Arizona republican., 1898-11-16
AMERICAN RULE.
What il Should Be and Do in inc Ex.
 Spanish Islands.

!
 The only course that rsmains is for
 America to retain She islands under
 her own direct control. That is the i cnly alternative fair to the natives and lccnsistent with the duty of che United
 States.
 If, then, peace is madc OF terms which are worthy of the high destiny
 of the states, they will find themselves
 a. the close Of the war in possession O.
 what may fairly be termed the finest
 islands of the tropics-CuEl, PCrto ! Rico, and the Philippines. < terrible
 burden, it will be said on a people who
 have never organized themselves for
 bearing it? No; rather an opportun- ity for bringing cut the bes.1 qualities l of the nation, and fer. making them
 carry out duties which will improve not only the individuals most concerned but the whole people. We do not doubt for moment tha. the. governing of
 Cuba and the Philippines may supply an element to th.. national life of
 America which will be enormously to it's benefit. The greatest political want Of America is a band Of trained servants-men who have from their their youth up ben dedicated to the
 public service, and whose whole train ing is intended to make them upright, uncc:rupt, and independent instru- l mer' 5 Of government, both in the
 highest ad the lowest offices of state. America. has an opportunity for organ izipg such body Of men fer the gov ernmert of Cuba and the Philippines The notion of instantly converting Cuba in.O two states cf tha Union must surely have been abandoned if t were
 ever formed, while no sane human be- ing will thinK of admitting ,he Tasals rl l. osE !
 States. In time, no doubt, Cuba will became capable of admission, but if congress is wise it will enact a form of. government fer Cuba and She Phil ippines which shall be maintained for twenty years-an administration based upon the model Of C-ylcn CT of an h. dian province.
 To begin with, as has so often hap pened in India, military and naval of- ficers should be employed. In old days, when new province was taken over
 in India the first administrators were at once established. and formed a school c; administration, and young
 men can be introduced ill every district to learn the work and help build up i q tradition of good service Take q dozan-cr twenty old West Point men as heads of the district" and put un- der ,,hem q certain number Of youths who have been caught young from Yale and Harvard. and given 70 understand
 that you will protect them and pro vide for them through their lives, and in q few years an administration would be created that would make Cuba the wonder Of the Sranish-American world.
 There would be no stealing. no mud
 ding, and no oppression. and very
 soon the cities of Havana and San
 tiago would be as well governed as New York, or Boston, or Chicago. And
 hare would come in not the least Of the good results. Anne. jeans who saw
 what good administration could do in Cuba and the Philippines would begin
 to ask how 1t was tha.- things were done better in their dependencies than at home. Very soon they would think of the answsr-because in the depeEd- encies they had a well-paid, se1f-re- specting, permanent civil service who made administration their life busi- ness. and made, also, a conscience of
 what they did. Tn need for such q civil service is Americas chief political need, and it would be well worth while to hold and administer Cuba if the do- ling of that piece of work for humanity did nothing else but awaken Americans to the knowledg9 of ,,his fact.-LOndon SDectatC-