Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-03
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PHILIPPINE REPORT.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PACED

The efforts at Cancellation with Agui
haluv and his various commissions ar.
se' lorth IN detail. These commissioner
| were assured OF the benefcient purposes
| OF the United States. and he President
| itduness TO grant the Filipino people al
! Wfkt measure Of home rule and o.
ample liberty as was consistent with tn
ems Of government "subiect only To- N,
! reccgnitiou OF the sovereignty Of tn,
| Cn.teo states "a point which, being IS
Ipushed, the commission invariably re-
| fused even 10 discuss.
J The commission adds that nothing came
| OF the negotiations as Aguinaldo's ennis
sarles were without power. and merely
came, ana came again, for information
Inc report sums up the result OF these
iruitless exchanges as follows;
NO better proof could be furnished
| that the primary object OF his struggl,
| Is not, as is pretended. the liberty Of IN,
| Filipino peoples. but the continuance OF
! MS (AguinaldO's) own arbitrary and des
/ potic power. In any event, the American
! people may feel confident that no effort
was omitted by the commission 10 secure
| a peaceful end OF the struggle. but the
opportunities offered and urged were al
/ neglected. If not. indeel spurned."
! FILIPINO LF-GONERNMENT.
The chapter devoted TO Capacity foi
Self-GOvernment' Is the result, the report
states, Of diligent inquiry for severa
/ months, in the course OF which gioal
number of witnesses were examined, OF
all shades OF political thought and yarie'
! ties of occupation, tribe and locality. Ih'
1 most striking and perhaps the most sug
gestive fact in the entire situation Is the
multiplicity Of tribes inhabting the archi'
! pclago the diversity Of their Languages
| (Which are mutually uninteliigible), ano
| the mulufarious phases OF civilization
| ranging all the way from the best 10 th1
| lowest. Touching this the report says:
THE Filiplnos are not nation, but q
varigated assemblage Of different tribe.
and peoples, and their loyalty is still OF
| the tribal type"
Concerning their intellectual capacity
! the commission says:
"As 10 the general intellectual charac'
teristics OF the ilipinos, the commission
| is disposed TO rate them hlgn. But cN'
| cepting in 4 limited number OF persons
! those characteristics have not been Ie'
| VelOped by education and experience. i II,
masses Of the people are uneducated ina
! intelligent public opinion on which popu'
| lar government rests does not exist w
the Philippines, and Ii cannot eNlst UNI
education has elevated the masses, DIOdu'
ened their intellectual horizon, ana as,
ciplined their faculty of judgment, and
even then the power OF self-goVernms
cannot be assumed without conslderapit
previous training and experience unqei
the guidance and tutelage OF an enhgnt'
| ened and liberal sovereign power. Ol
the bald fact is, that the flipinos nave
never had any experience III governing
me report shows that this inability ioi
se.f-government is due 70 the ola SPahlsu
regime, which gave the hll.plhIos MI Af,e,
reviewing this Spanish system the cum
mission sums up on this point: 1900,
CNFITNESS FOR GOV kR lNG.
This Is al. the training IN sen soH w. -
| ment which the Inhabitants OF the I'm,
! ippine Islands have enjoyed. lnelr iaS'
! OF education and political eApetlell|.so
! combined with their racial ana lh9 us y,
/ diversIties lis0udlify them, IN spite oi
| their mental gifts and domeslc n lIau,S
/ for undertaking the task OF cover iiNs
! the archipelago at the present ems;
should our power by any iala'l'y p'
! Withdrawn. the commission peIeVe tn9
| the government Of the Philippines WON,
| speedily lapse into an anarchy Whici
| would excuse, If IL did not nccessltate
/ the intervention OF other powers, ana me
/ eventual division Of the ISLANDS anlvls
them. only through American occups-
tion therefore is the idea OF a Tree, sen
! governing. and united Philippine Com
| fnonweaith at all conceivable, and the IN.
! dispensab BILE need, from the Filipino pony
! OF view, Of maintaining American soNe'
! reientv over the archipelago, IL rccob-
ufzsd nv AN INTELLIGENT filipinOs, and
even by those insurgents VINO desire an
American prOtectOrate. me idlltI' ~ ~
true would take the revenues ana ieaNe
MS the RESPONSIBILITIES. Nevertheless, they
FripinOs cannot stand alone. Ihus, me
welfare of the FiiipinOs comedies WIN
the dictates of national honor IN fOrpid-
ding our abandonment OF the archipelago
We cannot from any point OF view es-
cane The responsibilities OF government
which our sovereignty entails ana tne
commission lis strongly persuaded ina
the performance Of cur national duty VIII
prove the greatest blessing TO the peoples
of the Philippine Islands.
ORR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
one of the closing chapters Of the re-
port is devoted 10 tribute 10 our Sol
diers and Sailors I'm the War
The commission says that the presence
OF Admiral Dewey as a member or this
body makes II uniting 10 dwell on its
personal achievements, but he joins IN
the eulogy Of his comrades.
WHEN COMMISSION LEFT
Tho commission witnessed some of the
MANY brave deeds of our soldiers and
they declare that all that skill, courage,
and patient endurance can do has been
done I'm the Philippines. They dismiss
the reports of the Decorating of churcnef.
the numbering of prisoners, and the com
nit ting Of uncomfortable crimes. and
SAL they are glad 10 express the belief
tha. war was never more humanely
conducted.
VALUE OF THE ISLANDS.
The commission gives a general view
OF Tie value OF the islands, their rlcl-
their mineral wealth, and their con-
handing geographical position. They
state that the Philippine Islands should
soon become one Of the great trade cen
tres OF the East Manila is already con-
nected by new steamship lines with Au-
stralia, India, and Japan, and she Will
become the natural terminus OF many
other lines when d ship canal connects the
Atlantic and the Pacific. II cannot be
doubted that commerce Will greatly IN
crease. and that the United States Will
obtain a large share Of this increment.
Maniia. with the immunity II has thus
IA enjoyed from that terrible pest the
bubonfc plague. should become a dis
tlfbuting centre for China, Siam. the
Straits Settlements, Tonquin. AMMAN, ard
Australia. The report concludes:
"Our control means 10 the inhabitants
Of the PHILIPPINES internal peace and or
der. A guarantee against foreign agrees
sion and against the dismemberment Of
their country; commercial and industrial
prosperity, and as large q share of the
affairs Of government as they snail prove
hc to take. When peace and prosperity
shall have been established throuShodI
the archipelago, when education shaii
have become general. then, IN the lan-
guage Of a leading Filipino. his Poop e
will, under our guidance. become more
American than the Americans them
selves
The report is signed by j. G. schuf-
man. George Dewey, Charles DENLY, and
Dean G. Worcester
-FOUR NEW CASES OF FEVER.