Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-03-12

I'VE favor an immediate declaration
OF the nations purpose to give the
Fllipinos, first, a staple form of gov
ernment; second, independence, and,
third, protection from outside inter-
ference, such as has been given for
nearly century to the republics of
Central and South America. kansas
City Platform.
A Republican paper points to the
fact that Mr.. Bryan is building house
mot so expensive as the Republican
paper reports, but still a good house)
as evidence that he is getting "his
share of Republican prosperity" 1t
may be interesting for the Republicans
to know that the house is being built
from the proceeds of the First Bat
tle," which was published immedi-
ately after the election of 1896, and be-
fore the Republicans began to boast
of prosperity. Republican policies
have not benefited Mr.. Bryan except
in the sense that a physician is in
debted to sickness for his income Re-
publican policies furnish Mr.. Bryan
texts for editorials and speeches.-Bry
ans Commoner.
One hundred and twenty-five years
after the Declaration of Independence
was made by the thirteen colonies
against Great Britain and denying the
right of Great Britain to tax the col
onies without giving them represen-
tation, we find the same colonies, now
great power, enforcing the same doc
trine upon the Porto Ricans and Phil
ippines as the British government at
tempted to fasten upon the colonies
one hundred and twenty-five years
ago. The taxing without representa-
tion did not succeed then, neither will
it now. A greater outrage has never
been attempted by the American peo-
pie, and the party which is responsible
for such an outrage will yet have to
answer for it to the liberty-loving peo-
pie of this country.-Blossburg Adver-
tiser.
The depths of national infamy are
sounded by the order of General Bell
tration in all it's details to the Fill
pinos of Batangas province. Nothing
in the history of modern warfare ex-
ceeds the ferocity of General Bells in
structions to American officers to
make the people want peace, and
want it badly" supplemented by spe-
cific orders to regard the insurgents as
"outside the pale of civilized warfare"
Four years ago the American people
were in blaze of righteous wrath
against the Spaniards for their fero-
cious treatment of the Cuban insur-
gents, and they are even now stirred to
indignation by the reports from the
British camps in South Africa. That
they tolerate with placid Indifference
the imitation Of Weylerism by Ameri-
can soldiers in the Philippines is al
most incredible, but it is a deplor-
able fact.-North American (Rep).
Congressman Hill, of Connecticut,
who visited the Philippines last sum-
mer has a poor idea of them as
stepping g-stone" to the Chinese trade.
lie says JIldL lOTelSH ndIlOn aCQulr-
ing the Bahama Islands would be as
wise in thinking it had got an entre-
pot to New York and Philadelphia as
We are in imagining that Manila gives
us an entrepot to China. This will be
a sad blow to Senator Beveridge. For
eign trade, in his mind, depends upon
having a whole series of stepping
stones across the ocean. His picture
Of American goods hop-skip-and-j jump
ing over the Pacific-one leap to Ha-
wall, another to Guam, thence to Ma
Mia, and from there right to Hong
Kong-was a beautiful work of the
Imagination, and it seems pity to
have it shattered. Mr.. Hill, has, how
ever, a good many prosaic facts to ad-
duce. He observes, for instance that,
in some cases, "the cost of freighting
from Manila to the Chinese cities Is
greater than from our own coast to
the same points" In short, he ap-
plies a good deal of hard Yankee sense
to the questions whether our Philip
pine investment has paid, or is ever
likely to pay and answers them both
with plump negative. - New York
Post (Rep).