The Portland daily press., 1899-07-06
Senator Edmunds Questions Spain's
Sovereignty.
Strong Talk By Senator
Chandler.
Peace and Quiet To Be Obtained
Only BY Slaughter.

New York, July 5.-Tomorrow's Issue
Of the Independent will contain articl ss
upon the foreign relations of the United
States and expansion. Congressman Hit,
chairman of the committee on..forsign re-
lations, writes:
"There are some who say that the lust
for military glory has been the cause Of
downfall of all the republics Of the past.
But that Is not true--the past has had
few or no true republics, certainly moi
any ct all comparable with the United
States-a republic on the principle Of rep
resentative government by all. We ara
making precedents. There seems to be
a great war cloud forming over China.
and the forces mastering there are
mighty enough to produce war of the
greatest magnitude But see no reason
that wiz require us to join the conflict
II conflict there Is to be. The only inter.
est we have In the matter Is trade inter-
est. Z"
Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama,
whites:
"Those who lament and decry the con-
duct of our government in dealing with
the Philippines as being yiolative of our
Constitution, are too late to accomplish
much else than to echo the pathetic ap-
peals of AguInaldo that we do not de-
stroy our own government in order to
save the Philippines from the fatal pow
er Of his Dictatorship. It Is not far to
go nor Is the way obscure to find in the
Constitution OF the United States, express
power given to Congress to do what was
dOna In TnnfefQnQ and Haxuaft of1A xrh 4
self-respect compeis us TO do In the Phil
ippines."
ing against expansion, demands that the
government disclose to the people precise
Iy what took place before the capture of
the Ftlipinos. He asks II Spain had
anything but pretended sovereignty to
cede and demands the reason for so sud
den turning of Filipino friendship into
a hostility"
Senator W. e. Chandler, arguing for
expansion, writes:
Whatever the future may have in store
for the Cubaus and the Filipinos, they
are forever released, thank God, from
the cruel methods of government always
peculiar to brutal Spain.
No sensible or patriotic American now
demands an immediate American re-
treat from the Philippines. American
prowess, on trial before the whole world,
is to be vindicated by the complete tri-
umph of our armies and the full subju-
gation by war of the islands whose fu-
ture destiny Is then to be determined ac-
cording to the deliberate Judgment OF the
American Congress and the American
pcople to whom President Mckinley will
submit and to whom 1t must 90 for de-
cision whether be or any other American
Is or is not willing IL should go there.
Senator Chandler attacks the attitude
OF Senator Hoar in regard to the Philip
pines, and continuing, uses the following
forcible lang guage:
lit seems clear that no one single as
serted principle justifying war is applica-
BILE 20 all wars alike. whatever may be
the circumstances whether wars for ty :
rants or war against tyrants. The near
est approach to such q principle is to be
derived from the motto Of the State of
Massachusetts,: sEnse Petit Placidam
sub Libertate Quiatan.' Here a noble
national sentiment Is enumerated by q
great commonwealth. Quietude, peace
and liberty ars the great objects sought
by her government and people. No others
ara mentioned. How are these to be OBJ.
taineds BY the sword, by war, by cruel,
bloody, brutal. terrific, horrifying slaugh-
ter by killing everybody who opposes
quiet, peace and libertyP
1--WE shall have peace II we have to do
murder to secure it,
Postmaster General Emory Smith,
writing in favor of expansion, claims that
before the recent war, this country was
lacking In commercial outlets, but that
now this deficiency iB done away with
The footnold," he writes, 1--WE have
gained in the Orient, will not be relin-
euished. The philippines win not be
abandoned. Whatsoever questions may be
raised as to form OF government or meas.
ure Of autonomy, the essential fact OF
American sovereignty will remain. The
American people may debate details
but It Is not Of their genius to take back
ward steps nor shrink from responsible.
ties"