New-York tribune., 1898-11-23


MOS SAID To RE INcENsEp At THE
UNITED STATES TERMS
r.,,s Nov 92-The Spanish Peace Commits
.o,ers last nigh; telegraphed to Madrid the
hs,arce of tho United States memorandum
.,osentcd yesterday. aud late IN the evening
As,. were discussing i; among themselves. As
-, es I O'Clock this morning = Spanish Com
missioner affirmed that he and his colleagues
si no, krov what 70 90 regarding the Ameri-
can oler
There is a difference of opinion among unofl-
.i rcoplc near the Commissions The predic-
.,on IS made ,hat Spain VIII decline the Ameri-
car offer Of money. that she viii refuse to cede
tie Philippines. and VIII say 20 the United
Sta,es:
You RIA take the archipelago. because you
,aye the power 90 do so. As you advance We
will retire. protesting against greedy aggres-
sion We will faithfully carry ont our protcco!
lodges arl leave cuba and Porto Rico in your
lands You came here to engage in a discus
som under the terms of the protocol. but you
svldently meant whom drawing up that dOcu-
rcnt - provide n conference In which, though
~. differ man 70 man. YOU proposed 20 an
rounce at the proper time what you Will do.
whether we agree 10 II or object. Such an atti-
.rde robs the conference OF negotiatiVe char
scter and sets UP the United States as dom
,nant Power whose irst purpose Is to listen.
hut whose ultimate determination is to do its
own WILL
Nontero Rios IS reported 70 have used Writ
usry such language and arguments as the
foregoinc He said more even. indicating high
degree Of evaporation at the American offer Of
s9op0o0o. His manner. no less than his words.
betrayed his repugnance.
HIS display Of feeling and utterances, how
ever, are not wholly approved by his Spanish
colleagues. who did not hesitate TO say as much
after Yesterdays session.
Ttterances later by a well-known Spanard.
whose name is withheld for the present. indi-
cate another line Of sction--a treaty cession OF
the Philippines
SPAIN MUST YIELD.
Suppose" said the speaker in question. that
Spain says 10 the United States We are ex-
hausted. We have no funds with which 10 con-
tinre ;he war. We do not want to continue It.
and We cannot. You serve us with ulti-
matuT. We must submit TO your power. Pre-
pare your treaty. and when you want us 10
sign we VIII sign. We must bend to physical
force
You have the Antilles and you will possess
the Philippines as a conquest from a helpless
people. We yield hut We decline S20.0O0.000
for property on which our valuation not
asked nor respected. You have your will. We
trust YOU will not continue the war upon our
helplessness because We decline your $4,000.
o00 Surely this waiver by us Of your money will
not provoke further use Of arms against
Spain.
We sign we cede. are dumb II IS fin
ished: and we may he permitted TO retain the
privilege Of assuring our people and ma
tional creditors that at least have not stolen
and resold territory had pawned'
Should Spain cede by treaty or, on the other
hand. should she refuse and break off the nego-
iatons here. her protests will embody some
such declaration this
As against such sentiments. II is argued that
the business n hand is for grown men. that it
would be folly to refuse S2OOOOOOo. and that
he Spanish Government could not Justify such
- refusal before the Spanish people or the pub
lie creditors Of Spain; a deliberate throwing
away Of S2OOOOOOO in addition TO the loss Of
the Philippines.
MESSAGE SENT TO MADRID.
Last night the Spanish Commissioners sent
the American proposition by a special messen-
ger 10 Madrid. where it will arrive tomorrow.
II is felt that the Spanish Government must
now answer the American ultimatum; but as It
IS not likely that the answer of Madrid will ar
1--WE tomorrow in time for the Commissioners
70 formulate their reply 10 the Americans by
the afternoon. II is probable that the joint meet
ing will be deferred to a day later in the week.
1t is said to-day that Nontero Rios the presi-
dent Of the Spanish Commission. at the confer
ence Yesterday remarked, after having heard
the American offer that If the vital portion had
been read the SDanards could answer 1t IN
s,antly: but. as the memorandum was very
long they would defer their answer until
Wednesday. adding that It would be easily pos
sole 10 make IL within forty-eight hours
On the other hand. il IS said the Spahlaros
cannot Justify themselves before their people
and others by throwing away S2oOOoooo' adde'
10 the inevitable loss Of the Philippine lsIahuS'
The "GaulOis" to-day says:
The Commissions being divided into an equai
number Of voices on the subject of the cessloH
or retention Of the archipelago a recourse 10
arbitration is absolutely necessary and legal
The Americans. nevertheless, refuse ana at
tribute 10 themselves sovereignty over the
PHILIPPINES without the consent Of the confer
ence They therefore themselves tear UP ue
protocol they had imposed upon the NthquiS"Lu
and TO keep up appearances ana so,teh III sd0
eyes ~ ne world the violence or theH pio'c'u
lngs they offer the absurd compensauo" VI
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