The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-04
acon-and the philosophy of the
has very tersely expressed:
Nations, like men, have destines.
That lead them on,

Nations. like men, have destinies,
That lead them on.
Not knowing when where
THE Filipino instruction is but an incident OF the
Spanish as an original expansionst be
united to there justification excuse for the
ton of Agunado and his followers There never was al
time recognition of his socaled government He
ally when him and his people from
determinations and when that danger was removed ne put
himself in hostile attitude toward his friends In our
treaty made with Spain we agreed to pay $200O000O
prisoners thousand of those prisoners
in the hands of the Fpinos They refused to turn
them placed us in the attitude OF voat
ing treaty compact of honor with Spain Thls was
part general line Of conduct of this ambitious
Oriental who seeks back higher order of civliza-
ton.
If there any fight to be made the part of our
people against any requirement of territory there
anything commended itself in the movement of
Agunaldo and his followers, fight should have been
before ratification treaty with Spain The
treaty having ratified senate the whole matter
en out citizenship of this
ton estopped from opening the question
81 do not understand that the time of the consdera-
ton of the with Spain, there person who
seriously considered the proposition of making citizens of
Fiipnos question being considered colonial
be properly adjusted under laws framed for that
purpose England did not citizenship
India yet condition vastly better than before
English The United States may or may not ex
citizenship the Filipino but within after
he whipped into subsection he will be better off
he has been during years
Spanish occupancy.
say that Filipino ought left govern him
self negatively stating unable govern
Orient The whole history of civilization reveals the fact
tribal relations conducive permanency
government but contrary abortive every
tempt at national by fusion of the tribes
This nations where the tribal system pre-
in +he TsIan willy
submit the abandan those tribes
the tender mercs Of this single tribe would be barbarous
in the extreme and stain national escutcheon
The fact is, United upon idea Of
expansion The establishment thirteen colonies
Louisiana and Florida purchases and territory wrested
from Mexico the requirement Alaska
pies of this fact and while have theozed that
should only be governed with consent yet whole
history colonial state and territorial have
suited the original inhabant-the Indian, he
should be governed.
THE demand that our forces be Immediately withdrawn
from the Philippine Islands is timely, step
is in violation of sovereignty those islands: We
purchased SPANS title; or strong she
was the only nation that had the right to title The
president of the United States of is motion
withdraw army and navy Philippines
and surrender the sovereignty the Fpnos
eighty of those islands by the treaty
States 1t not in the of executive
to surrender it, require action of
both the executive and legislative branches
Where the title is vested in the United by treaty
which only be disposed by branches of govern
ment it mpresses that withdrawal
Of our troops at this time is considered The
United States the Philippine by right
and the law of nations territory acquired
from France Just hold New Mexico Arizona and
southern California acquired through war; Just
hold Alaska from Russia Hawaii own people
and Porto Rico from Spain
THE requirement this territory means
in commercial sense that United States viii in time
practically control the trade of world new op
portunes it that the products American farms
be carried into the ports world the building
Of great American houses foreign ports
it means American axes pows machines open up
and develop the other portions GLOBE means
poyment for millions of industries that
will grow ont OF this stimulus trade
problem.
These some of personal views the question
of the requirement of the Philippine Islands. am well
aware of the fact that views those
CT many Of ccurtrymen. 1 believe whole that
is we'll that differ othar upon these
with greater crcumspecton regard rights
others Great questions impress themselves upon the public
mind in different ways; and, hence result we get
larger discussion finally complete and satsfac-
tory solution