The age-herald., 1899-01-15
He Asks for a Ma tiondlDGCIar-
 alton Of Our Policy To- ward New AC-
 sessions.

break the news to them at once, and send over large army to instruct them in the principles of a government which in one hemisphere derives it's just powers from the consent of the governed, and, in the other, derlyes It's authority from superior force.
 While our nation is not prepared to draft complete code of laws suited to the pe- culiar needs of the Filip.nos, we ought to be able to decide at once whether we intend to deal with them according to the princi- pies of our own government or according to the customs prevailing among European monarchies. Even a republican congress ought to be able to choose without hesita- tion between a policy which establishes republic in the orient and policy which sows the seeds of militarism in the United States.
 "The trade relations possible under a protectorate would be of more value to the United States than any which would come as the result of forcible annexation.
 For Coaling Stations
 "The people of Porto Rec have not man. ifested any desire for political independ- ence, and would in all probability favor annexation, yet it is only right that they should have an opportunity to choose. The resolution authorizing intervention recog- n.zed the right of the Cubans to independ- ence. To be consistent, we must also spect the wishes of the inhabitants of Porto Rico. The resolution could, with out impropriety, offer annexation to Porto Rico.
 Tn recent interview I suggested that the United States should retain a harbor and coaling station in the Philippines and in Porto Rico in return for services rem dered and added that Cuba should be asked to make a similar concession on the same ground.
 "Second. A resolution declaring the na- tion's purpose presents plain and clear of Cnl ernment and the colonial policy. It pre- sents positive affirmative method of deai- ing with the question. In opposing the treaty we would be on the defensive; Tn outlining a policy we shall be aggressive. The strongest arguments which could be used in support of the treaty will lose thelr force entirely when Spain is eliminated and the American people are able to dispose ef the question according to their own ideas and interests.
 Means for an End
 "Third It secures by easier means every end that can be secured by re3ectioh oi the treaty.
 ..If an officer of the law arrests person in possession of stolen goods he caan either oonnel the return of the goods to the owner or he can first rescue them ana then return them himself. We find Spain In the possession of a title to a part or the Phi ippines. She has not yet conquered all the native tribes, put the tltle WHICH Sio Hts was acquired by force and has been held by force We can either compel her to sur render her title to the Philippines, as we compelled her to surrender Cuba to the Gu bans or we can accept possession ana then of our own accord, turn over the islands to the inhabitants.
 s.The peace commissioners might have de- manded independence for the Filipinos, as they did for the Cubans; if they did not properly interpret the wishes of the people of the United States, the blame must fall upon them and not upon the people. Ger tainly, seventy millions of citizens are un- der no obligations to abate their devotion to the ideals which they have cherished for a century in order to indorse the work of peace commission or to approve the instruc- tions of an executive.
 As to the S2O.OOn.00O
 ''If it is urged that the ratification of the treaty imposes upon us an obligation to pay twenty millions of dollars to Spain, I an- swer: First, That this amount can proba- bly, be secured from the Filipinos in return for independence; and, second, that, If 1t cannot be secured from them it is better to lose the amount entirely than to expend larger sum in securing a modification of the treaty.
 "It is better to regard the amount paid as a contribution to liberty than to con- slider it the market price of land improve ments or people.
 ITO terminate the war upon the same high plane upon which it was inaugurated is worthy of a great republic to descend from a sublime beginning to the purchase of sovereignty (for our own profiO from a nation whose title we disputed in Cuba would lay us open to the charge of Punic faith.