| Show THE rHILIP philippine PINE QUESTION mr william E curtis in the chicago dispatch gives the views of several prominent citizens degardin regard ln the proposed terms of peace especially as to the philippine islands they all indicate a strong sentiment in this coun try in favor of extending in some form or another the benefits of liberty and civilization to the philippines demanded for the cubans senator lindsay of kentucky is quoted as predicting that the senate will refuse to ratify any treaty of peace that leaves the spanish flag floating in the philippine islands bishop hartzell a prominent methodist divine looks upon the question from a religious point of view thus god has lifted us out of our exclusiveness and isolation and I 1 Is a bri bringing ng us face to face with the responsibilities bili ties ot our greatness as a nation president McKin mckinless leys instructions Instruct loins to gen shatter shafter that he is to protect all citizens of santiago in their business and religious rights to is h first intimation of civil and religious liberty ever spoken in cibba since the discovery of america and I 1 presume that hta his instructions to gen merritt are similar this is not a war of conquest but its purpose was to relieve the oppressed and to secure a liberal and stable government and the light of christian civilization for the people of cuba in the providence of god it has been placed in our power to obtain the same blessing for the people of at the philippine islands and can we as a nation decline to accept that opportunity and turn away from our duty simply because we 0 aily ly intended to do so 90 much to good and no more shall we refuse to relieve two communities from span ish despot despotism isnA because we expected originally to relieve only one W w cannot abandon the people of the ahli islands when admiral dew elvei ev vei took possession of that harbor and an 7 furnished arms and ammunition to tha me insurgents we became responsible tw for 4 the welfare of that island and aad wab 1 cannot shrink that responsibility or abandon them ag john 1 I waterbury president of manhattan trust company I 1 is 8 not ot in favor of annexation but he believe that the resources of the islands arte so vast that it would be a great enia take to neglect an opportunity to cul sivate such a market for our agrical tural and mechanical products concludes we have been taught to believe th atun t we are fighting this war tor for hu Inanity 11 sake its purpose was the eman cloa cipa it tion of the people of one island anid ana how can we refuse an opportunity fh emancipate the inhabitants of aa w islands by the same treaty henry raiser manager of the neth s errands erlands hotel says 1 I hear a god deal of talk every i on this philippine question am and i seems to me that people are pre pretta much of one mind very few want t annex a lot of pagan malaya to arale ta united states but nobody wants tn turn them back to spain I 1 should ila that the general sentiment was that tle diplomatists who negotiate the treat treaty of peace ought to figure out some by which we might have free trade w ohp the philippines and provide the deop a good honest government among those interested in i work in foreign lands there is said to tob a general desire that the united a at least exercise a protectorate in fi philippines lk were to be consulted a at t aaa upon the subject it would probably lai found that Jr ermany alone has any oll 0 sections to american protectorate 0 the islands but as german object would be mainly founded on her ati desire tor for territory in eastern asia ana ass l as that cannot be gratified in the chiti ip pines even germany would berh prefer american control to spanish in the further discussion dicus slon sion of the I 1 ins portent question the position of G greit britain cannot but be an import imports Im porta factor the united states State sand and engil england have so many interests in common t asi they naturally must sand together before long dussias Rus sias efforts to the current of the eastern trade the channels in which it has flowed ages will become apparent should succeed the center of power would shifted to the capital where abao lir despotism reigns and the effect of thle upon the world would be a setback set back to 1 the progress represented by analo saxon civilization the untied united stat and england must stand ht iza gether in the impending at strund for liberty A coalition of tt anglo saxon forces would jeaa ft all practical purposes an empire re wa wit the united states as the center rea ing from the british islands olat right to the eastern provinces province china on the left it would dominion the equal of which in weal power and virtue the world has no seen it would be a guarantee of man liberty and a giant stride tow towal the of a reign or 0 ibri versal peace |
