Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-11-29
Newspaper Comment

the treaties broken by the war
Newspaper Comment
The elimination of the Negotiations H.
tween Spain and the United States was
commented on yesterday from widely dif-
IerlEs points of view by the English and
frehch newspapers. In London the virtual
conclusion of the Paris negotiations re-
celVeS out small notice from the rnorpfpp
papers especially in competition with ihe
SUPERIOR attractions of the Dreyfus afd
flcquart affairs Some of the paDers fpnora
IL edltoriaiiy, while those Offering any COM
ment merely repeat their former views ar,
settlement long regarded as a roreRore
cohciusIon and universally recognized as
The best possible settlement for spain ana
the world in general.
The Times, In its editorial on the subject.
refers TO the fiscal side of the question,
and says:
Amy administration iutrustea with .ba
government of the United States NAV
surely be trusted. without an amendment
to the Constitution, to administer this biz
nation a whole"
The Daily Chronicle SAYS: America has
had her way, and the time of the neeotia-
tors mas been largely wasted. So far as
the decision 10 annex the Philippines goes
the United States after some hesitation
Fave chosen the narrow path of duty
which always attracts the brave minl
The leading article in the Paris Temps is
devoted to a severe arraignnent of tha
American attitrde toward Spain i'm which
America is made to appear as a merciless
conqueror, imposing Draconian conditions
on helpless foe, and ''exacting the sigma
ture OF treaty at the point sf the
bayonet"
The Temps adds: '.The Spanish conmis-
sioners should, in submitting, protest to the
civilized world against the spoliation of ybs
weak by the strong"
Views of the GauIoIs
he Ca s-
ing paper which comments on the Spanish
decision. 1t says:
THE Spaniards have much to complain
Of and the Americans have dispeIled by
their demands in the field of diplomacy tha
impression produced by their generosity on
the field of battle. 1t is questionable how
ever whether the actual state Of things
is not the best solution possible for the com
Gitions obtaining in the Antilles and the
Philippines.
Both archipelagoes have become a
Eeavy Charge and a perpetual danger 10
Spain. Under American domination they
Will show a development which even inter
hal disturbances will be unable to arrest.
The re-6stabllShment of peace removes a
grave element of danger from international
politics. The commissioners of both coun-
tries are to be congratulated on the cOIr-
tesy and sang froid OF their attitude"
dispatch from Madrid last night saws:
The city this evening is calm. There have
been no disturbances resulting from the an
noEncement of SDains acceptance of the
terms of the Americans. The papers, how
ever> publish gloomy articles, sadly remind
ing the country that the day is one long 10
be remembered marking the closing
scene of glorious colonial history"
All agree that the government has adopt
ed the only possible policy, though much
bitterness is displayed toward the United
States
1t is said that Don Jaime, son of Don Car
los the pretender, is now at St. Jean dc
Luz, in Basses-Pyrenes, France.
Plans of Don Carlos.
MADRID. November 29.-The Heraldo TO-
day publishes a dispatch which says:
Don Carlos will not publish manifesto
until the ratification Of the peace treaty by
the chambers"
Continuing, the Heraldo expresses the be-
lief that the Spanish government does not
know the whereabouts of Don Jaime, the
son of Don Carlos.