The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-12-10
SENATOR HALE OK ANNEXATION.

respondent this evening;
1.-The negotiation Of the treaty, IN
fortunate as il is, by no means insure
the aetuAl annexation Of the Philippine
Islands. II is uncertain when th,
treaty will be signed. or when il viii
be submitted to the senate, and still
more uncertain whether il will ever b
ratified.
MANY things will be found on
which are not known, and the evils o
the proposed annexation will so grow
upon the public nind and upon con
gress and upon the president that it !
by no means unlikely that within 81,
months or a year everybody, instead o
being for annexation Of tbs islands
will want to be well rid Of them.
"Tne people Of the United State
Will ind out that the commerce Of th,
Philippines is very limited in extent
that they are inhabited BY a peopl,
whose habits and wants forbid ar
increase Of trade, and that under the
scheme Of annexation presented to u!
this trade Is to be shared equally will
Spain and gil other competing nations
What is called the 'open-door' policy
cuts down the interest Of the UniteC
states in the Philippine trade to a poiut
where it makes no figure in our com
merce. The entire trade Of the islands,
II we had it all-not the profit derived
from 1t, but the whole amount Of trade
will not in any year pay the expenses
of the army and the navy that the
United States win be obliged to main
tain there.
"The people will see al nce sprung
upon congress a proposition for .
standing army of l0O, 900 men, costing
yearly more than 500, OOO, 900, and q
naval increase Of from sl5, OOO, 900 to
$50, 900 900 q year in addition, all Of
which must come by levy Of taxation.
Not only will the war tax remain, bul
the present tax must be increased.
1.-The people Of the Pacific coast viii
6nd out that II we admit 5000, 900 Of
100000 Of Malays, Tsgals AnC
Negntos to become q part Of our coun'
try and to have some or all OF th,
privileges Of citizenship, we mus
necessarily give to the Chinese wh,
are already in the country, the SAINT
privilege.
"The people Of the south will hnt
out that the admission Of these aliel
races to the United States will b
another added intonsifoation Of thl
race problem which is today q standing
menace 10 our own borders.
1.-The great Irish-Americsn elemen
OF our population will ind out that
notwithstanding Lord Salisbury's char
sctertsuc sheer in his Guild Hall speed
at the new policy Of the United States
The British foreign Office Is the inspira
ton OF our present diplomacy, AM
although thousands Of these Irish
Americans have Of late years been 70,
Jog the republican ticke theR protei
over present conditions caunPt fall
De loud and deep.
II ''BeIow all this with the Ibusne.
men Of the country and with an II
thoughtful men, The peril Of the.
departure from the settled policy Of tn
government will be seer more clear
IRON day to day.
with the exception Of the Alask
purchase, which has been 3 constal
drag to Us, all other extension OF OF
territory has been contiguous and hi
opened new fields for the pioneer an
the actual settler, who have built u
communities and founded new state
Not one Of these will ever 20 to Il
Philippines, which are already thick
peopled with inhabitants with who
we 8 never assimilate.
1.-The president himself will find thi
10 order to secure q peace, besides Il
$40, OO0, 900 which the United States
10 pay Spain, he is simply getting n
of D war, which is already substaI
italy ended, only to find the oountr
10 a condition Of war with the insui
gents and the Inhabitants generally
the Philippine Islands, and that /
will constantly be obliged to call upo
congress 10 furnish means for II
conduct Of this war.
/, "He will also see that be and b
successors In bis great Office will fn
themselves involved in every complies
ton Of oriental policies and polite
, and that as we have for hity years see
all Europe either engaged in war {
finishing war or expecting and prepai
ing for war. while we have been pro-
, pering in peace, the same CONDITION
will apply here, and that there will
no agitation Of The question Of AsiatI
dependencies threatening to light Ii
torch OF war IN Europe in which "
will not be as much involved as are tt
nations Of Europe.
s'Tbe people Of the United States Al
already beginning 10 find outthAt thel
Is nothing in the trade Of these island
10 the people who inhabit them, in Ii
climate in which they are forced
live, that present any real attraction
} US, bat, on the contrary, furnish
notification 10 us to keep Cur hands Of
"Ail these things will steadily gro,
in the minds Of the American peopl,
and, as | said in the beginning, il
! not an improbable thing that With
} one year from now nobody in II
United States will want the islands,
BEWARE OF ~IKPOsToRs.
Editor Intelligencer.
Some concerted action should be take
by oil ladies to protect thsmseiyes froI
impostors, who are takiog advantage
them every few days. Women 20 aroup
and beg for others a. . pretenss. The