The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-01
TO HOLD PHILIPPINES
INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR HAM
Ma BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN INSPIRED
VOICES PRESIDENTS VIEWS
Ohio Senator Says There Is No Hone
for Spain fn the Final DISPOSE.
ton of the IsIands-TaIk Be-
the Way for Peace Commission to
Carry Out Instructions.

Garry Out Instructions
CLEVELAND, O., Sept. SO.-The fol-
lowing interview with Senator Hanna
concerning the Philippine question is
believed to represent the views of Pres
ident Mckinley:
L do not know what the Instructions
given to our peace commissioners are"
said the senator, 'but so far as con-
Germs the negotiations which will be
instituted in Paris tomorrow I can see
no other result than that Spain will:
nave 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 implies
I regard the Philippines as lost to
Spain, and that being a foregone con-
clusion, in my opinion, the problem
which next confronts us relates to the
form Of government which we will give
the islands.
When the Philippines question first
presented itself there was a strong SEN
timent among conservative, far-seeing
and thinking men in this country,
which favored the retention by the
United States Of merely a naval base
and coaling station in the islands-thls
base presumably being Manila, and the
bay contiguous thereto. Since then,
however, this sentiment apparently has
undergone a very marked change, and
now 1t appears that for the most part
these same men, who at first believed
we should annex Manila alone, are ad-
vocating the termination Of Spanish
rule in the whole group.
NO HOPE FOR SPAIN.
aside from the fact that the gen
eral sentiment of the country seems to
be against returning any of the ISL
ands to Spain, the United States Is
under obligations to the insurgents to
esta blish stable and enlightened form
Of government throughout the entire
archipelago. When the war broke out
the Philippine insurrectionists became,
in a certain sense, the allies Of the
Americans, and 1t therefore is our
moral duty to see to it that In the fu-
ture they will be assured q safe and
free government, and unless the Unit
ed States secures assurances as to how
the Philippines will be governed, we
necessarily will have to make the ISL
ands our wards. The peace commits
sioners will be called upon to secure
primitive government or control over
the island and continue 1T until con-
gress decides upon permanent form
OF government IT tn hot
we are called upon to assume a pro-
tectorate over the archipelago, and this
may be accomplished by means Of the
army and navy now in the Philippines
and Philippine waters. What will be
the ultimate fate Of the islands Is of
course problem for the future. Wheth-
er the Philippines will become an in
dependent nation or a colony of the
United States, or whether an American
protectorate will be established, will
be a subject for congress to decide. It
is we'll understood that Spain must
abide by the verdict Of our peace com
missioners, whatever that may prove
to be, for she is In no fit condition to
resume the conflict which has already
resulted so disastrously to her. She has
no reason to expect that our commits
S1OHSIS VIII agree TO any compromise
which contemplates the continuation of
Spanish control over any part or all of
the group.
POSSIBLE OBSTACLES.
II feel confident that we will have
no further trouble in an armed way
with Spain. The only obstacle with
which we may have to contend Is the
opposition of the insurgents to our
plans. 1t Is not at all certain. Of
course, that we will encounter any
such obstacles, though it is assuredly
among the probabilities However.
from what I have read of the mission
OF Aguincollo, the personal representa-
tive of Aguinaldo, the insurgent chief
tain, we may find the Philippines trac-
table and willing to accept whatever
form of government we will finally de-
eide upon, so long as Spain will have
no hand In its administration"
Regarding the reports which come
from Paris that one Of Spain's propo-
sitions to our commissioners will be
that the United States pay her $500 900
for the REIMBURSEMENT Of the Philin-
pines, Senator Hanna said Significant
ly:
I'VE are not paying money for or
buying territory which we now con-
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