The Princeton union., 1900-07-26
eelye TIE sum Il q y 500


900 was actual paid ana tl,e4
balance to Be pal III, ,.srra con-
sditions were So hen Dewey
enlered " aanilas his
Iss scniefs fsa We're and
ever The proceeds p he price
they had obi ined from the Spanish gov
eminent for ming the rebeliion.
mere was then no ent nor
even s'asl' 81 Iagal and guinaldo!
nae l1a. sspy contra IA price expa
striated himsel 4. 35s
The tle.' 81 5sp:, III
WasI ''l as l perfects as ~ could That title
I so.'r$ ol' Icolntr acauired by conquest, 4
through, Dewey 8at hat inle, ana this
title, thus q auired was af fterwardg duly
'e'l confirmed by the of Paris At the
request of 81 linal os ana BY the perrnis-
sion OF Dewey, Aguina 10 returned to-
llllzon and org mixed an Of his fol-
lowers n toSaid In expell ling the spaniards.
And When Mar ila finally surrendered he.
\ became an a1agry and took umbrage be-
cause e lll he and his army were not permit
ted to- enter and loot the city. At was at
Il This time he no doubt became possessed
with the idea OF setting up a goYern-
! ment hos tile to- the United States. The
n United States acquired by conquest and
. II 4 treaty a. perfect title to- 3Luzon and the
others islands, and the people therein be-
came subject to the authority Of our
#goyernme mt, and had 81 o more right Ito
#setsup government hostile to the United
States than the people Of New Mexico,
\ E1Al Arizona or Alaska. We have never Yet.
II II All our hist permitted the people
1 OF any Of our territorial possessions to:
set set UP q government hostile to the Unit,
ed States. Nor have we ever permitted
them to set up any government at all
Wit hout the express permission Of con
gress. And denying to the .jTagals what
We we have denied in all other cases can
never afford a. valid ground for COM
Splaint ;J As Is b # 5y 83 81 .5
5S3 Does Mr.. Bryan and his party mean
4 or contend thai we should have .relin-
I, ,qu1shed our possession and right in the
Islands - as to Aguinaldo and the Tagals as
sooonSas soon the treaty OF Paris was ratified? |?
B d ia az We done 50 bsolutely the islands
would at once have been seized by some
OF the. great powers of Europe, or, If not
so seized, would have fallen into disin-
tegration, anarchy and chaos, for even
II the Tagals could, after a fashion, gov
ern themselves they would be wholly un-
equal to the task Of governing all the is
lands, with SO many savage and semi
civilized tribes as are there found !. .5.5
s5a But 1T is said we should allow the
9Tagalss tossset mp a government Of their
own, and then exercise prot tectorate
over them. To exercise a proper protec-
I I torate we would have to be responsible
1 for IS their peace and good behavior, both at
Et,n 2op
an army and navy of ours in that coun-
1 try and we w ould find our task more diff
S!ficult by reason Of the character Of the
self constituted Tagal government. We
can much more easily exercise a protecto-
rate and peri form the function Of a guar
dian by retaining them under our direct
sJuris ion and by giving them such a
government s s}FSs ss53i 55 st5
Under Our Ykuspi ces. ss#
as they are capable Of digesting and fit to
use and enjoy There can be but three
courses to pursue Total aband onn1ent
/ which would lead to foreign seizure or
suicide, and would be dishonorable before
Coda man; a 4protectorate, which, be-
cause of the interest and desires Of other
nations8 and the peculiar character and
status Of the people Of the Islands and
their environment 81 would he more bur-
fdensome and a more difficult task than n
having direct charge of the people and
providing them a agsuitable government; !;
and third, pacifcation and the establish
ment of a. suitable government, under the
direct auspices and supervision of the
United States. The latt ter is the plan md
purpose 6fsthe Republican party. One
I or the other sof the two other plans
aban onment or a. protectorat must be
the Democratic plan, il they have any
plan, and this is the gist Of their anti
Imperialism, 81 5s#sss al 4Ii$S &
The Democracy will find it diffic $to
make a hero of Aguinal lido. They can
hardly be serious when they compare him
with George Washing gton and Simon Boli-
var. He stands before the world as "a.
double traitor. He was a traitor#to the
/ Spaniard when, after having aband doned
his people and ssv voluntarily expatriated
himself for q pecunia iary 8consid tior he
again returned to- Manila Ito join in a
war on the Spaniards. He was traitor
to the United States when, after having
returned to- Manila by the permission OF
Dewey to aid. K in I the, expulsion Of the
1 Spa niards, he organized an insurrection
against the authority Of the United
States. 1t vas the presence Of Dewey
and our forces at Manila that made it
possible for him to return and to organize
his army. He came. there 5unde the pro-
lection Of the Americ ca 4 flag. He was not
Invited by Dewey fornent an insur!
5rection or set up q hostile government.
And wha I was there Of his so-called Philip
pine republic tt was a mere military
soligarchy, organized BY AS ufnaldo and q
\ few of his Tagal chiefs,s and such as it
was IT has already been scattered to the
four Winds, The insurrection has, in the
IN, spent Its 4 force and subsided into a
petty guerrilla warfare BY small isolated
bands ii remote hills. swamps and for
tests, who live by plunder, find protec-
ton in the rainy season. and fondly hope
for Democratic success &I5 5#$6y
NE In the mea time our. ii thorittes are
maintaining peace and order prote ecting
life and property and establishing local
civil governments und er the auspices and
direction Of the able ommission recently
appointed by the president And BY the
time the sdes of Y NoXer, bars II roll around,
the insnrre lon Will be only as saga a
IN ere, relic of history, and Jaw and order
will prevail in Luzon, and the Tagals wis
awake to the fact whish IA ~ have been