Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-10-07
SPA|N'S CONTROL MUST m
Entire Group of Phi]inri,.
to Be Ours.
SENATOR HANNA's srArr..
Undoubtedly Expresses the VI,
the President-QuestIon ., lows o
ment for the Islands Remains wen

Cleveland, Oct. 3.-Tbe 1ooa
from its Washington corresponJae. ae, la'
following interview with Senate, ~ 'As|
concerning the Philippine 0uaiail nsail
which is believed to represent tba du's!l0A' u:
of President Mckinley: '1' ''eT'
Il DO not know what the instrr,.
given to our peace commissioners '''I' ~. !
said Mr. Hanna, "but so far 80 are
Germs the negotiations which will. wi v'a' u
instituted in Paris tomorrow, I can .a' u
no other result than that Snoin r'u s 'ss
have to relinquish her sOvereipntv o.D VIII
not only Luzon island, but tbe sr,i' Vts
Philippine archipelago. Spain ba. a''.s !
reason to expect to be able 70 a' rasa y
any portion of the group. She % ra..
into the war and lost, and now ouI, u'u'
to be prepared to suffer the consa
quences which such a defeat imnlio, r'
l regard the Philippines as lost s :,
Spain, and, being a foregone cor.,'
sion, in my opinion the problem wbiS
next confronts US relates to the form 4,
government which we will give hs
islands.
"When the Philippine question :.
presented itself, there was a strona
sentiment among conservative fmsss
ing and thinking men in this countrv
which favored the retention bv Il.
United States of merely naval hasa
and coaling station in the islands-tLnI
base presumably being Manila and tbs
bay contiguous thereto. Since then
however, this sentiment apparently ls
undergone very marked change and
1T now appears that, for the most pst
these same men who at first believel
we should occupy Manila alone ale sl.
Vocating the termination of Spanish
rule in the whole group.
aside from the fact that the genera
sentiment of the country seems to (,
against returning any of the islands d
Spain. the United States is under obi.
cation to the insurgents to establish
stable and enlightened form of govern.
ment throughout the entire archipelago
When the war broke out, the Philip
pine insurrectionists became, in COZ.
tain sense, the allies of the AmeriCsns,
and 1t is, therefore, our moral duty to /
see to it that they are assured safe and
civilized rule; and until the United
States determines in just what manng
the Philippines ultimately shall be gOV.
erned, we necessarily will have to con.
slider the Filipinos our wards.
During this transition period ths
United States will be called upon 70 (
exercise a primitive, or rather arbi.
trary, form OF control over the island;
and continue it until congress finally
evolves a system of government. In
other words, it seems to me we will !,
have to maintain a temporary prOteO
torate over the archipelago, and thi
will be accomplished by means Of ths
army and navy now in the Philppins
waters.
What will be the ultimate fate
the islands is, of course, a problemd
the future. Whether the Philippins
will become an independent natiOnd
a colony of the United States o.
whether longtime American prOtes
torate will be established, will be-
subject for congress to decide.
1T is well understood that Span
must abide by the verdict of our pe's
commissioners, whatever that may
prove to be, for she is in no fit cOHdI'
ton to renew the conflict which hase'
suited so disastrously to her. She ha
no reason to expect that our cOmmS
sioners will agree to any prOposu0l,
which contemplates the continuation
Spanish control over any part or all y
the group. l feel confident thatw
will have no further trouble ID
armed way with Spain. The onlyOp
'tacle with which we may have to coa
tend is the opposition OF the insuIgen'
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