Show TALL DISCIPLES The solicitude of ot the rich and the wellborn for the less fortunate is al always always always ways poor and nd iid the weak seldom realize it however until they the theare are touched When Cortez despoiled 1 the land of the S he did it Il in the name of God Gd and superior civilization He killed the natives naties because they refused to believe in the Christ he pretended to believe in robbed them because they were wre not in his estimation making the proper use of their treasure appropriated their homes and lands landa because they were I incapable of al although l though they possessed ed virtues which had been b en long forgotten in Spain de denied denied nied flied their right to their own ideals be because because because cause they were ignorant of books court intrigues political corruption and official trickery and tyranny Mark Hanna poses pos s as a paragon of the present as Cortez believed believe himself I Ia Ia a reformer former and d missionary of the past in an interview in which philanthropy and five per cent were ere curiously blended this leader of im mi imperialism not long IonS since declared that Providence gave gac us the Philippines and it was our Christian duty to fo cub Club and hold them as our govern government government government ment is better for them than any they can eeL oot up l for themselves And the speeches speech the magazine arti articles articles cles and the editorials of Hannas Hanna fol followers followerS lowers stirred up and boiled down amount to this God gave us the Phil Philippines Philippines we e also bought them we like Jike likewise likewise wise conquered them we hope to sub subjugate subjugate subjugate the inhabitants they fought Spain for years but we helped them to drive their European masters out we cannot leave l ave the Islanders now an anarchy anarchy archy would d begin they are incapable of ot they have many brilliant educated leaders among them but the masses massed are ignorant and the head of their army ann p is ie an ambitious sol soldier 31 I dier of fortune we must not abandon these people it is Iii our duty to them and to civilization to hold and to rule them besides be therea theres money in it for our syn syndicates syndicates Stripped of all its it ornate verbiage the position of the administration as stat stated stated ed by Lodge by BeverIdge by Depew by Gage by Grosvenor and by Hanna himself is correctly outlined in the foregoing synopsis of the presidents excuses B and policy concerning the lal islands lalands ands They say eay that history repeats itself Let ua see gee In 1776 the American colo colonies colonies cob nies nie began a war for independence They did not claim to be bettor better capable of governing themselves than England Englana was capable of ot governing them they did not expect to be as able to protect themselves oo from foreign aggression ion as the parent government was able to pro protect protect protect them but they had their own ideals their own notions of govern government government government ment which were radically different from the superior notions n of English rulers But the colonies were unable to achieve their liberty alone French aid was solicited and obtained Event Eventually Eventually the army o 0 was driven drIven driven en to Yorktown where it U was besieged by the French and American n armies Count Rochambeau the French com corn commander commander mander mand r had charge of the French and American troops during the siege while a French fleet protected the bay In 1781 Cornwallis surrendered and nd English supremacy in the colonies fell at the same time On the of November 1782 Talley Talleyrand Talleyrand Talleyrand rand the French imperialist Imp superior in statesmanship st hiP but not no in selfishness 3 to Hanna said You have hao doubtless heard hear of the arrival of or M 1 John Adams Alanis who claims to be an envoy of ot the American people but is of oC ambitious sol soldier soldier soldier course a mere tool of that dier of fortune Washington We Vo are making history tory today and it will record the tho disgraceful policy of the government in completely abandoning French sovereignty in the American colo cob colonies nies wrested by trance from fron the he S grasp sp of England You will ask why the tri triumph triumph tn of our army any navy and anti not least of all our diplomacy should have such a miserable result First this II M Adams who to the man manners manners manners ners of a Cossack joins both rugged tal tab talents and Yankee Y shrewdness appeals to French honor He claims that lIL M de deLafayette Lafayette Lafa otte assured the tho rebels that his ma majesty majesty majesty jesty would allow them to establish esta lish their independence not ilot merol of England but butof butof butof of all aU governments such as are recognized the enlightened nations Such an anas among assurance as would be quite characteristic of ot the Quixotic marquis but he the neither r af affirms affirms affirms firms nor denies making It probably fol fob following follo lowing lo g some ones advice Th n the tho envoy touches the sentiment especially when ft If i among his lila friends the disciples of Rous Boos of oC ho lie quotes from the Declaration sea Independence that governments derive of the from the consent their just powers governed What hat madness to pretend to govern with abstract ideas rhetorical generali generalities ties and incomplete notions of equality These sophistries are always on the lips of or of social order Calonne says saos that M 11 tie de Laa ette con COIl considers considers siders chivalry a part of the law of na nations nationS such theories and we all know that hold firm possession of Ms his wooden head hend But M Adams reaches the climax of impudence In asserting assertIng that the ragged guerillas under Wash Washington Washing an ington ing on armed with Wl h rusty rusts and except eXt t a small nucleus equip y J ap v our bounty bount overcame the L g Of England While it seems 11 they tey that the thO English with a vIew d J SS to render reader our position Uon harder hurd r made some somo rn surrenders surre n ers to lo he le rebels In the rho absence of or our forces yet I all was due to the Iho Intervention of France Frante to deny her and It sas as an act of treachery sovereignty In fact tact it has baa always exist existed existed ed cd by virtue of the tho discoveries of Car Cartier Cartier tier But in addition the interests of ot hu humanity I inanity manity required that we take possession I and nd guarantee to the be Ignorant und derby derly population si su long ong In a n chronic I state of rebellion the blessings of a stable st ble I government They are a widely separated dissimilar and discordant community few tow of which could govern themselves wIder under any ny circumstances and an independent I nation composed comp l of ot such elements clementS is aa an n Utopian dream if It left to themselves they degenerate to the condition of the Indians but they will ill doubtless 2 f fail nia a frey prey io to some same nation not possessed of the fantastic fanta notions of ot honor which seem to inspire 1 f L de do Vergennes Hanna and McKinley M Kinley evidently learn learned ed how to treat allies from reading Talleyrand Neither of our imperial imperialistic imper ImperIalistic ai i Uc politicians is original enough to have devised their Insular i policy un unaided unaided aided by any suggestions of the French statesman without having received any hints from Talleyrand as to how bow an ally may be maligned or as to what the interests inter ts of humanity require Take letter substitute Filipinos for Americans and you OU will wIlI have the plea of the administration at Washington Washl for seizing upon and gov governing gov governing governing the inhabitants of f the Oriental Orl archipelago whether they are willing or not Talleyrand furnished every excusa the Tories give gle for planting the flag where they will not allow V the constitution to go |