New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-01
, include Florida Louisiana. Arkansas Missouri

include Florida louisiana Arkansas, Missouri.
Iowa. Minnesota and all the States and Terri
tories west of them. principle that has sur
fered such violation" Is, we fear. too dllapl-
da ted TO be Of further use Again. we are told
that there never was a tropical colony governed
with toierable success without contract labor.
Queensland Is an intensely tropical colony
neither slavery nor contract labor exists there,
and II is successfully governed and highly
prosperous The protected Malay States are
free from slavery and are successfully gov
errxd The enforced labor system was long
ago abolished in the vast Dutch Empire In the
East Indies. with no dlminution either OF snc-
cess In government or Of industrial ana COM
mercial prosperity. The next three points. in
volvlng the questions Of the commercial value
of the Philippines the cost of pacifying ana
governing them and the proprety OF applying
to thcm n principle that was enuNciated OK
pressy and exclusively for Cuba. may be
passed by rs matters of estimate and opinion
on which. however. many of the best authori-
ties do not agree with the Massachusetts SEN
ator Indeed that may he said OF all the re-
naming points, except the seventh TO when
some special attention is due.
Senator Hoar says that before we began 10
make war upon them Aguinaldo and his fol-
lowers had conquered their own territory and
independence from Spain. with the exception
Of single city Against this let us quote Agri-
naldo himself On August last he claimed
that he controlled only fifteen provinces with a
population of 2000OO0 or about a quarter or
the entire population of the islands His claim
covered only half Of Luzon itself and tho whoie
of Mirdoro and that was practically all. Son
ator Hoar therefore. claims for Aguinaldo Tour
times rs much as the latter ventnrcd TO claim
for himself Let us further quote from re-
port by General Greene. whom we presume the
Senator will admit as a competent witness III
the case:
There Is no reason to believe that Aguinaldos
government has any elements Of stability.
Aguinaldo's government does not command uhe
hearty support OF the large oody OF tne ~
nnos both in Manila and outside VINO nave
nronerty education and intelligence.
This is purely Tagal instruction IL
is fact that the Visayas have taken no part IN
the present insurrecton. and the spanish Gov
eminent is still in full control in the Nisayas
Islands The Visayas number nearly
100000, or about as many as the popuIau,Oh, OF
all the Tagal provinces which Aguinaldo claims
to have CAPTURED There is no evidence 10 sho"
that they will support his pretensioAs ana many
reasons to believe that they VIII oppose MN
That was General Greenes account Of the
state of affairs in the islands on August 30
last or before eve began. III Senalor fo"I
words. 'to make war upon Aguinaldo. Win |
all possible respect for Senator Hoar. we must
regard such statements from m officer OF I'M /
questioned character and ability on the spot,
MS we'll comparable with those OF any one else
at n distance Of thousands Of miles. And hnal- /
". II Senator Hoar or any one else harbors me
fantest suspicion that General Greenes was /
biased and ok parte testimony. we may cite
the signed statement of Mr.. Andre. the Belgian
Consul at Manila. man Of unchallenged We
RI city and impartalty. on August %, 1898, that
"The present rebellion only represents hair
"pcr cent Of the inhabitants, and 1t would not
"bc right 10 oblige 100000 inhabitants to sub
init to 10000 rebels Luzon is only partly
"held by them. and It Is not 70 he expected tnat
"A civilized nati)n will make Them present
"with the rest of the island, which Is hostile
"to the Tagals of Luzon." We leave 1t 10
Senator Hoar to judge whether or not these
statements Of General Greene and Mr.. Andre
were or are a successful challenge TO his propo-
stion.