The Portland daily press., 1899-01-06
Insurgents.

Washington, January 5.-The follow
ing In the Presidents message and the
letter of the Secretary of State. transmit
ting to the Senate the treaty of peace con.
clutied nt Paris between the United States
and Spain:
To the Senate of the United States:
transmit herewith, with view TO its
ratification, a treaty Of peace between t e
United States and Spain, signed at tfe
city of Paris on December 10, 1873, to-
oethsr with the protocols and papers in
dioated in the list accompanying the re-
port of he Secretary of stale.
(Signed) WILLIAM NJ KlNLEY.
Executive Mansion, Washington, Janu-
ary 4, '99.
To the President:
The undersigned Secretary of State. has
the honor TO lay before the President
with a view TO its submission to the Sen.
ate II deemed proper, n treaty of peace,
concluded at Paris on December 10, 1898,
between the United States and spain.
Accompanying the treaty are the pro-
tocols of the conference of the peace com.
mission at Paris together copies OF state
ments made before the United States
commissioners and other papers Indicated
in the enclo sed Its.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN DAY.
Department OF State, January 3, lSs9
Accompanying the treaty the full text
OF which has already been published Is a
great mass OF correspondence making n
printed volume of 675 pages. This in
cludes among other things all OF the
credentials of the American commission
ers to Paris and the protocols which are
- .oao-ds - tho dafIx, rrocas n nos nf tha
commissioners that led up TO the final
treaty of peace smbodying necessarily all
Of the propositions and counter propo-
sitions of the past printed in both lhngu'
ages, English and spanish. From an IN
spection Of these 1t appears that the press
reports from Paris during the proceedings
of the commission set these out with re-
msrkable degree of accuracy. considering
the secrecy which was supposed to cover
the proceedings.
There was al o included all the corre-
spondence that passed between the French
embassy here and the department Of state
which led up ~ the signature OF the
protocol, but the interesting feature,
namely the effort of the Spanish minister
of foreign affairs to withdraw the
sovereignty of the Philippines from ques-
ton, has already been published unoffiial-
ly.
Included in this correspondence is u
letter from NJ. Thiebaut, the French
charge, protesting against the oontinu-
anoe of the operation OF the insurgents in
the Philippines, which he assumed were
with the knowledge and consent of the
American commanders and suggesting
that the Spanish troops, captured at
Manila, be allowed to fight the Filipinos.
To this Mr.. Moore, acting secretary, re-
piled on September 9th, that upon In
vestigation he had found that most OF the
stateprents were groundless. There was a
sort of a suggestion from the French
ohaI ge to the effect that the families oi
the Spanish officers who were captured at
Guam were suffering.
There is included all of the correspond
encs that passed between the department.
of state and the United States oonsuis At
Manila, Hong Kong and singapore. reia-
tive to the Philippines. Consul Williams
at Manila, before the actual outbreak OF
ontrases BY the Spaniards upon the
Eiiipinos. he declared that five per cent
of the latter were loyal to Spain, he COM
plained of being surrounded by spies,
everywhere saying that even his consul
lar office was not safe from them.
Consul wildman at Hong Kong. on
Novembe 8, telegrsphed that General
Agoncilio was coming to Washington.
DE said: "He has the power TO make
treaties with foreign governments, and
has proposed an offensive and defensive
alliance with the United States