The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-09-02
CESSION OF LUZON.
President McKinley's Desire for the
Island Not Relished.
MARK HANNA on PEACE PROBLEIS.
The Senator frou Ohio Thi,,isc Manila La
All That We Want In the Philippines
"A stable tiovernm ent for

"A stable Government for
Cuba Necessary
London. Aug. GA dispatch 10 the
STANDARD from Madrid, by way Of
France. says: Avery unfavorable inn
preston has been caused in Madrid by.
kilograms attributing to President
Mckinley the inten tion of instructing
the peace commissioners to iusistupon
the cession Of .Luzon, that American
commerce should have the same foot
ing as Spanish in the Philippines and
that Spain should pledge itself that
none of the Spanish colonies should
be eeded to European powers. IL such
ARE the in tentio of the United States
government, the negotiations are sure
to be laborious, even IL an understand
ing is ever arrived at. The Span
iards consider the cesson of Luzon,
their best and most important
island, to be u death blow to
their prestige and sovereignty
in these regions. aud that this
would be irretrievably weakened and
crippled by the presence of Americans
in the heart of their colonies. Com
mercial equality with the United
states in the archipelago would annul
the only advantage and compe> sation
which they might have expected t.
have derived from the cost aud sacri-
fees which have been necessary to
maintain their rule in the archipela-
goes. The separation of church and
state would be most unpalatable to
most Spanisrds and would create
grave difficulties in their relations
with the vatican and the church, let
alone the powerful religious orders in
Spain, which are always disposed
TO side with Don Carlos against the
present dynasty. Last, but DOT least,
any pledge to refrain from cediAg
any part TO the powers would displease
many statesmen and people of all
classes who are daily more and more
inclined to advocate the sale of the
Spanish archipelagoes to the highest
bidder, especially to continental pow
ers most likely to be in position to ar
rest the growth of American political
and commercial influence in the far
east. Nothing could be better calcu-
lated than the pretentions attributed
TO America to develop in Spain the Wis
IDLE growing desire to cease all con-
nection with the Philippines and thus
obliCe the United States government
ito assume the burden Of the RESPONSE
bilities of their government, which
would likely create conflicts with Eu-
ropeau powers, and tending, in any
case, TO entail for the United states
more trou BILE and sacrifice of men aud
money, even, than the occupation and
pacification of Cuba.
The Times correspondent says: The
recent article in the Times recon-
.mendiug the annexation of the Philip
pines by America are attracting much
attention here. They are regarded as
confirming current rumors about a Sc
.cret agreement between the cabinets
of London aud Washington for joint
action In the far east. In any case, IL
is feared that the reapprochement
which unquestionably exists contains
the germ of great international com
plications.
MARX HANNA ON PEACE PROBLEMS.
St Paul, Mimi, Aug. Ex-senator
NJ. A. Hanna. of Ohio, arrived in the
city yesterday evening from Yellow
stone park. Speaking of the annex
alton question he said:
The Philippines il q problem we cannot solve
in a hurry We, OF course must retain coal
Ing station there but l do not think II likely
we shall want more than Manila and It's ihar-
Dor. Cuba Is another problem | never was
much OF a Cuban and am not prepared to COM
init mysele as to the policy should pursue
there We propose to establish a stable gov
,ernment ia that island. but what corStitu es a
stable government has not yet been defined
1 think. however. Cuba II see an evolution
and in about 20 years It will be so thoroughly
-AmericaniLed that tn re will be no question a.
to what stable government means.