| Show HAVE THEIR instructions commissioners will mk ft a fight for the til madrid sept 27 duke Almod almodovar oTar de rio eio minister of foreign affairs states that the spanish commissioners have been instructed to contend strongly for the integrity of spanish sovereignty in the philippines on the ibe ground that the protocol between spain and the united states was signed before manila capitulated and also tomake a firm stand regarding the cuban debt and the philippine loan of 1806 1896 if luzon buzon is ceded to america should the united states prove less exacting than is expected the commissioners have power to make all possible concessions commercial and political compatible with the retention of spanish sovereignty in the philippines but in the event of losing a portion of the islands they are instructed to resist to the utmost any attempt of the united states to claim the right of preference over other powers should spain desire to sell or cede the remainder of the islands |
