Show Our New Spanish Treaty I MADam September 1John A Foster i American Minister spent a fortnight at the royal palace Palace of Lagranja de San ilde Fonzo He had frequent interviews with Senor Sen-or Elduayen Minister of Foreign Affairs on the subjects of proposed new commercial I treaty between Spain and the United States It is understood that though the treaty was I not signed an agreement was reached between be-tween the representatives of the two governments I govern-ments by which the reciprocity provisions I contained in the former treaty were abandoned abandon-ed 1he new treaty is confined to reforms in the Cuban custom laws Spain accepts j I the interpretation of the modus vivendi signed in Februarv 1884 which was contended con-tended for by the United States The settlement of the claims of American citizens against the Spanish Government arising from the insurrection in Cuba is provided pro-vided for I |