Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-20
Hold the Philippines and Secure
a Share Of China.
BISHOP THOBURN'S VIEWS
what She Dissolution of fhe Chinese
Empire Would Mean In fhe In
fereSf of Morality and Christian.
ifV Cannot Imagine why fhe
United States HeSIfafeS to Take
Her Proper Place.

Cincinnati. o., July 19.-Bishop ]. NJ
Thoburn, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who has spen1 forty years as
Il missionary, mostly in India is here.
The bishop spent some time in Manila
in March last, and was an Intelligent
observer of events. He says there il
no doubt that the outbreak between
the Americans and Filipinos was in
tended by Filipino leaders 10 include
a general massacre in the city Of
Manila. He cited in proof of this the
testimony of two Filipino servants
who were summoned to service i'm the
army by Aguinaldo, and who dared
not diSObey, but who warned their
American employers to keep within
doors that night. as orders had been
given to kill all Europeans found on
the streets.
The whole history of the present
Philippine situation showed such a
natural and logical and even inevit-
able, course of events that ahe United
States is bound to assert it's authority
there. Anarchy and assassination, he
declares, would follow the withdrawal
of the United States forces.
The only trouble lies in Luzon isl
and. All the other islands are peace
full. The bishop thinks the proper
policy of the United States is to en-
list the men of the other islands, who
are the natural enemies of the inhabi-
tants of Luzon, 30 fight Aguinallo's
a H. A
would quickly dispose of the few men
that Aguinaldo can muster.
Viewing the situation in the far east
from the standpoint of a missionary .
of forty years in that pauT of the wor1l
the bishop was. impressed with the
fact that 1t was the duty of the United
States, forced upon it by the circum-
Stances of the Spanish war, TO hold the
Philippines and to preserve order and
extend civilized government in that
vast region. Moreover, in the interest
of morality and christianity he hoped
for the dissolution of the Chinese en-
pire, which he characterized as the
mosr helpless government on the
earth. In that event Russia should
have a portion, giving it an available
Pacific port. England, though favor
ing the integrity of the Chinese en-
pire, already has in mind the valley of
the Yang Use Kiang as its share. The
United Stares should have its portion
of the coast opposite the Philippines.
untold blessings to the people of that
empire and would advance the civili-
zatiOn of the. whole world
The bishop declined to discuss the
subject from tha standpoint of Ameri-
can politics, but says he cannot
imagine why the United States should
shrink from giving up her exclusive
policy and hesitate to take her place
among the nations when the lU;y is So
thrust upon her If China
falls TO pieces as nearly all well-in,-
formed people believe she will, it
would be unwise, if not morally wrong,
to cOncede that the European nations
have right TO settle the destiny of
that great empire without any refer
ence to America.
The United States must inevitably
become the dominating naval power
of the Pacific ocean. and if such a fu-
cure is in store for her she certainly
ought to hold an important portion of
the coast line of eastern Asia.