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Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23
Bear this in Mind.

The war with Spain is over and
has been concluded for some time,
vet the Republican party contin-
ues to levy on the people of this
country the enormous, exorbitant
and outrageous war taxes. When
the Republican party passed the
war revenue bill at the beginning
OF the Spanish American war, and
to carry on that war, it promised.
through its representatives in Con-
gress, that just so soon as the war
was over the law increasing the
taxes OF the people would be i'm
mediateIy repealed. They have
not repealed single provision OF
the war tax law, and, so lar as the
people Of the country now know,
they do not intend TO repeal or to
modify that enormous and unjust
war tax law in any particular.
Tax the people into prosperity IS
one OF the chief notices OF the
r Republican party. When the Re g.
publican party once gets tax on
a thing it never takes it off. lfthe
people get any relief from the ex
orbitant war taxes they are now
paving, il must come from and
through the agency ot the Demo
cratic party. The Democrat C
party will make this question an
issue in the cominP campaign, and
the people can determine the mat
ter. The war taxes the people are
now compelled to pay to bolster
up the imperialistic schemes, the
royal swagger, and the pIutocratic
policy of the Republicans outrage
American rights. They must be
repealed, aud the people who are
struggling under the unjust and
oppressive burdens oi extraVagan'
government, in the name Of justice
and common sense and economy
must insist on their repeal. The
poor people OF the country pay
more than three. quarters OF all the
war taxes. The rich people prac
tieally escape with the payment o
a very small part Of the taxes, ant
they refuse to contribute their jus
share Of the expense Of Govern
ment by the payment oi an incom
tax,
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Go IE Alone.

The long dreaded international
complications which have sud-
denly developed in China should
not be per mitted bY the Govern
rnent at Washington to draw it
aside from the time honored Amer
lean doctrine OF no "entangline
alliances" The path of "glcry"
as a partner of some selfish Euro
pean power bent on trade expan-
sion at the expense Of the rights oi
the weak may seem dazzling, but
the temptation, IL such il Is, should
be resisted to the utmost. The
English snare is one especially
iraught with danger. Just at pres
ent England needs a great dea
more help than she can give to th'
United States. Besides her affai
in China and her contest for tn
subiugation OF the valiant Beers
either Of which is task calling 10
heavy drain on her resources
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23
Germans Turning Away From
Mckinley.

Germans Turning Away From
Mckinley.
al am leader OF the strongest
Germanic district in the United
States. 1t gave Mckinley 300
majority four years ago. IL will
give Bryan a big majority this
fall" So said julius Hamburger,
member OF Assembly and the new
chieftain OF the Tenth New York
District, who has been studying
the sentiment of the largest indi-
Vidual class Of voters in his bsili-
wick. He has found change that
he can only describe by the word
phenomenal"
Currency agitation Of 1896" he
said, "was, OF course, responsible
Tor the overturn. That scare has
disappeared. l have been talking
with leading German Americans
in my district, the presidents OF
bowling clubs, singing societies
and schuetzen corps, and l find that
there is not one man OF ote in the
eastern part OF town who is Tor Nc
KInleY.
"Most people of foreign extTae-
tion are in America because OF per-
secutiOn and because the idea has
come imbued in their minds or
their fathers before them, that the
United States are the only real re-
public on earth where all men shall
be free and equal.
"Men who think as these men
do will surely swing into line for
Bryan, who emphasizes more than
any living man true Americanism
and liberty under the Constitution
wherever the American flag is or
shall be-"
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23

