Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-28

cary and when the lust NJ empire had
30 blunled our moral seusbUties that
we couI4 mount trOm an act OF uerldy
20 tht grand larceny OF "a nation.
referring io Admiral Deweys deuial
that ne hld ever treated the Insurgents
as allies, Mt TOwne said sarcastlralIy.
i FEAR me honest sailors Technology
has suffered from a recent contact with
the determinations of administration
diplomacy"
Discussing the acquisition of the Phil
lppines, Senator Towue said:
IL DE- not easy 20 fix with accuracy
the time when the design was formed
70 take tofeiDle possession OF the Phil
ippine Islands, nor TO ascertain The mind
IN whose gloomy reCesses this enter
prise or sacrilege and violence first
gathered form and pressure There has
indeed been evidenced q disposition by
IT'S most iliusirlous sponsors. as n their
prophetic souls already trembled at the
inquisltion OF after ages. 20 impute the
dubious responsibility 10 Providence it.
self. ! know not which 10 admire the
more, whether the m0desty which dis
claims credit for the policy or the col
ossal presumption which challenges and
betrays the Wanted confidence OF the
Almighty
mo man, no party, no nation can es-
cape accountability for actions By attr-
buting their origin TO any other source
than human motives and human judg-
ment. The policy OF the administration
towards the FilpInos must be Justified
n ever justified az am. IN the forum II
the reason and the conscience Of man.
kind
A CHANGE OF TONE.
Mir Towne declared that upon the ar.
rival of Gen. Merritt al Manila "a dis
tinct change Of tone was observable"
between the United States officials and
the FiIpInos the altered attitude being
so marked as TO force the conclusion,
that part Of Gen Merritts pre-ar-
ranged task was 70 maneuyer out Of an
awkward friendliness with Aguinallo.
and thus 90 reach a footing for the con-
venient development Of some secret poll
Icy with which he had come fresh
freighted from Washington"
II there was doubt OF the pre-ar-
raugemert OF the plan 10 was hanished.
in Mr.. Towne's opinion. by the PresI.
dent himself The third article OF the
protocol with Spain reads
'The United States win OCCUPY and
hold the city bay and harbor Of Ma
Mia, pending the conclusion n a treaty
Of peace which shall determine the COM
troll, disposition and government OF the
Philippines"
Yet DESPITE that definite provision,
the President. the senator urged issued
on December g. 1895 hls famous "be-
neyolent assimilation" proclamation.
Thus he continued 1.-THE dilemma
is this Either that article NJ the
protocol does not mean what 70 says or
the President ~ the United States, In
causing the issuance of the pr0clama-
ton 10 which I have referred broke the
ullghted faith OF this government II
Is not agreeable 30 me to use this lau-
guage. but I deyouty believe that the
republic is nj the gravest crisis n It's
history and ] feel that necessary pre-
liminary 20 rs getting safely out IS 10
cause the people 10 realize how It came
10 get in
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
Mr.. Towne said Of the Presidents
proclamation that among the roses u
It's soft rhetoric " love. It's fair speech
about our coming not as invaders or
conquerors but as friends, Of the
mild sway OF Justice and OF benevolent
assimilation. the already Justly awak-
ened dstrust OF the Filipinos clearly
beheld the unsheathed and glittering
steel Of despotism"
II we are bent on slaughter" said
he. "let Il be In open guise. II we lust
for this peoples land, let US not glaze
our enterprise with false and sinister
pretense. Rather lei US body raise the
sombre flag Of International piracy,
whistle scruple down the wind, and
then close IN upon our feeble victim 10
the cry Of loot and glory"