Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-10-06
HANyAINTERVEWED
BELIEVED TO Be M'KIyLEy'S VIEW.
susIu Has No Rsaaon to Expect tn Retain
Any Of the Islands-Further Trouble
with spain Not Thought
Probable.

Cleveland, O., Oct. 1.-The Leader
has from its Washington correspond
ent the following interview with Sen
ator Hanna concerning the Philippine
question, which is believed to repre-
sent the views OF President Mckinley:
do not know what the instructions given 10
our peace commissioners are, but so lar az
concerns the negotiations which will be insti-
| tuted in Paris, can see no other result than
that Spain will have to rellnquish her sover-
eighty over not only Luzon island, but inc en-
tire Philippine archipelago. Spain mas no rea'
son to expect to be able To retain any portion
| of the group She went into the war and iost
| and now ought to be prepared To sufler oil inc
| consequences which such defeat Implies
regard the Philippines as lost to SPAIN and
that being o foreg0ne conclusion In my opln-
ion, the problem which next confronts US re-
| lates to the form Of government which we Will
| give the Islands
When the Philippine question first pre-
scented itself there was o strong sentiment
among conservative, far-seeng and thinking
men in this country which favored the reten-
ton by the United States Of merely naval
base and coalng station in the islands-thls
base presumably being Manila and the bay
contiguous thereto Since then, however this
sentiment apparently has undergone very
marked change, and now II appears that, for
the most part these same men who at hrst
believed we should occupy Manila alone are
advocating the termination Of Spanish rule In
thc whole group
Aside from the fact that the general scntl-
mcnt Of the country seems to be against re-
turning any OF the Islands to SPAIN the United
States is under obligations to the Insurgents 70
establish stable and enlightened form OF
government throughout the entire archipelago
When the war broke out the Philippine Is
lands nsurrectionsts became, in certain
sense, the allies of the Americans, and IT,
therefore is our moral duty to see TO II thal
in the future they will be assured safe and CIV
| ilIzed rule, and until the United States deter
mines in lust what manner the Philippines ul-
timately ,hall be governed we necessarily Will
have to consider the FiipInos our wards
During the transitional period the United
States will be called upon to exercise prlml-
tive or rather arbitrary form OF control over
the islands, and continue 1t until congress
finally evolves system OF government In
other words, 1t seems to me that we Will have
to maintain temporary protectorate over the
archipelago, and this will be accomplished by
means Of the army and navy now in the Phil
Ippines and Philippine waters What will be
the ultimate fate Of the Islands Is, Of course
a problem Of tho future Whether the Philip
pines will become an independent nation or
colony Of the United States. or whether long
time American protectorate will BIO estab'
lshed, will be subject for congress to decide
feel confident that we will have no furthel
trouble In an armed way with Spain The only
obstacle with which we may have to contend II
the opposition Of the insurgents to our plans
1t is not Of all certain, Of course, that we Will
encounter any such obstacle, though 1t is as
suredly among the probabilities
Regarding the reports which CONT
from Paris that one Of SPANS PROPOSE
tions to our commissioners will b.
( that the United States pay her S4OO'
600, 900 for the REIMBURSEMENT OF tn
Philippines, Senator Hanna said sig
ni6cantly: "We are not paying money
for or buying territory which we nov
control"