Nan the manner in which each
eived the accredited repre- 'en-
go, 20 OF two republics that are
~ohI,, battling against overwhelm-
ino bru e force Tor their verV ex-
;.tsnre As the official head of
The creates, repSblic in the world
William Nc Kinley was in duty
bound to sho W that he felt an
interest in the Q reservation OF re-
publican forms OF government
wherever they exr. It. So tar from
manliesti1g this int 'rest ne let II
be known in a thou. Nnd an" ""s
WAYS that he favored Englano aS
against the two little S 9Stn ATT
can republics.
The manner in which M shiniey
received the Boer ENJOYS OniV
confirmed previously ex 'st'hg
opinions as to his attitude to waro
the South African republics
When the delegates who had come
thousands Of miles to enlist the
sympathy of the United States
called at the White House, they
were received with the Mckinley
smile and entertained with small
talk about all sorts Of things ex-
cent the mission which had
brought them to Washington.
They were even conducted to the
rear entrance of the White House
and invited to admire the beautiful
view of the Potomac to be had
from that place.
When at last disgusted with all
this tonic olery the enVoVs
broached the question that was
uppermost in their minds, they
were told with much Pecksniffian
righteousness that the Administra-
ton had done for their country al
that it could possibly do and thai
nothing more could be done' anc
then they were bowed out OF th'
White House.
Next day the English press was
loud in its praise of the manner IL
which Mckinley had given th'
cold shoulder to the official repre-
ssentatiyes Of the two South Afri
,can republics.
How different would have beef
THE reception these Beers woulC
have received at the White Hous
If William Jennings Bryan ha'
been elected in 1896. An Ameri
can OF Americans, he would hav
helt il to have been his duty 20 b
loyal to the proud traditions Of hi
country, and so feeling he woul
never have earned Englands Gra'
itude by turning a deal ear to II
appeals Of two sister republic
The answer he would have n
Rurned to that appeal may be ioun
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MoKioIey's ReaotronAry Course

Probably the most momentuous
battle OF history was the battle oi
Manila. Thermopylae decided as
to whether civilization should be
Asiatic or European. Persian or
Greek. Manila decided whether
the institutions Of the world are to
be republican or monarchical in
the near future. Eventually, OF
course, owing to the spread OF
education, and the knitting to-
gether of the world through the
medium of steam and electricity,
and the occult, but yet undevel-
oped, forces oil nature, the dream
oil the poet--the parliament OF
man, the federation Of the world
will become a living reality.
Nothing can stop permanently the
civilizing influences Of the moral
and intellectual forces. But they
may be checked, driven back de
layed for decades, even Tor centur-
les. Such a crises is now upon us,
Had Mr.. Mckinley. after the
Treaty OF Peace with Spain, a.
knowledged the independence o
the FllIpinos, the future oi re-
publican institutions was assured
The excellent system Of govern
ment framed by Aguinaldo ant
tzhis compatriotS. established OF
ours, would have spread amoni
the nations Of the Orient. Aus
ralia instead Of entering int
closer alliance with England woul
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she Is now forced to deal with ere
bellion" in Ashanti, Gambia, and
Borneo. Surely, England has her
hands full. In her perplexitY she
needs the help OF the United States
and would, Of course. be Plad to
get il. But the traditions Of our
Government and the temperament
Of our people warn the authorities
in Washington that il is better to
"go it alone"
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23
The Boer Republics

