The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-09-27

cane or lauuatlOn ne asked MS hearers
do.you suppose this man would be gull
ty of initiating an imperialistic policy
To the simple question here PROFOUND
ed we answer, yes According to Mr..
La Toilette if the charge can be sustain
ed then Mr. Mckinley is unworthy of
support and should be permanently cen
sured He used much stronger term.
When Mr. Mckinley was elected TO the
high office Of president of the United
States no thought of altering the mode
Of government had crossed the mind Of
any man in the country The condi-
lions were not in evidence to warrant
the inauguration of policy of imperi-
alism We had travelled bat a short
way with the Republican administra-
ton when Mr. Mckinley saw his way
toward this goal in the war with Spain.
While we will not impugne the rectitude
Of the motive prompting the war, yet
after it was over, leaving complex
problems for settlement then the admin
/ istration revealed its new purpose and
set the wheels of policy going toward
/ imperialism Cuba, as means toward
| this end, was eliminated a specific
promise had been made her people, and
no sophistry nor the design of scheming
politicians in high places could alter
that pledge. Cuba is TO have independ
eace, though the Mckinley plan is now
to delay this as long as possible.
But Cuba was not the only territory
wrested from Spain. Ia the West In
dian seas lay Porto Rico and in the Pa
ciic, Guam and the Philippine archi-
pelag0. All these islands and their in
habitants had been under the sovereign
ity of Spain and when the Treaty Of
Peace was signed, they We're coded to |
the United States. 1t was ~ this juno |
ture that Mr. Mckinley, had he been
LOYAL 10 the traditions Of the republic |
could have perpetuated the statesman
ship of Lincoln The Philippines being |
ours by treaty rights. Were ours to dis |
pose Of ~ we saw fit But says Mr., La |
Toilette the United States was blocked |
from ceding the territory for period Of |
ten years, and TO sustain his point he |
quoted article Of the Treaty Of Paris. |
The quotation follow.
The United States will for the term of ten |
years from the date Of the exchange Of the ra-
tihcatiou- Of the present treaty. admit Spanish |
ships and merchandise To the ports Of the Phil |
ppine islands on the same trrnr rs ships and
merchandise Of the / nited states.
II Will be noted that the paragraph
above cited is assumptye. In other
word, the peace plenipotentiaries as
sumed an international obligation, or
the two governments We're made party
to COM act by which enc Of the said
parties having jurisdiction for the time
specified should be bound to its terms
There is nothing in the phrasing Of ar
ticle 10 prevent the United States sur
rendering her authority within the ten
years and 10y the elimination Of iuri-
dictiUn our obligation ceases and the
compact naturally dissolyes We be
lieve our view is justified by article II
Of the same treaty, which says,
The government Of each country viii for the
term of ten Years accord tn the merchant ycS-
sells Of the other country the same treatment
IN respect Of all port charge including en-
trance and clearance duc- light dues aud ton
mage due. a. IN auuoru- 10 its own merchant
vessels not engaged iu tho coas.wi-e trade
This article may at any time Dee terminated
on six month notice given hy either govern
mcUt 81 the other
Here we have but provi-ionary
agreement, susceptible Of quick dissolu
ton and if it was thought wise that
within ten years to give the Filipuos
their independence, nothing stands in
the way Of accomplishing this end
But states Mr. La Toilette the raud
cation Of the treaty was made possible
only 10y the iutiueuce Of Mr. Bryan, Let
MS admit this but let us at the same
time be fair to the Democratic candidate
and lct him tell rs in his own words
why he did it, He says
Whom NJ ~ seemed some probability Of the
rejection % The trrnty the friends OF the admin.
-trUtIuu began ~ suggest the uruprivty ut
witiaghIuH tnr tFentF untli thc new senate
could bo convened lu extra session. A. the
new senate WltI haven considerable Republic
uu majority 80 would be guI.e certain tr ratiiy
the trnuty Thusuu effort go prevent the ruti.
Hcatuu 81 the treaty would br likely "a fail u
the very beginning e.. IS resolution
declaring the mutton policy that tho destiny
az tho lulJuA ~tutn- l- lu the hands nt the puu.
lde Bud tuuAe 2" ascertain W once tha -eutI-
mtHl ol ih" prullr "- rrilgCt"d 10y then rem"-
a"ufWiEe- The rejection of the I.
treat 4 would O.. uuw i-p because tLr oppuuput,
of tho treaty would NrrUWIvlIcd tu assume rr-
apuufIhIty for tho continuance ui war rnudl. /.
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