The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-26

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pos.s. erecting system Of universal ed
ucation and the action OF all the forces
that make up our civilizations spee1,a aas
forward faster than at any time or p.aaS
in human history-American administra
ton But yesterday there were less tnan
1000 Cuban children in scnooi; uoaay
there are nearly 5000 Cuban chiiursn
In school-American administration bus
our yellow fever plaques; TO-DAY
nearly az healthy az New orleans-An.e,r Ii-
can administration when we STOP o oh,s
work and withdraw our restraint, revoiu-
tion will succeed revolution, as IN tine
Central and South American countries.
Havana again Tester with the yeho"
death. systematic education again desehe-
rate into sporadic instances: and CUBA,
which under our control would nave peen
a source Of profit. power and glory 70
the republic and herself, VII ~ ,oa and
disease 10 both The United States neeos
Cuba for our projections; but CUBA neeas
the United States for Cuba's saivauoh-
The resolution. hastily passed py an
partfcs in congress, at an excited hour'
was an error which years OF time, pro-
pinnuIty Of location, common commerce,
mutual interests and similar dangers
surely will correct. Our great president,
Jealous OF American honor, rightly anh-
ious for the good name 81 the repunl,c
above every other consiosra,ioihs 1"s e,,.
gaRernents the most exalted national
achievement. considers that resolution
promise And American promise means
performance. And so the unnatural ex,
pertinent is to be tried What war and
nattre--aye what God hath joined to-
eether IL to be put asunder. speak Tor
myself alone. but speaking thus ! say
that II Will be an evil day for Cuba
when the Stars and Stripes comes down
from MORO castle. | speak for myself
alone. bat believe that In this my voice
fr4ft
as II IN the voice Of the ultimate future,
when I say that Puerto Rico Is ours. and
ours forever. the Philippines are ours for
ever, and Cuba ought TO have been ours.
rnd BY the free choice OF her people some
day Will be ours. and ours forever We
have n foreign nation on our north. am
other on our southwest; and now 10 per-
init another foreign nation within can
non shot ~ our southeast coast VIII In
deed create conditions which will require
that milltarism which the opposition TO
Cuba in alliance with England or Ger
many or Francel Think Of Cuba a naval
station and ally RI one OF the great for
cign powers, every one OF whom is
rival Of America! And SO my answer TO
Mr.. Bryan's comparison Is that, II we
have made n mistake In Cuba. we ought
not to make the same mistake In the
twenty-five years we shall again be forced
N assume the government of Cuba, but
only after our commerce has again been
yHFHitfPu by revolution. after INTERNAL
dissension has again spilled rivers OF
Cuban blood. after the yellow fever has
agnin and again crossed over TO our
Southern coast from its hot-hed In Ha-
vana harbor. and after we have assumed
hundreds Of millions Of dollars OF Cuban
debt 10 prevent this island from falling
into the hands of foreign rpwer.
Opposttion's Plan I'm Philippines.
Consider, now, the oppositIon's proposed
method OF procedure in the Philippines;
IN In eh N In nov fpa MT
there, turn that government over to the
Ftiipinos. and protect them and their gov
ernment from molestati m by any other
nation. II IL thus admitted that we
rlust establish a stable government"
IL we "estahlisf stable government"
We must see that that stable government
~ maintained For II we are not go
Ing 10 take care that this stable govern
ment. which the opposition says we must
establish. IL kert statie. why should we
. .,,,,, ~ u the go s, we es-
II over 20 the Fliipinos, how can we pre-
vent Interference by other nations. the
lives and properties of whose citizens
would be imperiled and destroyed unless
We re-enter and restore the governments
stability Establish government" Why
should WEI Have the Filipinos asked us
does Mr.. Bryan know that the Fflipinos
Will let us establish government" for
theml Has he Information on this sub
j"ct which the American people have not ?
rs"Ose 00NeTumeOu M0et He Mept
stable.
Suppose the oppositinn's plan In opera
tinn. suppose satisfactory government
u established. turned over 10 the Fiji
Einos and American troops withdrawn
The new government would experience
feuds. factions and revolution This IL
the history 81 every new government
II was $50 even with the American peo-
pie. Witness Shays' rebellion against the
national government. almost shaking it's
foundations. witness the whisky rebellion
In Pennsylvania. which required the first
exercise OF armed national power TO main
tain order with state OF the Union. And
We were OF a seif-govcrning raca--at that
period We were almost wholly Anglo
Saxon, How can we expect tho Philip
pine Malays 90 escape this common fate
Of all new governmental II the American
government has been on the point of dis.
solution by reason OF internal disturbance,
how dare we eonclude that the Filipinos,
those children of sedltion. sehooied Ia the
practices OF revolution against authority.
would not resist and fend In pieces their
uwn government Remember that they
are Maiays. Remember that, as race
they Save not that civil cohesion which
binds people into nation. Remember
that every island is envtous OF every 9TH