Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — WILL HOLD TO LUZON [ARTICLE]

WILL HOLD TO LUZON

(■UNITED BTATES TO KEEP THE WHOLE ISLAND^ SB' I it « < Cabinet Decides Upon Policy Resard* M ins Philippines , Peace Commissioners Arraagad- ■ lowa and Ores°u to Go to Dewey. _ » Washington special: J The American peace commission will leave for Paris instructed first, to insist " on the retention of the island of Luzon; . second, to see that special trading privileges for Americans in the'other Philip* ' pines are accorded on the same basis as t Bpauish merchants; third, Spain must t promise a government in her Philippine possessions that will free the natives from < Itartmrons oppression. No burd and fast rules will he laid down for the commission. Cuba and Porto Rico will not be i subjects of negotiation except incidental* . ly. They were disposed of by the armistice, and the future government of Cuba I ,will Im* established by the United States without reference to Spanish demands or wishes. The Philippine question will only be open to partial negotiation. Manila bay, with the capital-of'the island, Cavite, and the Corregidor Islands, must !. remain absolutely as the property of the United States. two weeks will elapse before iiftjji date for the meeting of the joint coin* mission in Paris, and it may take two Weeks more for the commission to arrange preliminaries and get down to business. In tha't four weeks the situation may I Aangc radically. Intervening events may Nad the Pfeiident to demand all the islands in the Philippine group. American sentiment or foreign intervention may s force the issue. ■>, A statement attributed to (Jen. Wheeler • roused mqcU excitement in Washington. ?fie is alleged to have said the President ; Mtpected Spain to refuse to surrender the Thilippiues and that hostilities might fol- ’ Nw. An inquiry developed that the series condition at the Philippines is nppre*|ated in both army and navy circles and Reparations to meet any ohatruction to the American jwdiey are being made with alacrity. The Oregon and lowa, which gre to join Dewey's squadron at Manila, would hardly he sent, it is said, to meet Insurgent opposition. Their going is plain tiotice that. While negotiating for peace, the United States will firmly maintain her Claims and tolerate no long or tedious delay. TWO SHIPS TO AID DEWEY. lowa amt Oregon Arc to Be Sent to the Philippines. The Washington administration is preparing for trouble in the Philippines.~T|io Oregon and lowa, which arc to sail to the Pacific, bound ostensibly for Honolulu, •re really going so as to bo in position t<* re-enforce Admiral Dewey should he need help. » As it is known that Admiral Dewey’s ships can give but II life assistance in the suppression of Aguinaido and ltis Insurgent army, it is evijenj, that, the administration fears foreign eompljeations. Germany's intrigues are still lading closely watched, with special reference to her seizure of anything in the Philippines that may be unlawfully ceded to her by Spain, such as a coaling station in territory which the peace commission may award in its entirety to America. A