The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22

Surrender of Manila Causes Great
Indignation - Complaint That
Cubans Continue Their Attacks.
London, Aug. 22.-The Times cor
respondent in Madrid says: A COM
mittee, consisting of Duke Almodovar
de Rio, the foreign minister; Senior Ro-
nero Giron, minister of the colonies;
Lieutenant General Correa, minister of
war, and Captain Aunon, minister of
marine, is preparing instructions for
| Cuban and Porto Rico commissioners,
which will be dispatched on Aug. 81,
so as to arrive within the time fixed by
the protocol.
In these instructions attention will be
called to the distinction between ces-
sion of territory and cession of SOW
ereignty. In the later case it seems
! to be maintained here that buildings
and public works will remain the prop
erty of the sovereign power until they
are paid for by the government.
Certain members of the cabinet are
of the opinion that the commission will
have first of all to determine some legal
and administrative moduS vivendi dur
ing the transitional period until the
evacuation is completed. Meanwhile,
the government will probably call the
attention of the cabinet at Washington
to the fact that while the insurgent
leaders profess to accept the armistice
their subordinates continue to carry on
hostilities against outlying Spanish
garrisons.
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While the government thus devotes
its attention for the moment chiefly to
questions of detail relating to the An
TILES, much anxiety is felt with regard
to the Philippines question, which is
likely TO create much more serious diff
culties. On this subject very little
guidance is afforded by the studiously
vague terms employed in the protocol.
These words have been carefully ex-
amined with the aid of all available die.
tionaries, not only by Spanish minis
tiers, but also by the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of several foreign powers,
and all seer1ed agreed that in drafting
this part of the protocol President Nc
Kinleys aim was simply to keep a free
hand for himself until he should have
time to collect information and decide
what policy the United States should
adopt in the far east. All possible ques-
tons regarding the future of the archi-
pelago are thus left open, and both
government and public opinion seem
in doubt as to what line shall be taken
by Spain in the forthcoming negotia-
tions Much will depend, of course, on
the attitude assumed by the United
States government, and consequently
the conflicting currents of American
public opinion are watched here with
the keenest interest. The attitude of
the powers having far eastern inter-
ests is also much specialized upon. 1t is
believed Germany will not allow great
territorial changes without having
something to say therein.
The ministers still declare that official
dispatches respecting the capitulation
of Manila have not been received
therefore, the August incident unex-
planned.
Mail advices explain the transference
of administrative authority from Cen
eral August to the governor of Viz
caya island. The Heraldo of Iloilo, Of
June q, publishes an official telegram
from the minister of war Lieutenant
General Correa, investing General Rios
with all the attributes and power eX-
ercised by the captain general of the
archipelago in all the islands under his
command. General August, therefore,
even if ne had remained in Manila, had,
in the opinion of the Spanish govern
ment, no right to surrender anything
but the city and its immediate environ
ments; but that Americans might per-
haps, make difficulties about admitting
this doctrine. Fuller information ought
very soon to be available.
WILL DISBAND TROOPS.
Madrid, Aug. 21-The Spanish troops
at San Rogue have been ordered to
Barcelona, where they will probably
be disbanded, unless the Carlist agi-
tation attains Importance.
The Porto Rico commission, it is an
nounced, has been appointed. 1t is
composed of Admiral Vallarino, Gen
eral Ortega and Senior Sanchez de La
guilla.
The Bank of Spain's report for the
week ended yesterday shows the fol-
lowing changes:
Gold on hand, increase, La, 900 pc
setas; silver in hand, increase, 4,467, 600
pesetas; notes in circulation, decrease,
$685., 200 pesetas.
AGITATION IS GROWING.
London, Aug. 21.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Sunday Times says:
The country is still without official
news of what is happening in the COL
onies. The only intelligence the public
is contained In few meager
press kilograms which have been al
lowed to pass the censorship.
Great surprise and indignation have
been produced by the news OF the at
tack upon and the fall of Manila.
Nothing is known as to the conditions
that led to the surrender of the town.
is growing among the in
dependent classes, without distinction
of politics.
Serious rumors concerning Cuba are
current, and cablegrams are said to
have been received from General Blanco
saying ne tears the volunteers will re-
volt against the peace conditions.
The battleship Pelayo and the ar
mored cruiser Emperador Carlos V.
have bee-. ordered TO cruise along the
northern coast for a time, landing the
Santiago troops at Vigo and Santan-
der.
The evacuation of Porto Rico will be-
gin in September, but it is not expected
that the disbanding of the Cuban
troops win be commenced before De-
cember.
The peace commission will be COM
posed OF Senior Leon Castillo. the
Spanish ambassador to France, Seniors