The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-10
PARTISAN VENOM.
Newspapers Persist in Mis-
stating the Doings Of
Peace Commission.
CHARGE US WITH DISCOURTESY
American Reply to the Span
ish Proposals Has Been
Presented.
CHARGE US WITH DISCoURTESY
TBy cable to The Associated Press ]

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PARTS, Nov 10, 1Ss8.-The newspapers
Of this city, after yesterdays meeting
OF the Peace Commissions, seemed to
have gathered from some source or other
the impression that the Spanish Commis-
sfoners have cause for complaint against
the Americans, because the latter pre-
sented their replies to the Spanish pro-
posals in English, and without a Span
ish translation of the document There
is no basis for complaint on the subject.
The President of the Spanish Commits
sion. Senior Montero Rios, and Judge Day,
the President of the American Commis-
sion, agreed that, owing to the length of
the document, all concerned might be
spared the reading of matter which is
usually translated in writing into Span
ish for the benefit Of senor Montero Rios
and two other members of the Spanish
Commission who do not understand Eng
lish.
Each side, up to the present has made
its own written translations, hut the
Americans alone have supplied an inter-
prefer for the joint sessions. the Spaniards
relying on the American Interpreter in
stead of furnishing an Interpreter for
their side. as they might have been ex
pected to do. The American Interpreter
is Mr. Arthur Ferguson and the Spaniards
have marvelled at the facility with which
he did his work. They have never once
checked him or corrected him in the
slightest degree. In view of the facts
in the case, some of the references of the
Paris newspapers this morning are inter-
esting Regarding yesterdays meeting,
the Figaro says
THE American Commissioners content
ed themselves with producing a long
memorandum, written in English. After
having deposited this upon the table they
left the task OF translating it to the
Spanish Commissioners apologizing cour-
teously for Its length and the difficulties
of translation They then retired. The
situation. then. at present, is as follows:
The Americans persist in refusing to take
over the Cuban debt and exact the ces-
sion of the Philippines. The Spaniards,
on their side. refuse to cede the Archi
peiago.
The petit Bleu'' remarks :-sAll diplo-
matte forms were outraged by the Ameri-
cans at yesterdays sitting. 1t is custom
ary in such cases to read the menloran-
dunn presented to the other side. The
Americans, however, contented them
selves with throwing ii, written in Eng
lish, upon the table, Continuing, the
petit Bleu' says
"a member of the Spanish Commission
has remarked that his colleagues can
never admit the claims of America in re-
gard to the Philippines. The protocol
says the treaty of peace shall determine
the disposition and control of the Philip
pines and the Americans now claim that
disposition means that the colony shall
be surrendered to America. This Spain
can never admit.
The Petit Bleu" then expresses its be-
lief in an early rupture of the negotia-
tions.
The "Rappel' says:-''A Spanish Com
missioner has declared that the Spaniards
win yield only to force in the question of
the Philippine Islands, = 1t asserts that it
anticipates a rupture of the negotiations
at an early date, adding:-"The country
which started out as the liberator of
Cuba now threatens war, although her de-
mands as to Cuba have been acceded TO,
because she cannot annex territory which
played no part III the bringing on of the
war. We preferred the liberator of
Cuba to the oppressor of Spain
The "Gaulois'' presents a long argu-
ment in favor of Spanish retention of the
Philippine Islands, saying among other
things, that the Spamards refuse abso-
lutely to admit even in principle the ces-
sation of their authority in the Philip
pine Islands. adding that the outcome is
likely to be a rupture of the negotiations,
followed by the occupation of the Philip
pine Islands by the American troops.
AS final eventuality. the "Gaulois"
intimates that there might be possibility
of European Intervention, although the
paper doubts this, in view of the differ
ences which divide France, Great Britain
and Russia. Germany, alone, according
to the ssGaulois.' seems disposed to offer
aid to Spain, SAYING
ssThe expected arrival of Emperor Will
iam at Cadiz and his probable visit to the
Queen Regent are sufficiently significant
indications of his friendly disposition to
SPAIN
The 'Matin" announces that the Span