New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28

, ,,cb+ no AGAIN revived. and II was OF wv
49,. ,nortonce that a civilized io"'i
,o,,,d boon control of the islands ana not "p"
dor them however specious the plea maze io'
49, ,,o+,,roI RIGHT of the inhabitants to Cover"
.,o,.o,,.os and thunder the worlds commerce.
,,n1,,,o,l,. wa assumed the sovereignty Oh INV
,,ohino,oco nc in dutv bound and ut the earil'S'
,,,,,orturitr have undertaken to perform our III
.crrotionaI ohliqations. while leaving the cN'i-
tvotion of tbe islands 10 be gradually acheNe"'
40 OH cvilizotion must be il it Is not mere
,oneor AZ The Tribune has hitherto SAID our
rolotion 70 tho Sulus was similar to our relation
with the Indian tribes fora century. MT ho"-
inson makes exactly the same point III deiehoo
80 tho SuIu treaty We took general SUPERVISION
~ -bo Indians in the territory under our SOW
o,oicntv kent them in as good order as possible
and loft tbem 70 live according to their own Gus
IONS under their own chiefs and medicine men
That is exactly what we are doing WIN INV
suIus Mr.. Robinson pays "A generous tribute 10
General Bates for his conduct OF the heso''"-
tiops and shows how. while leaving the natives
all reasonable freedom and guaranteeing 'he"'
AGAINST the imposition of veXatious Western
conventions he made the lnlt'd Suites " ''''
force for order and civilization among th'hl'
When the question Of dealing with these fanat-
ical murderers lwho Kill lnldeIs III p.n,aon
TO Nahometan tenets was raised betMer"
General Bates and the Sultan, General BATS
nlled very promptly that they would ne regdI" ~
as murderers and promptly shot. 10 thDe ~
added that not only the murderer out ti,g ,, o,,.
who encouraged the man and registered MS w.
would also he regarded as paruceps cilI,'' liz
This struck the Generals auditor somewhat u, no
favorably and he was quite loath 10 Eleiu Sn
noint II was upon such matters as TINS tnal
The General showed the character of his back
hone The MahOmetan religion was 10 De -
spected in all ways that were right put IN
committing Of murder under the cloak or rels
ion could not be tolerated. In terms or tact anu
Aruness the idea conveyed TO the oui''"'
and the point was finally conceded
As TO tbc general result of the negotiation Mr.
Robinson reports:
The affairs OF the island Will be conducted as
all such affairs should be there and IN oth ONE
isIonde along the lines familiar 10 the people.
ca long as they are consistent with established
ideas OF right and justice. Their land cannot We
seized and occupied by "squltters rites mus
no Given or approved by the Sultan. Native
courts Of Justice VIII be established, and piracy
will he suppressed. There Will undoubtedly ne
in the future. as in the past. many local us
turbances many tribal contests, between tne
neople of these southern islande The relations
troointained With them by the United States VIII
denend upon the wisdom and the tact OF the
American authorities
What contrast this hopeful. sensible ana
moderate picture of an entirely praiseworthy
treaty I'm the interests Of civilization makes with
tho lurid sketches of "the Methodist Mckinley
ms the patron Of 1.-THE Mahomctan despot III
his harem" which the anti-expansionist papers
gave us! How ashamed they must be that they
did not wait little more patiently for The
! Evening Post to enlighten them.