Willmar tribune., 1899-12-27

All in is power ttD assist in bringing
about 8 permanent peace, and had.
sent . oommis oner to inquire into
the possibilities Of the situation be-
lieving that g territorial government.
succeeded BY full sovereign statehood,
was the American form Of expressing
the practical ambitions 81 the Phi lip
pine people. s.2
The high commissio asked me to.
put the matter in writing, which 4 ac-'
cordingly did, and two days later he
invited me to meet him in his quarters
in the Hotel de 10 Havane, 8 strange
little establishment in the Rue Trevise.
Accompanied by Mr.. Conway, Paris
correspondent of 1.-THE Examiner
Journal, again met Senior Agon-
clio, and then followed q most re-
m markable scene, as the. Philippine
commissi oners, stirred to emotion as
l have never seen an Asiatic stirred
before, talked almost continuously for
-
two hours. 49, y. -. .....s . .. r.
BLOOD ON MCKINLEY's HEAD. -
1T is matter of great sorrow to
me-" he said, ''that President McKin-
ley has not sent q commissioner to
meet me. All the blood that has been
shed in the Philippine Islands since
last January is ON his head. This
suggestion, which '"The Examiner
Journal" makes to my government
ough to have come from the Presi-
den of the United States, as q pre-
liminary to the meeting of your con-
gress. ''The Examiner-J ournal" is
a private institution, and am COM
missioned to deal only with official
agents of governments. I have tele-
graphed "The Examiner-Journal's"
suggestion to Hongkong for transmits
sion to General Aguinaldo. Mean
while I shall speak to you only as q
private individual. g.
'"Neither territorial nor state gov
ernment, under American sovereignty,
would satisfy the nation I represent.
America is too far away to make the
State system successful in the Philip
pine Islands. Even now the American
people do not know what is going on
in Luzon. Your politicians and states
men are absolutely ignorant of the
Malay character. It is impossible
that they should ever be able to see
things from the standpoint of an
Asiatic people.
"We are fighting for territorial and
political independence. Until that is
achieved we cannot consent to peace.
We may be crushed by the force of
superior numbers and wealth, but if
our army is beaten in the field you
will have to-. keep a great military
force in the Philippine Islands, for,
whenever there is an opportunity, the
population will rise in arms. If you
capture our firearms the patriots will
retire to the hills and continue to fight
with bolos and bamboos. Our chill
dren and their children, will continue
the struggle. There can be no peace
except that which a great standing
army can enforce. And your people
must pay aud pay and pay to keep us
in subsection. .sy w.. 80. ~. .ssz. Il.
"How much wiser, how much nobler,
it would be for. the United States to
secure the eternal. gratitude of ten
millions of human beings and 10 es-
tablish a sure basis for American
trade and enterprise in Asia by recog-
nizing the independence of the Philip
pine Islands. We all admire and re-
we're the great Republic which helped
us to drive the Spaniards from our
soil. We all appreciate the wisdom
and the noble sentiments of the Con-
stitution of the United States. We
love. the generous character of the
American people. But we are fight
Ing for independence and we cannot
abandon our soil to foreign. domina-
tion. -.
ADVANTAGES OF INDEPENDENCE.
''The Government of the United
States can secure great advantages by
granting peace and independence to
the Philippine republic. Should our
independence be guaranteed for term
of years by the American Government,
we would be willing to sign a treaty
giving exclusive commercial privileges
and a coaling station in the Philip
pine Islands to the United States. We
would gladly repay to your Govern
ment the s2o, 600 600 given to Spain
out of your national treasury. =. s:
''There is an honorable basis for
peace. Such an arrangement would
give the United States powerful and
permanent basis for commerce to Asia
and practically free trade with the
philippine Islands. You would lose
nothing you would gain everything
worth having. We would honor your
name. We would call you our " r.
deemers and protectors, Itmight even
be arranged by treaty that the .Ameri.
can flag should fly in the principal
place in our capital side by side with
our flag as q sign Of opr gratitude 70
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