The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-11-09
MUST KEEP THE Philippine.

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Pailio3in3 clun..si5 a rsn isre l
is preliminary report 20 President Nc
kinney last Wednesday. and il was In
mediately made public. We regret that
We hase not the space 70 publish It IN
fnll. ~ It ought TO he read by every
voter who will be called upon next year
to determine the future policy Of this
Government. The report is the result
of a most intimate ard careful personal
investigation Of the conditions prevail
ing throughout the archipelago. Il Is
made bv men whose integrity IS unlm-
peachable, and whose judgment, when
unanimously expressed, can hardly De
lied in question by men who nave
never been within 5000 miles Of the
Islands.
Neffber can 70 be consistently claimed
thal the report has been Influenced ~
political pressure. II IS signed by
Admiral Dewey, J. Q. 5churman, Col.
Chas. DENLY, and Prof. D. G. Worees-
ter. They were chosen without regard
10 party and with the possible excep-
ton Of Col. DENLY, are not seeking poi
ilieal farors. Can We trust them2 Ad-
miral Dewey name alone IS sufficient
guarantee 70 the American people, who
are not yet readyto tear down the He
70 Of Manila Bay from the pedestal On
which they have placed him
What. then, are some Of the eonelu.
slons at which the commission as ar
riveds We recommend the following
to our santi-expansioDist friends.
WAR UNAVOIDABLE.
aDaplorable as war is. the one in
which W. are now engaged was unaFold :
able. We We're attacked by bold. "a
venturoas and enthusiastic army. No
alternative was left &c Us but iCuomin-
inus retreat. IL IS not 80 be imagined
that any American woull SIN ,ti0n the
surrender Of Manila To the Insurgents.
Oar obligations to other nations and 20
the friendly tilipinos and to ourselves
aud our Gag demand that force should
be met by force Whatever the future
OF the Philippines may BE- there Is ne
course open to US now excerpt the prose
cution Of the war until the insurgents
are reduced TO submission.
The commission Is Of the opinion that
there has baen no lime since ne de-
structi0u ri the Spanish squadron BY
Admiral Dewey. when il was possible
10 Withdraw our 1nops from the islands
either with honor to ourselves or with
safety to the inhabitants.
INCAPABLE or SELF GOVERN
NEXT.
THE FilipiEos are not nation. but
yafiegated assemblage Of different
tribes and peoples; aud their loyalty is
still Of the tribal type.
The masses Of the people are uned
ueated. The intelligent public opinion
90 which popular government rests
does not exist in the Philippines. And
it etnuat exist until education has ale-
waited tie masses. hroadenei their in.
tele .taal horizon aud disciplined their
flculty Of Judgment. And. sven then.
the power OF sali-goYernment cannot D.
assumed without considerable previou.
training and experience under the guid.
anee and tHEelage Of an enlightened and
liberal foreign power. For the bald
fact Is that the Filipinns have never
had any experience IN governing them
selves.
SHOULD UNCLE SAM RETIRE.
aShnuld our power by any fatality
be Withdrawn, the commission believes
the government Of The Philippines
would speedily lapse into anarchy, which
would excuse. n il did not necessitate.
the intervention ef other powers. and
eventual division Of the islands among
them.
Only through American occupation.
therefore. e. the idea Of free self-gov.
eminent and united Philippine com
monwealth at all conceivable. And the
indispensable need from the Filipinf
point of view, Of maintaining American
sovereignty over the arcbipelaeo. i.
recognized hv all intelligent Filippinas
and even ny those insurgents who desir,
an Ameii AN nrot~etorate. The latter.
il Is true. would take the revenues ard
leave Us the responsibilities "