Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-02-03
5IA7 TO THE SESATI.
DOCUMENTS READ
IN SECRET SESSION.

Department bearing upon The peace
treaty, and 1t was read in today's OK
ecutive session.
The correspondence was sent IN re-
Spouse to the resolution introduced
by Senator Hoar, and includes most
of the letters and cablegrans from
the Commissioners TO the President,
and from the President 10 the COM
missioners in the way OF instructions
in return. II. documents are num-
erous, rs there were kilograms, let
tiers and reports Cor almost every day
the Commissioners were in Pans.
One OF the first cablcgrams from
tie President instructed lh,m 20 de-
mand tie ccsslon OF Luzon Island on
~ of tie Philippines, and lie told
them that full sovcr,i- MY s!.oAld
come with it. The reading ofthe
correspondence received the closest
attention fix m lie Senator's.
In submitting the papers the Tres
idcnt sent brlefmcssage saying that
he transmitted them in accordance
with the resolution The reading
consumed the entire executive session
lastint from 2 TO $50, except few
minute a, the close. Much OF he
matter covered the same gIornl ms
that already puLlished, but it was
:, csc1tcd intlc form in Which the
proceedings were outlined fom ia!
10 day in the c.ble correspondence
L-twc.n Secretary Day, IS tie 're'l-
irlt'srrpr,s utatiyc on the one hand'
and Commi. sioncr D.'y, rs the pre-
sentative of tie Aunc lean Co''n'is-
sicneis, Oh the Other.
INSISTS on LUzoN.
The principal interest among the
Senator'S attached to the Presidents
instructions to insist upon the session
of the Island of Luzon, and, after
that. in the decision to take the en-
tire group of islands.
This latter development appeared
from the correspondence to be
growth, and the suggestion was made
bv the Commissioners to the Presi-
dent as the result of occurrences at
Paris after The arrival there Of the
Commissioners. In his dispatch con'
corning Luzon he said there was but
one alternative. The United States
must either take the island and as
sumo sovereignty, or return 1t TO
Spain, and of the two courses lie pre-
ierred the former.
sPA;y's A1TTTVDE:
Spaln was from the first unwilling
to cede any of the Philippines, fhd
she made especial objection TO letting
20 of Luzon alone. Tie C"mmlS'
sioners, with the exception OF Senator
Gray, urged that to take Luzon and
leave the Other Islands ofthe archlpeI'
ago in the hands OF the Spaniards
would be 10 invite ianamerabe com
plications with other nations, an eS
pecially with Europe and with SPAN.
Much stress was ldil a?Dn TIE prob
ability Of future ,ronb!e with S2lin.
With I.uzon under American a lmin-
i,,ration there would sooa be such 4
va,t Improvement, they wrote, that
! the other islanders would soon grow
more and more .rebciliou', AMI with
S; aims opgr, ssivc methods Of govern
mcnt W.. wou'd soon Ga l;h;.t We ha''
ancthtr Cula at ano' c. c,oor.
Furthermore. there would b" con
slant fEbusl,r.nc, and We should
fnd ourselves Tcuiiug Millions to
preserve state ofncmralty Just IS
we did in the ease OF Caba pIior TO
orr d cara,ion e war on account q.
TIM island. General Mcrriit's test
m1ny on lis point WIS cited Hnl WIS
made the reason for much of the A.
gam ut in favor Of ia&ing the entire
group.
LIT 10 III CIhTloN.
Tie L eSidcni 10 : 10, APPEAR 1"
lave 1t ary lme given explicit i'll.
,,ruc ions 20 cousu innate the barga.n
by taking all the Philippines, b,t
rather, after hearing full exp ana'
ton, to have left the matter u tic
discretion of the Commissioners.
The entire controversy was practi-
caly over the Philippines and the
question of assuming responsibility
for the payment of the Spanish bonds
for which the Cuban revenues were
pledged.
The Spaniards, from the first, IL
sisted upon an indemnity for tic
Philippines, and the correspondence
! -, .lo4 ofiar tho nronosifiOn ia