Show lUI meo What the tho loDI themselves to ny lIay In the controversy about the status of their Island should at bl be of as much Interest as Ibo tho ar of oC th the politicians of this Coun coun country try For this tenon reason the Appeal of the tho People of Puerto leo to the People ot of the United States calls call for more than n a passing notice This Appeal Is signed by S J Julio henna zel Ames Amea T L J 1 n It Latimer L Ii Morales and Arturo Arluro Bravo ta delegates to Washington As a 11 motto they refer the American people to the as ye would that men Inen should d do to you do doye yo ye 1110 to them Uk likewise wl e evIdently supposing that this Me Ie obtains obtain In politics politic Then they set et forth their grievances md and their They claim General Miles diles after his bloodless conquest ot of the island the pe people protection of their proper property and to 10 promote 1 and bestow upon UllOn them the Immunities and of the liberal institutions of the AmerIcan government hut Dut they say lillY instead of Ins Ing these Is considering a of oppression odious to the liberty loving inhabitants of this cairn coun country try and ond identIcal with those tholo which drove droe tM the American Datable of 75 to resIst relst and destroy by force of arms the tyrant that imposed then The Puerto Ricans are Indignant at atthe the tho proposition to give ghe tb them m 11 tariff and as 88 a 11 palliatIve for tor relegating the Island to another year ot of military rule This they regard as ason on ini outrage outrace which down at a ablOw 1 1 blOw 10 over hope hop promise and pessi of at redemption What Whal h have e we 0 done they ask aI What do we 0 lack Inck that this last refinement of oppressIon should be decreed ag against us IS b by the tho voices that pledged us only so 00 little ego ago every good thing under the told of the American flag Then rhen they continue It arouses the utmost Indignation that n a million Intelligent Christian peo pie Dearl nearly eighty per cent of Caucasian birth long In the enjoyment of at the highest rights of representation In the national cortes of Spain who 1111 have had universal suffrage municipal autonomy m my and substantially free commerce with their sovereign country for tor years a community where dom from virtue and achievements b bespeak sp Ak Its character which fre d its slaves on own motion mollon end paid laid for tor th thorn m without n a murmur whose steadfast steadfastness ness MilS gave t the name even In Spain of The Ever Faithful IRI Isle must now nol plead tom fat those fundamental civil rights which the tho Fathers of tim Ihn great no lie declared to he be the rIghts of man manThey manThey They then point out the evil conse of a 11 military and ask the tho reason for tor Its existence They ask to know why hy for tor Instance the HawaII delegate representing people tople should have havo tim tho floor of Con gross gres while Puerto for tor years have 1110 hM rel representation In inthe the Spanish h cortes corte should oo be permitted resident hang about the corridors of the and Senate send In his hIs hili I anaka friend and boo be beseech hIs In influence with his associates I of 01 either chamber to ameliorate the Woes ot of hilt hid Platitude will not do os as replies to thea queries They are arc dIrected to time the American people and demand attention The matter Is not a party question fly Dy the wa way It Is treat treated treated ed the honor and Integrity of the nation Is brought to tIme the test Those who shouted that our govern hail had violated the Iho Constitution by negotiations with a Phil PhilIppine sultan cannot now urge that the Constitution does not apply to the isi ands cc ceded by Spain Such Juggling is III unworthy of and ond when th the welfare oHaro of n a million people Is involved It I is criminal to Indulge In It II What response will the American peo peole pie le give to the Appeal ot of the People of Puerto |