Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-01
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ard have gone % late seems to take
some u The leviiy oH u an expression
made regarding Great BriAlns dis
position TO annex come sine aao-ihat
@ was dangerous fOr Stands 20 be left
out over night. Every one Of the great
powers n Europe has iis eye fixed upon
some "ocpn or some dell. some island
OF some cave" whtsh 1t ia hoped may
De reduced 20 possession without stir
ring ap general row. SO strained has
become the Wiki whi,h each maintains
no; only SokInE out Tor chance fof
sself but 10 observe whas al the others
are up to. shat purely innocent pro.
cee1lng some distance away IL looked
upon with suspicion. - muon 20 is
ihls ihe case tina. our nrfish friends
were recently falsely accused Of rical-
Ing a lillputian archipelago southeast "
Shanghai ana directly o. the clmmer.
ciai highway 10 that great poi.. Some
times what was Intended 30 be done n
not done because OF its being noticed IN
Time. and this may prove TO have been
such case, Bite be tina, a. q may. !;
has been explained that what was sup.
posed 70 be the British Gag noafinE On
one u she Islands va. In rctiiiy n sur.
veyof's signal Ett there by 81 vessel en-.
raEed In char;lrg the coaF,. This o.
pcriorcc risisficiory f1r ,he present.
but The question naturally arises, even
II u does not md oral apprehension
what purpose are the Englfhmen
chafiinE the ooasi7
The newspapers take different Views
~ the clse. one that 4 nearer TO the
place In quep.lon than any other on This
cor.lncny or In Europe-ihe san Fran.
cisco chwnlele-hoids that tae Islands
spoken Of arc undoubtedly a British oh.
jcctlvc. and thinks that unwlllnrncss
20 take Chusan enc r1mc Of the group
referred To now may be due 10 the
desire not to give France pretexl for
srising iialr1n. the island farther
south. u mly be rcgirded a. the clear
in;rr, ~ the British. II trouble comes
VITA Rufsl and France. 80 take
iiainhn hefsft ana use q ~ base Of
operations against the Frcncsi p0sFc1.
sion ~ Tonquln. with thls object In
view q Il. " course. desirable that
France should no, &c a chance now 10
occupy. f1rilfy and garrison Halnan.
which lfttrwpfd would be hard 20 take.
n not capable of holding 90, lnitnuke.
ly. Hut the momen; trouble c0m,s a
movement ~ the Rrslsh fleet upon
both churin ana iIainin h supposable.
unless diplomatic Intrigue u,siievcs both
objects beforehand.
Il l. sometimes msllclougly sucres,-
ell that the unicd States has no riRhi
90 object to undertaking by other
nations. nor have ihoac who excuse or
defend ~ recently promoted purpose %
acquisition such Right. why not7 by
Nha; rule or line OF International policy
are they esloppci from ~ 1olng9 l. u
tho case that snrle people are % narrow
of visual and rcaso.'nE power that they
Judge ~ all eases Unfortunately such
judges would make no distinction be-
tween The man who slays another 20 de-
fend his own life and the ono who muir.
dcrs In cold blood. and are ne unsafe
In thclr sphere ~ ihcy would b" on tho
bench. There II no similarity IN the
cases presented by the United States In
acquiring Porto Rico and the Philip
pines ana tina, Of the nation which lies
In wait FOR an opportunity 10 gather
In some unprotected island Just Tor She
sake VI having q. ono II legitimate
proceeding growing out 81 the xxi.
gcnclca OF a war settlement. the other q
matter o. speculation. the qualification
N an acqulsl,lyc appetite. or the desire
Ia have AMI hold strategic point.
arains, possible complications ana re.
suliant contests. In one case. the enemy
was defeated after a severe struggle.
ana had no money with which to pay
the customary indemnify. ana o. was
with az a case u territory or nothing.
nosldca this. u n,lll remains an IN.
answered question what else could tho
United states do than hold she phliin.
pines ANA b. equal 20 all demands Of
honesty, Integrity ana fii,hfulnesse
Turn ,hcm back 10 SPAIN one on the
objects ~ the war was 20 cni spain's 40.
mlnlon over hcr oppressed dependencle..
anu 70 90 wat would be % violate every
ono u tho principles above set out.
Place the late Insurgents 40 pnssssslon
ana control7 They nfo incapable OF
either. and without a. .foug ann and
willing heart N "a poW ffn ally. could
uoi hold tho lslarla FOR a single year.
This would make them tho prey OF
every European advcniutrr In ihc noid.
and eventually they would IAN Into
uih1r hands than ours. what Other
power hls primal. Incidental or acquired
rIThiH there suucfl1r q, those " mo
unliod s,atos3 Nune Of them. Non.
has any rights 90 an but commercial
ones, subject 10 certain regulations. The
fhillpp.Egs have fallen 90 pa not alto.
r.'h'r as speculative properly but % a
ncrol trust. ,hc difference between
Wh.0h ANA nlaui-gahblng Is a. wide
ls gh' poles are apart.