The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-01
WILL HOLD THE ISLANDS
We Must Keep Everyone of the
Philippine Islands.
so SAYS SENATOR HANNA
He Is Supposed TO Voice the Views
of President McKinley-A Marked
Change IN the Sentiment OF
the Country.

Cleveland. Sept. 30.-The Leader has
from its Washington correspondent the
following interview with Senator Han
ma. concerning the Philippine question,
which is believed to represent the views
of President Mckinley:
II do not know what the instructions
given to our peace commissioners are"
the negotiations which will be instituted
in Paris tomorrow. I can see no other
result than that Spain will have to re-
linquish her sovereignty over not only
Luzon island. but the entire Philippine
archipelago. Spain has no reason to ex-
pect to be able to retain any portion
OF the group. She went into the war
and lost. and now ought to be prepared
TO suffer the consequences which such
defeat implies. / regard the Philip
pines as lost TO Spain. and that being
foregone conclusion. in my opinion.
the problem which next confronts us
which we will give the islands.
When the Philippine question first
presented itself there was strong SEN
timent among conservative, far-seeing
and thinking men in this country which
favored the retention by the United
States of merely a naval base and coal
ing base in the islands-this base pre-
sumably being Manila and the bay con-
tiguous thereto. Since then. however,
this sentiment apparently has under
gone a very marked change and IL now
appears that for the most part these
same men who at first believed we
should occupy Manila, alone are advo-
eating the termination of Spanish rule
in the whole group.
Aside from the fact that the general
sentiment of the country seems to be
against returning any of the islands of
Spain, the United States is under bobli-
cations to the insurgents to establish a
stable and enlightened form of govern
ment throughout the entire archipelago.
When the war broke out the Philippine
island insurrectionists became. i'm a GER
tain sense, the allies of the Americans.
and IL is therefore our moral duty to
see to IL that they are assured safe and
civilized rule until the United States
determines a just what manner the
Philippine islands ultimately shall be
governed. we necessarily will have to
consider the Philippines our wards.
During this transitional period. the
United states will be called upon to ex-
ercise a primitive or rather arbitrary
form of control over the islands and
continue IL until congress finally
evolves a system of government. In
other words, II seems to me we will
have to maintain a temporary protec-
torate over the archipelago. and this
will be accomplished by means Of the
army and navy now in the Philippines
and Philippine waters. What will he
the ultimate fate of the islands is. of
course, problem of the future.
Whether the Philippines will become an
independent nation or n colony OF the
United States or whether a longtime
American protectorate will be estab-
lished will be a subject for congress TO
decide.
"It Is well understood that Spain
must abide by the verdict Of our peace
whatever that may
prove to be. for she Is in no fit condi-
tion TO renew the conflict which has re-
suited so disastrously to her. She has
no reason TO expect that our commits
sioners will agree to any proposition
which contemplates the continuation
OF Spanish control over anv part or all
Of the group. ] feel confident that we
will have no further trouble in an
armed way with Spain. The only OBJ
stacle with which we may have TO con-
tend Is the opposition OF the insurgents
to our plans"