Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-10-18
THREATENED BY DAY.
The Judge Tired Of the Span
iards' Evasions and Delay.
WILL TAKE THE PHILIPPINES.
Gave Them to Understand This For First
Time -spaniards Then Asked For an
Adjournment. So They Could Commu-
nicate With Madrid.

LONDON, Oct lS.-A dispatch 90 a
London news agency from Paris says:
1.-THE conference has reached crisis
for the first time. Judge Day presented
the demands of the American commits
sion in threatening words. He said
that delay was the only possible object
attainable by the persistent efforts of
the Spanish commissioners to saddle
the United States with the Cuban debt
and would be tolerated no longer, as
the United States would neither assume
nor guarantee any part of the debt.
1.-THE Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in position of repudiat-
ing or of reducing the face value of the
Cuban bonds from so to 80 per cent,
paying only halt the stipulated interest
on the reduced value. Before they
would adopt either alternative they
would surrender to the United States
the entire Philippines.
Judge Day responded that the sur
render of the Philippines would proba-
bly, be demanded irrespective of the
Cuban or any other debt.
This, to the Spaniards the first init
nation of the intention OF the United
States as to the Philippines, resulted in
a whispered conference, followed by
request for All adjournment in order TO
communicate with Madrid. Judge Day
said that President Mckinley had in
strueted him to demand the entire Sur
render of Porto Rico today"
PARIS, Oct. 1S.-The peace commits
sion will meet again in joint session ON
Wednesday next. During the last joint
session the commissioners were occupied
with the consideration of the Spanish
presentation of Tuesday last and the
American answer, submitted on Fri
day, relating to Cuba and the debt of
the island.
The interchanges regarding Cuba are
now so advanced that the Spanlards
will not fail to understand the United
States determination, disclosed in these
dispatches on Saturday, not to assume
part or the whole of the so called Cuban
debt OF 500, 100000. 1t should not,
however, be understood that the Ameri-
cans, during the course of the eontro-
versy have been unmindful of certain
local burdens, like the municipal obli-
cations of the Cuban cities, railroads
and kindred properties, local and per-
manent.
Itshould not be forgotten, however,
that the American attitude III Cuba is
held net to be that of an acquiring
power, either OF territory or of its real
constructive obligations. The oppos-
ing Spanlards keenly contend that SOW
ereignty involves burdens as well as
blessings. and that both should pass to-
gether from Spain.
Close following this contention the
Spaniards are pressing for construc-
ton of the word "relinquish" in the
Cuban article OF the protocol.
1--WE must" they urge, ''relinquish
sovereignty over Cuba, hut to whom?
We have not agreed to relinQuesh it to
the Cubans-we relinquish it to the
United States"
While this contention is keenly and
vigorously supported, it has not shaken
the position of the Americans, who cut
the thread Of Spanish diplomacy in the
middle of the word ''relinquish' by
practically assuring the Spanish thai
they need not cherish anxiety as to
whom to relinquish, but to conform tc
the fourth article of the protocol which
pledges Spain "that Cuba, Porto Rice
and the other Spanish islands of the
West Indies shall be Immediately evac