The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-13

TIE PERPIExITIEx OF PEACK-
Ta@ wa Ls ov=- wEshs- saE- EaoaEas
Efza4 has b@@s accom- ssszaes fer wh4ch
tks Guitars tozEht tsx ten years WITH
oG= E7zec@ss ard stragx5=3 f5- again
Sire earsy IN lsss. without ira king zr7ch
ss26~sv, Gz.I TIE Ezs.ed States vsa-
20 t1str all Ezasslszses have ceased.
but serious responsibility rsz-s 1sxsl
IRE government II this c91nt-y ard .
csEz2z6 naxt noE t. Ea6= Upcz the
sazzs@ patriotism FOR patience thai was
called Gror 30 s5cw vstcr. The good
519gzasn. already Displayed by Pr@i-
dent Mckinley entities HIN 80 tie con-
s5erce ot tbs r@gris- Such task rs
that sae has b@so-e him cza onsy se az
eczTsZisnsd By one Dominating force
ooneert-zted -poa SIS purpose. TIA.
Prezs1ent Mckinley APPRECIATES tse tra-
;ortzzce CO RE d1tses before him i
peace commissioners men VITO VIII act
IN coE5 3zc+1oa with hin. carrying cut
tie ro14~y IL 6=a1ss- Tbs q Gre %
thase eraerge1cssS n which there Erst
be 10 vaclllazSo1. 10 cscz.lzts1g be-
tween tEo opposing lines ot shc1gat-
I: s. one O. t10sss sxigs-cies "a the big
tory o. country in which araaness and
9ste-zsfnatfoa are & more value than
high vision. Thers nay b= doubts
sboat tae wisdom Of an ac;. but there
can be n0rs about tie Errnzsss with
which {. IL perfected. Dealing With such
a n2t4on as Spain, behind which are
zzt11s diplomats representing jealous
powers. j. would be gater - make a
nlxtage ard stick to il than To seek 20
tse wise through hexitarcy and inSA-
cGslon
We sxaI. have no trouble whatever
with Porto Rico. but ,ae handling OF
Cuban Affairs Will call for thS highest
craftsmanship. The problem apparent
IL presented by the conditions in tina,
Island Is less easy Il solution than IN
The PHILIPPINES We are 40; under the
same naoral obligation % the insurgents
IL tae Pacific Islands that W. feel in
reference 70 the c15ans. We should
violate 10 pledge distinct Or Implied.
IN either leaving the insurgents 70 their
fate Or taking possession % the Islands
Except that We entered upon tne var IN
> spirit Of humanity and ali Cur ats
viii ever be governed by the same high
motive, the insurgents IN the Philip
pines have 10 particular claim upon Us,
any more than have the people OF civ
llze9 nations residing on them whose
lives and property are in jeopardy
people who are II ID way responsible
government w2s guilty.
L Is In cuba that we shall be dsli-
easily placed. With al ayowed pur-
pose not 10 take possession II the isl
ANS ourselves. We have assumed d -
sponslnility toward many thousands
who have not been among the insur-
gents. bat whose interests mus. be-
cou3e as much or care as those u ths
men who took ihe field IN furtheranee
q Cuban liberty. Much patience ard
tAct will be needed In dealing with such
conditions II viii not always be prl-
dent for the goyernnen: 70 disclose It's
purposes as II proceeds. step - step.
- work out q solution. The interests
q the United States. which are para
mount. are safe n the hands Of Przsi-
dent Mckinley. and he may he trusted
70 procee<; s.o-e. with confidence that
should any serious obstacle arise he
wiA take congress into his council, as
he has always done when thai course
seemed likely - produce he best r.
suits.