Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-03
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dennis. In other words, they propose
to repudiate solemn obligation in
4 which they joined.
observe that Mr.. White, in his
Davenport speech, denies that the allie
glance of the Inhabitants of con-
Iuuered territory passes with the sover-
4 eighty unless the consent of the inhabi-
tants is obtained. and he even goes so
far as to aver that a treaty of cession
from one country to another does not
4 carry with it the allegiance of the occu-
pants of the ceded territory without
itheir express consent. Evidently Mr..
white is as much at variance with Mr..
/ Wharton, the leading digester of In
Iternational law, and with the supreme
court of the United States, as he is
with most of the people of Iowa on the
money question. Mr.. White is also
widely at variance with that eminent
4 democratic president, James *. Polk
whose utterances on the subject of con-
] quered territory and the rights of its
subjects appears in his second annual
message of 1916.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY
When the United States took possess
sion of Manila and the bay by con-
quest ard accepted the sovereignty of
the archipelago by cession from Spain,
we became responsible for the main
tenance of peace and order. To recede
from that responsibility would be to in
q vite the legitimate claims of every
Il Owner of property, foreign or native,
4 who might be despoiled by reason of
that lawlessness and violence which
would inevitably follow the departure
Of the American flag. To say nothing
lof the humiliation in which it would
place our country in the eyes of the
Y World to recede from our position there.
lit would be absolute insanity as busi-
ness proposition. From all the knowl-
edge We have gained respecting the
character of the Inhabitants it is
clearly apparent shat they are not now
capable Of stable self government
Since the discovery of the Philippine
sEislands by Magellan n 1921, the inhabi-
tants, mostly MalaSs and Negritos
5 have been under Spanish rule and dur
ing these four centuries they have
never been able to gain their independ-
Ience for the reason that they seem to
be incapable OF organizing and main
raining stable government among
themselves. They have never possessed
that liberty of which we hear so much
taik and of course can not b. deprived
sof something which they never had.
With the exception of few simple
productions such as straw hats, mats,
tobacco and sugar. they have even
failed 70 develop The natural resources
of the islands which, according to the
best authorities. are various and most
abundant. From a report on the min
eral resources OF the islands by Mr..
George f. Becker OF the United States
geological survey, we learn that there
Is gold, silver. platinum, copper lead.
iron. mercury. marble. sulphur. oil,
natural gas and pearls. MIR. F. f. Hill
der writing in the Forum from his
personal knowledge, SAYS: The world
I contains no fairer nor more fertile
lands. no more promising fields for
commercial enterprise. The vast
: public domain, of which only about
one-ffth is occupied. has never been
I towned by the Filipinos, and they are
therefore losing nothing by the cession
: Of it from Spain 10 the United States.
T There are fifty or sixty tribes and as
: many Languages and dialects One
: tribe headed by Aguinaldo. who has
: been getting rich out of the rebellion
t business, together With a small tribe in
: the United States headed by Mr. At
5 kinson of Massachusetts who has beer
getting rebellious from no particula,
business. are making all the trouble
with o,p. country and causing all the
bloodsned of our soldiers and our sail
ors. while the other tribes wish to abide
in peace under the American flag.
The United states now holds the an
5 solute title TO this rich domain. The
hay of Manila and the city came to Ms
: as legitimate fortune of war and we
have also the treaty title of the entire
archipelago by purchase. When we
have all they ever had. and more
They will have their private propert,
, land they will have decent government
,. They will have law and order and ar
I on,,ort,,n;.v for deyelonnent They