The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-17

Asar.s Was :. necessary 70 ask Their
Consent 10 cAcsEye AsESza, lac aAyrz.
CT their lsaar1se DID ne six thar crrl-
Eg-t % na@rafe .Es-1 srann SPARSE ssv-
eTFEErty o. % enter Gaa.lz cay Erzt de-
sgroy ire S-ar4xa sea E~osw-- .ae-s7 We
Cd tot ask .haNs, we were onsyirg q
1is1@r mora oh-EzEfoa. With rested
CA ns ard xasca> IL noe require any
h<Sdv's consent We were dong eay-
6uty b. ses-n as Cod gave ~ t>s hgas
% sec oi3- G@ry. with Re coFSs<1t % or
own coa@cie1ces. and with sae approval
OF ctTsisxa .5og2- Every present onAga-
f,er has been net ard t1if1sie1 - the
srpE-Ssoa q STasrsasA so~ereS Cry from
tset- Gsa1as. and while re wa which
destroyed / use Ia progress We coss3a
no, a-sx tae&r views Nor can We -&o@
ASK saeir ecrzsaE1-
What DO the Filiainos WANT
Indeed. can any one tel rs IN va.
form = eosll3 ee usarzhaie6 and ascs--
tained un1i peace and cras-. 50 meets
sary 20 re.gu & reason SHAH De So
cured ard established
A reign OF terror - Tayt the kind -
ruls under whlch The right action and
eelibe-a.E Judgment are poSsbe- II IS
not good time FOR the aaerator 20 SUD-
mt important questions concerning the
liberty and government 20 the EDerated
Save wai.e they are engaged II shoot
Ing down their resc1sra
The Problems for the Future.
We have now ended The war with
Spain. Tie treaty has been a'lfied by
more thar teo-tatfTis Of the senate OF
the United States and BY the judgment
O. g@ne-tsntas of 3Es people No nation
was ever more fortunate In war or
more honorable So negotiations in
peace. Spain IL now eliminated from
the problem. II remains t. us what
shall We DO now. I Do not intrude upon
the duties ~ congress or sex TO an
ticipaie CT fores;a2. its actions. ! only
sag that the treaty of peace honorah<y
seassrtsd. having BEEN ratified by the
nited States. and as we confidently ex-
pect, shortly 20 be ratified IL Snain.
congress will have the power. ana an
sure The purpose 70 90 what 81 good
morals is RICH; ami just AID humane
for these peoples In distant seas.
II Is sometimes hard TO deiermine
what Is best 70 DO and the best thiug
20 do IS offent.ales the hardest The
propheI % evii would DO nothing be-
cause he Hlnches az sacrifices and eff
fort, and 10 do nothing Is easiest and
involves the least cost On those who
have things TO do there rests 4 Response
bilitA which is not on those Who have
no obligation as dcers,
II the GoubterS were IN a majority
there would. IL is true. be n ,ab,r. no
sacFitice. no anxiety and no burden
raised or carried: no contribution from
our ease and purse ard comfort 70 the
welfare OF others, or even TO the ex-
tension or or resources 10 the welfare
% ourselves. There would be ease, but.
alas. there would be nothing done
Cannot Avoid Responsibility.
But grave problems come in the life OF
a nation, however much men may seek
10 avoid them. They come without our
seeking, why. We DO not know ana il
IS not always given rs 20 know: but
the generation OH which they wera
forced cannot avoid tbs responsibility
OF honestly striving fer their solution.
We may not know precisely how 70
solve them. but We can make an honest
effort 10 thta end. and II made In con-
science. justice and honor Il viii rot
be in vain. The future or the Philippine
islands is now 81 the hands OF the
American people. Untl the treaty v4s
ratified or rejected the executive depart
nlent Of this government could only
preserve the peace and protect life and
property. That treaty now commits the
free and enfrau h'Esd F.iipinos Il he
guiding hand and The liberalizing inffd-
enceS. the generous sympathies. the up
Hitting education. not OF their American
masters, but OF their American emanc4-
patorS. No ore can tel today what is
best fer them for 1 know 0ua