Show OPPORTUNITY OP TY SIXTO LOPEZ who as s the accredited a 4 insurgents speaks with authority has hlis stated ta V t rY r ry c f 1 pilot the th attitude atti tude of f the followers of ot I gu tf Males t tate Lles government His statement of the case shows BIlOWs the thet i te r to wake practically every concession c to this government that could ably demanded but they will not Bot yield that hat the right ht of government T l vms ts elsewhere thai than with the people governed It was pretty well established at one time tittle in this country th t his r the c 4 i ry in hi correct c But doubt now no exists exi ta in some quarters as ss heth a truth tr th that th it 18 1 ident in America when transplanted to Philippine e Jon does vj ot t fc come ome falsehood and demagoguery There Then is a pr Pf ty t general enral im Ini impression i among certain elements in Washington Wa that for a tel w million del dol dollars lars Jars Mid ld d to tu a third party one art t o or oF people can caUl become become pr proprietors of an another another another other and do d with them what they please Along with this theory theol of ot government by the governed sprang up the belief that with such a form of government the people got got just j st as asgood asgood good nt as they deserved d If It they were Intelligent t they th y would l e governed raed intelligently if It they were ignorant they would be governed ac as acc c Hiding to their ignorance Thi was supposed to be an equitable eq and in instructive arrangement forming form Ins the highest hi lle Incentive to a Pe ie to Improve Hut n now w a better method has lias been discovered which is i as oi nt assimilation By this method one one country takes ta fuR fun charge of an another anth other othel th wakes makes all its laws Ys prescribes all its Ita i liberties and shoots sho ts tho th se e who w o ob object jet jett t S t Circumstances C during the fast ast few years rears have ave led to the belief that these novel auvel vel theories are ar held by President If they are ara not there is a large lurge number of ot people who will be glad llad to loam learn l their mistake The he of offer fer for o ol e insurgents through thir b ir a ut Senor SeDOr Lopez Lope affords affer affer s s air Ir McKin McKinle le ley u iq pf that he is not n t entirely hostile to the old creeds bf bt the republic rep surely enough Concessions volunteered by byth th tL insurgents to warrant peace negotiations being entered enter d Into It is no noless noless noless less to t t the interests inter t of this country ry than h n to those of the Filipinos hat l leace ace be abo t The Te administration professes to bo ho to in ini erea lewe i ease our our foreign fO trade tra e oy by y oyen gi n fl eV e markets The Philippines once re rett fi to tt ri ace and pro erity wl afford a splendid market for American T products We are so situated sit with relation tion to them that we may fear the i repetition of If no nation on earth rth I If we e continue to refuse to recognize all rights hae ae those of mig t it l an in re us f aU terms of peace pe ce save sav the abject sn s r of inherent nt b the th vAr Wr tr rill continue as a long ong as there is a s self lf resi Filipino JIve to take the hell field d It is now JW up to t Mr 1 lI to say whether he h l is in ta favor of a policy that will bli bring g ab about ut peace and the establishment t ot new i ew markets mark ti for American goods or is committed to to a ashem shem of conquest con that will wilt being us unwilling subjects and a desolate I province e that that even when it is at last Jast gained will require years rs of ex ox expensive expensIve pensive coddling to bring it back to a tate state of healthy prosperity j |