Show I li I mSflJSSlNG THE PIHLlPlf ES t A i I I 14 European Powers Want to Know What the i United Slates Will Do With Them 11 I k i 1 I I 4 is B Concert Snys 110 SUr Will 1010 I t ably Bald Then 01 Till tree I I JDdo1I11 1 1ld I fl Washington May 3The French J ambassador Al Jules Cambon has re mbf elr I i8a it Aloputch from IN foreign M I office nt Iarl Stating that the French I 1 Rmb Reactor at Madrid M 1atenotre I lids towarMd official details of the ili I Il I Spanish reverse nt Manila based on the f latest Spanish advlies This report 1 o ii Maria chrKllna and Castillo were elated that the Spanish cruisers Helna I totally burned up after being set on I I i 11 lire by bomb from the rnemy American I it I Amer-ican ships Two smaller ships the ilia 4 i patch staled were sunk In order to I avoid falling Into the hand of the r enemy other Spanish ships were halt li I destroyed and had taken refuge In 1 Bakers Hay I The Ilrlllsh embassy has relv1 no report of any character us to I the Ian I lIa battle so that there In I no bI for I the Statement that the tate depnrl I I ment lion been Inronn1 hy IIMtth 10m I clals here that Manila has surrendered it to In Commodore the Absence i l specific adVIces i from Manua membtro if the dIP10 A matte eON are IIIeuln g with grout Interest the future cotarmp little Unit P4 States toard the Philippine 1111h e Y = 1 do not douht that the 1land will I be I occupied by tho American forces If Indeed d In-deed the occupation ha not already ace reed I The only question on that point It I I slid to be the number of men Commodore 11 I Commo-dore Dewey can spare from his fleet tn I mike upa landing party sufficient U I hold Manila and other points when I large garrisons at Spanish troops tire I I thor It Is I the future of the Philip I pineml however which mot Intrel A I the foreign authorities here Ao I < > I I this R i leading diplomatic official Bald i It as won unfortunate at this juncture bit the orllon was mad by Iodlllll I I men here tht I the Ihlllppin would be taken and heM at least unlll the I war ended when they might be sold < to I Hreat Britain or Japin Ho pointed out that while this course might be a I whoa one In due time yet Its announcement I announce-ment now only served to awaken the 1 europeoll powers at 0 moment when It was needless and Impolitic to excite 1 resentments In those quarters There was no principle of International Interna-tional law he said which kept a Vic tattoos nation from enjoying the trult of warfare by holding territory gained I i In battle I Intervention by the powers of Eu 11 rope he Pointed out Aam a nw pro I cedure quite apart from International I 11 law and based upon only the strength a of this unltde action I t nut he added significantly united I 1 Squadrons often make InternAtionAl i Iw The Suggestion that treat JJrlt t aln would take the Philippines In ex r change for the Bermudan and other ai I Tlrltlsh possessions near this country Is not regarded as feasible It Is I pointed point-ed out that the Bermuda and other I I British West Indian POMSesPloR have far greater prospective value to the mother country than the Phlllppln Owing to the command thy will have I 1 of the Nicaraguan canal or other I I 4t Inter oceanic waterways between t North and South America Such a I I I Ill canal would be n highway for the I I I I Urltloh commerce to and from IIrlllh i India and It la said that the possession I V of coaling stations and ports near the I I Canal are of far more concern tn England than her remote Insular pos I Sessions In Allltic waters I There has been no suggestion yet of I 11 intervention front Any foreign I source although It Is I felt that the Occupation ot the Philippines Is I more likely to develope a moa 111 this direction I than any other step thus far taken A diplomatic olllclal nt long experience experi-ence In Asiatic countries pointed out that there were circumstances connected f 11 con-nected with the Philippines which Ij would I make their holding by the Unit ad States more of a burden than II bn I OIL He said their population nas made I up of Malaya Japanese Chinese and halfbreed Spaniards mixed with the I fornierfraces making an Incongruous I 11 people Impossible to assimilate