Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-29
SPAIN ACCEPTS.
Madrid Submits to Our
Terms Of Peace.
TREATY TO BE SIGNED.
Little Time Consumed In Max.
ing the Announcement.

Spanish Commissioners state That
Diplomatic Resources Being Ex-
haustcd, They Yield to the Demands
| of the Observation-Disclosures Powers
Said to View American Expansion
| With Much Disfnvor--Many DiplO-
matte Difficulties Are Predicted.
Mr.. stend's Remarks on This Sub
tect-Hc Says the Greatest Oppose
ton Is to BE Found Mt the Vatican.
Paris, Nov 29.-The joint peace COM
mission met promptly at O'Clock in
the afternoon, and the Spanish COM
missioners Immediately announced the
acceptance Of the American demands.
The Americans demands included
the acquisition of the whole of the
Philippine and Sulu groups for $4,000
000 and it is also understood the I'm ted
States will purchase the Caroline group.
The question Of the debt of Cuba was
left unsettled. The next meeting will
take place on Wednesday.
The Spanish commissioners announc-
ed that, being authorized by their gov
eminent to reply that the American
propositions are inadmissable on legal
principles and are not a proper COM
promise on legal principles, on the
Spanish part all diplomatic resources
are exhausted, and the Spanish COM
mission is now asked TO accept or re-
ject the propositions. Spain, inspired
by reasons of patriotism and humanity
and to avoid the horrors of war; resigns
herself to the power of the victor. She
accepts the offered conditions in order
to conclude treaty of peace.
SPANS reply added that Spain had
throughout the controversy the strong
est argument and that, as between po-
stions so Numerically opposed. the
American offer of $50, 100000 was not n
fair sum. Nevertheless, the reply con-
tinued, Spain desired to avoid any fur
Their effusion of blood and further dis
order and had concluded to accept the
offer Internationally and
thus bow to the superior power of the
victor.
The answer of the Spaniards was so
short that less than ten minutes were
in rendering it into English
for the Americans. The secretaries
were then empowered to prepare the
treaty articles, embodying the cession
Angelo Scampini has raised derrick
t Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
ines and the payment by the United
tates Of $50, 00O, 900 for submission to
he next meeting.
The two peace commissions were in
eparate session all morning.
VIII Be Bitterly Resented.
There is no denying the fact that the
hole European continent will bitterly
esent American acquisition of the
philippines. This sentiment is not con-
ned to diplomats; but, especially here
n Paris, it is the opinion constantly
card in the highest French society. 1t
J known that a high official of the
'rench foreign Office said:
THE appearance of the Americans in
astern waters is a disturbing factor to
he whole of Europe. Americans, as Is
veil known, lack diplomatic manners
nd will surely bring constant trouble
0 all of US"
AS to the general sentiment, Mr.. Will
am T. Stead, who has just returned
ere from his tour of France, Belgium.
iermany Russia Austria, Turkey and
tally, and who has seen the highest
olticians in each country and in some
ases their rulers, said:
1.-The immense ajority of Europeans
re of course absolutely ignorant of
that has happened. Intent upon their
ally toll they neither know nor care
rhat occurs in the other hemisphere
ut Europeans who read the newspa-
ers are able to form what may be call
d public opinion in the old world.
hey are practically unanimous on the
natter. Outside of England l have not
net single on-American who was
OF opposed to the expansion of Amer
"a Nor through my whole tour of
Europe, have / met a European who
id not receive the protestations of the
enuine sincerity with which the Amer
IAN people entered on the war with
lore or less hooking incredul:ty."
Mr.. Stead reports that the bitterest
ostility of all was found at the Vati-
an.
THE PEACE TREATY