Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-19

ing to- hold them as subjects? Are
you going to have trained and gov
erning class? Are you going to have
the national tax-gatherer the most fire.
quent and the best known visitant TO
every American house? Are you go!ns
to increase many fold your national
debt? These things are involved In
this wild and imprisoned cry for en-
pire. We ask the reader to rivet hist
attention upon the remarks, just cited
of the venerable and much-esteemed
Senator Hoar, than whom no man isl
more qualified to form an altogether
intelligent opinion Of the question in
hand. Senator Hears opinions of the
neral side OF the Philippine Islands
question are worth attention and they
will, they must, command the respect
full attention Of the American think
ing public. But what about the more
material or business phase of the pro-
posed annexation of the Philippines
by this country? What evidence is
there to prove that the acquisition Of
the archipelago by the United States
would be paying investment? Sta
tistics tell us that, in either '96 or 80,
the total imports of the Philippines
amounted to something like only $l0,-
$50, 900, being about s115 per capita.
The reader will at once comprehend
the p.cayune or paltry nature OF the
amount Of the Philippines imports.
Therefore it is difficult to understand
wherein the industries of this country
would benefit to any appreciate ex-
tent by exporting or supplying the
wants OF the semi-barbarous natives OF
the Philippine Islands. This country,
had it then been in existence, might
Just as we'll have tried to successfully
export to the Garden OF Eden, where
the wants of Adam and Eve were few
and far between. as to endeavor to-day
to export, in any appreciable sense, to
the Philippines.
II we view the proposed annexation
of these Islands from a moral stand
point, then their acquisition, either by
the United States or by any other
country, without assuming their debt
or by the payment OF a substantial in
demnity, would be manifestly wrong
and unjust. And II we view the pro-
posed annexation of these Islands from
a commercial or mercantile standpoint
then their acquisition, even by assum-
ing their debt or by the payment OF
an adequate quid pro quo, would be
an altogether Improbable venture
Viewed from each and every stand
point, glancing at each and every
known or visible aspect, the proposed
annexation by the United States OF
SPANS rlghtful territory, the Philip
pine Islands, is a game not worth the
candle"
Much has bsen said as to how the
United states is to be reimbursed b.
Spain for EXPENSES incurred in the re
cent war. or course every fool know,
! that the winners in the crooked gam
Of war are entitled to an adequate pc
cuniary indemnity. But this countr!
, has already received a just equivalen
for war expenses. Our contention Il
supported by no less a parsonage thai
ex-United States Senator Edmunds. Il
is true" says Mr.. Edmunds, 1.-The vic
I tor in war is entitled to indemnity; gu
, the victor who has made war for hu
manity has no right to be extortionat
A because he is strong. The cession o
9 Porto Rico and one of the Iadrones 10
q coaling station and refuge on IN
way from our western coast to Asiau
4 ports is ample for every expense OF tn
war that can he measured by none
= value" After these forceful words
. ex-senator Edmunds. a man who na
= forgotten more about the Philippin
\ AFFAIR than these blatant annexation
o lists ever knew. any further CONNER
! on the indemnity QUESTION would
n useless, a mere work Of supererogatiol
l. The latest remarks Of ex-senator 81
ia munds only sulostantiate what we hay
A. all along contended in this column
O namely. that the Spanish-America
a War was not war for humanity
r. sake, but a war having for its base al
,e ignob:e end conquest, territorial e
e pansion and aggrandizement.
~ ERNEST ISlTT
~ Philadelphia. Nov. 10, 1888.
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