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Show DEMAND UPON SPAIN. IfstsM.iollsllonstlat Il.srbxt an Ins-pvrtant Ins-pvrtant l'lisse. PyrlJ.,Oot, .4, The session of the peace coininlatlonere Waled until 4 o'clock, at which hour the commissioner commission-er adjourned, to meet at 3 o'clock next Friday afternoon, such Inlerral being dcalrnblu and necessary to allow separata separ-ata consideration by each commission of ruatlan before the Joint commission. The lutereal will be thus tilled with work by each commission, the ultimate result being ao facilitated, The secretary sec-retary of the Spanish commission will arrive tonight and tho Interval will alto be employed by the teeretirWt Jointly In maturing plan for the work of procedure. The opinion I now held that th1 work of the commissions maybe On-Ithcd On-Ithcd within a month from the pnttnt llmo. While It It the general Impression that the meeting wa again devoted to preliminary work and that the adjournment ad-journment to Friday was taken only to enablo the tccretariea to draw up a tchedulo of work, the report It current that the session wa highly Important' and that tho American hav made a demand of such a character that the frpailsh And tt necessary to ask for an adjournment In order to snable them to consult with the gorcrmucnt at Madrid. It I believed that the question concern con-cern the Vhtllpplnes, and It It known that tho American arc highly pleated at having to toon reached what they consider a very Important phate of the negotiations, and consider the two sessions ses-sions thu far held aa very satisfactory satisfac-tory to America. The fact that a member mem-ber of the commission expressed the belief that work would be completed within a month Indicate a happy J frame of mind. 1 In the Spanish camp great hope are i built on what they believe (lcneral I Merritt will advise, namely, that tho I Killpplnos are Incapable of telf-gorcrn- I uirot. and that the whole situation I does not warrant America In taking I the retpontlhUlty for the entire l'hlllp- pints. The Spanish commissioners are 1 quite ready to give whatever America asks In tho way of coaling atatlout, but will resist more, to the verge of a 1 renewal of hostilities. |