New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEN.
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

From The Newark Advertiser.
VIII Spain undertake to reconauer the islands,
finally. could Americans in Manila look patiently
on while Spanish troops we're saughterins the ns'
lives and laying the country waste? 49,.
We. could not endure spanish cruelty in Cuba:
would our Nation be more tolerant OF 4 IN me
handed over tho natives 10 Spanish vengeance
The Philippine question appears IN It's Sias p pns
we are about To administer upon It's results
SIMPLY BIUFFING.
From The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The report by way of Paris that Spain would iss
10 sell the Philippines would indicate that some
in Paris Madrid wishes to create the impre e.
sion that Spain Will own the islands when nv
terms OF the protocol are carried out and the pea"
commissioners assemble
IRRESISTIBLE POPULAR SENTIMENT
From The Chicago Tribune.
The sentiment OF this country in favor o, 40
curing Luzon and all the Philippines is spreading
like great tidal wave and Congress may oe re-
lied upon not 10 give its consent 10 any tresv
islands. The opportunity which taken at the mega
leads 10 fortune" is TOO apparent In this case
be ignored or lost.
INCONSISTENCY OF RESTORING THEN
From The Atlanta Constitution.
We must either hold the islands give ihem
back to Spain. II We do the latter. We ourse', n
are likely 10 become involved In some hishy a.
te:estins complications. for II may become WON
we have been regarding as allies. SPAN say his
Is incapable or putting down the reNoiutioon,
country is responsible FOR that revolution Ior ' ."oE
things were quiet In the Islands untll Dewes, I'm
Aguinaldo down from Hong Kong and stakea III"
with war material
POWEt OF CONGRESS TO GOVERN
From Tho Portland Oregonian.
Congress can govern new territory directly:
It governs the District OF Columbia II can u V
a piotectorate over cuba, an INDEFINITE Milan 4
government the Philippines: can esta',,s ,,c
parliament in Porto Rico. or commission ~ ,,sss
LadroneS. In other words. the power ., Narrow
under the Constitutional doctrine OF the Mottbs
decision United States territory OUTSIDE u our
forty-hye States Is absolute and without INN hch
Constitution is elastic as the human skin M"
a( jus,s itself 10 the growth OF tie human io'""
TRUSTING THE PRESIDENT.
From The Brooklyn Eagle .,.
We shall trust the Pr ,sident In the matter rsvs
matters OF thi, great ana happily enced W.
We shall trust him implicitly and 10 the emu
HOW TO DEAL WITH THE INSURGENI@
From The Milwaukee Sentinel. -.
The insurgents apparently need TO nave s,n ~
pressed upon them that the United states p.oy,,ins
TO regulate affairs at Manila without pc" rs,ain
any interference. II should decide 10 pSiIp-
control either Of Manila or any part o, ' w,ih the
pines much depends on dealing hrmIy We i'm
natives from the beginning, ana II 49, tneiss,,on 10
portant pending the settlement or the 30 insure
take every measure that tends not Only 70 nayes
an orderly government at present out "'a
the way to the same end In the future'
TRADE AND NAVAL INTEREST,"
From The Evening Wisconsin. ..uoa
OF course the principle which dictated our ssftle-
IN cuba must dictate 10 some extent IN thee,sment
ment OF the Philippine difficulty but no sesvsi and
should be permitted that does not eiNe 10 .tyong ~
trade advantages. AS these VIII 49, Ss,msns govern
nuence In extending the domain or nuin ia.S,stIon
mani We must extend Anglo-Saxon civii'""
the Far East.