The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-01
DELAY WOULD Be WELCOME.
Spanish Troops Need Not Hurry
from the Philippines.
ARE DOING GARRISON DUTY.
Authorities at Washington Realize That
Strong Force of American Troops
Will Be Needed to Keep the Insur-
gents Ia Check-Work for a Com
mission.

Washington, Nov 30-One of the
most interesting features of the Paris
peace treaty which will become known
only after the publication of the full
| document is the provision, which it
doubtless contains, regarding the evac-
uatlon of the Philippines by the Span
ish military forces. A fair estimate
| of the size of this force is 10000 men,
| and these troops, of course, will be re-
qulred to evacuate within a reasona-
BILE time, just as troops have been re-
Quired to do in Porto Rico and Cuba
Questions arise in regard to the evac-
uatiOn of the Philippines similar to
those which confronted the United
States government in regard to Cuba
but the questions are more serious in
the east than they were in the West
Indies. The administration was not
prepared to establish it's garrisons in
Cuba very much more rapidly than the
evacuation took place, and owing to
the insurgent situation in the island
in the vicinity of some of the larger
towns the government was not sorry
that the slowness of the Spanish in
evacuating would prevent the Cuban
posts from being ungarrisoned while
waiting for the arrival of the Ameri-
can troops. But the situation in regard
to the insurgents in Cuba was never
very threatening except in one or two
localities, while the conditions among
the native troops in the Philippines
have been critical, and are so at pres
ent.
There is no expectation that the
United States will be able to increase
it's military force in the Philippines for
some time. The troops already there
are not numerous enough to properly
garrison the scattered territory, prob
ably, and certainly they would not be if
the volunteer regiments should be
withdrawn very soon. Under these
circumstances the administration does
not regret that the Spanish evacuation
will be slow. If the peace treaty names
date on which the evacuation of the
islands is to be completed, that date is
in all probability rather remote. If the
PNS"SN ~ NCeCJ NOCO 4ACC LcI1uS ILLS udIO,
provision is doubtless made in the in
strument for the appointment of Joint
evacuation commission similar to those
appointed for Cuba and Porto Rico 1t
would be the duty of the American
members of such a commission, acting
under advice from Washington, to
name date on which the evacuation
should take place and to arrange the
details of the withdrawal of the Span
ish garrisOns and the installation of
the American forces.
1t is as yet uncertain how many
points will be garrisoned by United
States troops, but strong force will
eventually be sent to Iloilo, the scene
of the recent insUrgent disturbances.
Other places distributed about the
archipelago may need garrisons quite
as strong. Pending the time of final
evacuation by the Spanish and of the
increase of the United States forces
in the Philippines there is some likeli-
hood that part of the troops now sta
toned at Manila will be distributed at
other points where the protection of
lives and property may require the
presence of 2arriSOnS