Show NO imperialism an eastern writer who Is not in favor of retaining tho philippines but who realizes that imperialism as a political issue Is a subterfuge and fraud designed to conceal the real purposes of the free trade and greenback party led by bryan presents his views in this plain language no one supposed tor an instant that the american people would tolerate imperialism directed against themselves in any form and the risk today la certainly not real nor would the majority of them willingly tolerate imperialism directed against others nine tenths of the american people today dont want the philippines but they are an elephant leac on our hands by the fortunes of war unsought on our part when admiral dewey destroyed the spanish leet in manila harbor and our army reduced the city destroying the only government in existence there ought we to have turned the city over to be looted by aguinaldo Agul naldo and his followers as the latter demanded ought we to have turned the american english german and other white inhabitants qs well as the p fall pinos over lo 10 anarchy or ought we having destroyed the only support 0 law justice and protection to life and liberty in tho kiclty to replace it with another government at least as good especially as the city and all in it the express terms of the capitulation of may 13 1893 entrusted to our protection this city its inhabitants its churches and religious worships its educational establishments and its private property of all descriptions are placed under tho special safeguard 0 the falt hand honor 0 tho american army and then as aboa as the inhabitants 0 the philippines are capable of self government to hand it over to thorn as mr mckenley proposes it is our purpose to establish in the philippines ip pines a government suitable to the needs and conditions of the inhabitants and to give them self government when they are ready tor it and as rapidly as they are ready for it mr letter of acceptance this seems the only solution of the problem forced upon us where in this plan is imperialism and Is not imperialism a false esaue |