The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-13

| federal government.
This demand strips us Of the very last
/ memory of the glorious task and expels
us at once from the prosperous island Of
! Porto Rico and from the Western hemi-
! sphere, which became peopied and civilized
| through the proud deeds of our ancestors.
| 1t might perhaps have been possible 10
! compensate by some other cession for the
! injuries sustained by the United States.
/ However, the infexibllity OF the demand
/ obliges us to cede, and we shall cede, the
| Island Of Porto Rico and other islands be-
/ longing to the crown OF Spain in the West
| Indies, together with one of the Islands of
! the archipelago of Ladrones, TO be selected
! by the American government.
The terms relating 70 the Philippines
4 seem to,our understanding quite indefinite.
On the one hand, the ground on which the
! United States believe themselves entitled
/ to occupy the bay. harbor and city of Ma
! Mia, pending the conclusion Of the treaty
of peace, cannot be that of conquest since,
! in spite of the blockade maintained on the
! bay of the American deet and in spite OF
the siege established oN band by a native,
| supported and provided In by an Ameri-
| can admiral, Mania Al holds its own
and the Spanish standaN stir waves over
| the city. On the other hand, the whole
archipelago of tho Fle ppines is in the
| power and under the soKEreignty of Spain.
Therefore, the goVeN#fnent Of Spain
| thinks that the tempetg occupation of
Manila should constite a guaranty. II
| is asserted that the treaty Of peace shall
| determine the control. disposition of the
government of the Phippines, but as to
| the intentions of the FEteral government
| by repression remain veiled, the Spanish
| government must therefore,, declare that,
while accepting the third condition. they
| do not, apriori, renounce the sovereignty
! of Spain over the archipelago, leaving 1t
10 the negotiators to agree as to such re-
/ forms as the conditions of these posses
sions and the level of the culture of their
natives may render desirable.
The government of her majesty accepts
the third condition. With the above mem
toned declarations.
such are the statenents and observa-
tons which the Spanish government has
the honor to submit in reply to your eX-
cellency's communication. They accept
the proffered terms, subject to the approx
al of the Cortes of the Kingdom, as re-
quired by their constitutional duty.
THE agreement between the two gov
ernments implies the irrtmediable suspen-
sion of hostilities and Che designation of
commissioners for the purpose OF settling
the details of a treaty OF peace and of
signing 1t under the terms above indicated.
II avail myself Of this occasion to offer
to your excellency assurances Of my high
est consideration"
Following is Secretary Days response,
through M. Cambon, under date of Aug.
10, and which Spain declares embodied
acdaiescence to her sreF ervation of the
Philippine sovereignty SIN discussion in
the peace eomnjsFtf -
Your Excellency Although il is our
understanding that the note of the Duke
of Almodovar de Rio which you left with
intended to convey an acceptance by the
Spanish government of the terms set forth
in my note of the 18th ultmo, as q basis
upon which the President would appoint
commissioners to negotiate and conclude
with commissioners on the part OF Spain
a treaty Of peace, | understand that we
concur, in the opinion of the dukes note
doubtless owing to the various transforma-
tons which it has undergone in the course
of its circuitous transmissions by tele-
graph and in cipher is not, In the form
in which it reached the President, entire
! ly explicit.
Under these circumstances, it is con.
sidered that the most certain way of avoid.
ing misunderstanding is to embody in
| protocol, to be signed by us as the repre-.
| sentatives respectively of the United States
| and of Spain, the terms on which the ne.
gotiations for peace are 10 be undertaken
| q, therefore, enclose herewith a draft
of such a protocol in which you will find
have embodied the precise terms rendered
to Spain in ny note Of the 18th ultimo, to.
gether with appropriate stIpula.
lions for the appointing of com.
missioners to arrange the de.
tails of the immediate evacuation of Cuba
Porto Rico and other islands under SPANS
sovereignty in the West indies as well as
for the appointment of commissioners to
of
ACCEPT. your excellency, the renewed