Show YIELDED IDTDER PROTEST Spaniards Depressed and Dejected I I Over Their Losses New York Nov 29A dispatch to the I World from ParIs says Spanisb Peace Commissioner Abarzum disCUssing the peace negotiations said We have fulfilled our mission here an i have agreed to make a treaty of peace but we do so under protest that our sovereign sov-ereign rights over the Philippines are still intact Our memorandum today sets this fact forth though admittedly it cannot affect the treaty We lose our colonial empire but America does not know what new and dIfficult responsibilities she is undertaking undertak-ing The island of Mindanao alone will keep her busy for years Being asked if the treaty will contain any reference to debts Senor Abar zuza answered No inasmuch as the Americans have put these questions aside and have refused to take them into account when framing the treaty Subsidiary matters wch as cable stations sta-tions and so on will be dealt with separately sep-arately I dont expect more than two or three sittings afUr Wedaezdy Senor Ojedi the prine ipal Spanish Sfcretary said PtaAe 18 SJred Ya have agreel to sign a treaty In accordance accord-ance with the protocol of Washington but at the same time nrotesting our vereign riht over J Phu1ippIne na SI I ng iQ ve oUly YI 1 1 Ui hard AmerIcan terms owing to our inability in-ability to renew the War and in the presence of supe10r force Secretary 1oore of the American commission putS it this way The Spaniards accepted our conditions Unreservedly Un-reservedly and a draft of treaty will 1e laid before the joint meeting next Wednesday They have accepted 20 oworo for the Philippines The Spanish commlssloners were gloomy and depressed at Mondays meeting There was no interchnnge of the usual compliments and civilities They were lerformjng an ungrateful task under compulsion It is known now that Senor Montero Rios asked Premier Sagasta tc accept their resignation resig-nation from the commission rather than force them to accede to the surrender sur-render of Spains colonial empire But Sagasta appealed to them to fulfill their mission in the interest of the dynasty For tile first time since the meeting ff the commission the Spaniards have 5howed pathetic demeanor When General Gen-eral Gerreo entered his carriage he 1mt a handkerchief to his eyes being overcome hs eyes < come with emotion Montero Rios left the meeting place with bowed head and n tion sIritIess gait the picture of dejec |