Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-19

divide them ana declare that none of our
goods shall be sent into that country.
notwithstanding We have commercial
treaties with China which declare that
our ships shall he received there on the
most favorable terms of any nation; let
Them undertake 4. today and YOU viii
find Great Britain ana Japan with the
United States uul.us their voice and
saying: mo, not one inch of division
iApplauSel. Would the United States
nave united with Great Britain and Japan
one year ago? No. You would have been
~ puWerIcSS rs You We're III Armenia.
What is The trouble in the Philippine
We We're in Paris. General Merritt was
before us. General Whittier was before
us. one or two other officers who were in
Manila Were before US, ana they all test-
lied before Us that ii WAS perfectly peace
tul in Manila. They al testified that Ii
Wouldn't take over five regiments of whit"
men 10 take care Of the entire archipel-
ago and as many more regiments Wlth
native company officers and white field
officers They all testified that the rev
GnucS would be ample fur everything
hat was required. They believed it. ana
we believed id. Now what is the trouble
/ will tell You what the trouble is. We
We're three months making 4 treaty i'll
Paris. ASuinaidn had his agents there all
The time. For TWO months had not the
remotest idea We would make a treaty.
and cahled the President OF the United
States one day that We should not make
a treaty ana that | trusted that he. a.
commander in chief and commander oi
the navy. would promptly seize the archi-
pelaEo ANA the Caroline islands. Ger
many has got them. Now that was com
municated to AGunaldo again ana again
ana again, that there was TO be no peac4
made IN Paris What did Aguinaldo do?
Tie said 10 his people: They are SoluE
70 have no peace in Paris. We have sui
got 10 fight Spain. Now | must increase
my army and have it ready to ilEh
Spain" Ana then he appealed to the
rich FilipinuS for money to buy powder
ana muskets, ANA he bought them and
armed his army. All with the pretence-
and think il was an honest pretcnce
with AguinaIdO then-that ii was 70 hSht
Spain with. because there was 20 be No
treaty between the United States ana
Spain.
But We finally made the treaty. Then
we reported that treaty 10 the Senate ~
the United States. Agu!naldO mad NJ
agents in the United States ana around
The. Senate ana in Washington all the
time If that treaty had been ratified ~
70 days ana no public speeches had been
made IN the Senate. YOU never would
nave heard Of L war With the F1uplnps
But there We were Wrangliug over il fJt
nearly three months. ANA awful speeches
Tor American citizens 10 make We're made
i'm the United States Senate ana else
where hN men who seemed 70 furget ina.
.hry had country OF their own ana that
ID had a nag. ] pitN amy citizen who can
make himself believe that his country is
right, whether il is right Or wrong,
daughter ANA applause. ANA AguiuaiGp
then gave CUT word: There Is 70 he NJ
treaty ratified. The archipelago" j. MT
u br taken by the United states. 10 j.
TO be kept by Spain Ana then Ar Ia
creased his army more. and then he
raised more money. ANA then NJ buuEh,
more arms. ANA then his head SWrilyd
ana he believed .ha. hc was big cnuuGL
To lick Inv United States n America,
GauEhtrrl. ana hen he commenced war
ia n.y. There IL the whole secret ~ TIN"
war. ANA You may place the responsibility
for il whrr. ynu please: il il not on m.
4 Tlt- OF ANA 1DnlttlStl