The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-22
SPANISH WILL bubble.
WILL TRY AND HOLD PROPERTY IN
CCDA AND Porto RICO.
eighty ~ the Protocol, anA That
All Gevernneat Property There
Rsmaana Theirs TN raid For.

LONDON. Aug. E-Tne Madrid CORE
epondAnt Of the Times says:
committee consisting OF Duke Almod-
oyar del Rio. the foreign minister; Senior
Romero Gircn minister OF the colonies:
I&eut Gen. correa, minister Of war. and
Capt A1nor. minister Of marine. II pre-
pairing instructions for the Cuban aud
Porto Rican commissioners, which viii be
dispatched on August 5iss. 90 a. 20 arrive
within the time fixed By the protocol.
In these Instructions attention. will be
called 10 the distinction between cessaon
OF territory and cesston OF sovereignty. In
the latter case Il seems to be maintained
here that buildings and public works win
here remain the property OF the sovereign
power until they are paid for by the gov
eminent
Certain members OF the cabinet are OF
the opinion that the committee viii have
FIRST Of al 10 determine some legal and
administrative modus vivsndi during the
transitional period until the evacuation 10
Completed.
Meanwhile, the government will proba-
bly, cali the attention Of the cabinet at
Washington TO the fact that while the IN
surgent leaders profess 10 accep, the arm
sstice. their subordnates continue TO carry
On hos1AteS against outlying Spanish gar
rtsons.
While the government thus devotes its
attention for moment chiefly to questions
OF detail relating to the Antilles much
anxiety 10 felt with regard to The Philip
pines question, which "a likely 70 create
much more serious difficulties On this
subject very little guidance is afforded by
the ssudfously vague terms employed in
the protocol. These words have been care
fully examined with the aid OF all avail
able dictionaries. not only by Spanish min
sters, but also By the diplomatic represen-
n al
seemed agreed that in drafting this part Of
the protocol President Mckinley's aim was
simply to keep q free hand for himself IN
III he should have time 80 collect infor-
nation and decide what policy the Uni
ted States should adopt In the far East.
All possible questions regarding the futura
OF the archipelago 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 negotiations.
Much viii depend OF course on tho atti-
tude assumed by the United States gov
eminent. and consequently the conflicting
currents OF American public opinion are
watched here with the keenest interest
The attitude OF the powers having far
Eastern interests is also much specuIated
upon 1t Is hoped Germany VIII not allow
great territorial changes without having
something 10 say therein.
The ministers still declare that official
dispatches respecting the capitulation Of
Manila have not been received therefore
the Anguish incident Ia unexplained
Mall advices explain the transference Of
administrative authority from Gen Au-
gust 10 the governor OF vizcaya tsiand
The Heraldo OF floito Of June Il pub
fishes an official telegram from the minis
ter OF war, Lieut.. Gen. correa, Investing
Gen. Rios with all the attributes and pow
cr exercised by the captain general OF the
archipelago in AL the islands under his
command Gen. August, therefore even
IL he had remained. in Manila, had, in the
opinion Of the Spanish government, 10
right TO surrender anything but the city
and It's immediate environments. but that
the Americana might, perhaps, make diff
culties about admitting this doctrine Full
err Information ought very soon 10 be avail
able.