AMERICA AND SPAIN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 13

AMERICA AND SPAIN.

SPAIN ADOPTS THE PEACE PROTOCOL. AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES, j MADRID, September 14. The Spanish Chamber of Deputies adopted the peace protocol. Count Altenas, speaking in the Senate, declared that Generals Weyler, Blanco, Rivera, and Admiral Cerveras deserted, and should be strangled with their own sashes. The speech created a great tumult. Senor Sagasta said the real cause of the disasters was that the Spaniards had become an ansemic nation. The Commercial Club petitioned the Cortes to repeal the war surtax and annul the authority given to the Bank of Spain to increase the note issue. September 16. The Cortes has been prorogued. The Senate have S.azlly adopted the bill sanctioning the peace protocol. WASHINGTON, September 14. The warships Oregon, lowa, and Texas proceed to Manila. September 17. The American Pea.cc Commissioners have sailed for Paris. They hare been instructed not to modify the American demand. They will refuse to discuss the responsibility for debts or compensation for public property destroyed in Cuba or the Philippines, and will claim control of the Philippines, with possession of the island of Luzon. September 19. The National Assembly at the Philippines unanimously rejected the idea of a joint Spanish -American protectorate or any Spanish control. NEW YORK, September 14. The Herald states that a majority of the Cabinet favour the retention of Luzon in the Philippines. There is considerable public sentiment in favour of the retention of the of the Philippines. LONDON, September 15. The New York correspondent of The Times states that the American members of the Peace Commission, to whom th»

question of the disposal of the Philippines stands referred, demand the cession ot the Island of Luzon and a coaling station at the Ladrones. This correspondent also states that, besides the regular United States army, 125,000 volunteers will remain enrolled. General Wheeler anticipates a renewal cf the war. News from the Philippines states- that 15,000 insurgents evacuated the suburbs of Manila in deference to the wishes of General Merritt.