Arizona republican., 1899-01-30
A PROGRAMME THAT TAKES NO
 ACCOUNT OF FACTS.


 The amiable but stifflly opinionated senior senator from Massachusetts is now more "sanguine" than ever-he tells the delighted New York World so-that the treaty of Paris will be eith- CT defeated or amended. He is willing to compromise on an amendment He would strike from the treaty the words, Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine islands, and would substitute for them the words, Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to the archipelago known as the Phil | ippine islands" This, he says, would put the Philippines in identically the same position as Cuba. It would not be necessary for the peace commission CTS to reassemble, he thinks. The change in the treaty could be made through the French ambassador, CT some other way would ba found to manage it. MT Hoar takes Spain's willingness for granted. Undoubtedly Spain would agree to such an amend ment," he says.
 | takes the assent of all the other powers, and the successful launching of the independent Philippine republic, and the everlasting gratitude of the Fiji pines, for granted. With regard to the powers he says:
 By establishing such q government in the Philippine islands the United | States will, in effect, not fly the world | that it must keep its hands of. and those hands will nev.r be lifted against the republic Of the orient
 With regard to 5he islanders them selves he says:
 believe that under the guidance of this country those people would be able to establish themselves among the ma tions of the earth. Naturally, as a re- suit of our good offices in this direc tion. the FiIipiuos would be grateful and we could gain all the gC5d that would come of commercial relations, proper treaties, etc., and avoid all the dangers that follow in the wake of colonial possessions, not to say any thing about the enormous cost to the AmeI&an people this new scheme of colonial empire would entail upon us.
 One of the striking features in Mr. Hears intellectual makeup is his calm indifference to facts when they get in the way of his theories.
 He goes right on talking and writing about the Filipinos as though they were one homogeneous people. Yet, as 8 matter of fact, they are very mis- cellaneous job lot of peoples, differing in blood, customs and religion, speak ;pr p7aDv differ snt tOno11cc ScafFara6 over many islands, some tribes prob ably unaware to this day of the exist ence of the others. Even in the larger, better known islands we hear of fierce race and tribal animosities. That is the raw material for the senator's Ire public of the orient
 How does Mr. Hoar know that Spain will promptly consent, or consent at all, to this tinkering of the treaty? The force maj sure" to which she yielded in retiring from the archipelago was the military and naval power of the United States. One ct the cOndi- tions was that the United States should afford adequate protection to the Span ish subjects resident in the Philippines
 
 Is it quite sure that Spain will be will | ling to trust these to the protection of 1 an independent native government? | How does MT. Hoar know that the other commercial nations inter ested will cheerfully acquiesce, or ac- quiesce at all. in his proposed change in the arrangements? The American nation i'll the Philippines, enforcing or der and propagating civilization. is one thing. The Philippines left to themselves would be wholly different thing. If anarchy supervened the pow CTS would have not only a reason for interfering, but the clear right to in terfere. If they inte-fered after our saying to them, Hands off" we would have to fight them, wouldn't we, MT. Hoar? And wouldn't that be nearly as expensive business for the pocket Of