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peaceably travel together so far as their
steps go in the same direction. Id.
THE TROUBLE AT no1Io.

THE TROUBLE AT ILOILO,
1t is to be hoped that our authorities in
the Philippines viii not temporize with the
situation at Iloilo. The Spanish forces sur
rendered the city to the Filipino insur-
gents. when an American force was on the
way to take possession. Perhaps the Span
ish commander did it to embarrass tho
Americans; perhaps he did it because he did
not know the American troops were COM
ing and felt that he could not hold out any
longer. But this does not make anw differ
ence. The point Is that the Philippine Is
lands were surrendered by Spain to the
United States. The United States is bound
by the terms Of the treaty to carry out
certain stipulations, which it cannot do un-
less it has full possession and exercises the
supreme authority. The insurgents, or a
portion Of them. have set up an independ-
ent government at 1oilo and appointed
cabinet This indicates their intention to
exercise the sovereignty so far as their
power extends Their power should not be
allowed to extend far or to remain long
The American commander should be in
structed to promptly demand the surrender
of the city and island to him, and If 1t is
refused, to promptly smash the rebel force
1t may take a lesson Of this kind to con-
vince the native leaders that the United
States means business and will not toler-
ate a divided sovereignty. The United
States must certainly have possession until
the Spanish treaty is ratified and its terms
carried into effect Then if congress desires
to turn the islands over to the Filipinos, 1t
can be done-but we hardly think cosgress
will care to DO 1t yet awhile. AS Admiral
Dewey says in his latest reported utterance.
the United States must accept it's RESPONSE
bilities in the Philippines which Have been
acquired by conquest, and If we should
shirk this duty should put ourselves
back 200 years in the worlds history.
1t will interest our readers to COM
pare the foregoing administration echo
with the lofty patriotism and statesman
ship of Senator Hoar as shown in his
speech in the United States senate found
on the front page of this issue.
The money mongers of Wall street tip
Mckinley the wink, Mckinley opens his
mouth and the administration parrot
press throughout the country shout for
posed the war to liberate the Spanish
colonies, but now the colonies have been
liberated they are united in their de-
mands that these same colonies shall
now be subjugated and their inhabitants
enslaved to American money bags. These
colonies were fighting for freedom and
independence. American soldiers help
ed to shoot down those Spaniards who
stood in the way of that independence.
1t was Cuban, Porto Rican and Philip
pine independence our soldiers fought
for and not a single American soldier
enlisted with the understanding that he
was to fight Spain for no other purpose
than to give Cuba and other Spanish
colonies change of masters. When
our American soldiers return and learn
that the results of the war have been
thus perverted by the money bags of
this country, they should refuse to lay
down their arms until absolute indie
pendence was conceded to those colo
MES. We fought for our own independ
ence and shot down red coats, red skins,
Hessians and Tories Unfortunately to
gain the end.
We have commenced another war for
freedom and the object should be gain
ed if our soldiers had to shoot down
every millionaire in this country.
The money bags now seeking to use
the American army and navy through
their tool, Mckinley, for private ends
may yet go a step too far.
The whole argument of Senator Hoar
shows that he sees the dangers ahead
and thinks it time to call halt. Pop
ulists and Socialists will see in all this
only one more step toward the final So
luton of the great question between the
rights of man and the rights of money
and we shall the sooner learn whether
that solution will be a peaceful one.
E. A. T.