Washington sentinel., 1900-02-10
MoKinley's Preliminary step.

Numerous appeals have been ma de TO
Mckinley, as the President Of the United
States for the time being to intervene
in the British Transvaa war, To the
writer this has always seemed a biting
sarcasm. Otherwise how could any
zone consistently ask MIR. Mckinley to
intervene while his own hands are red
with the blood OF Filipinos fighting for
their liberty, The cause Of the British
is bad. The pretended grouno of the
war, the wrongs OF the Uitlanders, has
long since been exploded, and the real
grounds are conceded by all disinter-
ested Judges to be sordid commercialism
snd lust OF power. But bad as the cause
of the British is it is not so infamous, no
cause ever was so infamous, as that Of
the Americans in the Philippines. The
British had at one time control OF the
I ransvaal. The United States never
had control of the Philippines. The
BIitish have Majuba Hill to avenge.
The United States is Sighting against its
recent allies. The crime OF Great Britain
is that she refused to accept the settle
ment which she had hers Elf suggested,
showing that her claims were blind,
and thatwar was her object The greater
crime of the United States is that she
never had any grievance real or pre-.
tended against the FilipinOs. Great
Britain is but pursuing the same criminal
aggression she has pursued for centuries,
which she pursued against these colonies.
The United States has turned its back
on the Declaration which is the founda.
tion OF its greatness, and has had to
reverse every great principle laid down
by the Fathers OF the Republic and held
sacred to within the past year. There
is no other instance in all history IN
which a successful contestant turned
upon its allies and bought them from
their enemies. For this iniamY William
Mckinley will 90 down to posterity as
the most contemplate character in all
history. For while Mark Hanna and
Steve Elkins are undoubtedly the
| powers behind the throne, the slime
Of Mckinley is over all the acts OF his
Administration.
It was evident in the seducing of honest
John Sherman from the Senate, to make
room for Mark Hanna, and be turned
adriit as soon as he had served that
| purpose. twas sh hown in the unloading
OF Russell A. AlgeT, when the War
Department had become an Augean
stable ID the peTpetratlOn of McKinleV's
| jobDerY. 1t is seen in the infamous treaty
with the polygamous and slave holding
| Sultan oil Sulu. 1t is true the strong acts
OF McKinley's Administration are not
his. Those of them which do not ema-
nate from Hanna or Elkins are the work
of Sir Julian, now Lord Pauncefote, He
is the director of the foreign policy OF
the Mckinley Administration. He is the
agent who, acting Tor the evil one, took
Mckinley up t o the top Of a high noun
tain and pointed out TO him the portions
OF the earth which we're yet controlled
by the weaker nations, and said to him,
"All these / will give on, if YOU but fall
down and worship me-" And Mckinley
inebriated by the odors Of ambition and
avarice, tell down. And then the hunting
in couples was agreed on. Great Britain
was to have free hand in the Transvaal,
while the United States was smashing
the cup of Liberty already at the very
lips of the Filipinos. Obi Crime oi
Crimes OH Iuiamy Of Inlamiesl For
centuries these people had fought every
invader, Briton or SpaniarI or what not
that had invaded their shores. They
were IN open rebellion at the time thai
war with Spain was declared. The
British consul reported that even at tha
time they had established a republic
This was long before the advent o
Dewey or Aguinaldo. On the arriva
of the latter 80 600 men horked TO hi
standard. He drove the SpanIards int,
Manila. He had an army, navy, a flag
and a civil government, all the parapher
MALTA OF a nation. He could have takei
Manila but for the advice OF Dewey
directed by the Administration. Thi
direction was given on the pretence tina
the Fiiipinos, IL admitted TO Manila
might commit some excess which Nigh
/, prejudice their cause. The fact was tha
Mckinley had at this time decided. t
take the islands. So General Merri
was sent out to get between the Filipino
and Spaniards, and after a pretende
and prearTange(i show OF resistance Q
the part OF the Spaniards to make