Arizona republican., 1898-11-01

The Ia CTS government based it's pra-
 test on the ground that any strength
 Cning Sf our forces without her conssnt
 was contrary to the terms Of the p1o-
 tCcoI, which i- asserted, provided that
 during the exiat9rce cf the truce pro
 clai-n5d by the prctcacl, the status quo should be strictly maintained. The 1 colnter-Clsim of the Uni-ed States is ] that CJr forces are in full control CT such t-TTitcty as they have occupied Han3 may be strength ->oI a3 tAis SoY- | Iernmoa chccscs.
 Nca aii officials arc asased up th 5 pui3f. Ga s;d MHea beng c1a of h-- i Egao h-ld b. fora tle arrrs-udo. cf Pert3 1 Rico cur forces there coald noa be F. Enforced CT thair disgos tloa many NaF altered. bus at the department e. @t3te ] it is assa~ Jsd tl@t t1e b-s5 authorities i Cn international law support the rlgat l of the United Statzs 10 act s5 1t ple7s3s l within the territory conquered frcn i Sp2in. Ij is true that Wh the q1zs- i ticn recently arose as 10 whether CT rot Spain should ba permitted ;o rein l fierce some Of her ga-riscns within portion Of Philippine territory still | d
 nv her as she asEod to do, this gov cannunf discouraged the proposition: ] fion IS the victor T. nda1ed f unn ees- sarq ta b= cs.. palyicu.s,a' in the con etlnctfon Of international law. Strictly
 SD aAing. Spain weald have been as
 much jas filed il adding to her forces in Spanish trritcIy = the United st3tes is ia rainforcing Dewey. But the United States could net in due con
 siCerattcl cf it's Cwn intsras s permit the strengthening cf th3 aneny's pcgi- tiCn in the Philippines, and thereso-a
 exercising the right Cf the stronger alone, forbad5 i Under this interDre- tation cf tl1= state departz1ls that in ternatie1ah law 5ustide5 the reinfCtce- ment cf Ba7gay's H1-, the Oregon and
 Iowa will carry Cu. tlair crig.nal or ders and continLz tc Hcnolulu, whence Hey will proceed Girsct to Maaila.
 Some app z.lsi31 has b-en mani flstld il certain quarters as U the pos sible adverse effect upon th1 work of tIc Deac1 Comunissi-Is a- Paris cf an uDhcavsd iii France. Il has baen su3- g1st1d tha. psc spanish GovzrnnentI has nGLbinG to lcsa and everything to gain by any chang lha. can ba brought about in the existing cc-ditICas. How ever, 1t may be. S at7d taa5, in the oDLn- fen cE ,14 state department 0fEci5ls
 here, there is little danger Of th3 s tu- atiOn 1T Paris booming 1c acute as to jCstt1y an abaldcnmeut cf tle VIC k e the commission Ca the g-0und t2atI the commissioners 5hlmse4V-s a-e in physical danger. t is ccn1id dantly be- levGd that with the change oi the b. net in France ths present disoId T will sucside and ncr-lal ccndjtl1ns will be restored.
 Of course, it is always possible that tha Spanish comm issiOllers. in despair over th il failu-a to fc.c5 the Cuban dsbt up-a the Uhi5eI States in any shape my breaE eff the Negotiations. i Bu, this is LcJ regarded as pHObaD Q. 1 t is suspected the sDan1sh program Is 1 t1 trump uD es many points O. diH-r- cac9 as p7ssible, relying upon the sym p2thy suTa to ba excited among Euro pean nations by their ahaad adanment of e5ch p~5nt under c~npu1sion from the Am -gican ccmnliszicne1a, 2s the basis for supreme stand a. the end CT the Philippines. Tls opini II prevails hereI that, CtWitaso3ndIng all the c-aten- tioD J7at the Spanish commissioners nave sought to -Ecite over the various ] phases Of he CUEan question. this is i simply ln e,IacHti-a cf Jn5 3Dcve out llned program. All that has taken place ID u- this time b5fora the C rn- l mission in Paris | Hds to confirm tn:s 1 balief
 And t is expected the. wn=n the ccn2l111ssic1 takes ID the subject O. Fertc Rico and the C0alin5 station in | t12 Ladrcne islands there Will be just | 25 many hair-sDlitting objections in l sS4pCsed by ta5s Spanish -mmissiolei s to all propositions from the Amari- | cans, just as many references CT at I t lnpts at reference tc Madrid and just | as loud protests over sach little point | by the SDaniards a. the uac0mpromis- ing attitude Cf the Americans. All | this will simply tend to make appear | mo. plausible end reasonable the i claim of the Spaniards at the end. that i having been driven to abandon eHcry | other poin. cf the many they have mad, they have 9 night tC expect the | United States to yield something from ! it's extreme position regarding the ! Philippines.
 Admiral Dewey has Q much higher opinion Cf the Philippine people and | their capacity f-r self government than | is gelcrally supposed. He has rep5e- !. s5nted 5c the Am zrican commissioners 1 that the Philippines Of the ncrtGarn group, meaning by that, first, the p60- | pie cn the island Of Luz0n, and, after 1 that in order Ceba, Panay, Leite. Min dara and Samar. are. as a rule, int2lli- l gent. practical &ad-far bettsr Quali- l fed f1r self government than the in babitants Of Cuba. Admiral Dewey is 1 as familiar wi1h ths qualifications cf Uoa Cubans in this respect as almos- any naval c9acer. having had personal with the people; 90 that his s atament is bound tc have weight , '. ith the American nmissi0nets.