Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-03

| PhfIpp1neS. But the overwhelming ma
! jority of the American people want Manila
| Where the flag gees up there 1t must stay.
Not without the Consent of the Sem
ate.
From the New York Journal
No treaty of peace can be concluded
| without the consent of the American Sen
Will the American people, the American
Senate. agree to throw away Admiral
Dewey's victory and to re-enthrone Spain
| in the Philippines?
A Condition and Not a Theory.
From the Louisville Evening Post
Spain has no ravy. and it is impossible
| for her to govern the Philippines. and this
country will never ST. bmit to the great pos
sessions being handed over to any Europe
an power So condition and not theory
confronts us, and Immediate and vigorous
action is demanded on the part of the
President.
Imperialism No Imperialism.
From the Scranton (Pa) Times.
The large majority of our people will be
best satisfied if this country retains every
Spanish possession the United States flag
heats over, Imperialism or no Imperialism.
Don't Want Spain for u Neighbor.
From the Hartford Courant
In turning out Spain from this hemi-
SPHERE bag and baggage, we rid ourselves
OF an unpleasant neis hbor, who would be
henceforth an angry, vindictfve neighboc.
What shall 1t profit us to have done this
Tor the sake of a quiet life, If we immedi-
ately move IN next door to Spain in the
other hemisphere?
The Imprudence of SEEKING the
Philippines.
From the st. Louis Republic.
The good sense of Americans has already
comprehended the imprudence of seizing
the Philippines. We have not yet obtained
military possession and have nothing to
give up Breaking Spanish authority Is
easy enough, but the dozens of native
tribes are not under Spanish rule. a
matter of fact, and there is no reward 10
entce us into the prolonged and rather
small business of reducing them to order
illness. The naval station which Mr. Nc
Kinley contemp1ates is probably quite
Ell ough for our uses.
Intense Opposition to Restoring the
Philippines.
From the Stanton (va) News
The Philippine Islends will be the stumb-
lirg block
The President is represented as being op-
posed to this countrys assuming control
of these islands He is represented as de-
string there nothing more than a good, big
naval station, possibly the Island of Luzon,
on which Manila is situated.
AS to public opinion, many assume to
represent 1t as opposed to acquiring the
Philippine Islands. For our part we doubt
the correctness of this claim. We believe
that the masses of the people feel that if
these islands are looked upon as valuable
possessions by other countries, why should
they not be to our country? Then there
is feeling that Providence has put it in
the way of this country to DO great good
by spreading the light of freedom and
Christianity among these benighted people
There is undoubtedly intense opposition to
restoring the Philippines to Spain.
is Spain This benevolent De.pot-
ism."
From the Philadelphia North American
The fact is that those who talk so lightly
of our taking possession of the Philippines
as though to do so were mere holiday
promenade, cannot be familiar with the
facts of the situation. The Philippines
cover an area of about 10000 square miles,
and are populated by between seven and
eight millions of the most mixed, degraded
| and untractable races to be found anywhere
on thu face of the globe. Nor does this in
surrection which has been giving Spain so
much trouble for three years, represent the
revolt of an oppressed people toward lib
erty and independence, and nothing more
than that. The conflict in its origin and at
bottom Is directed against the religious Or
ders, who take so large a part in the gov
eminent of the islands, and it had its i'm
pulse in the Masonic lodges, to which,
L
natives have become affiliated. Altogether
it is impossible to imagine situation more
crowded with perpleXities. A benevolent
despotism is the kind of government that
the Filipinos need, and that is precisely the
kind of government which the United States
has no experience in furnishing.
The Enemies of the Administration.
From the Jersey City Evening Journal.
Those who are opposed to the annexation
of the Philippines are all among the recog-
pized enemies of the administration, sGch
as Bryan and Cleveland.
We Must Keep the Philippines.
From the Boston Traveller.
We must keep the Philippines, not for
ourselves, but for their oppressed people.
To do otherwise would be to declare our
humanitaranism a humbug. cur boldDess
for right and principle a sham.
What Germany Would BE Compelled
From the Buffalo Express.
II one of the conditions for the future CT
the Philippines which the proposed Span
ish-Americau commission demands should
be that no naval station could be granted
to any power without the consent of The
United States, Germany would be COM
PEELED to ask a favor from this country,
and it is possible that 1t would not be
given without important concessions to our
commerce with the empire.
Peace Is the Thing Wanted.
From the Boston Herald.
The desirable object is to secure early
peace. 1t would be a pity, indesI. if tina.
peace should be INSTRUCTED by a question
on which the United States is not agreed
as to what it shall demand. Rejecting men
here, We think, are agreed that our action
toward the Philippines should be a subject
Of careful consideration, and certainly mere
elaboration than that which can be given
II now. In the mean time, il cannot be
reasonably or humanely asked that peace
shall wait
No Good Reasons for Giving Up the
Philippines.
From the Jersey City Evening Journal.
1t may be that there are good reasons for
giving up the Pacific islands, but they are
not known to the American people. If
generosity is to enter into peace negotia-
tons 1t should not extend beyond the finan-
cial features of peace, and even there there
are rights which should not be ignored.
Mckinley Must Hold Them.
From the Sioux City Tribune.
Whatever Mr. Mckinley may wish to do