World Powers and the Philippines
A CORRESPONDENT of the London Daily Mail gives, from “a diplomat of high standing,” the following words, which truly show the real spirit that exists among the great world-powers:— England has no first-class Power, except America, which offers her the slightest ground for hoping a friendly hearing of her case. The better feeling of to-day will generate war against her to-morrow. Russia’s plan, which is encouraged by Austria-Hungary, France, and Germany, is to strip Great Britain of all support—to leave her naked—before such a war begins. A SHORT time ago a prominent attorney of Washington City said that “the most prominent official of the American government in the Orient has reported that not a foot of ground in the Philippine Islands outside of rifle shot of the American soldiers is in the control of the United States government.”