The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-10

the money taken from the Spaniards az
spoils of war should be given up and.
above al, that he should be given the
demands were refused.
AQ IAQA1sE OF INDEPENDENCE.
Gems. Merritt, Greene and Anderson,
VINO were IN command at the beginning
OF our occupation, and until the Surren-
der OF Manila. state that there was no, al
nance with the Insurgents, and no prom
i 1859 10 them Of Independence. On Aug. IT,
1921 Gen. Merritt was instructed that
there must be no joint occupation of Ma
Mia with the insurgents. Gen. Anderson
under date of Feb. 10, 1900, says that he
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and that in this interview Admiral Dew
ey made no promises whatever He adds:
lie ne lAgulnaido) asked me if my govern
nent was going to recognize his govern
ment answered that l was there sim
ply IN a military capacity; that 1 could
not acknowledge his government because
L mad no authority to do so."
Wouid not our adversaries have sent
DeWey S Heet to Manila to capture and
ddiSSeloy the spanish sea power there, or,
1uit ppaaschlng II there, would they have
spanish fleet? And, if the latter whittier
would they have directed it to sail?
" " mere could 1t have gone? What port in
. Tue orient o was opened to it? Do our ad-
xersarles condemn the expedition under
the command of Gen. Merritt to Strength
en- DeWey IN the distant ocean and assist
IN no our triumph over Spain, with which ma
Lon we were at war? Was il NOT orr
hgheSt duty to strike Spain at every WI
neraDle point, that the war might be sue
tVtessLLuliy concluded at the earliest prac-
tlcable moment?
And was 1t not orr f11tv to nro+a+ A.
lve , and property of those who came
Wllnln our control by the fortunes of
t;,a.o Coulo we have come away at any
Qxy
good name? Npoii ooi
;. Could we have come away without die
Of tbo d. ANY any time after the ratification
J1,! ne peace treaty by the senate of the
United States? - etto
NO TIME FOR LEAVING.
st nnere has been no time since the. de-
tuGIon OF the enemy'S fleet when we
aqefd or should have left the Philippine
s as fa5Ineo no power but congress could
surrender our sovereignty or alienate
LOOT or the territory thus ACQUIRED The
~ 81 mas not seen fit to do the one
or the other, and the president has no
authority to do either. if he had been
SO inclined, which he was not So long
as as .td de,+ sovereignty remains in us it is
ma I ha OF me executive, whoever he
~ nay Pc TO uphold that sovereignty and
II II De attacked to suppress its assaiI-
anus; Would our political adyersaries do
~ there WOnl6
nave been no fighting in the Philinnines
~, congress had declared it's purpose to
give Independence to the TagaI insur-
the action Ihe 81 insurgents did not wait for
ne oHenSlVe, they opened fire on our
army army. Those who assert our response
p pity Tor the beginning OF the conflict
nave forgotten that before the treaty. was
ratified in the senate and while # was
Delng debated in that body, and while the
Bacon resolution was under diScussion1
on on rep. 4, 1899, the insurgents attacked
the american army, after being preyioi1S
~ advised that the American forces were
unuer orders not to fire upon them ex-
cept IN defense. The papers found in the
aecentiy captured archives of the insar-
gents demonstrate that this attack had
neeh carefully planned for weeks before
II occurred. Their unprovoked assault
upon our soldiers at It time when the
senate was celebrating upon the treaty
shows that no action on our part exeent
surrender and abandonment would have
prevented the fighting and leaves no
ooupt IN any fair mind of where the
American blood -
With all the exaggerated phrase-ma king
OF TINS electoral contest, we are in dam
ger of being diverted from the real con
tention.
MADE THE ISSUE HERE.
We are in agreement with ali of those
VINO supported the war with Spain, and
also with those who counseled the EA1i;11-
cation of the treaty of peace. Upon these
Two great essential steps there can be
our responsibilities. If others would
shlrk the obligations imposed by the war.
ana the treaty, we must decline to act
Iur tner with them, and here. the issue
was MADE 1t is our purpose to establish
IN the Philippines government suitable
TO the wants and conditions of the in
habltants and to prepare them for self
government, and to give them self-gov
eminent when they are Ready for it and
as rapidly as they are ready for it. That
am aiming to do under my cons tuition
congress shall determine the political
pelago.
= Are our opponents against the treaty?
not nave been ratified in the senate but
for their assistance The senate which
rat1fed the treaty and the congress which
a eia It's sanction by large appropria-
ton comprised senators and representa-
ives OF the people of all parties.
Would our opponents surrender to the
insurgents. abandon our sovereignty, or
cede it to them? If that be not their
purpose, then it should be promptly dis
claimed, for only evil, can result from the
hopes raised by our opponents in the
minds OF the Filipinos, that with their.
success at the polls in November there
Will be a withdrawal of our army and
Of American sovereignty over the archi-
pelago; the complete independence of the
ers of government over all the other peo-
pies OF the archipelago conferred upon the
Tagalog leaders.
The effect of a belief in the minds of
the insurgents that this will be done has
already prolonged the rebellion and in
creases the necessity for the continuance
OF large army. 1t is now
DELAYING FULL PEACE
in the archipelago and the establishment
OF civil governments, and has Influenced
many Of the insurgents against accepting
the liberal terms of amnesty offered by
Gen. Macarthur under my direction But
for these false hopes a considerable re-
duction could have been had in our mill
tary establishment in the Philippines, and
the realization of a staple government
would be already at hand.
The American people are asked by our
opponents to yield the sovereignty of the
United States in the Philippines to a
tribe out of eighty or more innabitIng
the archipelago, a faction which WantonlV
attacked the American troops in Manila
while awaiting the ratification of the
treaty or peace by the senate, and which
has since been inactive, open rebellion
against the United States. We are asked
to transfer our sovereignty to a small
minority in the islands without. consult
ing the majority and to abandon the Iarg-
est portion of the population, which has
been loyal to us, to the cruelties of the
guerrilla insurgent bands. More than
this, we are asked to protect this minority
in establishing a government and to
this end repress all opposition of the
majority. We are required to set up
| a staple government in the interest of
those who have aSSailed our sovereignty
and fired upon our soldiers, and then
maintain it at. any cost or sacrifice
against those having ambitious designs
! from without.
This would require an army and navy