New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-01
HANNA ON THE PHILIPPINES.
yr SAYS THE WHOLE ARCHIPELAGO Is
LOST TO SPAIN.
,,,.,vos THE WARDS OF THE UNITED
sTATEs-FoRM OF GOVERNMENT
FOR THE ISLANDS.

>,,....,or6 Sopt. 80 The Leader" has from
yy-,sbirgton correspondent the following IN
,o,v with Senator Hanna concerning 'he
,>,,,,,rins question which is thought here TO
...nsort me views Of President Mckinley
-, =, M, know what the instructions given TO
..,. Ponce Commissioners are" said the senator
49,, CO far as concerns the negotiations whlch
~, ne instituted in Paris can see no other
VI. ,r,r that Spain will have 10 relinqulsh
- s,,e~elenty over not only Luzon Island put
,hs entire Philippine Archipelago
.s~o,, has no reason TO expect TO be able to
...oir any portion OF the group. she Went mo
,ho uor and lost and now ought 20 be prepared
20 surfer all the consequences which oeled'
,rnlies I regard the Philippines as lost 10
snsin and that being n foregone cohclusloh' Ill
nv opinion the problem which next conirohts
49, rels,es 10 the form of government which we
will give the islands.
.yvbcn the Philippine question presented it
self there was a strong sentiment among con
s,rvatiye. far-seeing and thinking men in this
country, which favored the retention by the
1.,i,ea states Of merely a naval base and coal
inc citation in the sland-this base presumably
,ei,c Manila and the bay contiguous thereto
ci,ce then. however this sentiment apparently
has undergone very marked change, ana now
q appears for the most part that those same
men who AT first believed we should occupy
Manila alone are advocating the termination OF
Spanish rule in the whole group
OBLIGATIONS TO THE FILIPINos.
oAsise from the fact that the general sent-
mani of the country seems to be against return
Inc any Of the islands 10 Spain. the uniteo
states is under obligations to the insurgents
20 establish a stable and enlightened form oi
government throughout the entire archpeago'
wbAo the war broke out the Philippine insur-
-nctionists became in a certain sense the alhes
NJ the Americans and it. therefore, Is our moral
du,v IN see 10 il that in the future they VIII
be assured safe and civilized rule and until lhe
1rn,ted States determines in just what manner
the Philirpines ultimately shall he governed we
rooeesarilv shall have to consider the flllplnos
our wards.
"During this transitional period the Omted
states Will be called upon to exercise a prlnluVe
- rather arbitrary form,of control over the ISL
ands. and continue it until Congress hhall'
evolves a system Of government In other
words il seems to me we will have to mantan
temporary protectorate over the archipelago.
and this will he accomplished by means of the
Army and Navy now in the Philippines and
Philippine waters. What will be the ultimate
fate Of the islands is. Of course. problem of
the future Whether the Philippines viii be-
come an Independent nation or colony Of the
United states, or whether longtime American
rrotectorate will be established. will be a sub
tect for Congress 10 decide
SPAN HELPLESS.
IT Is well UNDERSTOOD that Spain must abioe
by the verdict Of our Peace Commissioners,
whatever that may be prove 70 be, for she Is in
10 fit condition 10 renew the conflict which mas
resulted so disastrously 10 her She has no rea-
son TO expect that our Commissioners will agree
70 any proposition which cOntemplates the con-
tinuaton Of Spanish control over any part or
al Of the group / feel confident We will have
no further trouble in armed way with Spain.
Tho only obstacle with which may have to
contend is the opposition Of the insurgents to
our plans.
II is not at all certain, Of course. that We
will encounter any such obstacle. though it is
sssuredly among the probabilities. However,
from what I have read Of the mission Of Agui-
naldo. the insurgent chieftan may find the
Filipinos tractabe and willing to accept what
ever form Of government we viii finally decide
upon. so long as Spain Will have no hand in its
administration
Regarding the report which came from Paris
that one Of Spains propositions 10 the Amer-
can Commissioners would be that the United
States pay her S4O0000000 for the relinquish
ment Of the Philippines Senator Hanna said
sgnifcantys
We are not paying money for or buying ter
rtJry which control"