The age-herald., 1898-11-02
THE WAR MAY
 BE RENEWED Spain Will Not Accept Huni|i-
 ating Terms. THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION May 7 Z auss a Rupture Be- t~es Peace Commissions. RES : OF THE AMERICAN TERMS $ ,e Presented in a Formal Manner
 at Fridays Session. WILL NOT GIvD UP UPARCHIPALAGo Unless the United States Assumes the Entire Debt of the Island or Pays
 Its Equivalent Into Treas
 ury of Spain.
WILL NOT GIvD UP ARCHIPELAGO

Paris, November 1.-The French papers derive their news of the work of the peace commission from Spanish sources, and, therefore. the morning papers here today are interesting as indicating the atmos- phere in Spanish quarters and the trend of French views and tendencies. It must be recalled that the Spaniards have utterly accepted the refusal of the United States government to assume any of the Spanish debt, and the Cuban question has been set aside to await the place in the final treaty, provided differences on the question of the Philippine Islands shall not prevent the making of any treaty. As the whole Is composed of It's parts, so must the Philip pine question be mutually agreed on or none of these questions previously agreed on will find a place in the treaty.
 This is all the provision provisional understanding existent. In view of sthe5 E facts then, the Parisepress today has inn i. itated a tendency to confuse the situation. The Mathis Comments
 The Matin says: Tt is well understood that the cession of Porto Rico was tanta- mount to the payment of a war indemnity in cash, and entirely freed Spain from any subsequent ESpelitlOH Ou tHt SuDJcCt
 Turning back to Cuba, the Matn re- marks: "The Spaniards declined to con- cur in separating the debt from the pledge, the mortgage from the loan, and as it was impossible to reach an understanding they asked that at least the order of the pro- toeol be inverted and that the question of the Philippines be previously discussed, that question possibly offering the Ameri- cans an opportunity for rendering some compensation for the enormous sacrifices they have forced upon the conquered
 "The Americans finally acceded to the change and only asked the Spaniards to accept provisionally the clauses relating to the Cuban debt with the reservation that the acceptance could be withdrawn if no agreement was reached as to the Philip pnes.'
 Refusal Win Be Made
 Referring to yesterdays meeting, the Ma tin says: "The Spaniards said they would make their answer known Friday. But it is easy to foresee what it will be-a re- fusal, precise and formal. The Spanish plenipotentiaries have made up their minds, in the event of the United States adhering to the Philippine proposition. to decline signing the act of peace, to break off the negotiations and to call upon the civilized nations to witness the sbuse of force to which they will be subjected and the viola tion of the provisions set forth in the Washington protocol"
 The Gaulois remarks: ''The Spaniards will never agree to abandon the archipel- ago without compensation, and we believe the Americans intend to suggest that they will assume the Philippine debt. We hope the negotiations will not be broken, but Spain, it is given out as certain, would take such a course rather than submit to hu- initiating terms"