La Junta tribune., 1898-11-09
WANTS PHILIPPINES.
UNCLE SAM NOTIFIES SPAIN.
spain. Commi.sIoner. Told the Worst
She win Is. Reimbursed for Permanent
improvements Made.

Paris. Oct. 3l.-The United States
! has demanded the entire Philippine
archipelago Of Spain.
| The American peace commissioners,
each carrying portfolio containing
records and personal memoranda, l"tt
| their headquarters In the Contln"ntai
! hotel for the meeting with the Spanish
! commissioners nj the foreign Office,
l shortly before = O'Clock this afternoon
The president OF the Spanish com
mission. senior MOntcro Rios, whose
Z health nt one time was so prccarious
us to threaten an indefinite adjourn
ment Of the sessions of the commits.
sions. had improved to the extent of
enabling him to ATTEND to-day's meet
/ ing. He arrived at tia" foreign office
/ in closed carriage before the Amer
leans reached the meeting place.
Not long after O'Clock the commits
siUncrs confronted each other across
the table ON which. in l1s!. Benjamin
Franklin and his colleagues signed
the treaty Of independence OF the
United States.
The Spanish commissioners took
their accustomed places nj the his
iOric table. the afternoon light full In
their faces, while the Americans
ranged themselves opposite with their
backs TO the light and with the inter
prefer standing At the end Of the ia
blc ON the right OF Judge Day and the
left of Scnor Moutcro Rios, aud be
tween the two secretaries. Mr.. Moore
and Scnor pjeda.
Secretary Moore. upon the request of
Judge Day, passed TO Mr.. Ferguson.
the Interpreter. the formulated de
the Philippines. which were read TO the
Spaniards In their own tongue 10y n
rapid rendering from the English. In
which they were written. Although
the Spanish commissioners did not be
tray anxiety, their attention to the
reading was keen. They had anticipat-
ed that tn" United States would take
over the islands. hut the terms ana de
tails Of tn" transfer had all along been
a subject of speculation.
The reading disclosed the fact that
the United States government had de-
termincd to possess FOR itself certain
territory and parts OF land bounded
by and lying within such parallel and
OF latitude and longitude as mark the
limits of the Philippine archipelago.
( The United Stutcs does not purpose as
SuminG the Philippine debt of 10000
Spain for a sum OF money equal To the
nctual expenditures by Spain In the
Philippines Tor the advantage OF the
Islands and for the good Of their pco-
pie, for permanent betterments and for
Improvements. both physical and men
tai.
The reading of the prcscntmcut spc-
cities that the United Stntes will rcim-
| hursc Spain TO the extent OF her pa
ciiic expenditures made in the archi-
pelago. This phrase pacific cNpcn-
| hiturcs," Is employed To difercutintc
the expenditures by Spain in comhat.
ting Instructions In the Philippines.
The one Is felt 10y the commissioners
to be a fair burden on the acquiring
power, while III" other and latter class
OF expenditures t. held to have been
logically assumed 10y Spain as the in
cNitahlc hazard TO Il nation rcsorting
to arms 10 enforce orders in It's own
territory.
Such is the vital portion Of the pre-
sentiment made by the American com
missiOners to-day, and 1t Is to be oh
served that while the main proposition
as TO possession and financial response
bility is clear and definite. many de-
tails have been left tn the developments
of the discussions between the two
commissions.
Thus. while tho Spaniards are To-
night certain that the United States in
tends 10 reimburse them for pacific
expenditures they remark that they
are not enlightened as to whether the
Americans expect To indOrsc the Span
ish obligations to the extent of ''paci-
fic expenditures In the archipelago or
whether they will hand Spain "A lump
sum OF gold larG" enough 10 cover
Spanish outlay so designated
The Spanish commissioners listened
attcntvely, though not without some
evidences of impaticncc and surprise
at the final suggestions In the Amcri-
can prcscntment. and finally asked uu-
! I'll Friday 10 consult the Madrid gov
crnment and max" reply Adjourn
| mcnt was then taken 10 that day.