Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-18
THE CUBAN DEBT DEBATED,
Spain viii VIZ Soon Come OF Hei High
Horse.
CUBA AND PHILIPPINES ARE DISTINCT.
Hut Have Abiding Confidence that spanish
Commissioners viii Not obiirc America
to Resort To Istr.mo Measures.

Washington. oct. iS-ft ~ hoped.
though hardly expected. BY the officials
herv that yesterdays proceedings b..
fore the peace commission at Paris
marked the h.Eh tide of spanish op-
position and that from now on the
spanish commissioners will retire grad.
ually from thslr extreme position. n
DO recognized that thdr attack upon the
American position was marked by the
grcaiCft cieycrncas and ndroltncas. The
opinion prevails that the ahlmntlng
purpoae of the spauiards IL % work
upon the Hympathica VI other European
nations Nhlic appealing 10 the Interests
not only OF the holders OF
Cuban bonds but also % tbs
holders Of purely spanish seour-
tiles. which would be affected by avn
patty The spanish argument direct
"a to showing that the United states
must assume sovereignty. else the
Island would be loft with our legal
status BE- Interpreted az being a dis
tinct bid Tor the Intervention Of the
fut,agn uoudhoidrfH The latter, ar-
expected 90 call upon their own gov
orumera 60 aid the spanish cause by
protesting 20 the United states against
the large values represented by the
cuban bonds owned by their own ciu.
Eera Considerations based upon
cqui.isa like these have had great
weight with International tfibunaia.but
back Of u all II apparent the eye of
the officials here q purpose 10 influence
80 -, much fha American mace cufus
Honerr aa tho government az washing
There never has been any aucsilou
here o. 10 the satus Of municipal and
other Local obligations based upon cu'
| ban aascsta. A. the proceeds of bonds
Issued by the municipalities have pre-
aumably gone 20 bcnent the localities
u has never been commended here Tor
an Instant that these obligations should
| b. fcpudla'ed. whatever may be the
outcome Of the negotiations al ParH
relngivc 90 che general deb. OF Cuba.
the bonds % tho municipalities ana
such securities Will retain their valid
ny.
The proposition. alleged 10 have been
made yesterday b. the spanish com.
misaioncra 20 surrender 10 tho United
states the enurc Philippine group
rather than that spain should be held
responsible Tor the cuban debt nd not
fNAU NMH NNINNNAM WN NNNlNN"HH ~ wa
recognized immedlatoly as only a
phase OF The spanish cffort 20 connect
the Philippines and Cuba In some way
ln che ncgut atlona,
Tho American o1mml sHloncfa at the
beginning refused % permit any such
association, holding that Zach subject
treated IN the protocol mus be d-af
with separately and IN Oricr aud ~ TAR
AZ ne state department lcnsws they
have nj changed their Views In this
! matter since
while n is realised In official circles
that che negotiations In Paris have
! reached What probably Will be the mos,
critical point % DO rlnsed over until
/ the commission n face 10 face with the
question ns On what dispoaition shan
i. made VI she PhilipT mes there Il an
abiding coniidancv that the spanish
| commissioners VIII not obllgr The
Americans 20 resort 20 oNtreinc meas
ures and that the NEGOTIATIONS VIII pro-
coed with greater expedition flum this
point.