| Show GETTING ALONG SLOWLY SI the american peace commission are now well on their way to their poat met of duty dirty where they will meet the official representatives of the spanish nation and proceed to arrange a definite treaty of peace the americans have received full instructions from the president by which they will amu assuredly amusedly be bound and directed although the discretionary power which they are to exercise is in no sense to be cramped the instructions amounting to tl lines of action rather than a part of the action itself it is understood bood that in addition to the selection of an island of the ladrones padrones La drones as provided by the proba cju permanent possession of the city and bay of manila will be insisted upon bolever Bo wever a chicago the record is authority for the statement eMent thea it is believed the president has instructed ted his to demand that the entire island of luzon be te iv to the united by spain the reasons for this are obvious afeei our experiences with spain we do 40 not want that nation for a near neighbor the attempt to draw an artificial line about mandla leaving the city and bay to dur our control and permitting spain to occupy the rest of the island would give a lobance for irritating and complications more than that the on the island of luxon luon would not consent to toe be returned to spanish rule spain must be asked to relinquish all control contral over the island therefore and the question of the relation of the united states to the insurgents sur gents can be disposed of later they certainly do not promise to be disposed of earlier of course all this and pretty much everything else in a similar line is mere iSon jecture with a more or less ail foundation of logic and semi clil erfal 1 attl utterance ra noe to stand upon perhaps 06 sri island of luzon will be all that is asked for perhaps not it is the largest one of the archipelago and in area and population is equal to about one third of the whole the authority above quoted speculates on the subject in the following interesting strain Or granted granted anted that the president intends to keep luzon what is to be done with the ahe rest of the gt aup it elearly dearly is undesirable that they be brought under Amer american icam control cottrol unless our rule shall be absolutely essential to the maintenance of order and as a matter of fact in some of the islands the tribes are sp wild that civilized government can abt be maintained any more than it can among the indiana on our own western ilal ns whatever obligation the united 8 states tates arra may baunder be bd under to the insurgents sur gents is oble fly to those on the island aland of luzon lit bs bad little if anything to do with the insurgent forces in the other ather islands apparently zihere the united stages would be serving ingils its own interests best and also ful all obligations to 6 those who have operated cooperated co with our forces as allies it its acquisitions blons ot territory group to the island of ijan AW |
