The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
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thinks that the temporary occupation
OF Manila should constitute a guaranty.
1t is asserted that the treaty of peace
shall determine the control, DISPOSE
ton and government of the Philippines
but as the Intentions of the federal gov
eminent, by repression, remain yelled,
the Spanish government must there
Tore declare that while accepting the
third condition, they do not priori
fenounce the sovereignty of Spain over
the archipelago, leaving it to the nego-
tiatorS to agree as to such reforms as
The conditions of these possessions and
The level of the culture of their natives
may render desirable. The government
= of her majesty accepts the third con-
dftion with the aforementioned decla-
Tations. - s.e
Such are the statements and observ-
ations which the Spanish government
has the honor to submit in reply to
your excellencY's communication. They
accept the proffered terms, subject to
the approval of the cortes of the king
dom, as required by their constitutional
duty.
1.-THE agreement between the two gov
ernments implies the irrefn ediabie sus-
pension of hostilities and the designa-
ton of commissioners for the purpose
of settling the details of a, treaty of
peace and of signing it under the terms
above indicated. l avail myself of this
occasion to offer to your excellency as
Eurances of my highest consideration.
Following is Secretary Days response
through M. Cambon, under date Of Aug
10, and which Spain declares embodied
acquiescence in her reservation OF the
Philippine sovereignty from discussion
In the peace conference: III ,s,
Your Observation-Disclosures it Is the
understanding that the note of the
Duke of Almodovar, which you left
with the president on yesterday after
noon, is intended to convey an accept
ance by the Spanish government of the
terms set forth in my note Of the goth
Nltimo, as basis upon which the pres
fdent would appoint commissioners to
negotiate and conclude with commits
sionerss on, the part of Spain, treaty
of peace ] understand that We concur
in the opinion that the dukes note
doubtless owing to the various trans
formations which it has undergone in
the course of its circuitous transmission
by telegraph and in cipher Is not, in
the form in which it has reached the
president, entirely explicit.
Under the circumstances, it is
thought that the most direct and GER
tain way of avoiding misunderstanding
IS to embody in a protocol to be signed
by US as the representatives respective
1y. of the United States and Spain, the
terms on which the negotiations for
peace are to be undertaken.
II therefore enclose herewith a draft
Of such a protocol, in which you will
6.nd that ] have embodied the precise
FERNS rendered to Spain in my note
of the 30th ultimo, together with APP
propriate stipulations for the appoint
ilnent of commissioners to arrange the
details of the immediate evacuation of
Cuba, Porto Rico and other islands I'M
der Spanish sovereignty in the West
Indies, as well as for the appointment
of commissioners to treat for peace.
Accept. your excellency, the renewed
assurances of my highest consideration.
(Signed) s'William Il. Day"
The Americans hold that Spain saw
that the Philippines sovereignty was
involved in the basis of peace laid down
by the United States, and her attempt
ed reservation of August is evidence
thereof The suspension of hostilities
were deferred because of this fact. A
protocol in precise terms Was demand
ed because of this fact, and Cambon
cabled Madrid on the same day of Sec
rotary Days response, that the federal
government had decided 20 state pre-
cisely in the protocol, the basis upon
which peace must be negotiated. 1t
was only when the United States re-
garded Spain as having made an un-
exual compact to leave the philippine