with i r I American Institutions The stilus of the i i o people hi said was far below that of I Cuba or Hawaii 1 1 01 14 1 Tho understanding that Congress 41 44 would ellmlnnl the tonnage tux Cram I the war tariff bill given much irallsfac il l q 1 tlon at the embassies and legations r particularly those of Great Britain I Franco and leimany The nmbassi I dorm tom i all these countries have re 7 celved Intrutlon to urge tile ex V 0 trem evrlty of this tonnage tx Upon 11 It British Trench unit Oennnn commerce 11 is coming to American ports 11 wait I 14 t stated by one diplomat thai In the case 11 y 1 I of the big ship Holier Wllhclm der I 1 Orde the tonnAo tax would amollnt I to IRtOD per year ngalnst J2COO nt I present It win remarked In I this con netlon that It wo rather strange 10 I ak torln ornment to adopt nell I frailty decreen And at the same time I ak them to Share In paying the cot oC the war I The Japanesi minister Ile Hohl I was notified hv the foreign otllco at t 11 11 Toklo last nillit that it decree at nu trallty had hen Iued t Ir hao Informed the tate to 11 1 4 rottmnt The dispatch does not give I the term or the decree II serve to class Japanese port rather Sooner than I I 14 awas xroctcd I f F n couDErvrs VIEW I Nw York May Frederick It Coudert the mlnent lawyer anti jllr lot who rlreentd the Ulllte1 States 4 It In the Bering sea commission In on In g torvlow gave his vious of the dlsposl tlOII of the Phlllppln as follows Tile UnIted States line the right to either hold tho Philippine for Indem e nlty or to keep them Altogether as part I 11 of her territory just ai Germany took 01 AIacIorrllln In Me IrancoPru I Inn war We my keel Possemsion or them unlll hostilities tire ended find I 11 then their disposition will be one at the I > factors In the making ot pence fWe Wou lit at course hive to re yetlo frl 1 spect the vested rights of other nations I In the Imlandg I If they have 1 Any These i Jc 1 rights would Include coaling > station i 4 fees or mortgages on cu 111 houe 11 J I I J a t Claims of that natureSpain can not give us any More than bho owns j I Iii call find sulliclen t 111111nnity I nearer nome for instnme in Cuba ve would pomlbly content otirselvca with I holding the Philippines during hOJllll l I ties for use an a military or nnal bu l I but If adequate Indemnity could not bi procured In this hemlitphere Ihen VM 1I would hold Manllt until Spain pays UP 1 1 Rcmno arrangement would bo male AN 1 whereby we would I keep possession for Aii q ft certain number of > enrs while Brain I i was J paying the Installments of the In 1 I I 1r t demnity This Is I all a matter of Poll Jt fjI t tract unit ORreemnt between nation In regard to the selling or transfer A I of the Inlands to another power bv the V 11 j United States that could not be Ion I I 4 V 11 until wo had u valid I title lo the bk 11 Islands which can be obtained only W h by a treaty of pence with Spain In I r which she cedes the Island I to us I Otherwise we would be selling a olr s puted title and the country that per clulsecl It would have to reckon with f S p IftMie il Inf ° law Is tile same among nations i I t vn this t respect as among private per i 1J I i Penn This law WAs Obse r red between 1J 4 I Franco and Austria In 1SS9 when Pled I I it mont was turned over by Austria to I aSS and JJilKf 1na1 over to Kin Vlctar I Manuel Tho theory t modern time IN that J Principality or province should not bo turned over to another without the eonienl I ot Its people and a Plebiscite I 4 oi I V is I Usually held 41 In the case at Nice < lid Hooy 4kn3cePy having secured title from Spain howevel hy a tty qf penc there could be no logal International objection to our disposing of the Islands either by ceding nr selling them to any nation we choose or by offering them to the highest bidder but such a proceeding would cause Jealousy and bad feeling among the nation But this Is I notif war of conquest and I do not think the United States would lesitt to any such practice nut we have a legitimate claim against Spain for the expenses of the war unit Spain must pay Die costs When that Is I done the United States I believe will relinquish all claims to the Philip pIn Islands and return theirs to Spain |