Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29
U, S, CANNOT ESCAPE CLAIMS.
CONSERVATIVE GAGE JOINS THE MAJORITY


New York, oct. "a special 60 tho
Herald from Washington says;
President Mckinley Is convinced that
ihcrc is no way Ia which the United
states can escape the responsibility OF
taking all the Philippines. lie has ar
rived a, this conclusion after mature
dcllbcration. iIc At first favored keep
Ing nothing moro than military and
naval base and thought that the United
states should IN no event retain gnore
than the island Of Luz0n.
When the American peace commits
rioneu lcfi Tor Paris Il WIS contem-
plated that they should demand Of tho
spanish goycrumcD; uorc than tho al.
nolutc ccssion % this one island TO the
United states, and rcvoralonaTy In
tcrcat In shc other island OF tho group.
10 has been found. however. that
there were many practical difficulties
In thc way Of such a solution not the
least OF them being the evident impos-
aibiuty % Spaln'a rs-cnabllshing au-
ihority over tho remaining Islands with
out a prolonged and bloody struggle
with the insurgcnt forces.
Information coupled with the opln-
Ion of military ana naval commanders
familiar With the Philippine sltuation
led the President 10 believer that Ad-
mlral Dcwoy'a destruction Of the Span
lnh fleet In Manila bay and General
I MUfrlttd capture % Manila, anulhi-
lated spanish sovereignty In the ISL
audn and % bcchmf - duty OF the Unit.
| "a states 10 establish a better govern
/ men, han The one which was destroy
/ ed by American arms.
The President has been delugcd with
| letters from all parts OF the United
states and resolutions from CONNER
clal and religious bodies urging that
American sovereignty should be main
/ tllned wherever the has has been
planted. In this same Inc THE Presl-
/ dents recent western trip was a rev
/ citation 90 him and che members OF his
/ cabinet who accompanied him. The fur
| thHr be- went west the stronger he found
| she sentiment In favor OF holding all
/ The Philippines and establishing an
American government over them.
SECRETARY Gage. who went West be-
fore the President ana who went as far
aH Denver. found tho sentiment there
even stronger than IN omaha. In nil che
nrpi 'nEH ~ she shlnot before she
peace Commissioner loft Tor Paris Sec
] Rotary uaEe Was che most conservative
/ ~ all she Presidents advisers lie
doubted thc wisdom of taking even as
much ns The island Of Luzon and would
have been clad n a way had hecQ found
~ rrllnqushlnE all the Philippines
I Since his return frum the West, how.
| ever. he n an advocate 81 holding all
| 'hf Stands. Although u has been finaiiy
/ determined thai the Philippines shall be
/ retained. she peace commissioners
[ should be- given Considerable latitude a.
| 20 the terms on which they arc 20 be
| ~'hined. The Philippines are rFarded
| ns standing on "a different basis from Gu
] hA and Porto Rico ana ssmc u the
| members Of the hdmlniS alton believe
l mat n all che Islands are taken Spain
should be gwen some measure ~ com
I pensttinn Tor them, especially az the
l Philippines have been by far ehe most
/ valuable N an her colonies.
] n can De said thnt " Il quite proba-
/ BILE that she American commissioners
| viii bs authorized 20 20 80 FAR a. 20
l pledge she United States 90 assume the
I Philippine debt or az least such portion
] ~ "a as has been expended on public
I works Ia she Islands. The exact
| amount ~ tho d.. that could proper
/ ~ De charged 20 100 United states I'M
| der such an arrangement could not be
| accurately stated without fuller anal
yslH 81 this debt shan as yet has been
! made but K d. believed that q will he
loss than 100000. 1 was told by a
| hlrh official ~ tho administration to-
/ night shat u might De- decided that che
| spanish government should receive an
| actual cash payment flr the Philip
/ pines IN addition 70 the assumption o'
The debt or a part Of Il BY the United
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