Delay But Not Rupture

DELAY BUT NOT RUPTURE

Result of the Joint Meeting of the Peace Commissioners at Paris.

Paris, Nov. 5.- At 2 p. m. yesterday the United States and Spanish peace commissioners met in joint session to discuss the Spanish reply to the demand by the United States of ownership of the Philippine islands. The meeting was expected to end in a rupture that would stop the negotiations, and the statement to be made by the Spaniards was published. But the rupture did not take place; the statement published wasn't made, it seems, and the only result of the session was more talk.

The Spaniards rejected the United State's proposition and insisted that the United States had no right under the protocol to claim any sovereignty over the islands, and made a demand on this country for the moneys collected for duties.

The Fronde says: "The claims of the United States on the Philippine islands are looked upon with disfavor at St. Petersburg. The powers might, in case of America proving too obstinate on this point, be provoked to protest."