| ne lull import VI AM$ ~ NNNA ~'A~
ominous remark of Lord Salisbury
that mot a shred OF independence
would be lett the republics o.
South Africa, seems not to have
been fully understood. The Orange
Free State was an absolutely inde-
pendent power, and such slight
sovereignty as England held by
treaty over the Transvaal was
thrown off by its declaration OF
war. The question arises then, are
we entering on new phase OF in
ternational law, where the con-
quering power may annihila the
conquered This pretension has
been called by Vattel, the
leading authority on international
law, a "monstrous principle. The
true rule is that the conqueror may
indemnify himself for the past and
secure himself for the future, but
in doing this he is to 'prefer the
gentlest methods"
DR.. Woolsey, the greatest mod
ern authority on International law,
denies that the subjugation Of d
country confers the right Of con-
quest, and only goes to the length
Of restraining the conquered from
renewing hostilities. The spirit OF
conquest has been regarded inter
nationally as "a spirit OF robbery
and hostility to tine human race"
For this reason the nations COM
bined against Louis XIV. and
Napoleon to prevent the absorp-
ton or annihilation OF the weak
States. No nation has the right
under international law to divest
a State OF its independence, for any
cause or on any pretext. If it were
otherwise the spoliation OF weak
States would 60 on till there would
be finally only one great dominant
State left, buttressed by military
despotism.
Nor has the United States in tue
past been unmindiul OF this equit-
able and indeed essential principle.
In 1882, President Arthur, during
the negotiations of peace between
Chile and Peru, sent a message to
Congress in which he said: 'It is
greatly to be deplored that Chile
seems resolved to exact rigorous
conditions OF peace and indisposed
to submit to arbitration the terms
OF oiamicable settlement" and added
mo peace is likely to be lasting
that is not sufficiently equitable
and just to command the approval
OF other nations" And under
President Grant, Secretary Of State
Fish, in the interests Of peace be
tween Germany and France, wrote
to our Minister at Berlin "to con-
tribute what you may to the pre-
sentation Of such terms Of peace as
beft the greatness and the power
which North Germany has mani.
tested, and as shall not be humili-
ating or derogatory to the pride
OF the great people who were our
earliest and last ally"
Here then is an opportunity for
Mr.. Mckinley to stop the war IN
South Africa. The republics have
offered to submit to any reasonable
terms, provided their independ-
ence is preserved. But Salisbury,
to ioresiall action by any OF the
powers, made the brutal and illegal
statement we have quoted that
mot a shred oi independence"
should be left them. We're it not
for the we'll understood friendship
Of official America Tor official Eng
land, some other power would un-
doubtedlY take action. But while
our unholY war on the Filipinos is
on, our hands are tied, and the
demolition OF the republics will go
on as far as we are concerned.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23
in the folio wing extrac; from his
Omaha speech:

"I trust the day will never come when
a nation f. biting for liberty will look in
vain to the American people Tor
sympathy and aid. These ENJOYS have
honored us by coming 10 seek our
sympathy. giving us as Americans the
opportunity to assist them TO gain that
liberty which is so dear to us.
at is to our honor that the Beers
have come to us to receive our sympathy.
Il is hard to understand the feelings OF
the man who has sympathy Tor the Boer
cause, but who IS hiding it for political
reasons When a Young man | heard
very able sermon which has always
c'ung TO me, on the text, AS he
thInketh, so he is.'
why should any American citizen
who feels for the Boer fail to express
himself as such1 do not see how one
can do other than to choose the cause
Of the two republics in preference to
that OF a monarchy"
Compare these ringing words,
instinct with sincerity, with the
platitudes Of the present occupant
of the White House who is incap-
able OF giving exprl ssion to an
honest sentiment for the good and
sufficient reaso n that honesty is not
in him. He and his fellow Anglo
maniacs Mr.. Bryan must have had
in mind when thus he tore to pieces
their argument based on the as
sumption that England has been
sort Of guardian to US:
"There are men among us who say
that because England sympathized with
us during the Spanish American war we
ought 10 say nothing against such a
friendly nation. deny that such sy m
pathy binds us to act Tor England. We
did not need the sympathy Of England
during the Spanish American war.
1--WE need the sympathy ofno nation
Oh earth. We have received nothing
that oblIgates us to remain passive and
helpless while liberty is being crushed
We should not be unmindful OF our duties
to the people OF this world struggling
for their IibertY-we, the greatest nation
on earth founded on liberty.
"We must keep inspired with that
love and reverence for the blessed name
OF liberty till every American citizen
goes down on his knees and asks the
God OF battles to bring victory to the
Beers"
1t is a matter Tor congratulation
that an American holding so high
a place in the esteem Of his fellow
countrymen as does Mr.. Bryan
speaks out in this manner. His
Americanism as bodied forth in the
words we have quoted from his
Omaha speech will find a respon-
sive echo in the hearts Of all true
Americans who mast be disgusted
with McKinley's debasing Anglo
mania which made him treat the
Boer ENJOYS the way he did.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23
LOOtInR China.

