New-York tribune., 1899-12-19
FNGLAND'S AID IN ORIENT
,nrs,nr,vr scHuRMANs VIEWS AP-
p,.A1ypEp BY CONGREGATIONAL CLUB

- .,,- sp ,,1srI- AMEsRICAN WAR BRoO"fi
.no,,r THE MORAL. UNITY OF THB ANGLO
s.xoN RAcB-TTIINKs THE FILL
p,Sos 4 PROMISING PEOPLE.
"co,on,al Development was the SUBJECT =. 80
eral interesting addresses last eveiiis ond w,
:, ,,. congregational Club Of New-fork anu
80, a, the Hotel St. Denis. Randall opauiuie,
49, nres,dent Of the club presided SpeaAie -
colonial development in South Africa e1,~
made a visit two years ago the rev, .,.1. - r.
p Clark president of the Society OF III 9, ~,
deavor said II would be rash 10 take SUES Nv Nv
In the South African matter The woriu ~ 49,
ho,,aver was Indebted to Great Britain Ior 'no
NAV IN which she had exercised substantial 1u
tice wherever the lions power had oeeh iei"
were many things for which Great britain "hu "
h,nsb in connection with her colonial pohey ou'
she nevertheless IN duNa'OS VI ~
In colonial government - ..u,.o
The speaker said the Beers looked upon AlIl0a
ss theirs as Americans looked upon America 90
their own and in their own estimation were heh'-
ing for their native country and their nresioes'
When DIR. Clark called on KRUGER at his famous
house q modest cottage. KRUGER slapped him on
the hack and asked, Are you one OF the YANKEES
who always run TO the Queen wnen you se' q"
+rouble?' This just after Jamesons ldu'
when some Americans sought the protection OF 'he
British Consul. There was a twinkle IN the ola Il
mans eyo at the time. The speaker said the Boers
we're nv no means intellectual weakings. They had
the strength o. the soil, OF men who lived uhuer
the free winds Of heaven. and had been aoie u
make II very uncomfortable for their opponents
T. @ Schurman chairman OF the Philippine COM
mission and president of Cornell University IN an
address on the Philippines. was listened TO win
the keenest interest. and his remarks were IRE
nuentlv greeted with enthusiastic applause lie
said in part: l., .,.
Whether England was right or wrong IN accept
ing the gauntlet Kruger threw down is not LOT ine
fhaf IN
cause has been her cause, and she mas N eouh'.
,ess ways facilitated work. One OF the most
heneacent results Of our with Spain was the
bringing together Of America and England IN
moral unity of the Anglo-saXon race
AS TO the Philippines. sometimes say !" "o'
,,,ar,alst and 1 am not altogether certain
r.. that means Nor am I an anti-imperlahs''
., Won mean hauling down flag where IL mas peeh
3ustIv placed but / believe in uphoiolhs 'e -
tional honor and duty We have put our haiuS
IN the plough, and there they must stay, ho" io"e
7 do not pretend to say, bat certainly for num-
ber NJ wears do not suppose We "dh'eu '-'o
phu,nnnes hut II is not a question OF whether Vi
not we wanted them. We have taken 'leln,
are there The question is Wnether' haVine ~
them we shall give them up. .
As 10 missionary work in the Phlhpplhee, w 80
xnow that it Is an altogether promising field Inc
Roman Catholics have been there three hunuieu
,oars and the archipelago governed not D!
Snain but by the priests If send missionaries
there we must reckon on on s,onaTv rhas aaG %orf' al
though at present ii would be dangeTous TO . sene
missionaries there When we 90 seau sen ubnnid sgree
Is one condition must observe-"e soniu s eenS
on some kind Of Protestant Chrisuanly anu Ch5ne fGe
only one type Of missionaries Mheh Nv o mel i gent
i observed that the Chlnese wIlO M aie GO nenv dif
regard our different denominations as SO man; 1IS ons
ferent religions hope the different denomlhasuOns
will unite on some common platform. The tinpin0s
will then nave Catholic Chilsuahy ! diIu io'e''
''1r 0nr armies are row in Northern Luzon and II
looks as if fighting were nearly a. a. an n emu. np
ganized army has now disappeared, ana nuiioea m @
OF able men in the reyoiuIohaiy f ,h ins'Ir
rection was iegacy from spain the haIfHG I, anu
s9spcSn Know %i the White race only by specimen
and as Spain made promises and broke theii' Ti meS
cannot be overcome by words but by the actual
thing itself. and SO have urged II as 'nT me GG cIy
government in the Philippines just as soon as the
military condition warrants s,ebnl IT, and very tenn
perate. 1 regret that we have hurt the american
saloons. consider the cockhght that WAS Ts sup
pressed as less harmful than the tavern. Inc one
vice The spectacle of drunken Americans awakens
the disgust of the Filipino and he thinks It strange
tS teaeh 'h him higher civilization should act this
manner; No one thing has done more ore TO in)ure the
During my stay in the Philippines nothing sur
pred me more than ne the T M
be great thing for our future government that
WITH VIII If naEt these foanse few have developed
with education. Will not the masses also, when
educated in schools fashioned after American
schools show a corresponding development?
/ do not believe the American people as whole
want to keep the Philippines II they can help H.
but the fact is that at the present time the Fill
pinos are incapable OF sef-government. OF course
they want an American protectorate meaning that
they take all the revenues and we the responsible
fty But they know that II we withdraw chaos
would follow. and there would be dsmemberment
OF the archipelago among the nations waiting like
vultures for their prey. Our staying there will
enable them TO realize the best aspirations OF the
race We must have the best man in the United
States to go there, as Governor General, who will
be the friend OF the Philippines and mete out
equal justice TO ALL Sending out such man we
shall succeed. but II send ordinary political
appointee, We shall fail
Long continued applause greeted President
Schurman on the close OF his address. The Rev.
DR.. Charles E. Jefferson. pastor Of the Broadway
Tabernacle Church. also spoke in entertain
ing way on Colonial development in New England.