view, this means |
Reputation of the Monroe doctrine and the |
entrance of America into the conflicts and |
intrigues of the great powers, and l.r harsh
ness to Spain is the cause of much anxiety
as 10 her relations with other powers"
The Temps also expresses the opinion that
Spain has purchased peace with the United
States at the expense Of internal turmoil.
The journal des Debats says: ''The Amer
leans, having started out to liberate Cuba,
have ended by pocSeting what remained Of
Spain's colonies. This moral evolution of
'Ass.' 7nericans is edifying as good example
. Efelianner in which one can, almost in
WedneA arrive at the formulation Of the
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