Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-18
DECLARES AMERICANS ACT As up
START CONQUERORs."
SAYS ALL is LOST BUT HONOR
NOT "MIGHT AGAINST RIGHT. But
MIGHT WITHOUT RIGHT"
Claims the Philippines Are still I'M
cOn1uercd-Is Going Home To Help
Spain Stanch the Wound
Praises the Queen
Regent.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE following Is the
text of the interview between senor Mon
tero Rios, president OF the spanish peace
commission, and VI. De Blowitz, the Paris
correspondent of the London Times, pub
lished in that paper to-day. Senor Mon
tero Rios is quoted as SAYING:
'We have fulfilled here a very painful
mission in which ii is impossible TO dream
OF looking forward with any satlsfacuon
but that OF doing our duty We depart
vi+bout ottar consultation that the eScla-
..( - ,'sn,1,,, s.;,t ,,borpaur-
| NATION: TOUT est pelou S"ui tNo''et
tA!l Is lost but honor. .
We knew in advance that we should
Y,a,-a IN deaI with an irunIac; hfe conuueror
t,, ~ - ~ ~ -. - t,,s III,
VINO would IN no way c"hce'" hii,iSeli WIN
any pre-eXstins international law, but
whose sole object was to reap from victory
,ha LARGEST nossible advantage This con-
cePtion OF nternatiohal Id" Is apso'u'eiS
new. II Is no longer a case OF might
against right but of might without right.
A. for ,,S ,ra .b,J onlv IN rrotsct our
" . t .;it :. ,,,,s
selves against the abasemeht which 1t WAS
desired 10 infiict upon us and 10 prove,
i'm spite of our bluuders and mistakes, that
w., b,d mot counror,sed the proyeruial
-. or.,I;a,,, ta.,,ar,,,,I
Misfortune also has grandeur. Inc
Americans have. acted as .vainqueurs par
y..as, Iunstort conouerorsl They do not
Nea' N"p''"- i"s. -. dar.,, h,,t
YET know the misfortune OIL aeIed'' put
there are things which the most fortunate
nations cannot ascape later Ou-when they
.,, -. ,,t,,, ,ta,- nil,
~ "',' tt'-' -
have become homogeneous anu ait az
longer Obliged to satisfy the eXigencteS of
,nIitic,l nartfes they too will form like
III ott,ar n,tion. y3th =, mast = code. of in
a., -, md drr,,es and he less
infieyible towards those who have suffered
dcr.,t They will better understand that
| :, strict ohservapce of conditions agreed to.
=.
anJ , " nrotactinr FOR ali concerned for the
npoI,.r..r - VII 40 the yanuuished
| n.nSinr 6nstiIfties and il was on the 18th
ihat the American general demanded the
surrender Of Manila The fate of the Phil
~ .tnI,araiontv vas still in force since we
| were stiIl waging war with considerable
fnrcss ~ s,I,Hrass the insurrectiou But
a9t 10 Sr,i.,e acrnSs - norton Of the.
his policy and decided upon claiming the
| pbilinriu.s ny right of conquest.
YET. / repeat, The Philippines. even now.
are stilI unconGuered The two chief ISL
! ands. the two richest -Mindanao and LuZon
! are not won Mindanao and the island Of
| the great lake contain a population of half
| breeds, half Malay and half Spanish, con-
stitutng military olgarchy which runs
| the rest of the islands and occupies the
| richest portion of the territory on the
shores of the lake. They are proud. strong
and warlike. and not only are ':r they pncon-
| areret, but their conquest Will not be ac-
| complished quickly. Yet the United states
| claimed them, as well as the other Islands,
| as though their conquest We're complete
| "But what most pains me Is that, in this
| great whirlwind in which We nave lost all,
| lost our last armada, there has been an at
tempt to deprive us of our honor as well.
| On December l L proposed TO the Ameri-
| cans to appoint technical comrnlssioh 70
examine the question OF the Maine we
| said America will appoint an american.
! an Englishman and frenchHan, anu we
will appoint SpanIard, an EhsnShiilat. ,I ,h,
! and Frenchman. all specliilsts, ana ,nat
! the commission. or the tWo soserniilehts, govern
| appoint deffnan anu t'ia' 'iieSe ae'eA
| men bring in verdict. . 49,. ..-
If tneX declare span iiiioCGu' I dnrIs ttE Pr
ldent OF the l hiteu otatSs - VII aug. Sm;p enS
message 70 tle Senate $500 i i,i5 tInI
| honor intact: ana lni.t SPAN Wa laiseiS
accused OIL haFihS DE-; petI aSeo .ite asI a1m 81
hoSpllally DE pioM I ing uP Snoin &c da. a.