New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-20

did not The flag went to Cuba and was carried
ton not only is not there but we busy encour-
aging Cuba to prepare constitution Oh ner e g"u
ereign State then is our Constitution It's corner
Included ei within state boundares congress alone
determines the extent to which the provisions of
The circumstances associated with posses
tory Of conquests The crueItes practised upon its
oPe induced the war Before we began d h Isb
know that our hands were clean and that we were
discaimed any disposition intention to exercise
sovereignty jursdetiop or control oyer the Island
mnation when that was accomplished, to leave the
To this declaration we stiil vigorously adhere
we Found iUoE Existing R al to be @
plorabIe Under the f0nseryatve 3 ana wise man AN
provements have been effected, and we have given
the 0 the first od g09d a ba6s they o ase
lence. We have stamped out yellow fever and
latitude We took its starving TeconcentTados who
had survived the war and its other
public school system, and have everywhere estab-
Then followed a compliance of the terms of the
treaty which gave the S29as2 lnn ma mnf
register citizens or preserve their allegiance TO
was made; Then came the fixing Of the quaIihca-
b oS ToT 'T The sla G was divided into mnc
paties and the registration provided for. And on
held ali through the island, as the first and pre-
limnary steps toward the establishment Of
ton ton. So 9 ''''-|'-' ' '''| '''l- " ''''
THE CUBAN THEFTs.
And In this connection it is fitting to say that
the populations and frauds committed in Cuba by
subordinate officials have made every American
men is arrested and convicted and sentenced that
Same VIII know no apatement II Is no more to
trusted employe be charged against the character
that Shields and protects dIsR6Hest ocia5 oPfoy
Furnishes them The Republican party has been
rarely the victim of misplaced confidence IN its
made with the greatest care many Of them from
he Gass1hed service @ & fraud has been
nsy ana Nth The gTeafeet P#octg So has It
It been adways In the vast aggrega5e OF business
Is rare and his deteotion certain The great hu-
initiation is that the thefts were from the people
relation and whose confidence we ask That this
h g2oq has hg rot o ben not vain II
| shall serve to stimulate US to even greater care
poured out our blood and treasure. and whom we
| friendship as citizens OF a sister republic.
We are dealing tit with CgPo in spirit not only
island evnce and declare her aby o take Se 6 oRe
receive it, and until then We shall continue to ad,
satisfactory to all good citizens in cuba, and
| creditabe to the Administration at Washington
! under whose orders the government is conducted
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
, Had there been no war with Spain this Republic.
! peaceful ways, would have continued the develop
IN its existing borders, content In the future.
path Of National duty we ear are not wa T or oe
9osrIeIsome people we have never coveted the
| Is unknown among us We would fight TO the
| avenge a wrong sought to be perpetrated upon us
! and to guard this hemisphere from any attempt by
| its soil This has been creed, and we have
whe E Wh Sns
| the two oceans, should lead among the nations of
! the character and high intelligence OF people.
enable us, in the peaceful rivalry of commerce, to
dominate eventually the markets of the world
years, held ourselves aloof from foreign compiica-
within With NC thought a of coona conqGe from
- The future Of nations however like the future
| than man may nation choose its own duties.
oil its completeness We found eight millions of
8 092 living Pon ID delivered into
feSsion that while the oppression by Spain of
Interference greater barbarty and cruelty to mill
tons OF Ftlipnoss less able to protect themselves
nation In the world. no Christian nation could
when they Insisted upon Po o rete nr
ton Of the Philippines, voiced the sentiments and
wishes Of the American people; and this Nation has
assumed with open eyes and with full realization
grave responsibilities imposed upon us by the Treaty
We are told that the islands are rich in all the
products Of the tropics, in mineral wealth, and in
much the better But il they were as BARREN as
the Libyan desert would have taken them just
the same.
REBELLION MUST BE CRUSHED.
We haven't been there long. but long enough to
reach two conclusions One is that the first thing
we intend doing is to suppress the Tagal insur-
rection and TO establish law and order throughout
tho archipelago. That is the first thing we shall
do: And the last, the very last thing intend
doing Is to consider for G moment the question OF
giving up of abandoning these Islands
We are actually owners Of the Philippines by an
undisputed and indubitable title We are there as
the necessary and logical outcome OF our victory
over Spain. There upward of a thousand ISL
ands sprinkled upon that Southern sea. peopled by
more than eighty tribes OF differing race and Ian
guage, and having absolutely nothing IN common
with each other. Most of these tribes welcome our
coming and grateful for our protection The
IhEal tribe, hostile not only 10 us but TO most OF
the native tribes in Instruction against our
authority They have neither a government nor
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