The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-20
lUlOA, IND I'LL THE REST
AMERICA WILL KEEP TEE ENTIRE.
PHILgPPiSE GRoUR
Have So distracted the Peace
Conmissfesexs-Spa Most TfeiA.
or he sesurgeA By Another War.

WASHINGTON. SEPT .z.-fspecss, 80
Ire Chicago Tribune THE tai goes with
TIE h-te. Spain must give al Of the Pail
sygpsaes-
This Il the concsnsscn reached az q Sc
.ses CT conferences bsswe@e TIA president.
tire cabinet ard the members CT tEe peacs
commission. eliminating .n the stats din
IAr - tie White House .ozsxtf.
starting with Manila bay Is a minimum
c@-1znG O. the part @. tie United s.s.es-
TIE prsz.5ens AID MS advisers progressed
Arsf. 20 t.e island Of Lgxon. and ,hsa m
the ThoIe grogp
1as Instructions sc EasIy drafted ara
more specific than a. frst co..ern -,as,s.
especially Is regards methods % proce-
eure-
The commission Is 20 proceed always On
the assumption that TIE United States la
conquered Spain.
Strictly Speaking. there VIII be 10 nexo-
siaikons w@s,ever. but tts Spanish CON-
sz-4ssloasrs viii be informed thar the Unit
&C S'A'es VIII stop the war Il Spain yields
al Ter colonial possessions Ssaassf,sy
ot1er.zse The war wEA 60 On and the
zE1asa peninsula VII be attacked by sea
ard land
TIC president fs.; az f-zs sfzzt the pos
kesssor g Manila bay xoQId SECURE 70 IN.
1nsfs1 states al the co-r rssrcsal. political
and military advantages - De desired.
aheg lsilI-y IL appeared thai the whsle
'ssAAs OF Lazon would Dc necessary % sae
safe oocafaa ton Ct Manila bay
Last 81 al. and by the same process o.
reasoning. x became evident 10 tie admin
isfraEion scai the PERMANENT control Of t.e
Whole Philippine group is Indispensable 70
the establishment Of military base ara
Inc opening up IF Tie ceImerSA ct lie is.-
a;3sts 10 TIE whole word
Tie president Gid not want any Of the
Philippines outside Of Manila bay. bat 70
secure thai las al last been convinced
'i-as the whole group must ny ths Arneri-
car fas.
Public opinion had much to 90 with :als
cee4zoDs but logical sequences xf the pos
session Of tie scene Of Deweys great VIZ
tory we're tie strongest motives. The pres
idsIt, TIE cabinet and the peace comm s.
ssoneFs were % one mind Of this subject
al agreeing that whkis direct advantages
|. probably terminate with Aaniia hay, re-
sEso-s.h4l4sy 1oeS Got.
The president expressed himself IN gen.
erss terms - ihe effect tha; TIE commits
sioners would De expected 10 present the
git.Datum OF q victorious nation 10 Z con-
quered enemy. and The opinion was ex-
pressed By the president i, so many words
that tEzs cssslon % tie whole Philippine
group 10 the United States wss inev4ta t'i..
From ehe tenor Of his talk 4 appeared
that re was rot particularly anxious about
the La6rones and Caroisnes, except Guam.
which is 10 tie retained as . coalDg sta
sion, bat tie opinion was expressed that
Spain might not care 10 assume the bur
Gea 81 governing islands which never ecliI5
ise revenue producers
Previous conferences with the president
were - satisfactory tina. he talk at the
| dinner was general and social
Spain g.a have 10 accept % decline. with
Itsace or xar as the alternatives
TIE commissioners. IL the event u
Spain's acceptance OF ihs terms q peace,
| w!n tier proSse6 - The less exciting but
important duty u drawing Up general
commercial treaty. aa the outlines IT
which have besn prepared b. the state
department.