The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-18
|M'KINLEY'S POLICY
In the Negotiations Ending 10 Acquisi.
ton Of the Philippines
WAS DICTATED BY BRITAIN.
Real Reason for Keeping the CORE
spondence State Secret.
{ FEARS AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION.
Sibley has Made Another Exhibition Of His
Powers as Mountebauk.
is GOING OVER TO REPUBLICANS SHORTLY
| Hon. John II. stephens Has An
nounced His Candidacy for Re-
| nj ~
{ FEARS AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION.
Sibley has Made Another Exhibition Of His
Powers as Mountebauk.
IS GOING OVER TO REPUBLICANS SHORTLY
nounced His Candidacy for Re-
election from the Thirteenth.


Washington, January i7.The admits
traton is going to keep secret the true
history of the Philippines despite every
effort to unyeil it. Mr.. Mckinley dare uot
permit it to become public, aud especially
tho presidents instructions to the Parts
peace commissioners.
The reason given for this course BY
senatorial spokesmeu of the administration
is that the administrations instructions to
the commissioners and thu correspond nee
passing between them and WASHINGTON
while they were in Paris contain much
matter referring to the attitude Of Ger
many France and England on our pros
pectve acquisition OF the Philippines
which it would he in the highest degree
/ inadvisable to publish at this limo. Il
/ is intiuiated tina, the peace commissioners
in their dispatches conveying the shifting
phases of their negotiations at Paris, and
requesting additional restrictions to meet
I Tho new situation, commented with much
freedom on the alleged uufriendly in
/ trigues of France ard Germany against
the United States. If this correspondence
we're made public now the administration
srokcsmcu assert it would disrupt the
good understanding we have reached with
Germany aud France
on the other hand, Il Is claimed the
administration is most anxious 10 avoid
publication OF the correspondence be auso
II would reveal TO the, public The remark
able manner la which III presi1elr shifted
i ,,i. inn he.
tween The time the peace commission Lett
Washington and the hual stage of s.
negotiations with the Spaaish commission
ers al Paris. There are strong hints that
he reason for this change on the presl-
dents part would be made plainly APP
parent by the correspondence its elf ana
IL believed he influence which controlled
The president would be sure to be The
wishes OF Great Britain,
1t is generally understood that VIII
the peace commissioners left Washington
their ms ructions were to demand OF
Spain the cession OF the island Of Luzoa,
not the entire Philippine Archipelago.
Rut the British foreign Office he1ei in
formed than our own state department as
to The undercurrents of European di-
plomacy was aware. or claimed TO he
aware, that Germany at this time mad a
sort OF agreement with Spain by which
such of the Philippine islands as the
United States did not take were 10 be pur-
chased by the kaiser's government Eng
, LAND was most anxious that none Of the
Islands should fall into the hands OF TER
many
When her diplomats learned the nature
Of McKinley's Instructions n the peace
commissioners. they to7k immediate steps
! to induce the president 10 Increase his
/ demands on Spain SO as TO include the en-
, tire Philippine archipelago. Sir Julian
: Pauncefote, the British ambassador here,
obtained personal audiences with the
, president and represented to him IN the
2 strongest terms Great Britain's desire that
the United States should take all the
Philippines. and asserted that such a
course on our part would be taken as a
distinct favor by the government. while
the contrary course would injurlously az
feet British interests. II is claimed tbs
; correspondence of the president with MS
a peace commissioners would show that hi;
h supplementary instructions to them d.
II recting that a demand be made on Spar
for all the Philippines were result OF this
= British pressure. This it is allege'. u
the real reason why the administrator
now fears To make public he Instruction
to the peace commissioners.
. Congressman Joe sibley, the erstwhil'
free silver champion. who was talke'
about as a democratic vice presidential
candidate at the Chicago convention II
1896 is going through series Of politica
somersauIts that are simply astounding
His associates recognize the fact that h
is preparing to 90 over, bag and baggage
10 the republican party, but they say
is not necessary thai be should for thi
reason fannt his political perhdy betof
the world. His irst flop was when he de
clared that he thought the silver qnesao
was no longer political issue as tline
we're so good that people were no long
cnncerninr themselves about how 10 rails
monev. they could have It for the asking
; His next political eccentricity was 10 cas-
his vote in favor OF the financial on
which recently passed the house frame
by the banking interest In one 81 Tue III p
class hotels Of fashionable resort IN IN
Atlantic coast last summer. HIS tnlrl Pc
litical feat was sprung upon ms eoieas ~
- today when he reprOached the ueHioC'At ~
party leaders for attempting =,
q. upon depression" and lauded TO rae skl'
II the action OF Secretary Gage tor naNlh
"a deposited the governments fund IN 60
Hanover and New York Nationai cll
al hanks. II is reported tonight tnat 81
sibley intends 10 ask the republicans
- his district TO nominate MN loi con
"a gress.
Hon. John II Stephens Of inc Thu
teenth Texas district spnourced TO-DAY M
he would be candidate for re-eleeuof
This places all the Texas delegsu7n
the track for another race. with 10. eAseI
ton OF gfon. jos BAILEY and NJ haNis.
Mr.. Bailey will run for tne senate ~