Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-09-20


II Feb. 10, 1900, says that he was present at
the interview between Admiral Dewey and
I tae lnsurgent leader, and that IN this Inter
Wat Whate1 AamlTal DsNey made No promises
He (Aguinaldo) asked me II my govern
ment was going to recognize his govern
.ment.fS:l answered that was there simply
knowledge his government, because had no
authority to do So" rs
Easy to Find Fault
Would not our adversaries have sent
| Dewey's feet to Manila to capture and de-
stroy the Spanish sea power there, or dis
patching It there, would they have with
drawn It after the destruction Of the Span
lsh zheet and II the latter, whittier would
Ethey have directed to SAIL? Where could
It have gomez s What port in the Orient was
| ton under the command of General Merritt
TO strengthen Dewey in the distant ocean
and assist In our triumph over Spain, with
Which nation we were, at war? Was 1t not
Vulnerable point, that the War might Be
successfully concluded at the earliest prac-
| ticable moment? E
Asks for Honest Opinion .%
And was It not our duty to protect the
lives and property Of those who came within
| our control by the fortunes of war? Could
we have come away at any time between
May 1, 1898, and the conclusion of peace
without 2 stain upon our good name?4 Could
we have come away without dishonor at any
time after the ratification of the peace treaty
|: by the Senate of the United States? 3s='
There has been no time sin ces the destruc-
ton OF the enemy's feet when we could or
| should have left the Philippine archipelago
After the treaty Of peace was ratified no
| power but Congress could surrender our
sovereignty or ALLEVIATE a foot of the terri
tory thus acquired. The Congress has not
seen TT to do the one or the other, and the
President had no authority to do either, If
| he had been so inclined, which he was not. a
So long as the sovereignty remains in US it
may be, to uphold that sovereignty, and if It
be attacked to suppress its assailants. Would
our political adversaries do less? a
| Begun by Insurgents.
1t has been asserted that there would have
been, no fighting in the Philippines if Con
pendence to the Tagal insurgents. The in
! surgents did not walt for the action Of Con
gress. They assumed the offensive, they
| opened fire on our army. g - E..lt
Those who assert our responsibility for
the beginning of the conflict have forgotten
| that before the treaty was ratified In the
| Senate, and while it was being debated in
| that body, and While the Bacon resolution
was under discussion, on Feb. 4, 1899, the
| insurgents attacked the American army,
! after being previously advised that the
American forces were under orders not to
| fire upon them except in defense. The pa
pers found in the recently captured archives
| of the insurgents demonstrate that this at
tack had been carefully planned for weeks
before it occurred. ~ .Eg.- ~>
Only Cne Course Open.
Their sunprovoked assault upon our SOL
diers at time when the Senate was delib-
Grating upon the treaty shows that no ac-
ton on our part except surrender and aban-
| donnlent would have prevented the fighting,
and leaves no doubt in any fair mind where
| the responsibility rests for the shedding Of
American blood. e. -ls. ~. ,r,-- 't,t rs
With all the exaggerated phrasemaking
| of this electoral contest. we are in danger of
being diverted from the real contention. We
are in agreement with all Of those who sup
ported the war with Spain, and also with
those WHO counseled: the ratification of the
| treaty of peace. Upon these two great es-
j Of these came all of our responsibilities II
others would shirk the obligations imposed
| by the war and the treaty, we must decline
| to act further with them, and here the issue
1t IS our purpose to establish in the Philip
pines government suitable to the wants
and conditions Of the Inhabitants, and to
prepare them for self government, and to
| give them self-gOvernment when they are
ready for it, and as rapidly as they are
! ready for 1t. That am aiming to do under
my constitutional authority, and will con-
| tinue to do until Congress shall determine
| archipelago. m. ..s..,-. - - j
! "a Plea for Consistency.
| Are our opponents against the treaty? II
SO, they must be reminded that it could not
have been ratified in the Senate but for their
assistance. The Senate which ratified the
treaty and the Congress which added its
sanction by large. appropriation comprised
Senators and Representatives of the people
| of all parties r
! Would our opponents surrender to the in
| surgents, abandon our sovereignty or cede II
| to them? If that be not their purpose ther
! 1t should be promptly disclaimed, for only
| evil can result from the hopes raised by oul
opponents in the minds of the Filipinos, thai
/ with their success at the polls in November
i there will be a withdrawal Of our army anG
! of American sovereignty over the archipela
log people recognized and the powers Of
! government over all the other peoples Of the
/ archipelago conferred upon the Tagaloe
| leaders. Ez -. ~ - 81 = !
/ Prolongs the Rebellion.
The effect Of a belief in the minds of thu
ready prolonged the rebellion and increase:
! the necessity for the continuance Of large
army. 1t is now delaying full peace in thu
! the insurgents against accepting the liberia
4 terms Of amnesty offered by Gen. Macarthur
4 under my direction. But for these falst
4 hopes a considerable reduction could hav,
ben had in our military establishment In til,
/ Philippines and the realization of q stabl,
! government would be already at hand.
! The American people are asked by our op
ponents to yield the sovereignty Of the
I, United States in the Philippines to small
fraction Of the population, a single tribe out
of eighty or more inhabiting the archipelago
a faction which wantonlyS attacked the
4 American troops in Manila while in right
full possession under the protocol with
4 Spain, awaiting the ratification Of the treaty
4 of peace by the Senate, land which has since
\ been In active, open rebellion against the
1 United States. We are. asked to transfer
our sovereignty to small minority in thu
] islands without consulting the majority ant
to abandon the largest portion Of the popu
4 latlon, which has been loyal to us, to the
!, cruelties Of the guerrilla insurgent bands.
Demands Cannot Be Met. K
i More than this we are asked to protec
!, this minority In establishing government
/ and to this end repress all opposition Of tn,
! majority. We are required to set up a sta
4 BILE government In the interest of those VIII,
i have assailed our sovereignty and fred ,upol
!. our soldiers, and then maintain it at an!
1 cost or sacrifice against Its enemies within
Il and against those having ambitious design
from without. 5 #$5x :5 Is Il ~ u
a This would require an army and navy IA
larger than Is now maintained in the Philip
4 pines and still more in excess OF what will
Il he necessary with the full recognition of on