The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-23
SURRENDER THE PHILIPPINES
The Results NJ one Patriotic ti,isen's Peru'"'
Of Srnaior IIoar's speech.

and set them adrift All of the nine sections OF
his an.wor To the question, what TO do win the
islands. seem inadequate and unconvlnc!ns
First, he says he would declare thrt We
would not take those ISLANDS 10 govern mem
against their viii. There are fourteen hundred
OF those islands, and there j. no sort OF na''on"i
life or pre- cent affinity among the various irlnoS'
binding them into n community oil any de'chP-
ton. And nothing whatever except Inc lh'''-
veDiion Of the United States prevents IN" set
ting mp OF not only one foreign government
but u variety OF external authorities over VI"
individual island, and without our present
intervention Senator honr would no u wi'h"@@ Oh
the real thing he breads, II government or
series of governments over tho" iIand' WIN
ont a scintillH Of consent on he parto OF anyoi
the people thereof,
The United States will no, only bring the
gift Of self-govcrnment to.the people. out VIII
weld them into 4 nationality.
In the Sena; or's second paragraph he says ne
would have ~ rciec, a crs-ion Of sovereignty
which nipple. tha, sovereignty may he bonSAt
and sold md delivered without the consent OF
the people.
Spain. he says. had no r!ehtful sovereignty
over the Philippines, could not rigl'fhIly sell
and We could not rirh'fully buy.
~ liz llNl' Va s1lhH q" w Nv
nearly four centuries Of rartia! 20 CON- let"
possession. we shall have 10 upset every tenure
OF land and every rational title In the world
to-day.
The world belongs 20 him who can take and
hold. and the most pe0ceabls and unQueslioned
possession Of the hour and day In every
civilized land runs back a comparatively short
course TO the title o! the sword.
Even William Penn, n little more than two
centuries ago, a man az peace and justice, set
ting on to acquire peaceablr title 10 the lands
granted him from the King of England. agreed
with the Deln ware Indians 10 buy from them.
and did actually pay their price FOR the land Ia
immediately desired But he soon found his
purchased title challenged and successfully
aborted by the representatives u the Five Ma
tons, who, when thes heard Of the treaty with
the Dolawares, cane down in hot haste from
central New York to straighten things out.
What" they said TO the ~quail.ng Delawares,
you sell land. Why, YOU are women, YOU
have no land you are conquered vassals, you
are our tenants nj will" And the poor Della
wares skunk away like boys caught in the act Of
robbing an orchard And the william Penn
corporation was obliged q little later 10 supple
ment their weak qui'-claim conveyance from
the Delawares with u valid deed from the
chief. Of the powerful Five Nations, IA deed
for which they paid the substantial sum Of
$1,000 in British gold.
Twelve generations OF natives have come and
gone since the Spanish sovereignty was estab-
li.hed over the Philippines; a sovereignty
resting 70 completely on the power TO hold by
the sword against I'm G 2aSi. ROw S,p;n s9a' MnGII, l}s
took 49, 100 to ransom II, and 10 restore the
Spanish sovereignty that the naval proves Of
States, destroyed the Spanish feet and Manila
lay N The mercy of bis guns, there Mas a like
,%pS %.r snd. d by SS gsih ssS ac, u Spain q in S' Sung P 'or
peace before the conquest Of the fourteen
hundred islands was c%ofnIlete Spain lad an
impaired title TO such portions OF the group a.
had not yi been reduced to actual possession
by the forces OF the United States. and there
were but two courses to pursue; either the
Spanish sovereignty must be restored by the
ransom OF Manila or the resduary title OF
Spain respected and acquired by purchase by
tho United States All the secondary titles
NAMED intact and the United States Succeeded
10 the sovereignty OF spain not with a purpose
the people, but 10 add measarably 10 their NB-
crty and opportunities Tor material ana mental
development,
Senator Hoar SAYS, IN his third proposition.