and took possession OF the prov
ince OF Shantung. Russia, which
had promised to protect China
against all her enemies, folio ~ed
suit by taking Talienwan and Port
Arthur. France seized a tract oI
country in the south near Tonquin.
England, Of course, while always
protesting that she was opposed to
the dismemberment OF China, pro-
ceeded TO seize about four hundred
miles around Hong Kong and the
great fortress Of Weihaiwei, with
extensive tracts oi territory on the
mainland. AT this time England
is raising and drilling a regiment
OF Chinese enlisted in that terri
tory. Italy dem nded a great
concession, but was put off with
the right to work some mines.
There seems to prevail among
the powerful nations something
like our Senatorial courtesy at
Washington. II is understood that
no great nation shall interfere with
another great nation while it is
preying upon a weak and defence
less nation. Each nation there
fore takes its turn in despoiling its
weak neighbors. 1t is scarcely to
be doubted that il Russia were to
take ManehurIa, England would
take the Yangtze Valley, Germany
Central China and France the two
provinces OF which Canton is the
chief city. What Japan would do
is problemalical- possibly she
might claim the provinces which
are nearest to Formosa. including
the thriving towns Of Annoy and
Fuchow. and possibly she might
fight. The attitude OF the various
powers in such an emergency can
only be judged OF from the past.
No nation, not only our own, has
objected to the seizure OF Chinese
territory by the European powers,
just as no nation raised its voice
when EnPland commenced its war
on the African republics. Diplo-
mats all over the world shook their
heads. and there were many words
OF muttered di content, but inter-
national courtesy smothered all
criticism.
Amid all the smoke and riots
and sensational reports one thing,
however, is certain,-the Empress
has seized into her shriVelled but
strong hands the reins oi govern
ment in order to prevent the parti.
ton among the European nations
Of the Empire OF China. II she
accomplishes this supreme end all
America will applaud her, because
the people Of this country are
unanimously opposed 70 the dis
membsrment Of China. 1t may be
said that this line OF argument is
sordid, but really and trnly there
great markets waiting to be devel-
oped by Americans in the Far
East. We have the best mechan-
les and the best ma shinery in the
world; let us furnish correspond
ing markets. II is our interest to
preserve China as a market for our
-four, coal oil, lumber iron, loco
motives, mining plants, piece
goods. drugs, tobacco, canned
goods, notions and a myriad of
other things.
Europe, England especially,
wants foreign possessions for its
surplus population. What we want
is to iced and clothe the world.
We grow rich as other nations
grow rich. The prosperity Of the
Far East insures our own pros
perity. Our interest is not to
strangle, but TO build up the
weaker nations Of the world.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23

resolved to rely on the Chinese alone
and by cleverly appealing to their love
for their native land, and above all to
their fierce and fanatic adherence Of the
foreigner, may be said to have welded
her 10000. 900 countrymen into a
colossal force that no longer constitutes
the danger, but support to the throne.
with the watchword Of "China for the
Chinese"
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23

German A americans aud Mckinley.
German Americans ieel that
they have been misled and be-
tTaYed by President Mckinley. So
says Editor Oswald OttendoTfer Of
the New York Stasts ZeifHng.
"How could President MeKin-
ley be false to the German AmeTi-
cans without being false to the
whole body Of American eitizens1"
Thus comments the startled New
York TtmSS.
President Mckinley made no
promises to German-A Americans
that he did not make to the entire
country. Mr.. Ottendorfer is right.
The party in power has not kept
faith with the people.
The German-Americans did no
bargain Tor the gangrene OF imper
ialism. They did not bargain 10
the military rule and civil ruin o
Porto Rico. They did not bargain
for the useless var in the Philip
pines, or for the knuckling an,
trucking Hay-Paunceiote treaty
or the defeat OF the NIcaragu
Canal bill for the sake OF a va:
] campaign fund.
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-23

LOOKS like hard shedding for the
colored politicians Of the South.
Hanna did without them at the
convention and they will be Of no
use to him in the elections
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