The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-16
,GAN'T FORGET The MAIZE
The Presidents Message Calls the
Spanish Commissioners.
THEY MAKE BITTER COM MENT.
Senior Garnica Says Spain Must Be Cleared
of the Charge-They Propose to Sub
init 1t to France, England and Ger
many.

PARIS Dec. 10.-Senor Montero Rios,
president of the Spanish peace COM
mission, 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 be-
fore Monday The Americans held
their usual session this morning. The
Spaniards continue making bitter COM
ments concerning President McKin-
ley's reference to the Maine.
When correspondent approached
Senior Garnica of the Spanish commits
sion for further details of the treaty,
he said: 1.-The exact number of arti-
cles is still undetermined. 1t depends
upon how Secretaries Ojeda and Moore
divide the treaty. 1t may be twelve or
twenty articles The Americans are
to pay the Philippine indemnity with
in three months of the ratification.
We shall appoint consuls in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippine islands
without delay. The Cuban consul will
be accredited to the powers that be. :"
Asked why the Spaniards refused to
grant the United States coaling
/station in the Caroline islands, Senior
NGarnica said: "The Americans could
hardly expect that we should agree to
discuss matters outside of the proto-
col after the lessons we have had from
then on this point. When we wished
- h. C,,H n Jol~ ,h
lutely refused to consider it, and then
they ask for whatever they want.
Quelle toupet! What cheek. Yet the
Cuban debt remains an important ques-
ton for settlement.
In regard to the Spaniards' final
protest on the subject of the Maine,
Senior Garnica added "That protest
now becomes history, as it was en-
bodied in the protocol. 1t is neither
loyal nor just that this thing should
hang over the reputation of Spain. We
cannot submit to it. 1t must be cleared
up, in justice to ourselves. There are
many other causes to bring hatred be-
tween the two nations without the ad-
dition of such one as this.
''As to the future relations of the
two countries, that is one of the
things history alone can determine.
Many nations which have been deadly
enemies are speedily reconciled."
Senior Garnica was then questioned
as to the future of the Philippine ISL
ands and he said: 1.-The United States
has inaugurated policy which will
bring it much trouble and many re-
sponsibilities.
The protocol of the treaty will al
most reach the dimensions of volume,
as it will contain every written state
ment presented on both sides during
the conferences.
The Spaniards made last contribu-
ton yesterday upon the assembling of
the commissions. Senior Montero Rios
then presented a vigorously worded
protest, in which the Spaniards de-
clared they had yielded to force, but
they invoked the conscience of the ma
tions against the abuse of the rights
of nations, of which they were the vic
Tins. The protest was for, the pur-
pose of record
The protest concluded: But these
concessions which we were obliged to
make touch us less than the insalt
which has been afflicted on our nation
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 of En-
gland, France and Germany, to deter
mine who shall bear the responsibility
of the catastrophe.
An important provision is the guar
antee of religious freedom in the ce6ed
territories, in the same terms as the
Florida treaty, the Americans having
steadfastly refused to incorporate any
guarantee of the United States deter
mination to favor the property of the
Catholic church, leaving it subject to
the general laws, upon the same foot
ing as private property.
A. q. Stacey Convicted,
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