| Show SPANISH commissioners WEPT one of them left the meeting overcome with I 1 emotion they declare that while vh ile they have bowed down to a superior force f spain does not admit its loss of sovereignty over the territory covered by the treaty i tw A new york nov 29 A dispatch to the world from paris says spanish peace commissioner va za discussing the pearce peace 1141 negotiations lations said we have fulfilled our mission here and have agreed to make treaty of peace but we do so under protest that our sovereign rights over the philippines are still intact our memorandum today sets this tact fact forth foith though admittedly it cannot affect the treaty we wo lose our colonial empire but america does not know what new and difficult responsibilities she lg Is undertaking the island of Min mindanao alone will keep her ansy tor for years being asked if he treaty will contain any re reference ferente to debts senor Ab arzuza answered no go inasmuch as the americans have put these questions aside and have refused to take them into account when framing the treaty subsidiary matters euch such as cable stations and so on will be dealt with separately ara tely i 1 I dont expect more than two or three sittings after wednesday senor ojeda the principal spanish secretary ecret ary said sald peace is assured we have agreed to signa treaty in accordance with the protocol of washington nut but at the same time protesting our sovereign over the philippines and stating that we only yield to the hard american terms owing to our inability to renew the war and in the i presence jot superior force secretary moore of the american commission puts it this way the spaniards accepted our conditions a draft of treaty will be laid before the joint meeting next wednesday they have accepted for the philippines the american commissioners are highly pleased and relieved that the crisis has been successfully surmounted they did not at all relish the possibility of falling failing in their task president day remarked with undisguised gratification 1 I hope we shall t be sailing tor for home in a fortnight everything Is now clear 4 the spanish commissioners were gloomy and depressed eased at mondays E meeting there was no interchange of the usual compliments and civilities they were performing an ungrateful task under compulsion it Is known now that senor montero rios asked premier sagasta to accept their resignation from the commission rather than torce force them to accede to a der of colonial empire but sagasta appealed to tn them to ful fill their mission in the interest of the dynasty i for the first time since the meeting of the commission the spaniards have left ok off the gravley of their pathetic de meaner meanor when general correo entered hia his carriage he put a handkerchief to bis his eyes being overcome with emotion montero RIOS left the meeting place with bowed head and a spiritless gait the picture of dejection secretaries moore and ojeda will meet today to begin a treaty in conformity with the american demands including the relinquishment of spanish sovereignty over cuba the ceding of porto rico and of the entire philippine group the draft will be ready wednesday when the american commissioners miss loners ners will present in form of articles the other matters referred to in their last propositions which aie to be embodied in the final treaty only verbal discussions will be held then it la is expected thai that the treaty will be signed within two weeks from wednesday thus the commercial treaty of 1893 1995 will be revived to be recast later the treaty of 1834 for the settlement of certain claims will be revived the treaty of 1877 providing tor for extradition will be revived the trade mark treaty of 1882 will be revived and the stipple supplemental mental extradition treaty of 1882 will be revived in addition to several modus agreements it la in expected that the secretaries will be ready to submit the treaty articles at the joint session tomorrow when all the other points for negotiation will be discussed thus the commiss commissioned iones to tomorrow will have before them the en tiro tire treaty for approval revision c or r rejection on all the points outside of the pro tocol there will bo be friendly negotiations spain having the right to name tho the prices she wants for her territory ry t and ind to reject or accept the american f offers the spaniards no lees less than the americans now are anxious to conf clude the business which brought them I 1 here |
