The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-23
SALUTE UNCLE
SAM SAHIB
WHAT UNITED STATES NAY HAVE
TO DO IN THE PHILIPPINES.

WHAT UNITED STATES NAY HAVE
TO DO IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Uncle Sans experience Of administer
ing territories for one reason or another
not subject to the ordinary laws and
statutes Of the United States il consider
able. He has In turn exercised absolute
and autocratic sway over countries In
habited by people Of Spanish descent.
such as California; and Of French de-
scent. such as Of Louisiana, before either
Of those territories were endowed with
an Independent state government. He
directed in the same way the destinies
Of Texas Immediately after its incorpora-
ton in the Union. and likewise the South
ern states for time after the Civil war.
and to-day he directs from Washington
the destinies Of Indian Territory and Of
Alaska. both Of which are inhabited for
the most part by more or less barbarous
Indian tribes. without much reference to
tfeir wishes and without permitting them
to have any voice or share In the conduct
of their government. But until now, We
are reminded by "Ex-Attache'' In the
New York Tribune, he has had no ex-
perience Of the very difficult task Of adj
ministering the sovereignty over an Ash
attic dependency situated at q distance Of
many thousand miles from his shores
the Inhabitants of which. composed main
~ OF blood-thirsty Malays. with q mix
ture of Chinese and other races Of the
Orient. have from time immemorial en-
5oyed the reputation of being the most
unruly people in the world and the most
averse to white people, no matter what
their nationality.
Difficult as Is this task, 1t Is one which
the United States Is about to take uDon
its shoulders. Having secured q foot
hold in the Philippines, there are several
reasons why this country should retain 1t
and adopt measures to extend at once the
sovereignty Of the United States over
the entire group, nom after at what cost.
In the first place. China Is becoming more
and more the most important foreign
features. In fact. the American trade in
China Is second only to that Of Great
Britain. and superior that that of all the
other European nations put together. Il
10 OF supreme importance, therefore, that
China should not be closed to American
trade, and that in the process Of the
Acknowledgement of the Celestial empire.
Of the forced concession of leases of bays
ports and territories to old world powers.
the United States should secure q share
OF the spoils prOportionate to the extent
OF its interests. But in order to do this
1t II necessary that the United States
should have some military and naval base
nearer to China that San Francisco. or
even Hawaii.
Manila, and in fact the whole group
OF the Philippine islands. offer to this
unrivalled advantages for this
particular purpose.
Another reason why the United States
will have to keep the Philippine islands
Is that there is no other means of dis
posing Of them. They cannot be restored
to Spain. and any attempt to do so would
result in the same species Of anarchy as
would ensue were the Philippines left
to their own devices and to the tender
mercies of those half-breeds and natives
who are now known as the rebels. To
take either of these two courses would
be to invite any other old world power
which cares about it to step in and OBJ
tain control of the islands under the pre-
text of restoring order and safeguard
Ing European lives and property. It is
idle to dream of selling it to any foreign
nation, with the exception of Great
Britain. which alone has manifested any
goodwill to the United States in the pres
ent war.
But not only would England's absorp-
ton of the Philippine islands be likely
to involve her in war with other Euro
pean powers, but she would be reluctant
to increase the extent of her territory,
at any rate. in Asia. ISiin Bull has in
fact mere of the worlds surface than he
can well manage, and the task Of defend
ties OF foreign powers. as we'll as of keep
Ing the native races by which his Asiatic
and African dependencies are inhabited
under proper control, is becoming more
and more a great strain on his home re-
sources.
There are two ways in which Great
Britain can help the United States in
the Philippine islands. The one is to
assist this country to defend its new
Asiatic dependency against not merely |
the jealousies, but even the possibility Of |
actual hOstilitieS on the part of foreign |
powers, danger from this source to Amer |
ca being by no means improbable. COM |
ng either from France or from Japan. |
Frances attitude toward America since !
he beginning of the war with Spain |
has been such as to rankle in the bosoms |
II the people Of the United States for |
many long year to come, and may yet |
cad to something more serious than mere |
protest, no matter how strongly worded. |
BY the Washington government. More |
>NcI, Tic HlOmSIlt sue ODtdluS QOS- |
session Of an Oriental dependency, at |
,nce proceeds to close 1t to the trade |
II the world in the vain hope Of foster |
ng her own colonial interests, which,
however. are injured rather than benefited I
~ this policy. Up to the present moment |
here is not one of Frances colonies that |
S self-supporting. or which is not a heavy
Train on the resources of the mother
Japan is equally menace to American |
of the Philippine isla lds. The |
Japanese are already extremely embit- |
cred against this country by reason Of |
he Hawaiian controversy. II fact. few
except those behind the scenes at Wash
ngton are aware how very near Japan
'ame to going to war with the United |
States about the Sandwich islands last
ear. Ever since the close of the Chinese
var. Of the fruits Of which they were
obbed by the European powers. and prin-
'ipally by Russia. the japanese have had
heir eye on the Philippine islands, which
lie in the immediate proximity Of their
island FormoSr and upon