The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-09
1ols ON THE PHILIPPINES.
NE THINKS THEY SHOULD BE
"" INDEPENDENT.

.o,rer to 1t Than the CubanS,
We" s,,s. when the Peace Treaty
Observation-Disclosures the Utter
THAT Brought About the
with Spain, and Discusses
rnture Policy in the Eastern
glands.
-vo,lz Nov. S.-Senator George F.
oe Massachusetts, has contributed an
NJ an "Our Duty 70 the Philippines
H. rr5sneudent. which will appear 10
He begins with a review of The
-,,tsnces leading up to the war with
-..r of which he says:
think il might have been averted an
o,,a could have been liberated by
'- .sh,e means if the counsel Of Grant
r-,sb had been followed and if our
Ar, mon in the Senate had remembered
~. thew were part of the diplomatic
r Of tbis country and it was unbe-
Fui,e in them to indulge in bitter and
.,sire inveetives against Spain, whether
...s invectives were just or unjust.
SPIN. do not feel inclined to judge these
.,,.r,rocs severely Something, as Burke
IA must be pardoned TO the spirit Of
,r,rtr and those utterances, though in
=, INDICTMENT unfortunate, came from
,,ro humane and liberty-loving souls"
Continuing. the Senator says that down
-, Tan T. 1899. the American people and
IA, Republican party were committed to
d, doctrine that just governments rest
man the consent of the governed, and that
s'.rv paonle has the right to dissolve at
,n the political connection that binds it
.srotbcr people. In dealing with Cuba.
g,s the writer, we acted upon those prin-
niles but the treaty of peace disclosed a
srerent purpose as to the Philippines,
,~ i7babitants of which were much nearer
,lsreudence when the treaty of peace
p,s signed than ever had been the people
o. cuba
Their leader" writes Sena tor Hoar
asj been brought over to the islands in
United States ship by the United States
sr5oritiss. and was in arms at the head
nj his forces with our full concurrence
anil co-operatiOn. If the statement attrib-
ui to a high official in one of our de
nrnents, vino is sometimes called upon
10 sit i'm the cabinet with the President
were actually made, their leader had been
offered by President Mckinley the high
Office Of colonel in the regular army of the
Jrred States. an offer which itself is a
sufficient refutation of all the charges
a9ainsi him. They had framed a provts-
iaa constitution, q model of its kind, es-
absaine a dictatorship like those es-
tdished by Bolivar in South America, to
give place TO a republic as soon as the
Military conditions should make it posi-
be
Our Future Policy.
As 70 our future attitude toward the Fill
pines Senator Hoar writes:
"Tho time has come to make up your
nH5s. If you are to declare that you do
ml mean 20 subiueate them or TO onslave
ITEM, than YOU viii act toward them on
toe principles and in the spirit of your
om declaration of independence, the war
Gao be ended in an hour The refusa, to
make This declaration in the beginning
lWsht on this war, and your refusal now
Ntac3re yourselves is what is alone re-
sensible for its continuance.
Nov we have got TO settle the question
1H6a the President has repeatedly de-
cared is for Congress or for the people,
Uc.ler We will complete the subsection
Of the Fiiipinos whether we will under
nke to govern them as subjects or serfs;
@ whether we will aid them to become a
et governing nation, either as a republic,
as they seem to desire or as a limited
monarchy like Japan. or whether they
Nal exist hereafter as an absolute mon
lrhy after the fashion in which we are
1]iotanins in power to-day the Sultan of
Slu With his slaves and his harem."