Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-01-05
RUSSIAN OPPOSITION
A Campaign Started Against Our
Building the Nicaragua Canal.
CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
A Paris Newspaper Thinks the Unifed states
VIII have Considerable Trouble with
the Tribes In the Islands, but
Must Put Down Anarchy.

Paris, Dec. 3l.-The Herald's Euro
pean edition prints the following:
Russia is evidently beginning campaign
against the Nicaraguan canal 9'he Novoa
Vremya publishes an article not only warmly
advocating the Panama scheme, but filled with
bitter dislike OF the United States The writer
says the predomnance OF the United States
would have been desirable for Russia few
years ago, but all this has changed since the
last war.
The writer goes on to say that, haV-
ing despoiled poor Spain, the United
States has become a colonial party and
an Asiatic power
Forgetting the Monroe doctrine OF America
for Americans which implies the other doc
trine that American dominion must be confined
to America, the Yankees are nov entering into
open competition with us in China and Corea.
They have no scruples over an alliance with
their traditional enemy, England, and with
Japan for this purpose, For this reason Rus
siun inanciers and diplomatsts ought to give
their support to the French undertaking when
II comes to seriously discardins the neutraliza-
tion Of the Panama canal and placing 1t under
the general control or the guarantee OF the
European and American powers
The writer declares the Panama
route would be more beneficial TO Rus
STA than the Nicaragua route. He
says:
This latter canal even supposing its compile
tiOn possible, would be purely an American
undertaking, whereas the Panama canal re-
mains in the hands OF our allies, the French or
it may become an international enterprise, with
the addition OF - strong American element to
its shareholders
The Novoe Vremya says:
Russia must, therefore, be on her guard
against the United States especially in view
of the enormous wealth of It's Pacific shores
and the strategical position occupied by Amer
leans in the Sandwich, the Philippine, the
Samoan and the Mariana islands
CONDITION OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Paris, Dec. 3l.--The journal DIES De.
bats says:
Anarchy among the tribes and inter-tribal
war-such is the present condition Of the Philip
pines conditions which cannot be concealed
by the fine parliamentary and valuable phase
ology which the natives such as Lopez Agui-
naldO and Agoncllo, have acquired from their
semi-European education. The Americans
will doubtless put stop to these attempts OF
the Malays to found convulslve republics
But the American action will be less easy
than is supposed in the United States. The re-
duction Of the Philippines will cost dear and
all the more so as the internal policy Of the
union will be less favorable to imperialism
than 1t seemed likely to be in the enthusiasm
following on victory, Antl-expansionist dem
onstrations are becoming numerous and the
imparialist policy Is meeting with opposition
which may become serious Let our American
friends create as few factions as possible, and,
above AL avoid those conspicuous blunders
which, exploited by the bad faith Of parties,
have such effect in internal politics.
The tide of the European sentiment
is thus shown to be flowing strongly
in favor of the United States. England
and the continental nations all realize
that America must put her foot down
firmly, bring anarchy to an end and
re.establish order by taking the reins
of government into her own hands
without any beating about the bush or
subterfuge.