Eastern Utah Advocate | 1898-09-29 | Page 1 | Have Their Instructions

HAVE THEIR instructions calar vill make a right for rr the th I 1 io madrid beal 27 duke de illo 1 minister of u foreign affairs state that the th commissioners hare liars been instructed to contend strong ly y tor for the integrity of spanish soy in hie the philippine on an the ground that the protocol lethien spain and the united state states was tinned signed before minalu capitulated and also to make a firm stand regarding rr gardin the cuban debt and the philippine loan of 1806 1896 if luzon ii Is ceded to americol Amer iciL should the I 1 cited states prove less exacting than is a expected the commis hare have power to make all pout ble concemi concessions ons cow commercial mercial an and d political compatible comp albe aible with the retention of spanish sovereign sovereignty tr in the philippines but in the event of losing coln a portion of the island they are instructed to re bist slat tj tai the utmost any attempt of the united states to claim the right of preference over other powers should spain daire to eel sel r cede the ren remain tain der of the islands