Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-03
DEsERET EVENING NEWS, FRIDAY NOVEMBER g. 1892

As TO this the report says. 1.-THE Fiji
/ plnos are not "a nation, but varic-
gated assomblage of different tribes
| aud peoples, and their loyalty IL atill Of
the tribal type"
| for solf-Tovcrnmont la due 10 the old
| Spanish regime which gave the Eli
| pinuH little or no mart iu governing
| themselNca. AFTER reviewing the Span
len system the commission sums up
| The most that can be expected n
them II TO cooperate with the Amcri-
cans IN the administration Of general
nunira from Manila uH the center. and
90 undertake subject 10 American con-
tfnl 90 guidance taa may be found nec-
caaaryl. the administration 81 the pru.
wncinl and municipal nanira. Fortu-
| nntoly there are educated Fiuwnoa
| though they DO not constitute % largo
| proportion Of the entire population. and
their support ana services will be- Of In
caleulnhlg value In inauRurating ond
maintaining the now government a.
education advances and experience
| rlpons, the natives may be- Entrusted
! with lafrgr and more important parts
| of the government relf-Fuvornmont i1
| constantly Kent In view un goal In
this way thcAmcrlcnn sovereignty over
the archipelago will prove a grcat poll
| Teal boon Co the people.
should our power by any fatality be
| Withdrawn, the commission believe the
government u the Philippines would
would excuse n u ala not noccrsitnto
! The Intervention " other powers ana
the eventual division Of the islands
among them.
only through American occupation.
thcrdof0rc, ia the idea of a FREE self
/ government ANA united Philippine come
| monwcnlth nj an conceivable. And The
| Indispensable need from the Filipino
| point OF Wow OF maintaining American
novorclrniy over the archipelago ~
! recognized BY al Intelligent Ffilplnoa
aud even BY those insurgents who de-
sire an American prntectoratc. The lat.
tor. lt u true, would take tho revenues
| and leave No the responsibilities
Ncvorthclosa they recognize tho tn
duhiinhlc fact that the T'ilipinos cam
| not stand alone Thus the welfare NJ
tho f1llpi1os comedies with tho die.
tnton ~ national honor ln fnrhIddiur
our abandonment of the archipelago
| We cannot from any point uf View, Cs-
cape the responsibility u government
which our sovereignty entails. and the
commission l. strongly persuaded that
the performance ~ our national duty
VIII prove tho greatest blessing 10 the
PEOPLES of the Philippine islands"
Ono y the closing chapters of the re-
report il dcvdcd 20 a tribute TO Our
soldiers ana sailors In the war"
The commission gives q general view
| u the value of tho Islands their gem
oril richness in agriculture and forest
! products. their mineral wealth ana
their commanding geographical posi-
ton. They state that tho Philippines
should soon become one " the great
traders " the East Manila ~ already
| connected By now steamship lines with
| Australia, India and Japan and she viii
become the natural terminus VI many
other lines, when q ehip canal con-
meets the Atlantic with the Pacific u
cannot BE- doubted that commerce will
| Ercatly Increase and the United States
| will obtain large share IN this,
The report concludes Our control
means 10 the inhabitants Of the Philip
| pines Internal peace and order. "a guar
| untce against foreign Aggression and
| against the Acknowledgement uf their
| country, commercial and Industrial
| prosperity and ns large a share ~ the
nnalrn u government uH they shall
| prove willing TO take. When peace and
prosperity shall have been established
| throughout the archipelago. when edu.
cation shall have become general. then.
| IN the language of n leading Filipino.
| bis people Will, undAr our guidance.
become moro American than the Amer
The rcport - signed by J. q. schur.
man. George Dewey, Charles DENLY,
Dean e. Worcester
DEWEY TALKS ON THE sITuA-
TON.
New York. Nov. "A special 10 the
| Herald from Washington says
| With the submission Of their prollm-
lnary report 10 the President the MEM
hera OF the commission felt at liberty
Tor the nrst time since their arrival In
the United States % partly discuss the
subject % their investigation.
II wish you would say for me-" said
| Admiral Dewey that / endorse every
word of the commissions admirable re-
| port I can say this with perfect pros
| prlcty, Tor the reason that 1 ana not
| write 10. 10 was written by the literary
! members OF the commission after full
ana free conference between ua, but ON
every conclusion reached. We were un-
nnimoua. We made absolutely truthful
! representation OF an that has happened
and OF the existing situation.
| There has not been moment since
the first gun was fired that the United
] States could have Withdrawn from the
Islands, ana the reasons Get forth H. tho
| report az 60 why permanent American
control ~ essential are. In my opinion.
| lmmuNublc. There u no other nlterua-
! tive. That the TuEaloa are realizing this
| o. shown from the rapid dlalutcgmtlon
from ARuinaldo'H ranks
The later advlcoa show very decld-
| cd Improvement Ia the situation. I look
| FOR an early termination OF the war.
In fact 1 nrmly believe that the bottom
has dropped out " the insurtcction."
As soon aa thcAgulnaido insurrectlon
n suppressed" said President schurman
tonight the United States should i'm.
medlntely establish government To
b. administered az frst under the dlrcc-
tion ~ the war department. but by sue
cossive Htngon 10 finally be placed IA
| the hands Of the F1llplnos under Amer.
lean sovereignty.
my idea II that there should be pro-
/ CresalNc self government a gradual de-
velopmont OF home government aa the
! Filipino becomes more experienced Ia
political afalrn and sufficiently cducnt-
| ed TO understand the questions with
which be has 10 deal. What the char
| aCter Of this government should be- ~ a
matter which has not been touched up-
on by the commission In It's preliminary
statement. ! viii not say that IL has
not been considered, for Il has. II IS
| proposed 10 deal carefully with this
matter IN the report OF the oommlss.o
| II should think that at hrst there
| should be "a governor general appointed
| By the President. who should be assisted
] IN administering the AFFAIRS OF the isl-
| and by cabinet composed OF represen-
| tntlvd men Of the several tribes. This
| would eventually develop into the letfls.
| lnturc Of the archipelago. Tho provinces
| should be administered by Americans or
! by educated Flliplnos under American
! guidance. ana the cities and towns hy
| mayors, elected by the people possess.
! ing certain educational or uroperty