Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-28
P r 0 A N D G 0 N
Press Opinions Upon the Terms of
Peace.
Shall the Philippines De Held or Not
and What Shall Be Done
With Them4

From the Brooklyn Times (repl.
In addition to the freedom Of Cuba, the
price that Spain must certainly pay for it's
refusal to make terms with the Cubans.
Will BE Disappointment.
From the Providence Journal (ind.)
What our policy regarding the Philippines
is to be cannot be hastily determined, but
there will be inevitably strong feeling of
disappointment if the islands are handed
back to their Castilian overlords. Can we
consistently or conscientiously return them
to the vicious rule Of Spain?
VIII Not be Too Much.
From the Boston Post Nnd)
Hawaii we have got and will keep. Porto
Rico we shall soon have, and that We will
keep. But one Of the numberless Philip
pines as a station. and a coaling port at the
Ladrones and the Canaries, will not be
much for Spain to lose to the United States.
In Black and White.
From the Chicago Tribune (rep.).
When Spain is willing to evacuate Cuba.
Porto Rico and every one Of the Philip
pine Islands, as well as the Ladrones and
the Carolines. and when it clearly and un-
equivocally states the fact in black and
white to the President, then, and not till
then, 1t will be time to talk of a cessation
of hostilities on our part.
No Surrender.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal (dem.).
Put it on any ground. and the surrender
of the Philippines would be disregard for
the best interests of every one concerned,
even old crippled and wanton Spain herself.
Cannot Let Them Go.
From the Troy Record Gep).
We have practically taken the Philip
pines, and We cannot let them go.
Against the Monroe Doctrine.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel (rep).
The retention of the Philippines would
lessen that devotion to the Monroe doctrine
which now gives feature to American life.
We Don't Want the Philippines.
From the Nashville American (dem.).
We don't want the Philippine Islands any
bergen, and if we are forced to hold them
to collect war indemnity from Spain we
should dispose of them as soon as possible.
without Their Aid.
From the San Francisco Examiner (dem).
The United States will determine the fate
of the Philippines, and they will determine
1t without the aid of any European power
or European congress.
Neither Justice Nor Sentiment.
From the Chicago Record Cnd).
Neither justice nor the sentiment of
civilized nations would sanction the return
to Spain of islands whose inhabitants have
suffered much from Spanish rule and are
determined to endure it no longer.
Will Not BE Tolerated.
From the New York Outlook (religious'.
The proposal that We withdraw from any
territory occupied by us and relinauish it
again to Spain will not be tolerated by the
American people, and ought not to be.
To Cut the Gordon Knot.
From the Arkansas Gazette (dem)
The Philippines are ours. and Wen keep
them, ciVilize them, Christianize them, edu-
cate them. establish them in commerce and
agriculture and give them the best of all
governments. This Is the one way to cut
this Gordon knot of International politics
and stop all trouble.
They Are Too Remote.
From the New York Mail and Express (rep).
We do not want the Philippines, nor any
thing more than a naval station in the
| Islands we have captured The Philippines
ar. too remote. They are not within
| sphere of influence. They would be bur-
| den, and in the end a curse.
We Must Hold Them.
From the New York Journal of Commerce (ind.).
| For purposes of protection 1t Is indis-
| pensabe that We be equipped with naval
| base in the Pacific That necessity is OPP
| portunely met by our control of the Philip
| pine Islands; and we are bound to see to
1t that this vitality needed acquisition is
| not allowed to slip from our hands So
| large an extent of territory may not be
| needful for defensive purposes, but we
cannot attempt to divide it without invit-
/ ing serious international quarrels We
| therefore must hold the whole, sharing,
when and SO far as it may be safely done,
| political power with the Inhabitants.
| But Doesn't England "Want China .-
| From the New York Mail and Express Qep.),
We should have a naval and coalng sta
| ticn in the Philippines. just as England has
| ere at Hong Kong. But we want the Phil
| ippines no more than England wants
| China.
| No Tolerance for Tortuous Spanish
Diplomacy.
| From the Boston Globe 0nd. dem.).
While Mr.. Mckinley will have the ap-
prevail of Americans ger orally IN welcom-
| ing any genuine proposition from Spain
| locking toward peace, he will make a great
| mistake If, in any moment of expansive
| good will, he opens the door again to tor
| tuous Spanish diplomacy.
Not Even IA CoaIing Station.
From the New York Evening Post dnd).
Judgment in the East Indies, even to
the extent of a coaling station, is not
desirable possession unless we intend to
embroil ourselves in the rivalries and quar-
rels Of the Old Wcrd.
Would Be Failure in American
Stntesmanship.
From the New York Sun.
In the matter of peace with Spain there
| is among the conditions necessarily to be
prepared by this country but one which
| can be the subject of debate, modification,
or what is automatically known as com
promise" This is the condition as to the
| indemnity.
| For the rest. all Spain's Atlantic and Pa
| cfic territory, that is to say, Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Philippines and the drift Of ISL
| ands further east, must be ceded to the
| United States, beyond question.
| A compromise on the Philippines would
make the achievements of George Dewey
| and his men glittering failure, and the
| endangering of our army and navy in that
| distant spot senseless wrong. To omit to
| insure to this country clear road to China
| by putting the sign of America on all the
| interlying islands which fortune enables
| US to lay our hands would be a failure in
| American craftsmanship as wide and deep
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