Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-03
WHAT WILL He DO WITH MA.
NILAp

Neither in the Kansas City platform
nor in his mpaig speeches has Mir.
Bryan told what he viii do With Manila
when he Withdraws the American trtS,ns
from the Philippines. Manila has ALWAYS
been a white mans city. 1t was founded
in 1911 by Legaspi. a Spanish general,
1t was wholly built by the SpaniarSS
and controlled by them during the three
centuries in which it has attained its
present population of nearly 500. 900. The
10000 citizens of Chinese blood who live
in Manila am there under the white
men s protection and are there today sole
~ because it is not a Filipino city. The
great majority of all the Europeans and
Americans in the archipelago arc resi-
dents of Manila or depend upon that city
for protection. WIN MIR. Bryan give
Manila to the Filipinos to sovernras they
please? =
The first hostile demonstrations of the
Filipino insurgents date from the wise
act of General Merritt in f~oVbidding them
to enter Manila with their arms at the
time of the citys surrender, They con-
siGered themselves aggrieved because
they We're not allowed to loot the Span
ish capital. AT Il later date A%guinaldo
tried to burn the city and wrote out a
plan. now in the hands of American Off
Gals. for the assassination OF the white
residents. AS Ions as there was any
danger of Aguinaldo's forces being al
lowed to enter the city the citizens lived
in constant fear. When it became APP
parent, under General Otis firm admin
istration, that Manila was not to be al
lowed to fall into Filipino hands the
despairing look wore OFF the faces of
those who had great interests at stake.
In the words of Mrs. Foreman. the high
est British authority on the Philippines,
there were no more sleepless nights.
fearing an attack from the dreaded rebel
or the volunteer The -arge majority of
foreign and half-caste Maniia merchants
showed a higher appreciation OF Ameri-
can protection than OF the prospect Of
an absolutely independent Filipino re-
public
The sentiments of A~guinaldo's follow
ers have not changed in regard to Manila.
They would be as eager to sack the town
if admitted by. Mr.. Bryan and his party
as they would have been if admitted by
Generals Anderson, Merritt. or Otis. All
that is necessary is to withdraw the
American troops and the former reign of
terror among the Manila merchants and
residents will instantly be in force. The
Independence" called for by the Kansas
City platform means this if it means
anything. 1t means the right of Fill
pinos to rule the Americans. IInglishmen
Germans, Cinnamon. half~ca5tes, and
natives who have been friendly to the
Americans in Manila. They may rule
merely by the methods learned from the
Spaniards. or they may do it according
to their own more original Methods of
pillage.
MIR. Bryan'S party is not in favor or
giving votes TO the negroes in the south.
because to some extent they might be
ruling the whites Yet in the Philip
pine Islands he is il favor of placing a
city OF 800, 900 inhabitants-a white mems
city since it's fOundation-undei' the ep-
tire control Of halt-civilizea Malays. Not
even Mr.. Bryan can believe that the
people of Manila desire such a, thing
Whatever the rest of the archipelago
may wish, Manila emphaticaily prefers
security under the American flag. MIR
Bryan has much to say about the con
sent Of the governed. What VIII he az
| in the case Of Manila? Will he respect
the wishes of tho white mems city, q
will he force a Filipino government upOT
t it? ..-
Manila is a city with ell the appurten
ances of civilized municipalities. 1t hai
it's government buildings. churches
prisons, museum. university, acadeGn,
of arts and civil and military hospitals
Not one of these things is of Filipino
origin. White men built the walls, lajlt
out the streets. and constructed tn
docks at Manila. Substantially all tn
%property of value was created by tn
effort or through the direction OF other
than Filipinos. The lives and the prop
erty of the residents of Manila We're in
trusted to the ~safekeeping of the Amer
lean government by the treaty of peac
with Spain. President Mckinley am
the republican party are in favor OF ful
filling that trust. Mr.. Bryan and tn
democratic party are apparently in faVo
q of betraying it. If this is not the case
Z it behooves Mr.. Bryan to state in hi
letter of acceptance just what is to be
come of Manila in the event of "Filipin
= n~dapapdance rs he understands it..