Show THE philippine PROBLEM an aa english view of 0 thos only course open to america in our opinion tho the governors Gover norl nt at washington will not be doing thir their thi r duty to the tha people of the union unless they insist upon two principles 1 that spanish rule arul shall cease absolutely and forever in cuba ta in the philippines nad and in porto rico luco and 2 that american america mil and america alone shall de dc clde what is he to bo be the ultimate fato fate of 0 the former possessions ot of spain unless these wo alre insisted on absolutely tro terica may floxd that the war IZ instead d ot of been a bless lne to ill uio inhabitants rah a 1 ill tants of 0 tho the 11 spanish 1 h 1 colonies has turned out a ai and coholic instead all of a a movement ont in tho the clitee tion of humanity and civilization an lie actual it ual step backward in our belief it Is IB alike the destiny and tile the duty duly ot of tho the tw two 0 branches of the anglo saxon raco race to govern and convert t to civil uses the iho interior inferior races our ince aco la Is meant to do tn in the world the work 0 of f foreman anti and ganger and in doing so not only helln the peoples people controlled and directed but also gives its own nature its true development america has before her a great opportunity port unity tor for performing this special duty duly in tile tho philippine 4 and in ab aulia she la hoi however lever also confronted 1 4 a a temptation to shirk tills duty A large party in Ani america anitrick trica are still inclined e to say let us kelp to our on continent let us not run unknown a risks outside it if w WM go K cru about t I 1 the he world wo we khall get into alffie alt es and troubles and lose loge our Indell independence clidence on n tile other in hand and there la Is another party and one whir whim n it mistaken acts from high and honorable motives which declares axes that america must mu it show her perfect bona fides and her aci solute disinterestedness anted by taking tailing nothing for herself arx capt pel hops taps the island ot of porto rico and a caroling station lit the philippines the re rl ret t of 0 tile hie group and R nil the whole of 0 cuba are to be lett it as monuments to Arne americas rIcas disinter sell and to pro proe e that she is not a land power considering the streng strength tl ot of those these two schools ot of opinion lie e believe that there la Is some danger ot of terms of 0 peace being arranged under which cuba will be declared lared independent and the philippines be b allowed to remain part of tile the S spanish dominions under some aoma fiche no of autonomy approved appi app oved Loved by I 1 am america these are terms which of 0 caumo U rs e S spain P ain would favor and they would also alao be very agreeable to the continental tin powers who tire aro extremes extreme ly jealous of american expansion anti would like to bo be able to say that america had not been permitted by europe to plunder her enemy As we lie have suggested me e should ourselves view peace on these terms alth lite hie utmost dismay what would be tile the result we know by this time something of the cuban find and it cannot be doubted that cuban independence pen dence would mean a spanish auth bouth american republic not of the chilean but of 0 the venezuelan or nicaraguan type anchored off the coast of ilor fjor wit ida lu in other words to give cuba ln lit deperi ienco lence vituld be to hand the island over to civil war can the americans find it consistent with their duty to do that they will be told no doubt that they are pledged to leave leave cuba to her fate by the very in ud lelous clause inserted in alno the he joint re resolution alution of congress concree Con creM we implore thein them not to bo be bound ne by words 8 1 ken 1 rashly and I 1 in n ignorance leno T the h e of declaration 10 T was aas in no sense a promise or it a contract find and considering how different Is 19 the actual situation from what in it t ape pared to be the Amer americans leans have in our opinion ion a co complete right to mith withdraw draw from it their position at the end of the war will be really v very e ry much like that ot of the english in egypt and for them as for or us tile the boldest and most straightforward course will be ba to admit that they were rash and Igno ignorant ramt and that since they cannot act up to their declaration without ruining the island ot of cuba they intend to v m withdraw it 0 we sincerely trust that a s similar policy will be pursued in the philippines and that the thousand and more tropical islands that form tho the croup croup will bs be retained by amerl america c a to 10 fitlow allow spain to continue in the islands after what has happened would be cruet cruel in a high degree for the spanish are ft i most revengeful people and mou would I 1 d treat tho the men now in revolt men who nho no doubt arve commuted committed many on the religious orders lit in the philippines with teril ble severity however many paper guarantees were to protect the present rebels we may be perfectly certain that it in six months there N would again bo be civil war in the phil philippines lp p ines to leave spain any chance of taking her revenge i upon the would id bo ber cent cont contrary 1 iary a to the interests of h humanity rut but if spain Is not to be reinstated in some form tie or other what Is to happen to the rho islands glands the nation of granting such a population real independence 14 1 4 utterly nay cruelly absurd it would not be a calie caad ot of IL a new venezuela or nicaragua but of a new haftl the alternative of handing liand ln over tile the islands to germany or france la is of course the germans keep order no d doubt abt but their government of colonies Is by no means of tho th kind that gives them a natural right of reversion in tropical plinia eions alons besides the Amer levvis did not make war I 1 in n order to create s a colonial empire tor for germany tho the handing over of tile the philippines to Unit land must also be struck out of nt the list of pea possible alternatives we do not want the isla islands 19 and it we did it ft would not be wise to take taho them we mean the world to realize that our sympathy for and understanding dundei with fill america wo was not based upon tiny any expectation ot of favors to come the world mut must bo be I 1 taught aught that the foundations foundation of the race ail alliance laric e leavo love been laid upon something much stron stronger izor than self interest the only course that thai I 1 le e maln main Is 19 for a to retain the islands under hr hor h r on onn n direct control that Is the only alternative fair air to the n natives lives and consistent with the duty duly of t tho h 0 united states london spectator |