Show annexation POLICY if the washington dispatch to the chicago tribune found elsewhere in the news is correct the government has finally decided upon a polley policy of annexation hawaii to is to become part of the united states and then the philippine islands will be added nothing is as yet i said about porto rico or cuba As for the latter the declared intention of the united states is to occupy up y it until peace and tranquility tranquill ty shall have been established which possibly may take a long time and as to porto rico the fate of the other spanish possessions will probably be shared by that west indian island with regard to the philippines the policy of the government assaid Is said to be to reduce the burdens of taxation lower the import duties regulate the wage scale and stimulate business enter arises in various ways when the war with spain commenced it was freely predicted abroad that one of its immediate results would be the departure of the united states from the time honored policy believed bell eved to be a corollary to the so ao balled monroe doctrine the prediction to is about tto come true and the next important ettes question is what stand the Europe european aA powers are likely to take on receiving the official notification of the ah annexation bu tan policy of the united states but is ie a question on which it at adap would not be safe to form an opinion there are many evidence tbt the public opinion of great britain Is very friendly toward the united baates leading journals there declared de clarel that spain must speedily sub submit mitto to rate fate and that the policy of the british adov will bib to support the claims of the united states tex a question of the terms of peace 41 arises the press of other european Du roVean countries has as not yet spoken on this subject hut it is reasonable to suppose that there finally ifil be but few d dissenting if spain after having demonstrated her inability to maintain ina colonies and to defend them against foreign attacks has any friends I 1 left they their will urge butge her to yield as an gracefully ag poo possible in order to have free frea hands hoods tw for the reconstruction of affairs at home and the laying of ft fou for future prosperity i on th to undeveloped resource reeo OS of P peninsula ell I 1 alwer er evidence ot of IMAM e ing in great britain towards tow ardig us Is the tact fact that the english capitalists who have money invested in the philippine islands urge the united states to keep that spanish possession an associated press dispatch from london states that delegations of london men representing some of the most important interests in the philippines have called upon ambassador hay to urge him to make 1 representations to his government of their desire that the united states retain permanent possession of the philippines ip they are agreed in the belief that with a guarantee of a stable government the philippines would become a richer and even more desirable possession than they are now they are agreed also that the spanish rule Is one which discourages business enter prise and repels capital and that the legitimate profits of their business are mostly absorbed by direct and indirect bribes to spanish officials the president of BB as important philippine company having its principal office in london gives a recital of extortion by the officials who come from spain to these islands as they go to cuba with th the e sole purpose of acquiring as muc much money as possible in the shortest time he ridiculed the suggestion that the philippine apine insurgents could be induced by the spaniards to form an alliance against the united states the natives he be declared would welcome any power which would relieve them from the domination of spain he told of the wonderful resources of the islands and added that the american government need not be deterred by fear of the climate from invading the philippines with unseasoned troops during a residence of ten years he had known but one epidemic of disease and that was not of a serious nature the friendly fee feelings lingi manifested in great britain will go a long way towards determining the policy of other european countries franc franci i e would hesitate to abandon her tradition of friendship toward the united states russia has tor for more than a generation maintained a thoroughly good under standing with us and there is no apparent reason why this should be terminated by a change of government in A spanish colony germany would not oare care to alone assume a hostile attitude even afat if it were to be presumed that a desire to do so existed but does it certainly not among the intelligent classes of the german people we have millions of people in this country who if not born bom in germany themselves are descended from parents or grandparents grand parente of german birth the plain people of germiane Germi any haive bame nothing in common with the people of spain while they feel that america where all of them have relatives Is teda second home why should they i entertain unfriendly feelings towards als M co country but whether the policy of annexation melas meets the approval of the world at large or not the united state seems to be a nation with a mission a des tony oby its entire history including the of this war point in this dl if this Is true the only safe urBe for this thi 0 country to follow is to be ae faithful to this mission and to bo tol fol hythe the road indicated by providence aident And lenit nations have prospered as ima ton as they were faithful to the entrusted to them and this course win min never fall fail to bo lead to power honor ted and glory |