Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-09-14
SCHURNAy'S VIEWS.
The President Of the Philippine
Commission Is Interviewed.
CAPABILITIES OF The FILIpIyOS.
Friends Of Gen. Otis Hopeful That He May
he Retained In His Communicable
gram from Gen. Otis Received
at the War Department.

Schurman, president Of the Philippine
commission. Mr.. Schurman said Admit
raj Dewey's statement that there was
no difference Of opinion between him
self and the admiral was correct. mo
question:" said Mr.. Schurman, lever
came up at meeting of the commits
sion on which the admiral and myself
were not in thorough accord" Con-
corning the relative capabilities OF the
Filipinos and the Cubans to govern
themselves Mr. Schurman said:
That is personal opinion OF Admiral Dewey.
AS to the proper method Of governing the Fill
pinos that Is matter upon which reported
| to the president and cannot discuss l quite
agree with Admiral Dewey however, that the
intelligence exhibited by the Filipinos is often
surprising. The great mass Of the people are,
OF course, ignorant but you cannot go into any
city In the Islands without finding sprinkling
OF able, intelligent and well educated men, and
IN Manila this number is considerable. Many
OF these men have been educated in European
universities.
and business men among the Filipinos as highly
educated as any | have met anywhere in the
world. share Admiral Deweys sympathy for
the Filipinos but consider it great pity that
they do not recognize that the best thing In the
world for them would be to acknowledge Amer
lean sovereignty. That would be the best thing
for them in every way, for II we were to leave
the Philippines England France, Russia, Ger
many and Italy would all want to share in the |
government of the islands There are not many |
among those nations that would pay much at
tention to democratic ideas.
GEN. OTIS MAY BE RETAINED.
Chicago, Sept. ia special to the
Record from Washington says: The
friends of Gen. Otis are becoming hope
full that they will succeed in having
him retained in his present command.
Last week they were deeply discour-
aged, and one, a high official of the war
department, openly admitted that he
believed popular Glamour" would re-
suit in his friends recall and the as
signment of Gen. Miles or Gen. Merritt
to Manila.
The prediction is now being con-
tidently made by Gen. Otis admirers
that he will be permitted to demon
strate what he can do with a large
army before being censured for his
failure to make more progress during
the last campaign. 1t is impossible,
owing to the conflicting interests at
work, to state positively how the con-
test for supremacy will terminate.
Gen. Miles friends are as confident as
are those of Gen. Otis, but the drift of
feeling now seems to have turned in
favor of the latter.
CABLEGRAM FROM GEN. OTIS.
Washington, Sept. IL. Gen. Otis
yesterday informed the war depart
nent that two companies of the Nine
zenith infantry have left for lloilo to
De followed to-day by headquarters and
he balance of the two batallions to re-
ieve the Tennessee regiment at Iloilo !
md Cebu. The following also was re- q
'eived from Gen. Otis: capt. Butler,
Third infantry, with portion Of '
5aliuag troops, drove the insurgents
It San Rafael, capturing seven with
rms. lnsurgent forces made demon a
tration against Santa Rita on Porac 4
Dad; loss two officers, six privates h
With arms captured by Col. Bell No
asualties among our troops.
Washington, Sept, s. -- President
thurman, of the Philippine commits n
ion, called at the state department d
esterday to say good-by before leav- u
" for Ithaca, N. Y. He had undoubt- o
lly made deep impression upon the p
tlicials of the administration by his e.
latements relative to affairs in the 81
when he left, His opti- p
listic views have convinced some of D
ne leading officials at least that the al
1d OF the war in the Philippines is az a,
sight. One of the arguments which u
e used to support this belief was al
'art of the Philippine group On
MS the various races populating the
lands were graphically set out in -,
'lors. The significant feature is the q q,
nall showing made by the Tagals. -
OF only does the chart show that this ~
ibe forms but small portion of the :,
tai population of the Philippines, -,
1t it appears that the Tagals in insur- o.
ction against the United States con. IS
itute only portion of the tribe and r.
at whole provinces in Luzon, notably ~ ~
the northen extremity of the island, ~
e either friendly to the United States "
at least neutral.
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