The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-01
PHILIPPINES PUZZLE.
Senator Hanna Discusses Our Gov
ernment's Policy.
The ISLANDS ARE LOST TO SPAIN

whether the Islands Are Retained by
the United states or Turned over to
the Insurgents VIII BE For Com
Eress to Determine.
Cleveland, Oct 1.-The Leader has
from its Washington correspondent the
following interview with Senator Han
ma concerning the Philippine question,
which Is believed to represent the
views of President Mckinley:
"I do not know what the instructions
given our peace commissioners are"
said the senator, but so far as con-
Germs the negotiations which will be
instituted in Paris today l can see no
other result than that Spain will have
to relinquish her sovereignty over not
only Luzon Island, but the entire
Philippine archipelago. Spain has no
reason to expect to be able to retain
any portion of the group. She went
into the war and lost, and now ought
to be prepared to suffer all the con-
sequences which such a defeat i'm
plies 1 regard the Philippines as lost
to Spain, and that being a foregone
conclusion, in my opinion, the problem
which next confronts US relates to the
form of government which we will give
the Islands.
when the Philippine question first
presented itself there was a strong
sentiment among conservative, far see
ing and thinking men in this country
which favored the retention by the
United States Of merely a naval base
and coaling station in the island-this
base presumably being Manila and the
bay contiguous thereto. Since then,
however, this sentiment apparently
| has undergone a very marked change,
and 1t appears for the most part that
| these same men who at first believed
we should occupy Manila alone are ad-
vocating the termination of Spanish
rule in the whole group.
aside from the fact that the general
sentiment of the country seems to be
against returning any of the islands to
Spain, the United States is under OBJ
legations to the insurgents to establish
a stable and enlightened form Of gov
eminent through the entire archipelago.
When the war broke out the Philip
pine insurrectionists became in a GER
! tain sense the allies of the Americans,
and it therefore is our moral duty to
see to it that in the future they will
| be assured safe and civilized rule, and
until the United States determines in
just what manner the Philippines ul-
timately shall he governed, we neces-
sarily will have to consider the Philip
pines our wards.
During this transitional period the
| United States will be called upon to
exercise a primitive, or rather arbitrary
form of control over the islands, and
continue it until congress finally
NFaWNN IF
other words. it seems to me we will
have to maintain a temporary protec-
torate over the archipelago, and this
will be accomplished by means Of the
army and navy in the Philippines and
Philippine waters. What will be the
ultimtae fate of the islands is of course
a problem of the future. Whether the
Philippines will become an independ-
ent nation or a colony of the United
States or whether a long time Ameri-
can protectorate will be established will
be a subject for congress to decide
eft is well understood that Spain must
abide by the verdict of our peace COM
missioners, whatever that may prove to
ne as she is in no fit condition to renew
the conflict which has resulted so disas-
trously to her She has no reason to ex-
pect that our commissioners will agree
to any proposition which contemplates
the continuation Of Spanish control over
any part or all of the group. l feel con-
fdent we will have no further trouble
in an armed way with Spain.
1.-THE only obstacle with which we may
have to contend is the opposition of the
insurgents to our plans. 1t is not at al
certain, of course, that we will encoun'
ter any such obstacle, though 1t is as
suredly among the probabilities. How
ever, from what have read of the mis-
sion of Agoncillo, the personal repre-
sentative of Aguinaldo the insurgen
chieftain, we may find the Philippines
tractable and willing to accept what
ever form of government we viii finally
decide upon, so long as Spain will have
no hand in it's administration"
Regarding the reports which came
from Paris that one of Spains PROPOSE
tions to our commissioners will be that
the United States pay her $400, 900 00C
for the REIMBURSEMENT Of the Philip
pines, Senator Hanna said, significant
4 ly: I'VE are not paying money for oi
, buying territory which we now con
troll"
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