Connecticut western news., 1898-09-01
PROBLEMS .

The world is full of problems. It has been from time immemorial. It | will continue to be until the great arch | angel shall stand with one foot upon the sea and the other upon the land, and declare that time shall be no more.
 Problems confront individuals, com- munities, nations, the world at large; they always have, they always will.
 Leaving each individual to work out whatever may confront him in the way of problems, in his own good time and bis own way. let us briefly cite the fact that the nations of the world today seem to be quite well provided with problems. ITO be, or not to be" IS problem that Japan and China, and Russia and England, and Germany and France, and Span and the United States, are all confronted by. Leaving all the European nations now, to settle their own problems, let us for 8 mo- ment briefly look at the problem that confronts our own land and nation in the "to be, or not to be" which has re- suited as consequence of the war with Spain. "Watchman, what of the night?" What shall we do with Cuba? Shall it be, as it was proclaimed at the beginning. simply free Cuba, or shall it be kingdom with the flag of Cuba upon every fertilization, and United States army doing police duty through out the island, and holding the leash that keeps the Cuban dogs and Spanish
 hounds apart to prevent their flying at each others throats. What an anom- ally the war has disclosed. 'Cuba libre." That is Problem No. l. And in in it's solution it will be found that no matter what the declarations made at the outset os the war were. this country will be forced to hold Cubs and to preserve it from itself.
 In the interests of civilization and peace, in the interests of stable govern ment, the United States, will fiud itself unable to let go his hold upon the Pearl of the Antilles, and it, in time will become either territory or state of the American Union. It will be re- populated, revitalized, recapisalized by Americans, and like Texas lose it's Spanish features and characteristics in toto and in full. That is the natural sequence, no matter what were the original intentions. Circumstances simply alter cases. That is all.
 And the Philippinesl That is Prob lem No. 2. Does the United States want them9 Noi Shall the United hold them? It is . mighty problem thatl Were it only one island. even so large and populous ss the island of Lu- xon with its 40875 square miles, upon which the city of Manila stands. the problem would be easy of solution. for it would not be difficult to hold. and govern and civilize the people of Luzon even though the island be large as it is.
 The group known as the Philippines, are estimated to number 1900 islands and of this number only about 400 in round numbers are inhabitated. Many hundreds of these islands are uninhabit- ed and many of them are very small. Yet in the aggregate the islands have nearly 100000 inhabitants, while Lu- son is as large as vireinis, and Mindan- ao is ss large as Maryland and West Virginia combined. Where Spanish rule has controlled, the people have been pulverized morally mentally, phy- sically, and financially. Beyond the narrow rim of sesports Spain has, though nominally in control, yet virtu- ally, never succeeded in establishing her authority over the wild Malay hordes, which people the interior of many of the islands, It was not worth her while to attempt control of the nak- ed savage inhabitants who could not be squeezed and taxed by the corrupt officials of Spain. who enriched them selves at the sesports of the larger is- lands, and returned in few years to a life of luxury in their castles in Spain.
 But the Anglo-Saxon is a different creation from the Don, and his rnle means, not the ceaseless impoverish- ment of the land he rules, but the de- velopment of the land. the race which people it. and the uplifting and up building of all that pertains to both people and country. And herein lies solution of this stupendous problem. Were it not for trade jealousies and rivalries of the nations of Europe, the United Ststes would find it's easiest manner of solving this problem by se- lecting suitable port for an Asiatic coaling station in the Philippines and then turning all the entire group over to Japan. Japan IS comparatively near and tho United States is far dis tant, and while our great commerce. and trade with Asiatic nations makes it desirable that an American port should be established and held on the far side of the globe. yet there are few valid reasons that can be adduced for the re- tention of such vast territory so dense ly peopled with savage tribes. and 80 distant, as are the Philippine islands.
 Spain has been curse to the world for centuries. It is time for Q nation like man, to be buried when that nation is dead She has blighted every corner of the earth that her galleoas carried her adyenturers to, and while she has made her bosats that she has ''set up more crosses in more lands than all the other nations of Europe combined, she has also butchered more people under those crosses than all the world combined. Let her die. The world may miss her barbarisms, her