Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-05 | Page 7 | New York Evening Post

Now Post Secretary Roots ion that kit the lands now how belonging to tho the In hi the thu Philippine Islands bo be purchased by the tho government anti and Un iii dor lee proper to thc tho Is tho lie most praiseworthy tea fea features tC tures hll 11 of at his recent report No action could do du Ii moro more to assure tho Ito Filipinos l of ot the disinterestedness of our Intention tion tit ii and ti tile benevolence of ot our rule lulo thorn than tho lie expropriation of the tho monas niona monastic tic holdings tire the conduct of or which has hns been Iwon an nn Immemorial grievance In the Islands Of ot course this lila expropriation could conic come about only onh by purchase for tor fortim tim ur t Paris confirms all tin privileges and noli rights right II which the tho friars enjoyed under Spanish h rule ride It Is equally Just JUHt that the Ih purchase price o ot of these theo acres should be bo charged pl not upon ripest the Philippine Islands but up upon upon upon on the thu United States