Show MORE SPANISH BLUFF how the madrid peace commission is talking paris part oct S 1 session of 0 the peace commission lasted until i 4 at which hour the commission adjourned to meet at 2 next friday afternoon such int interval e arval being desirable md necessary necea sary to allow separate toy by each commission A 3 of matter before the jot joint nt commission the interval will be thus filled w with 1 t h wor work k b by y c each 0 c h e commission 0 m m is s 1 0 n t the h e ultimate te r results es ul t s being b el n g s so 0 facilitated f a c ti i ta t e d the T 1 i e L secretary ecret ary of the blanish commission w will ill arrive tonight ht and the interval will also be employed by the secretaries jointly in maturing plans tor for the work and procedure while the american commissioners were at luncheon today gen merritt called at their hotel but did not want to see the commission he ile will call again tomorrow to meet members of the commission the spanish and american commissioners will be received tomorrow by president faure the hour fixed for the reception of the americans Is in the afternoon gen merritt was to accompany the americans to this function which will be held at the de alysee the op opinion lilon la Is now held that the work of the commissions may be finished within a month from the present time while it Is the general impression that meeting was again devoted to preliminary work and that the adjournment to friday was taken to enable the secretaries to draw up a schedule of work the representative of the associated press learns that the session was highly important and that the americans have made a demand ma n d of such character that the spaniards find it necessary to ask for an adjournment journ ment in order to enable them to consult the government at maddrid it is believed that the question concerns the philippines and it is known that the americans are highly pleased a at t having so eo soon reached what they consider avery a very important phase of the negotiations and consider the two sessions thus far held as very satisfactory to america the fact that a member of 0 f the commission expressed the belief that work would be comp completed leti ed within a month indicates a happy J frame of mind in he spanish camp greal hopes are bullion built on what they believe gen Merritt will advise namely that the philippines are incapable of self government and that the whole si situation tuition does not warrant america in hafting the responsibility for the entire philippines the spanish commissioners are quite ready to give whatever america asks in the way of coaling stations but will resist more to the verge of a renewal of hostilities |