The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-08
THE COST OF TIE VAR
Must be Paid by Spain in
Territory,
ANY AMOUNT DUE HER
WHEN PHILIPPINES EE.u.-
OURS TO EE PAID ~
LUMP.
THIS AMOUNT WORT PASS s3lQ00Q51
Possibility Ct SPANS Refusal Of 0.,Ts-n
Causes no Uneasiness. We can Hc5
What we Claim Without Dam
age 10 Our interests.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-The Cabin. ..
. day devoted most of its attention tt ...-
sideration Of questions connected with
the administration of affairs i'm 1#..
and Porto Rico. The admiui~tra...
feature of the Philippine question ..-5
received some attention.
There is no longer any doubt 49, .r
the general purpose of this Governments
TO retain the entire Philippine archile..-
go. If after final balancing of the #.-
count. viz. the cost OF the war Cd s#a
United States on one side and our a.-
uuisitions on the other. ii is found that
any compensation is due the Spauiar.e.
it will be made in a lump sum. 80
Spanish bonds of any character or
amount other than local or municipal.
bonds, will be paid or assumed by this
Government. What sum of money this
Government would consent to pay ie
Spain cannot even be estimated, but
when the final account is rendered, it is
believed tina the balance due Spain viii
be small. probably not exceeding -
100000 or 10000 900. The belief still
prevails among a majority of the Cab
net that the SpaniardS will accept the
terms laid down by the United States,
and that whatever Of delay occurs be-
fore that result is reached will be char-e-
able only to the purpose of the Spanlards
to extort the last possible million dol.
lars before acceding to our demands.
The administration has satisfied itself
that Spain is neither able nor wilIm-
to resume hostilitics on any scale that
would make her a dangerous opponent
to the United States. Therefore, sup
posing the Paris conference to fail, all
that would be imposed upon our Govern
mcnt as an immediate duty, would hr
TO take complete military possession of
the Philippines. This, il is believed.
could be accomplished without loss of
time or life. The last vcstigc of Spanish
military power in the islands iS that
under Colonel Rios, commander-in-chlei
Of the Nizcayas Islands, and by dcUu-
tized authority in charge of all Spanish
territory not directly within the control
Of the United States in the Philippine
Islands. His force is insignificant from
a military point of view, ard it is doubt
FIJI if he could hold his own against the
insurgents had the Tagals been allowed
by Admiral Dewey to make Manila the
base Of an expedition directed against
the Spanish commander.
SO far as Cuba is concerned, the diff
Guilty would be the more serious: but
even there the Spanish military force il
not i'll a condition to offer 1t prolonged
resistance to the American conquest of
the island. and with the Spanish navy
at the bottom of the sea, they could not
be reinforced by troops from Spain.
Therefore about the worst that could
happen would be the necessity imposed
upon us Of struggling along without the
signature of Il treaty of peace, but in
full possession of all the territory va
desire. and that such conditions can cN-
list without damage to material interests
IS shown 10y the history of the Spanish
American republics which r~cyoltcd from
Spain's rule.