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Show WILL KEEP THE PHILIPPINES. ark IJanna Thinks That will be the Re- ' Bult of Peace Negotiations. Washington, Oct. 1. In a recent in- ,i terview, Mark Ilanna is quoted as saying: say-ing: "I do not know what the instructions in-structions given to our peace commissioners commis-sioners are, but so far as concerns the ' negotiations which will be instituted in Paris, I can see no other result than that Spain will have to relinquish her sovereignty over not only Luzon island, but the entire Philippine archipelago. arch-ipelago. Spain has no reason to ex- t pect to be able to retain any portion i of the group. She went into the war -ct and lost, and now ought to be pre- ijii pared to suffer the consequences which such a defeat implies. I regard the Philippines as lost to Spain, and that being a foregone conclusion, in my opinion, the problem which next confronts con-fronts us relates to the form of government govern-ment which we will give the islands." Regarding the reports which comes from Paris that one of Spain's propo- I sitions to our commissioners will be that the United States pay her 400,-000,000 400,-000,000 for the relinquishment of the Philippines, Senator Hanna said significantly: sig-nificantly: "We are not paying money for or buying territory which we now control." This statement is regarded as representing repre-senting the views of President Mc-Kinley. |