New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-27

expeditions "a hell
would It be before instead of a treaty of peace
5ected that proposition.
The next proposition was a naval and coaliug
Tour naval and coang station? At Mania% R Pq
but there is Mandanao within gunshot of Manila
What would your coaling station be worth with
the rest Of the islands in the hands of the enemy?
II would take one hundred thousand SOLDIER to
make il of any use TO our commerce. And that
was surrendered.
The next proposition was to leave the islands
Could we do that? Aguinal6o, with his seventeen
cheftains, had been exiled at Singapore for for
mer rebellion Our Consul there suggested to them
that it a good time for them TO go to Hong
Kong, sail over, to Manila with Admiral Dewey
and commence their rebellion once more They ac-
cepted the suggestion: They went TO Hong-Kong
States revenue cutter. they were carried over to
Manila under our flag, and they We're given arms
ar army: they commences their battles: they
fought successfully the Sapniard again and again
help.
WE TRUSTED AGUINALDO THEN
You must remember that at that time we did not
know that over in Hong-Kong they had made
out from the islands Their they in turn would
drive Us out w thought they were acting hon
ora or written agreement or promise of any kind
and they fought tho Spaniards with Now,
could We around and leave those men to the
would have been hanged or slaughtered and all of
their followers would have met with terrihc pun
tshT1ent. DO not believe there Is an honest Amer
lean citizen in this country who will say il was our
Then we came to an agreement and the agree
lnent was that Spain. which for hundred years
hac been menace TO our peace ana assurance
and never return while the world lasts She should
evacuate Cuba. We would not take its sovereignty
government that the people there might form
Porto Rico should be surrendered to us-our prop
erty Guam should be surrendered The
Philippine Archipelago should be surrendered 10 US
Spain by our citizens in Cuba and Spain Should
relinquish all claims for damages, either individual
NAL .IN
sec what ala We pay spain saooeo6oo for?
she was in our power Carl Schurz said that we
Bryan said that We paid s. 50 head. Both of these
made those statements. 1t is painful thing for
great men public platform TO play the role OF
demagog
WE PAID FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
We paid Spain S2OODoO0 for the improvements
which she had made in the archipelago in the
harboTs. in the barracks, in the public buildings
and in doing simply followed precedent. When
Germany took Alsace and Lorraine she PAID
the improvements which France had made in those
two districts. Our South American repubillcs
every of them. paid something to the mother
country when they achieved their Independence
6ouiI Mt and defea1ed foe be any less mag
unanimous and generous than Mexico was! l De
Ne drew up an pitimat1m' we signed it. We
sent il TO the Spanish Commissioners, we gave
II and the next dav Senor Rios wrote to chair
man nj 10 know if we really meant it. And he got
a reply which fully satisfied them They our
terms They signed the treaty. 1t was reported 10
tWo-tbirds vote 1t was proclaimed by the Presi-
dent the United States, and under the Constltu-
The Philippine archipelago and Porto Rico and
uam are gs as mg he e al yhe and Just
as honestly acquired as Louisiana or Iowa or
were included within the Louisiana Purchase. our
flag has just much right 10 float over that archi-
today. And it will float over that archipelago
as long as your flags float in New-York.