| Show GIVE THE ISLANDS BERTT Ll if the latest bisp dispatches aiches referring to a the probable peace overtures reflect th sentiment of the spanish government it is 10 possible that the war will hb har to go 90 ob for some time yet 8 appears to be willing to give up cuba but insists on oh retaining porto woo rico atea the philippine I 1 islands it to is evident that no negotiations can be commesso com meiso on that basis spain has proved herself utterly unable to govern colonies and almost joer capable of defending them should the united states permit ft I 1 ir again to subject the hupf un fortun or islanders to the unspeakable tot mt of the past thus throwing away awa results of the splendid of af our navy and artay such 9 a course might not oe be of 1 advantage to spain either some of Aur arean neighbors 1041 re bors hofve h dra crated lately ell I 1 that at they aw coic ce ent culp aa a riwu n tuam in territory decu UPI pled nations cat ions no sooner had bad japan at a great bost boat demonstrated the paralytic condition of the chinese giant before russia germany and france commenced to lay plans for his dissection their interference in behalf of china had an object that became clear after wards Is there anything to secure colonies in the pacific at least from a fate similar to that apparently awaiting china if not spain may have another war for honor on her hands she would better settle the matter of her colonies now and then rise up from her lethar lethargy gy and attend to home affairs a there are several reasons why the philippine islands now should be retained by the united states one among these Is that the inhabitants may be given the benefit of religious liberty thousands interested te rested in christian missionary work are earnestly praying for this outcome of the wax war spain Is tap far behind all civilized nations in this matter even japan she has excluded protestantism from her borders at home and abroad as far as possible and presented to the pagan savages a caricature of the gospel of christ accompanied by acts of cruelty and rapacity the thunderbolts of admiral dewey have battered down the ramparts of spanish intolerance and superstition the sword of the almighty has struck the man of sin it would be a crime to heal his wounds and put him again in a position to bar the gateway in the tropic islands so as to prevent the entrance of the messengers of the gospel there are protestant missions all around the philippines and the various denominations are already making preparations for a rush to manila at the close of the war presbyterians rians have raised a sum of money to send the first fint missionary there and the method lots iota are agitating the matter there win will be rivalry among the protestants to enter manila deplorable as such competition may be it to is infinitely better than carial the h e predominance of any single christian fan church to the exclusion of all others for gradually truth will he be established wherever there Is liberty our war professedly one in the interest of hu humanity inanity would be a failure should it result in depriving the natives of colonies of the high class civil which no country upon the face of the earth except the united states and great britain has it in its power to confer upon them |
