The evening times., 1898-12-02
FRIDAY. DECEMBER ,, 1898.
Sa@aSfaS Hone

Spain yielded To necessity in the case
Of the Philippines. under the American
contention that the provisions Of the
protocol and the actual possession OF
the capital established our title to them.
As To the other demands, she has re-
fused 10 cuncede three, and will prob
ably stand out for a considerable money
payment before she submits. These are
The cession Of one Of the Carolnes, TIE
cession Of a cable and coaling station
AT Ceuta and the granting Of religious
liberty throughout the Carolines. The
last she is already under pledge to do,
but has So far violated her promise.
OF course. we have no reason to ex-
pect anything from the defeated nation
in the way Of favor. How bitter Span
ish sentiment is toward America We
may judge from the expressions of Pre-
mier Sagasta-uttered i'm cold blood
and formally, for publication Like the
undeveloped people they are, lacking
the moral sense that would have led
them to treat their colonial subjects less
cruelty, the Spaniards' only interest
in the future of the Philippines
is the hope that -lhe intracta-
biIfty OF the people Will crafty
the Spanish appetite for vengeance.
They care nothing for the Filpinos,
but would be disappointed il they
should prosper under American rule.
There is probably not man in all
Spain who would rejoice if the people
Of the Philippines should find happiness,
enlightenment and riches as a result Of
free institutions. Not mainly because
il would prove the barbarism of former
Spanish administration, but because il
would cheat Spain Of her revenge.
Long ago Sagasta gloated over the
influence which he said Blanco and his
officers could exercise to induce the Gu
bans to oppose American occupation.
Thus we can take our revenge" he
said Blanco and his officers and agents
have been busy ever since fostering
dstrust and hatred of America, but
General Garcia says they have failed.
Now Sagasta eXclaims that the Philip
pines will be our first avenger." He rev.
els in the wicked hope that the Ameri-
can army viii be decimated by fever
and war" he clearly enjoys the expec-
tation that the Tagalos will force us TO
keep in the islands a large army and to
spend millions in sending expeditions
and maintaining fleets there. That the
realization Of this hope would mean the
dire distress and perhaps the destruc-
ton Of the natives, does not worry him.
1T shows how little the welfare of her
colonial subjects has been an object of
Spain's concern. II Mr. Hannis Taylor
wants a proof of the virtue Of our war
against Spain, surely he can find ii in
this formal announcement of her indif-
ference as to the fate of the people she
misgoverned so long.
We may have TO pay well for any
further concessions from Spain, but she
needs money almost as much as re-
venge. Whether ii is worth while to
put the screws on her for the redemp-
tion Of her pledge Of religious liberty in
the Carolines depends on the conditions
there, Of which our Government is not
fully informed. But she will be defeat
ed in her hopes of American trouble in
the Philippines. When the people learn.
as they VIII in a little time. that they
have not exchanged one tyrant for an
other, but are to enjoy the utmost lib
erty they can exercise with benefit to
themselves and more than they could
hope from an attempt at self-govern-
ment, there will be no further insurrec-
tlons. The selfish and ambitious dema-
gogues who look for this country to
buy their inaction, will find themselves
without followers. The only effect of
the Sagasta bitterness viii be TO delay
the completion of the treaty for a short
time.
IL is doubtless true that the Span
iards believe the Americans are hypo-