TO keep ont of those islands. Let him rest
serene on this point; that the United States viii
SEQ 10 " as e1tflullIN iS II VIII W W. Nf'-l'lIlA
ont OF foreign Governments from Central and
South America; andwhat morecmphatic notice
can va give 10 the world 10 keep of the Philip
pine grass than by lnturling our banner over
every craz, every sChoolhouse. and every home
on every Island and lslet in that great group,
As 70 tho fourth point, OF srlng help, to the
Filipinos IN maintaining order until they can
establish n government of thelr own, "" VIII do
all that aud very much more We will not only,
s sne% a sHSn i !, WIKI Tsy mi "ds mT DESPATCH ,n% H'y ana SEM
lis nth looks "a limiting our service 20 ad-
vice. If they desire II, In tho setting up OF a free
and Independent government
1heSenator i impractical 4 free ard inda-
pendent government over fourteen hundred
Glands without national in'ercOmmunicntion
would not last over night \ single cruiser
from am OF the n~avslpoMers would end II
In the sixth paragraph Senator lloar shows n
most remarkable veal ness. and be really puts
4 himself outside the pale ~ recognition AS "A safe
or reputable adviser for the American people
His scheme Is 10 notify all the great Powers Of
Europe 10 unite in an agreement that the m
interfered with by us, by themselves, or by any
one Of them with the consent of the others
Ih.' !. monstr2ss enough to put joH the isn"'oTin
plan is 10 extend the political condition Of
Switzerland over the Philippines. .
Does Senator Bosr forget that II Is hs grand
privilege TO be- a citizen Of the American Re-
public; that that republic J. able Ia stand
alone; that it possesses brains competent 10
steer the Ship OF State, and power enough to
OF any OF the monarchies ot the ,Old WorldI
The guarantee of the | nitcd States OF the
freedom, Of the autonomlc or other suitable
ZONE rule for the F%lNipino- is all sufficient.
The seventh paragraph ia wordy rehash Of
previous divisions. He wants rs To declare that
the Filipinos have a right, undisturbed and Ia
peace. 10 establish a new government FOR them
selves.
our Government l. Fastening To give the in
hahltn ntS 'oCal cif-gOvernmrut and IA fast as
theY nrc competent TO exercise more extended
functions OC g~overnnrut they will ho accorded
The eighth paragraph !, really di.cr"Gitnblr,
he would leave the ISLANDERS to work out their
that 10 confer N" aft Of freedom from without
is TO disregard all the lessons of history
This j. one Of the most Disappointing things
in the entire performance Does II" Senator
forget that in the short space Of th,rry-thrso
wears tho prrsoat gencrniion of Filipinos viii
byanother generation born under the American
1au, taught In American schools and saturated
with American enterprise? Whatever OF liberty
tho present generation shall enjoy must come
nov and "a the quickly passing YEAR, of the i'm
mediate future
he wants VA 20 lot them work ont their own
salvation AS our own ancestors 'lnvly and in
the long centuries worked out theirs.
Thi, is cruel The senator doe, no. seem 10
havN caught IN" spirit Of III" ago. tie ~for.ctS
TINT thi- ia the agr Oi r~lfhnmriur Cablr,. of the
telephone, th- electric Right aud electric ;rac-
ton, and n nultitnd" Of oDhor modern marvcl~,
among Whlch j. ~" ran.'DruaiiOno Of character
through ilr trimming n' the brain and hand, and
IN" INSPIRATION torn %. industrial u~uuOrtuuiip.
NO No, The hands uh the dial -. destiny
are not 10 h" turned backward The hbertv
and d"vrlopn"nt Of n long ,oppro'Sod Icopie
are not 20 b" tHft to IN" ElaidrG -tTlggi, of the
germ from within Tina germ il goiu. 10 hr
y~italized. inspired and ,r"rGI2cd by the spirit
CarSe a culver oi NON He and activity through
aV0rV ono a'ih0 tnilr'CNn hundred i,llul, from,