New-York tribune., 1899-03-27
FILIPINO sELF-GOvERNMENT
s,v.cr PLANS AND METHODS AND RESULTING
DISORDERS \ SOURCE or DANGER
TO TIE WVI'El


To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR In reading the Appeal 10 the People o' inc
,-n,.ed states" lately issued from Boston in 'he
,,,ereets Of the so-caued Philippine Republic there
,s one question that naturally occurs 10 every
thoughtful mind. In what way would IL oe PoSSl"e
70 obtain from the Tagalos. the ouiIoerS o' '"N
scbeua 81 an independent State. the proper guar
or,ios ~ order and protection to property men
stoned I'm this appeal? II is OF course 10 De pre-
.urnod that this clause refers 10 the interests o
foreign residents in the Islands FOR cef'a'hS
would not be necessary to so safeguard 'ne pe'
soma interests Of a people capapie OF sen s0'''
rrenf Probably mos, people will agree with me III
,binking this question of proper guarantees per
nexine one but the keen intelligence OF the fl'Po
has suggested a solution Of the difficulty.
IN order that all readers of the appeal may see
how easily this matter could be ad)ustcH "ou''
suggest that the authors OF that most hote"o''nN
naner publish 10 circulate with IT, the text Of the
order issued by the Maolos government for the
s,sugb,er 81 all the foreign residents IN the city OF
Manila. as cabled by General otis. and published
In the papers Of February - Generdi GUS '''''
10 the War Department as follows;
Manila February p. 1Sa9.
EoloU,ne issued by important officer OF insrr-
gent government at Maloos February H. I%'' ,bJt ~
execution during that evening ana Ms"' Gr1S ''
oiiy ~. mil, 90 ,,erose that at : o'clock AT
nsnls me ne m ~ The streets of san Pedro armed
with their bolos and TcNolVers. or guns ana "'''"
Asero~d0Filipino families only will be respected
They should NOT be mol's{oa, & nat S S vriil be ex-
terminated without any compassion "i'e' TIE "a
termination OF the army Oh o'cDP'''"
There are several other paragraphs I'm ms cIe"'!
worded order but nothing that i'm any degree modl-
g. Tho nortion already given. and l have quoted
enough 10 show how IT offers MS the solution we
seek Ii might be best i'm the first place. as ''eio
are some Of us in this country who would ho' WISH
10 see carried out that portion of the FlipI"o pro-
gramme given in the last clause of the second para
graph that IN, amy Of occupation shou" i'"No
the islands and Admiral Dewey and his s4lps san
swav Then Jet the noble Filipino pursue MS gen
lie met hols not only in Manila. but Wherever i1ete
avoided ali annoyance over those most diihcult io
be-obtained proper gu3Ian'les "fu v .' b,d bofb
TO I's he sure sonc nations might taunt rs with
having indoleutlv let slip The White Mans Bur
den" from of our shoulders but
Let us alone. What pleasure can We have
sTreE surely. siumber is more sweet than toll
1,,e said that many Of the tribes in the arch-
nelaeo arc not i'm sympathy with the Idgalos. ana
not willing TO be- ruled by lntln. "hI % %t'al % trSe
selves FOR many months before a Kilkenny cat
after3iecc would he played in the islands but why
Again some of those who have made the closest
study Of the Fiipinos and are the best iniorine0
a. 10 their present capabilities for sef-royernmcnt.
saw that II left TO themselves the resultln dlS"i
deTs would b, so great that these disorders would
rrobaby soon prove the little spark that would
tindle the devastating fires OF war among the great
nations Of the world But why should we care how
FAR the confdgration spreads II only these eminent
countymen OF ours who framed ih" appe@I' hra can
lighted the torch OF freedom or an oppressed peo-
Take up the White Mans Burden
Ye dare not stoop TO- less
Nor call too loud on Freedom
To cIoke Your weariness
ONE WHO LOVES "FREEDOM UNDER The
New Haven. Conn Feb. IS 1900.