The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-05-14


out. Last weeks decision to keep the
volunteer army in great camps at home,
to drill and harden them for the cam
paign of invasion next fall, has been set
aside and instead the new regiments fur
nished by the states will be hurrying to-
ward Cuba within week.
There will be no temporary establish
ment of base at Matanzas in order to
distribute arms to Gomez, no dispatch of
several thousand regulars to return n few
weeks later and no temporizing with the
grave situation that is marked by the lin
gering starvation of half a million human
beings.
Next Sunday the permanent army of
occupation will be established in Cuba
beyond the shadow of doubt, and vol
unteer regiments will be hurying for
ward to reinforce it from nearly every
state east of the Rockies. At the same
time the regulars and volunteers west I
of the great divide will be embarked on
transports and fairly started ON their
voyage of $500 miles to establish Amer |
lean colonial government in the Philip |
pines.
Campaign on the Island.
Orders have gone forward from the war
department to utilize all the vast re
sources of the nation to carry out these
plans with energy and rapidity
Result of Dewey's victory.
Chicago, May "a special to the
Times Herald from Washington says:
The representatives of the foreign gov
ernments are taking an intense interest
in the conflict between the United States
and Spain. They are specially concerned
at present over the fate of the Philip
pines and discussing the possibility of
intervention by the powers.
The concensus of opinion seems to be
hat if the United States should conclude
to retain possession of the conquered
islands in the Pacific the European pow
ers will have no cause to interfere. Atten
non is also called to the fact that with
he capture of the Philippines the United
States can also claim the Marianne, Pala
wan and Caroline islands
A foreign diplomat, whose opinion is
entitled to consideration, in discussing
the situation, says:
European statesmen are much graft
]
pears determined to handle the Philip
pine question ably and strongly When
the newspapers first asserted that only
10000 soldiers were to be sent to rein
force Admiral Dewey and make perma-
nent the fruits of his victory, consid-
cradle uneasiness was felt.
at would be physical impossibility
to police the SOO0OOO or 100000 inhab-
itants of SPANS Oceanic colonies with
that number of men. Under a good mil
itary government it would require 10000
for administrative purposes alone. The
proposition to transport 10000 soldiers to
this conquest is more like business
proposition.
"It may surprise some Americans to
/. know that Deweys victory carries with
it spoils of war probably larger than was
ever decided by the issue of one battle.
The future value and influence of this
, conquest is almost incalculable. Study
ing the situation as it exists we must
, assume that with the fall of the Phillip
pines the United States will claim as
their due all the natural results of such
: Il capture. BY this one victory the Unit
: ed States acquired at least the right OF
| disposal of the destiny of more than g.
100000 people.
Together with the Philippines go the
; Marianne and the Palawans and Caro-
! lines. The Philippines have an area OF
} ll4,3 square miles; the Marianne OF
I.adrone islands have 440 square miles
and the Palawans and Carolines 1850
Stretching eastward from the Philippine,
these groups extend about As degrees OF
D latitude \ little further to the north
: and east are the Hawaiians. Should the
+ United States then build either of the
t Isthmian canals she will not only contro
Y the ocean water passage, but i'll the most
strategic portion of the Pacific ocean, she
can, as it were. cross that vast eXpanst
of the ocean upon her own stepping
T. stones"
b Thanks to Dewey.
Washington, May 9.-The president
today sent the following message to con
eress:
TO the Congress of the United States
On the oath of April l directed thu
@ secretary of the navy to telegraph orders
to Commodore George Dewey, United
: States navy. commanding the Asiati
l. squadron, then lying in the port of Hons
Kong, to proceed forthwith to the Phil
u ippine islands and there commence opera
/ tions and engage the Spanish fleet.
Promptly obeying the order, the Unite'
# States squadron, consisting of the flag