The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-11
BOLD PLEA FOR
THE FILIPlNOS.
Col. MOsby Says They Should Be
Given Their independence.
THE CRY OF ANARCHY" A RUSE.
Reference to Striking Incidents Of
History i'm Support Of the Copten-
ton Commercial Gain the Real
Motive for Expansion.
Editor OF Tho Times.

Editor OF Tho Times:
Sir,-1t is urged that # we withdraw
from the Philippines We abandon the
islands to anarchy and chaos. This is "A
pure assumption; reason and experience
are against IT, Tho inhabitants Of the
Phi lippines are superior as race ana
ha ye shown FAR more capacity for po-
ltical organization than the Cubans' TO
Whom, we have promised independence.
we owe duty TO ourselves as well as 20
the Fnipinos TO Jet them work out the
problems Of government ass our fathers dil
] i'm the American forests. II the RUE OF
! the Spaniard was cruel ANA oespouc'
/ then anarchy would at ieast ne a IcHti.
/ Disorder has always been the nrst Iiull ol
revolution. but revolution is the parent
/ of progress. Chaos is better than stag
nant dcspOusm: even anarchy ln ASA
| would be a. sIpu of Improvement bul
/ the dread of anarchy did not deter tine
! lovers of liberty from giving their aid
and sympathy tO Bolivar and Marco Boz
zaris When Byron drew bis sword l'f
the Greeks De advised them TO trust l1
thcmselves.
I'm native swords and native ranks
The only hope OF courage o"eiis.
NO DANGER OF ANARCHY
The Fiupinos have certainly attained a.
high a degree of civilization as the Turks.
persians. C0reans, Samese and tnines',
whose right TO sel-eovcrnment We
recognize by receiving their amnae-
sailors and sending amDass adora To- the.i
courts. A larger portion of the people
I ..F
than of any other country in Asia Why
] should they not bc 900 least ON 1n equality
with tho A4h0mmedans and Buddhists
whose flags ay over the legations ~
Washugt0ng Why is the Crescent pre-
lerrod 90 thr Crosse a small part of the
} force that has been applied o. eXtineuish
national lfo in the philippine might
! have aided the people % re tore peace and
establish order, and might mus nave
saved as the bloody tragedies of Manin
and IOio Instead of commanding them
10 dieperse, friendly offer of co-opora-
tion would have been more boz harmony
with American traditions When nego-
tlations first began AN that was asked
was "a coallng station. This Was Gully
tentative TO feel the public pulse.
4 spECIOUs COVER.
In an article I'm "The Nation OF Au-
gu. 18th last. the writer said: The
plea of n necessity for having c0aing
stations is made pretext for demandine
the permanent occupation of ports in the
IadrOnes and Philippine. IL is spec
cfOus cover 90 Justify the extension OF
our dominion over the sea- and is BeacD.
fields policy On suirD OF extending i.'
boundaries of the empire tO secure
scientific frontier that always rocei
before the advance of the British arm
The argument is as plausible a. th.t
which persuaded the Donna Julia ..
permit % PIatonic squeoze'-the first step
that led 90 her fail' Nothing of late BIAS
been heard about coalin2 stations. The
claim Of the anncXatiOuists soon included
the whole archipelago. and as we could
not need 900 islands for coaliug stations.
the mask of anarchy was dragged on me
stage as "a substitute. IL the Ihp.nos
were left alone order would soon Doe
evolved from chaos. such is me law OF
nature. Under tine rule of foreign dice
tator they would learn DO more about
self-g0vefnmeut than t9o Iiudoo in
century has from Dis English masters
Macaulay. in his essay on Milton. has
answered the objections oi those Who
are not willing t0 trust men to govern
themselves until they have learned tne
art OF government There IS only ONE
cure for the evils which neWly-aCQlIred
freedom produces. and that SIS freedom
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