Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-06
In Sulu and luzon.

In Sulu and luzon.
From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
President Hadley, of the Yale Uni
versity, says that he is not the authoc
of the editorial on the Philippine ques-
tiOn in the last number of the Yale
Review, of which he is one of the edi-
to's. When asked if he agreed with
the editorials sentiments, he said:
81 think that all the facts stated in the
editorial can be substantiated. Fur
Their than that he would not speak.
Reference has already been made In
this paper to the Yale Reviews edi-
torial. The strong statements in it
were that "despite the mists of cant
that have been studiously thrown
about our position,' it is becoming
clearer to an increasing number of
people that 1--WE have undertaken Just
what Spain had on her hands in Cuba
the reduction OF an unwilling people
to subjection;" and that the thing for
the United States to do is to "turn
back on conquest" and offer the Fill
pinos "self-government AID protection
against foreign aggression" An
other point the Review made was the
inconsistency manifested in recognize
ing the local autonomy of the sultan
of Sulu and in refusing to recog-
nize the local autonomy of the Fill
pino republic of the northern islands.
If we can pension the sultan of Sulu
and recognize his government, why
cannot we recognize the government
of AguiRaldo? That is q fair cues
ton.
Compare the sultanate OF Sulu with
the republic whose head is Aguinaldo.
The sultan rules as an absolute mon
arch after the manner of the sultan of
Turkey. He supports a harem and
the institution of human slavery -four
ishes in his dominions. The harem is
in violation of the spirit of American
institutions, since polygamy was legal
ly abolished in Utah The slavery
violates the thirteenth amendment OF
the United States Constitution, which
declares that neither slavery nor in
voluntary servitude shall exist within
the United STATES ''Qr any place sub.
ject to their jurisdiction. If Mr.. Nc.
Kinley claims jurisdiction over the
Sulu islands he cannot permit human
slavery to exist there without repudi.
| ating the thirteenth amendment and
the cause for which Abraham Lincoln
was martyr. Yet Mr.. Mckinley Is
representative has recently been to sec
the sultan of Sulu to negotiate with
him treaty, and nothing was said o,
doqe, according to all reports, which
would inform the sultan that human
slavery was now become unlawful an6
impossible in the Sulu archipelago
We recognize Moslem potentate with
harem and human slavery, and We
pay him several thousands of dollars
a year to stay quiet while the United
States guarantees him protection
against foreign aggression.
But in Luzon we did not do any
thing ct the sort. We started in will
a presidential proclamation declaring
that we proposed to "assimillate'' tn
nativs population. We made q treat.
with Spain guaranteeing the perpetua
ton of the monastic orders and theil
land titles, which constituted, per
haps, the most potent cause of insur
rection against Spanish rule. We re
fused to recognize the native govern
ment of Luzon, and as soon as tina
government, seeing clearly our pur
poses OF aggression, fell foul of GU
military power, we started in to crust
the life out OF il in war. Yet this ma
tive government represented Q Chris
tan people, not Mohammedaps: I
was a republic, formed ambitiousl,
after our own, and not a monarchy
Its head was Christian with one wifi
and did not support q harem. It
Consultation proclaimed human free
dom, and did not tolerate human sla
very. Why is5it that we are destroy
ing the Christiaa, republican, civi
| lied government, and at the sam
time recognizing the un-C Christian, til
monarehical and barbRrous govern
meat? N.Y. 2sS.* *. f*t tsss4@ III !. ~, @ss: -
/ The Yale Review says; IT we ar
to rule the Sulu archipelago through
the sultan, Why not rule Luzon throug
j Agpinaldo? His abilities have bee
amply tested;',' Will some on
answer. It's hard to nderstapd VII
!. 20 slaYehp ding Mpslem sultan shout
/ he treated with such extra mary de
i terence, while the. Filipino republic q
tsLuzon and }..s Panay should be over
q helmed with all the mi itary power q