The record-union., 1898-11-30
Secretaries Moore and 0jsda Com
plete the Draft Of Articles.
VIII Be Presented at Joint Session OF
Commissions This Afternoon.
The Release Of the Insurgent Pris-
oners Held by Spain to Gro Into
the Protocol Agreement
French Press Criticize Action OF
Americans in Peace Negotia-
tions.

PARIS, Nov. 29.-The Secretaries of
the two Peace Commissions, Messrs.
Moore and Ojeda, began their joint
task of formulating the articles of the
peace treaty at 3 O'Clock this after
noon, as directed by their respective
commissions yesterday. This work was
easy and rapid as to the relinquish-
ment and cessions referred to in the
protocol. The terms of the document
will be transferred bodily to the treaty
The Secretaries, moreover, will en-
body in tentative articles for discussion
on Wednesday the subjects of the re-
hgious freedom of the Caroline Islands.
a naval station for the United States
in the same group, cable landing rights
at other points within Spain's jurisdic-
ton, the release of the insurrectionist
prisoners and the revival of the treaties
broken by the war.
Thus the commercial and general
treaty Of 1895 will be revived; the
treaty Of 1884 for the settlement of GER
tain claims will be revived; the treaty
of 1877, providing for extradition, will
be revived; the trademark treaty of
1882 will be revived, and the supple
mental extradition treaty of 1887 will
be revived, in addition to several mo-
dus vivendi agreements.
1t is expected that the Secretaries will
submit the treaty articles at the joint
session tomorrow, when all the other
points for negotiation will be discuss
ed. Thus the commissions tomorrow
viii have before them the entire treaty
for amendment, approval or rejection.
On all the points outside of the proto-
col there will be friendly negotiations
only, Spain having the right to name
prices she wants for her territory, and
to reject or accept the American Of
fers. The Spaniards, no less than the
Americans, now are anxious to conclude
the business which brought them here.
Later-As the result of the work of
Mr.. Moore and Senior Ojeda, the draft
of the articles embodying the protocol
agreements was completed this even
ing. 1t will be presented to the two
commissions in the morning at their
separate sessions, and in the afternoon
at the joint session when it viii receive
final consideration. There viii be lit
tie delay on these articles.
Mr.. Moore will also submit tomorrow
to the United States Commissioners
Spaniards for consideration, these, FOR
convenience and greater dispatch, are
being drafted into the forms of articles.
The release of the insurgent prisoners
held by Spain will go into the protocol
agreements it having been already
agreed that Spain is to release them
upon the United States undertaking to
secure the release of the Spanish pris-
Of A oil
question is so intimately related to the
peace treaty that it has been removed
from the subjects that are matters of
negotiation, and has been embodied in
the articles containing the protocol
agreements.
The 'sSoleil,'' reviewing the situation
at length, says: Probably the great
est difficulty the United States has be-
fore her will be the strong difference of
opinion in the Senate and House on the
question of territorial expansion
The Petit Bleu'' says: 'All Of the
friends of Spain will congratulate her
on having put an end to these painful
negotiations, and finished this sad
chapter in her history. Those of the
United States can, on the other hand,
regret perhaps that they should not
have shown themselves more generous
in victory, and that they should have
TOO easily forgotten the disinterested
and exclusively philanthropic motives
in the name of which they undertook
the war. They cannot see, either, with
out some disappointment, the sudden
and complete breaking down of the
principles that have made the greatness
and prosperity of their republic, and
they anxiously ask themselves what in
duence the policy of conquest will have
upon their destinies and upon the
world. The Monroe doctrine is now out
of date. The American republic, con-
ouering and colonizing. no longer has
the right to close TO Europe the new
continent. since she herself has stepped
out of it,
The .Intransigeant'' alludes TO the
possible objection of Great Britain ana
Germany to the cession of the Sulu
Islands, on the ground that the treaty
of 1877 stipulated that this group does
not properly belong to the Philippines,
and remarks: However that may be,
the presence in camp of the interna-
tional policy of the United States as
colonial power of Importance is a Sc
r.ous event, and one that may nave
unforeseen consequences"
The Temps" says: From the out
set the Americans have negotiated on
the principle of take it or leave 1t, and
have covered their claims by a sort or
sanctity."
Continuing, the Temps" asks: IF
the triumph, to call it so, is complete,
may 1t not contain grave elements or
danger and anxiety to the Americans?
The Transatlantic Democracy has be-
come imperialist, and a republic found
ed on federalism and autonomy has
become a conquering one From an
international point of view this means
a Reputation of the Monroe doctrine,
and the entrance of America into the
conflicts and intrigues of the great
Powers, and her harshness to Spain is
the cause of much anxiety as to her
relations with other Powers
The Temps" also expresses the opin-
lon that Spain has purchased peace
with the United States at the expense
of internal turmoil.
The Journal des Debats'' says: "The
Americans. having started out to nber-