Show GIVEN YEAH YEA y iJ LONGER 1 NG R Time Is Extended to t Spanish Resi Residents dents In I Philippines Phippie Washington Wahington March 29 Secretary Hay and the tha tho Duke dArco Arco d the Span Spanish Spa ish sh i minister today toda signed the protocol p extending for six months the period perio allowed Spanish residents in the Philippine Islands 10 1 elect whether they tey hall ahall s remain reain Spanish subjects or sur surrender surrender surrender render their ther allegiance and adopt the te nationality of o the territory in which they hey t resi The article artcle in the Paris treaty bearing ou on 01 this subject allowed the he th t Spanish Spish subjects one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of ot the treaty within which to make their choice That period expires on the of next net month The extension arranged d for does not apply to Cuba Cuba or Porto Rico It I is confined in operation to the Philippines for the reason reagon rea on that conditions in the archipelago have been ben so s unsettled as asto asto asto to warrant the Spanish Span sh residents in hesitating to te make ake an election eleton in this ibis bs important i matter m |