The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-04-08
Of the Good Will and Fraternal
Feeling Of This Country To
ward Them.
It Also Promises Certain Def.
mite Reforms and Self II
Government.
Leading Men Of the Island In
vited to Confer and Ex- :
change Views.

New YORK, April 5.-The Journal
has the following cable, from Manila:
The text Of the United States Philip.
pine commission proclamation has been
issued.
The commission desires to assure the
people Of the Philippine islands Of the
cordial good will and fraternal feeling
which is entertained for them by the
president Of the United States and by
the American people.
The aim and object Of the American
government, apart from the fulfllment
Of the solemn obligations it has as
sumed towards the family of nations by
its acceptance Of sovereignty over the
Philippine islands, is the
Well Being, Prosperity and Happiness
Of the Philippine people and their ele-
walton and advancement to position
among the more civilized peoples Of the
world. The president believes that this
felicity and perfection Of the Philippine
people is to be brought about by the
assurance Of peace and order, by the
guarantee of civil and religious liberty,
BY the establishment Of justice, by the
cultivation of letters, science and the
liberal and practical arts, by tha en-
lsrgement of the intercourse with for
eign nations; by expansion Of industrial
pursuits, by trade and commerce; by
multiplication and improvement Of the
means of internal communication; by
development, with the aid Of modern
mechanical Inventions, of the great nat
ural resources Of the, sarchipelagos md
In q word, by the uninterrupted devotion
of the people to the pursuit Of useful
objects and the realization Of those
noble ideas which constitute the higher
civilization of mankind.
Aims Are nIisinterpreted.
Unfortunately these pure aims and
purposes of the American government
and people have been misinterpreted to
some of the inhabitants Of certain
islands, and, as a consequence, the
friendly American forces have, without
provocation or cause, been sopenly at
tackled. And why these hostflit1es3
What do the best Filipino desir0 Can
It be more than the United States is
ready to give? They are patriots and
want liberty.
In the meantime the attention Of the
people Of the Philippines is invited to
certain regulative principles ,by which
the United States will be guided n its
relations with them. These axs deemed
to be the points of cardinal importance:
First-The supremacy ot tho United
States must and will BE- enforced
throughout every part Of the aFchipel-
ago, and those who resist y. can ac-
complish no end other than their own
ruin.
Second-To the Philippine people will
Be granted the most ample liberty and
self-governmept recop;ilable with the
1naintence Of aSise, just, stable, effec-
tive and econoniSa administration of
public affairs and compatible with the
sovereipn and interaationa1 rights and
the obligations ~ tae United States.
Ciyn ia sssisions Rights.
Third The ci,il rights Of the Philip
pine pedple viii be guaranteed and pro-
tected rs the tallest extent; religious
freedom NH bs assnr md all persons
shall be equal md s1uai stand'ng
in the eyesDf M layg
Fourth justice and TREND
ship forbid 81 the Fnllppine
people ori f6SS tsnds they inhabit as an
object al n n s6f exploitation. The
Durpose uf ne meEican government