New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-25
TIE END IN LTZON.

The latest dispatches from Luzon indicate
that the instruction In that island Is prdc-
ticallv at an end. II has long been running
emptvngs." ms they say Down East, and puplic
interest in II has been on the wane. Inc plc'-
ure of the duondnm Dictator" who year ago
was issuing elaborate directions as TO the length
of tossels to he worn on the gold tipped Walk
inc sticks of members of his Court now nat
loss and coatless. sprnting through the mud
from town to town. in desperate endeaVor 10
keen ahead Of a bayonet gave n momentum!
Utilization 10 the fancy, but even it. repeated 100
often. became tedious To-day's news VIII mere
foro no regarded with sense of relief for more
reasons than one II is gratifying to have an
end of fighting and of occasional losses or Ire.
II Is likewise agreeable TO have an end OF
tiresome. irritating campaign Of pretences ana
bushvbacking. drawn out beyond all possibility
NJ reason or hope of profit like the lrshman
turtle that was dead but not yet conscious of H.
1t NAV be worthy of remark that the collapse
of tho instruction has followed Immediately
mon the heels Of the elections in this country.
A fov weeks ago. Il will be remembered Agu-
naldo was bidding his followers pray for the
success Of the Democratic party, on the ground
that such success would be a rebuke to the
policv toward the Philippines. Not only that
but Aguinaldos aders and abettors IN inns
country. the "ant-imperialists" and Little
Americans. were assuring him and his deluded
followers that such result Of the elections
was probable. If not certain, ana that Il uhe III
surcents would only hold out little longer they
would gain their ends. 1t may be that Agui-
naldo believed it, though he must nave Deeh
particularly credulous TO do So after IN precisely
similar fashion having been gulled with hopes
of defeating the Peace Treaty. However that
NAV be. he and his followers are now unde-
ceived. They see that the Republican party
has won. that the policy Of the Government IS
anproved by the Nation, and that there is no
possibility Of any change of policy. The sequel
If not the direct result. of that knowledge Is
the collapse of their insurection.
The end. however is to be regarded not so
much an end as a beginning. Doubtless
there will for some time to come be certain
amount of lawlessness and brigandage Ihat
will be dealt with as it would be In the United
States II will be no more significant than the
lawlessness horse stealing train robbing, ana
what not. that have existed in parts of our own
country. The significant fact of the situation is
that now constructive work must be under
taken. The Army and Navy have established
United States authority Now comes the task
| Of the civil Enthusiastically in functions
even though of military rankin making that
authority benefcent to the people in all the de-
tails of government. 1t is not to impose Ameri
| can ways and manners upon them. 1t Is 10
compel conformity with the general principles
| Of humane civilization, and within those bounds
to assist the people TO make their own ways
more beneficent TO themselves, TO assist them
| 70 attain the status Of worthy self-government
| That task will be longer than the military cam
| paign has been. 1t should not become tedious
For, unlike the work of the last ten months, II
will be constructive. not destructive. 1t will be
the permanent achievement for which the mill
tary campaign with all its valor, Its daring, Its
suffering and IT'S triumphs has merely opened
| the WAY.