The age-herald., 1898-11-12

tionaity Spa'n cannot transfer her Phil pine sovereignty to the United States by a mere clause in a peace treaty.
 "She would be confronted with a war for the subjugation of eight million Malay ans. This would mean the destruction of all property in the Philippines. Trade and commerce would be paralyzed there. The merchants and manufacturers of Spain would lose the markets they now enjoy, their factories would suspend and their elm ployes lie idle. The markets for their prod ucts would have vanished. But the United States would not gain these markets. At least they would gain them only by fire and sword. The case of the Philippines Is en- tirely different from the cases of Cuba and Porto Rico.
 'As to the attitude of the Tagales, all ready risen in arms, against Spain, there can be no doubt. Habits of fighting, an- itions awakened by the assurances of the chiefs who have trained the masses to cry for independence, and the hopes which the United States government itself has raised in them would all tend to make the Tagafes the bitterest enemies of the United States.
 The result of all this would be a war of subjugaticn in our islands of Oceanica, a war which would be very costly in men as well as in money, for the United States, a war of desolation and ruin for the Philip pines. #t8N ras sf
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 We have such a large personal and bus
 
 mess interest in the Philippines we view with dismay the possibility of this terrible event. How can it be if the American peo- pie, who boast of bringing intelligence to bear upon humanitarian questions, should not hesitate in the face of certain prospects of plunging into such series of inevitable disasters?
 All I have said would apply equally whether the United States annexed the Philippines or established a protectorate. ait ba incl H. cient to maintain order or would have to assume such a character as would be re- garded and opposed by the natives as vir- tual annexation.
 UnequivocalIy Denied
 Paris, November 11.-It became known here this evening that some publicity had been given today in New York that Senor Montero Rios had recommended an aban- donment of the peace negotiations and that Senor Sagasta though unwillngly, would probably be compelled to accept the, recom- mendation with a final decision in the mat ter at the next meeting.
 On the authority of one who has the best means of knowing the facts of the case this report can be unequivocally denied. Will Not Yield D, t-'' Madrid, November 1.-The newspapers assert that the government of Spain is sending instructions to its commissioners dt fdrlS not 10 yleIu OH the uueStiOH ol Spanish sovereignty over the Philippines, which is asserted to be entirely outside of the protocol, wherefore the commission CTS are not authorized to discuss it. It Is further asserted that the Spanish govern ment will declare that it has not been au- thorized by the cortez to negotiate the possession of the Philippines. Will be Postponed n Paris, November 11.-It is now generality nj n peace commissions which was arranged for Saturday will be postponed until Monday. At the joint session of Wednesday last | it was agreed that the session be fixed for Saturday might be postponed until Mon | day if the Spaniards found themselves, un- | able to prepare a reply for presentation on | Saturday and 1t now appears the Span iards found it necessary to send to Madrid | for certain records which cannot reach | Paris before 10 o'clock on Saturday morn | ing and therefore their proper embodiment | into the Spanish memorandum cannot be | accomplished before Monday. The. next | communication from the Spanish eorntnis- sioners will deal with the rights of either | commission to discuss Spanish sovereignty | over the Philippines. and the American | claims that the retention of public moneys l at Manila is justified by the fact of-.the military occupation of the place by the | American forces and warranted by the protocol even if faulty as claimed by Spaini because such action commenced after the suspension of hostilities.
 There is no truth in the statement printed here this morning that the Spaniards have decided to refuse entirely at the session ito discuss the cession of the Philippines.