| Show BEHIND CLOSED DOORS printed accounts secret session cortes prohibited london sept 6 A special dispatch from madrid published here this after noon bays the cabinet has been occupied in the situation of the span lords civil and military of the philippine islands who may be desirous jf returning to spain but who are deterred from eo doine by the number 0 insurgents and their armed chipe therefore it is eaid the cabinet realize the necessity for bending warships for their protection tec tion continuing lie dispatch bays the cabinet has decided to prevent the newspapers from printing accounts of secret session of the cortes the spanish newspapers generally blame the government for attempting to control the debates of the cortes baying their convocation is useless if closed doors are added to the silence imposed upon the press continuing the dispatch bays the senators eena tors who opposed closed doors are not disposed to resist them several of them who have been interviewed on the subject denounce the action taken but eaid they did not think it worth whilo under the present to place obstacles in the way of the government gen weyler declines to discuss the closed doors proposition but he is determined ter mined to provoke a debate at a public bitting in order to attack the conduct of the war the government will not present a loan bill andis postponing questions of finance until peace is definitely arranged aha will be in a f month the new session beginning in 89 admiral monterola has been nomi bated on the cuban evacuation corn mission to succeed gen gonzales gen has returned to spain the cabinet baa authorized the foreign minister duke de rio to negotiate with the philippine insurgents to ransom the spanish prisoners DOT in their hands end it has been decided to transmit money to manila for that purpose and for the relief of the spanish troops which are urgently in need of funds the ministers will aek gen Jau demes commander of the spanish troops in the philippine islands how to transmit the f untie the government has also cabled to capt uen macias at san juan de porto rico requesting him to furnish fuller details of the american economic R regime in the bland of porto rico this r step was taken after considering bis first report on the subject |
