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mountain range. "ho for a I muinIIer , ~,
yrars have P"nhasrfsS ,hs fsSconiard. S%f % and cv
lied natives Tho battalion OF troons Whs
furnished. The psCn,e % iG HrEr%S rcypcrTemt w m ia
government aud were promised gu n",Es,Nin ,n
aid aud assistance but they nGMn nTG"Te nidsT by
our "rfs soldiers Ht ir and Ty Tie friendly advice q sae
commander. Gen. smith; Ihey were oU.iGeu .1GGe
for% S:ond hea RsY ,hs up.e % Of ' few
months they began to accuse their own
Officials Of dishonesty ;h am. nstlv" tT So%pSs 9orSos
domit,a.ed the tiGycrnor Dissatisfaction be-
came general. Fortunately Amcricans rS,
maned popular, and the better clement 9egnn hn,n
them out ot their dlficulttes; Ihc rropie
ncmandei neT SrG,o Ent Gei ns ths best peo.
PIE oi the island were already w onhce, J..
was evident that relief could not Ne he h1h sy ,n,'
inission prepare 4 a new aud simrlined scheme
oi government Tor the land giving the neople
Xmerican in iui control The main features Of
this plan had already been eNpnlnehto leading
peops of the island 10y . member @, the Com.
cured. This, system has inst been Put into inio
operation The people are satisfied nnd public
order il better in the island To-day thah AT any
tims during the last twenty years. -,,,-,
The. HAT failure ~ this ATTEMPT to establish
an indspendent native COVE velnmcnt IN NcErns.
conducted as It was under the most favorable
circumstances. makes u appear that here AS
W as n hs .Is a% at pr"Sn nbsc fs
iatsIv essential to a successful administration
OF public Affairs.
EFFORTS AT CoNCiLATIoS.
The efforts Of the military authorities. act
ing under the Instructions OF tho President.
70 prevent an outbreak Of host ilities with the
Fiipinos have already been described The
Tie GSmmi ON ssiSn were on tue way to The P6ip..
pines bear ring the INSTRUCTIONS Of the President
to m shS I'M M tin ssi
States Tho Insurgents rash and wholly un-
Jus,inuhle appeal TO arms did not prevent the
thomsh It grpStiy % rssrct.d he area area oi Their
operations On The Eth Of April they issued
which tho United States would be guided 10
exercising tn. sovereignty which Spain had
ceded to Us ovor ihe Philirpins, Islands, and
aud privileges. but also Of tho largest partic-
patton in goycrnmrnt which might be
iare and reroncilnble with the SOW
.rpign rights and obligation OF the United
Manila and tie M ajia"cnt parts Of i.nzon. aud in in
the Island Of Negros and such other places ns
were oren t. i,s rSccn,inn in,H,Ecd ,,o, Tie public
strongly anti american, underwent pal cable
change. and currents Of peace and conciatinn
were set in motion until they found q response
in the RANKS Of the insurgents Themselves.
Aguinaldo sent Il delegation TO Manila to
Com mission stesdinsty refused 10 discuss his
proposal to suspend hostilities. a. being a mill
tary matter assurances were given Of the he:
tho Presidents readiness to grant ths Philip
pine peoples as large measure of home rule
and as ample liberties as were consistent with
the onds OF government subject only TO tho
recognition OF the sovereignty OF the United
Statcs-a pDlAt which. being established. the
Com mission invariably refused even TO dis
The .o-called Congress OF AGuinaldo voted
Commission's proclamation. and Mahimi the
irreronCilabls n.hd Of the so-cnlled Cabinet,
was r.plu"sd bv Patcrno the former mediator
llf
naldn But nothing came ot negotiations. as
Aguinaldo'S emissares were without p"wsrs
and merely came and came again for informa-
ton. Tho courteous reception accorded to
them bv the Commission. tho fullness OF the
information communicate to them. the aSsur
ancc, 81 a liberal form Of government when
| they laid down their arms. and the earnest ape
nsS, to them to c6G iGr odr iRr.hsT
| feat-all witness 10 the spirlt OF patient cone
| clliation exhibited 10y the Com mission in en-
| with the Insurgents. aud the ohhuracy Of
| Aguinaldoi IN continuing furci BILE resistance and
| i'm refusing even To outline terms which micht
| lie eompared with ,hr trrms offered or with the
| concessions which the superior rover might
have been willing 10 make. No better proof
| could b. furnished that the primary object Of
his struggle is not, IA is pret"ndcd the liberty
| Of 'h- Filipino peoples. but the continuance .!
event. ihs American p-orIe may feol confident
| that NO enOrt was omitted by the Commission
,S sGmrS nenssn hr rnd 81 ins i'rTGsS but
| all neglected. IL not. indeed, spurned
CAPACITY ron sCLf-GovEBNMENr
| To what eStent The liirinos ar" capable oi
| cupicd the d,lrGcnt and cntuest attention of
| the Commission for several months, III tn"
.narse OF Which % great nIms"r Of witnes.cf;
all shades Of political thought. all classes Il
the populs lsron, AL varieties OF orruration. and
AL important differences ot rrihn and locality.
| Tho Commission also made careful
study q spanish goysrnmcntaI in'titu.
1 al ha lrr- IA Ia
| laws under which they wer" aAltsh.d and
hy which th"ir operation. wsr. reeu'sted and
controlled. Al the Same tim tn" Comm les sion,
| by mtnGling freely with tho FilipiuoS in Luron
| End other parts 81 the Archpeaco endeavorrd
and to APPRECIATE the needs aud aspirations o.
| the people for whose benefit new system of
| government was to he framed,
The most striking and perhaps tie most sig
| nilcant fact In the entire stuation j. the null
| tiriici'y of tribes nhabItEG the Archirclnco.
the diversity OF thar languages. which are
| mutually unintrl! !ighl"'. and the muitifariuus
nhiaIrs m 2lSi'i;i%aton IrnnG,ns Al the way !rGm
NATIVES Of the several pr"yinces and sIsnd.' f
| ln spite of the genera, uss Of the spanish
| siderable similarity Ot economic and social
| conditions rvalont in lulDn aud the Nsayan
lsanls. III" mnstct 81 the renrlc are without
| nationality The rilipinos larr not n nation.
but aNnriegatcd asscnlbinge of different rbes,
As To the general intellectual capacities Of
the Fiiipinos, the Commission is disposed To
| rat" them nigh. But, excepting IN u limited
| number Of persons. thss- capacities hnN" not
| been developed hy education ar experience.
| The masses ~ tho people are uneduratad. That
| Intelligent rublic opinion on which popul ar
government rests does not exist in the Philip
pines. tnd II cannot exist until education has
| elevated the masses. Droadoned their intel
| sctual horizon. and disciplined their faculty oI
! Judgment. Aud even then the power nt self
| government cannot b. assumed without con-
| siderable previous training and experience
|
| E---,.a Some men have an idea
! - tina: il is beneath mans