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'INIQUI7Y OF IMPERIALISM
STRONG ADDRESS By EX-GOVERNOR
BOUTWELL, OF MASSA ACHUSEITS.

Delivered at an Anti-ImperiaIist Com
! vest of Evil in Many Quarters
Aguinaldo in the Right and MCKINLEY
in the Wrong.
Boston, May ia conference of we'll
known members of the Anti -Imperial-
istc league was held this afternoon.
Although the attendance was not large,
the enthusiasm was marked. The event
!, of the meeting was the strong address
delivered by Ex-Governor Boutwell,,
president of the -Imperialistic
Of Aguinaldo and answered Secretary
of the Navy John D. Long. Hon. Win
slow Long presided. Before Mr.. Bout
well read his paper he said that what
he was about to say had been submitted
to the executive committee of the league
and had been approved by it's members,
so that in some sense it might be taken
as the voice of the Anti-Imperialistio
league.
Ex-Governor Boutwell, began by deny
ing the charge that the Anti Imperialis-
tic league organization was engaged ip
improper dealings with the army in the
Philippines, but stated that it was the
purpose Of the league ito bring the
army out of the Philippines by quiet
influence of the American people at
/ home, acting through the ordinary
channels of intercourse and communi-.
cation; but failing in that effort, as fail
we may, then we propose to SO act an to N
summon the army from the Philippines
by the authority of the votes of the
American people and without thought
of the consequences to men, to admins
istrations, to political parties or to ques-
tions of domestic concern" M
| After some further reference to the
work in which the league is engaged
the speaker entered upon discussion OF \
the subject Of imperialism, taking up
the most recent developments in the
! Philippine situation. He said: IF the
opinion of one person upon the question:
| whether the president of the United
| States or Aguinaldo is in the right Is OF
any value to the advocates Of imperial-
ism, I am prepared to make answer.
The president asserts right to govern
others, right which has never been
possessed lawfully by any one and which
has never been exercised through fear,
fraud, force and war. AS between
Aguinaldo and the president, Aguinaldo
is in the right and the president is In
the wrong Aguinaldo can only bring n
the war to an end by the surrender Of
all right to self-governnent in himself
and in his people, and by the recognition
of right in the president to govern
and to tax 100000 Filipinos in whatever
manner shall to him seem expedient
Ex-Governor Boutwell, pointed out
some of the differences between the
claim of the United States upon the
Philippines and those of England upon \
the American colonies. Taking up Sec
retary Longs intimation that the Phil
ippines might be given a government
similar to those of the territories Of the
United States, the speaker enumerated
soem of the privileges which the terri
tories enjoy and asked "what the reply
of American citizens would be to the
proposition to endow 100000 Malaya
and their posterity through all time
with right of competition and equal
ity."
Mr. Boutwell, held that the iniquity Of
Imperialism is bearing harvest ofaevil
in many quarters, in support of which
statement he cited the recent events in
Samoa and Hawaii. The speaker In
closing directed the thought of the au-
dience to the changed relations which
have resulted in the failure of George
III and the British ministry to Coop
crate with the American colonies in es-
tablishing self government, and pointed
out how, from the possibility of estab-
fishing such relations with the Philip n
pines, their friendship had been lost I'd
the United States and the only possi-
bility for peaceful conditions remaining
was in the opportunity presented Of
abandoning claim of jurisdiction and
the tender of aid without positive obli-
cation in the establishment Of an inde-
pendent government.
At the close of Mr.. Boutwell's address
a vote of thanks was extended to him.
A set of six resolutions was then offer
ed by Francis e. Abbott, which affirm
ed the political principles of the decla-
ration of independence, demanded JUS
tice to the Filipinos "whom we made
our allies in the war with Spain" and
their independence, and denounced the
war against them as all act of treach-
cry. The fifth resolution stated that
the punishment Of our Criminal ag-
gression" against this brave betrayed
and unfortunate people is already evil
dent in the ominous usurpation of ille-
gal powers by the president in the
censorship of the press and
in the threat of persecution for treason
of an eminent and patriotic citizen who
was acting strictly within his legal
rights The last one was as follows:
Resolved, That we protest against this
attempt to degrade the greatest repub-
lie into an empire, destroy its moral
leadership of the world and to make it
succumb to ideas and principles which
It was born to oppose, and we solemnly
appeal to the conscience of the Ameri-
can people to frustrate it for ever by
with tenfold to The Spirit
Of 49,"
After the passing of the resolutions,
the set referring to encouraging closer
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