Show IS PAIN OUBBLfS OVERTHE TERMS Relinquished Her Sovereignty I But Not Her Property I I PHILIPPINE QUESTION I CAUSES lIUCH ANXIETY Protocol Examined and Dictionaries and Diplomats Consulted All Questions Are Let Open For the Commission t Radle and There I Much Doubt Concerning the Attitude of the United States Surrender of Mnla Causes Great Indignation Complaint Tt Cubans Continue Their Attacks London Aug 22The Times correspondent cor-respondent in Madrid says A com mitee consisting of Duke Almodovar de RIo the foreign minister Senor Romero Ro-mero Giron minister of the colonIes I Lieutenant General Correa minister of I war and Captain Aunon minister of I marine is preparing instructions for Cuban and Porto Rico commissioner which wH be dispatched on Aug 31 so as to arrive wIthin the time fixed by the protocol In these instructions attention will be called to the distinction between cession ces-sion of territory and cession of soy ereigt In the later case it seems to be maintained here that buildings and public works will remain the property prop-erty of the sovereign power until they are paId for by the government Certain members of the cabinet are of the opinion that the commission wH have first of all to determine some legal and administrative modus vIvendi during dur-ing the transitional period until the evacuation is completed Meanwhile the government will probably cal the attention of the cabinet at Washington Washingon to the fact that while the insurgent I leaders profess to accept the armistice l their subordinates continue to carry on hostilIties against outlying Spanish garrisons PHILIPPINES QUESTION While the government thus devotes its attention for the moment chiefly to questions of detail relating to the An ties much anxiety is felt with regard to the Philippines question which is likely to create much more serIous difficulties cultes On this subject very little I I guidance 1s afforded by the studiously vague terms employed in the protocol I These words have been carefUlly examined ex-amined with the aid of all available die tonaries not only by Spanish ministers I minis-ters but also by the diplomatic representatives repre-sentatives of several foreign I sentatves powers I and all seeMcd agreed that in drafting this part of the protocol PresIdent Mc I KInleys aim was simply to keep a freehand I free-hand for himself until he should have time to collect information and decide what policy the United States should adopt in the far east All possible questions I ques-tions regarding the future of the archipelago archi-pelago are thus left open and both government and public opinion seem in doubt as to what line shall be taken I by Span in the forthcoming negota I I tons Much will depend of course on the attitude assumed by the United States government and consequently the conflicting currents of American public opinion are watched here with the keenest Interest The attitude of the powers having far eastern interests inter-ests is also much speculated upon I is believed Germany will not allow great territorial changes without having something to say therein The ministers still declare that official dispatches respecting the capitulation of Mania have not been received therefore the Augst incident s unexplained unex-plained I Mail advices explain the transference of administrative authority from General Gen-eral Augst to the goerenor of Viz caya island The Herldo of Ioio of June 21 publishes an official telegram from the minister of war Lieutenant General Correa investing General Rios I with all the attributes and power exercised ex-ercised by the captain general of the archipelago in all the Islands under his command General Augusti therefore even i he had remained in Mania had in the opinion of the Spanish government govern-ment no right to surrender anything but the city and its immediate environments environ-ments but that Americans might perhaps per-haps make difficulties about admitting this doctrine Fuller Information ought very soon to be available WILL DISBAND TROOPS Madrid Aug 21The SpanIsh troops at Sa Roque have been ordered to Barcelona where they will probably I be disbanded unless the Calst agitation agi-tation attains importance The Porto Rico commIssion it is a flounced ha been appointed I is ccmposed of Admiral Valano General Gen-eral Ortega and Senor Sanchez de La gula The Bank of Spains report for the week ended yesterday shows the following fol-lowing changes Gold on had increase 174000 pesetas pe-setas silver in hand increase 4467000 peseta notes in circulation decrease 5687000 pesetas AGITATION IS GROWING London Aug 21The Madrid correspondent corre-spondent of the Sunday Times says The country is still without official news of what is happening in the cl miles The only intelligence the public receIves is contained in a few meager press telegrams which have been allowed al-lowed to pass the censorship Great surprise and Indignation have been produced by the news of the attack at-tack UDon and the fail of MaIl Nothing is known a to the conditions that led to the surrender of the town I Agitation is growing among the independent in-dependent classes without distinction of politics SerIous rumors concerning Cuba are current and cablegrams are sad to have been received from General Blanco saying he tears the volunteers will revolt re-volt against the peace conditions The battleship Pelayo and the armored ar-mored cruiser Emperador Carlos Y have bee ordered to cruIse along the northern coast for a time landing the Santiago troops at Vigo and Sant der deThe The evacuation of Porto Rico will begin be-gin in September but it Is not expected that the disbanding of the Cuban I troops will be commenced before December De-cember The peace commission will be composed com-posed of Senor Leon y Catio the Spanish ambassador to France Senors i c eu 1 l 1 If < A I Moret Cerver and Merry del Vat and General i II I I |