Condon Globe

Madrid, Nov. 19.--Almost all the papers deprecate the dilatory proceedings at Paris, expressing their belief that the United States will decline arbitration, and urging the government to yield quickly, since it is impossible for Spain to renew the struggle or to expect European assistance, and, furthermore, because it would be better to cease wasting money and to concentrate attention upon Spain's domestic affairs and the restoration of her finances.

Spain's Attitude.

Paris, Nov. 19.--At the daily session of the American peace commissioners, the Spanish memorandum presented at yesterday's joint session was up for consideration. No unofficial person knows the contents of the document, but it is safe to assume that, added to her insistence on the reservation of her Philippine sovereignty and her proposition to arbitrate the construction of the third article of the protocol, Spain has made two other important statements.

First, that on the high ground of financial probity she cannot allow any discussion here of the validity of her action in pledging the resources of the Philippines for payment of the Philippine debt.

Second, that in connection with the American proposal to reimburse Spain for her pacific expenditures in the Philippines, she cannot admit of any inquiry as to how she spent the proceeds of the loans based on Philippine pledges.

If Spain has assumed this attitude, and it is believed she has done so, she practically compels the American commissioners to consider at least the entire Philippine debt and its assumption by the United States.

It is difficult to understand how the Americans can reply to this in any other manner than by outlining their position and giving the Spanish a time limit in which to accept the propositions of the United States.