| Show SPANIARDS GET SAUCY want to arbitrate the difference between the U S and spain paris paria nov 16 abe meeting today loday ol 01 the spanish american commissioners began at 2 15 p ni and ended at 3 p m I 1 the commissioners pro presented tented a long document in answer to the amerlan can argument which wag was submitted last week by mutual consent the memo of today was banded handed to the americans without being read and the meeting adjourned to saturday next the spanish communication will be translated this eveni evening eve nv and its contents will ba discussed by the united states tomorrow lo morrow at the usual daily dally session the Spaniard sin their communication dodty reaffirmed the position pesi tion which they assumed against the here of philippine they ine st that the words shall determine he the control disposition and government ot of the philippines in article 3 ct cf the peace pro protocol tocA do not warrant any reference to withdrawal from the philippines except on her own ift and I 1 therefore bete fore the spaniards prokofe arbitration bit ration on the conjunction to be placed on the words the control co disposition and government in signifying their willingness to submit the philippine article of cof use 1 aie protocol to a third party for construction the spanish commissioners urged that as there is obviously a of opinion regarding the abrate the control disposition and government of 0 the philippines possibly the result res oltof of a lioun the spaniards should no more be asked to surrender their view th n the americans to surrender theirs the ibe memorandum points out that a deadlock exists which might be broken by arbitration on the contending view views to which the spanish commissioners ara pita ready to submit the latter declare that they have no idea ides of suggett suggest ins arbitration as to the main issue iesue touches the nacional na ional honor of both i a des but y are ak willing illing to accept exterior aid to clear the path ot of negotiation it ii is safe to eay say that ibe american corn mission ara will not consent to invoke exterior aid to construe the terms of their own protocol CONFLICT IN THE RECORD another part of spanish memorandum oran durn flatly asserts ng gerta upon the authority of 31 cammons Cam bona bons report of 0 ho the col negotiations between washington and madrid through him that president M mckinley McKin lcy at no time objected to reservation reer re er of lier her sovereignty in the philippines thin allegation is directly opposed to the american record on the same subject jades judge days note to SL cambon dated anit aa and already made public informed him that note of aut ault ath accepting the terms of laid down by be the united states taa vas not explicit and proposed a protocol to tore reduce doce both to exactitude the american commissioners now hod that the protocol itself was born of attempt to restore her philip pine sovereignty though the spanish memorandum today squarely challenges the contention moreover the spanish today have alleged that president sic Kin leya leys objection to phrae in accepting the terms of pace was based solely eo so far as was mad known upon this sentence in the spanish acceptance they accepted the proffered erod terms subject to the approval of the cones cortes of 0 the kid kingdom dem as required by their con duties tte tt e spanish memorandum of today holds that cambon answered the amer amerian can objection to this by pointing out that the american terms were proffered to red subject to the approval of the americans but that president Pie Pies aident ident me kinley replied that he tie did net involve he lie internal affairs of spain in the proceedings on hand pointed QUESTIONS ITS the spanish memorandum also asks why if it th abo united slates states objected to spaine reservation of they did not plainly bay pay so in the protocol po pio tocol and leave room for argument it asks why judge days note of august 10 did not clearly cle aly declare that the united states would not recognize such ouch reservation and ta bat at the pr protocol otoyA was necessary aary to prevent a mit understanding on that point it also asks why judge days note practically ascribed the inexplicit form ot of acceptance of the terms to telegraphic errors while the exam erms of spain I 1 a reservation of a aver as held in washington before the protocol pro ocol eol are now being quoted in the proceedings here ibis portion of the spanish memorandum andam a 8 based upon lettera written by M cambon ci jiam at the time purporting to describe interviews and transi lions attending the peate terms and protocol pro ocol on oa saturday the tho date fixed for the next meeting the americans will make their response in the cauree of which it is not riot unlikely that the exact terms and precise time limit of their acceptance will be |
