The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06

X the city of Paris Dec 10, 1898, together
" With the protocols and papers indicated
a in the list accompanying the report of
the secretary of state
"(Signed) VIM. Mckinley,
Executive Mansion.
Washington jan 4, 1899"
'To the president: The undersigned
secretary of state, has the honor to lay
before the president, with a view to its
submission to the Senate, if deemed
Il proper treaty of peace concluded at
Paris Dec. TO- 1898, between the United
States and Spain.
Accompanying the treaty are the
protocols Of the conferences of the
( peace commissions at Paris, together
with copies of statements made before
the United States commissioners and
I other papers indicated in the enclosed
4 list.
Respectfully submitted, John Hay.
Department of State
Washington, Jan. 3, 1S99'
Accompanying the treaty, the full
\ text of which has already been publish
ed is great mass of correspondence
4 making a printed volume of 675 pages
This includes. among other things
all OF the credentials Of the American
commissioners to Paris and the pro
tocols, which are the records of the
daily proceedings Of the commissioners
that led up to the final treaty of peace
4 embodying necessarily all OF the prop
ositions and counter propositions Of the
past, printed in both languages, Eng
hsh and Spanish. From an inspection
Il OF these. it appears that the press re-
ports from Paris during the proceed
\ 1ngs of the commission, set these out
with a remarkable degree of accuracy,
considering the secrecy which was sup
2 posed to cover the proceedings
Ihere was also included all the COR
dependence that passed between the
French embassy here and the depart
ment of state, which led up to the
signature of the protocol, but the In
teresting feature, namely, the effort of
z the Spanish minister of foreign affairs
70 withdraw the sovereignty of the
Philippines from the question, has al
ready been published unoficiaily
included in this correspondence is a
letter from M. Thebaut, the French
charge d affaires, protesting against the
continuance of operations of the insur-
I gents in the Philippines, which he as
sumed was with the knowledge and
a consequent of the American com
manders, and suggesting that the
spanish troops, captured at Manila, be
\ allowed to fight the Filipinos. To this
MI Moore, acting secretary replied
september 8, that upon investigation
ne mad found that most of the state
ments We're groundless. There was a
FolV or suggestion from the French
cnarge d'affairs to the effect that the
1anllles or the Spanish officers who
were captured at Guam, were suffering
fhere is included all of the CORES
ppndence that passed between the de-
pqrtment of state and the United
States consuls at Manila. Hong Kong
ana Singapore, relative to the Philip
pines. Consul Williams at Manila be-
TORE the actual outbreak of war. re-
ported series of the most horrible out
RACES by the Spaniards upon the Filjp-
sages. by the Spaniards upon the Fiji
plnos. He declared that per cent of
Ine latter We're loyal to Spain.
He complained of being surroun-
Z ded by spies everywhere, saving that
even his consular office was not safe
from them.
Consul Wildman at Hong Kong. No
a vember g. telegraphed that Gen Agon-
clio was coming to Washington. He
said:
He has the power to make treaties
IA with foreign governments and has
n proposed an offensive and defensive al
lance with the United States" Agon-
Y clio asked for arms to aid the rebel
lion. Accordingly Secretary Cridlsr,
December Is, replied, telling Wildman
to advise Agoneillo that the United
states would not negotiate treaty,
and it was not possible to forward
arms. You should not encourage any
vendeEcy on the part of Agoncillo to
communicate with the department" A
long letter of date July IS, from Consul
Wtldman, defended Agoncillo as a man
who had been systematically black
ened, saying he:
According to his own statement, he
has been approached by Spain and
Germany and has tempting offers from
the Catholic church"
April %, Consul Pratt telegraphed
from Singapore
"Aguinaldo gone, my instance, Hong
hong, arrange with Dewey CO. opera
ton insurgents, Manila"
June 20, Secretary Day telegraphed
Pratt, among other things:
Avoid any negotiations with Philip
pine insurgents"
Pratt replied that he had no inten-
tions OF negotiating. Said he: Left
that to Dewey, who desires AguinaIdo
come"
Secretary Day again admonished
Pratt to be cautious to create no i'm
preston that might embarrass the gov
eminent and lead to misunderstanding
in Its future action.
July 2. Pratt reported to the depart
ment that the sultan Of the Suu islands
was negotiating at Singapore for the
annexation of his group to British Bor-
neo. which he said should be watched.
All Of the statements made by Gen.
Merritt before the American commits
zion at Paris appear in the document.
In substance, he said the insurgents
would fight II the attempt was made to
surrender Duzon to Spain. Spain could