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Show VVIolom IIUiUvtil In Ilia Ht.t lri . a reein.nl. In Itself tho protocol for peace waa n remarkably concise and eomprrhentlvt doeutneiit. In which l'realdcnt MeKln-ley MeKln-ley stood firmly on the object nnd vlc lorlea of the war The one Incomplete clause was that relating to the future or the Philippine Ulands To retain, surrender, tell, lease, or share with Mine other nation or nation till large poaaeaelon nre matter ot too far-reaehlng far-reaehlng Import to lie decided without tho inatureat consideration. IWIbly two-third of our eltlsen fnvor the retention re-tention of the Uland without know Inn how much of trouble and eipente would ho Involved therein With all that ha been written and said about them, too little la really knnvin to warrant war-rant an opinion a to whether they are worth holding permanently The protocol pro-tocol happily riolve the problem, for the protein tit least, by rcieentlng the whole QUA'ani to tho Juigmnt of till, peace commlteioncr |