The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1899-11-09

mofN BhtiaihctefNN Fcattlt N E"elaeeh n
sng Msehei white aliEhtly different. sys-
TEN wSs lsift into sNsct at Malabon, Pulo.
obands, @cSeanta, taaE and Maloica
amount ns e9 snTsryiss s,T ssr n aslrs u
our new municipalities pfavsa ereeAsnf
as the officials were tlfnid asia siaet "
cemprehcnd their new duties. AZ tssfgy
"askine Nl,s they were expected to vote
for" and II was efsig with great difficulty
that they were persassss 70 exercise the
right VI frce suffrage.
taproVea COnaifiens.
Tho commissloh --yns up the sltnRtiol
al the time uf its depaFtG Gr- ~ foiiowB;
busis.sa wss va is ssisS rs sons sns ne sifs-ss IS
were 20 -fsvaed a. TO bs hardly safe
The native ropuis'1sE was quiet and o.,
derry, and al fear oi - sgrisinE had
native policemen was on duty. syee@m
OF plitis- schools, IN which English wac
taught. had 5c-r s1yoeassd by the com
Some 6.esl scholars were IL sstsudance
In the Tekalog province or tsssnan
where the anu.Amerfcan FEELING had been
strnngest pahile sentiment mad greatly
fsS"asG ss ary ?; ss soSs hsiansss si sSs ihs bad
offered to surrender his tFs'sla,s. and his
province ~ 40 would only send = sfsaii
force heri Tbs hieois BIC, ~, y southern ~
ters. ThA haeabsa we're elamoring for en-
opportunity ~ ncht IN cur ranks, and
native soldiers aRd fesuis wsra slrea "
serving under Gen. laeiffs EisTfas of
the corruption o. insurseni adissrs were
becoming daily more common, sna She
disintayNration OF the enemy'E fOEccH aaa
sseadily ETosrs.sinA The hope % AZ, r.,
bg AZ that held tiiang together"
OatsIss VI basgn,
Having given 20 much HttsribTti IL the
Island af Lunoa, the cOmmlssis'si tifea
takes up IN detail the conditions ali fI,e
othrf isianas on this point Il e stated
that ihs r-e@lils. l,s, essentially Iag"log
throughout the arcliitslasa The sltua.
tion elsewhere than IN Lusoa = ss'HiFbed
fTbs only island apar, from LuE1H.
where serious trouble threatens. Is Panay
- Whlth = considerable force of TaEsioE
soldiers Wne eoui hsfgfa che outbreak "
hostlliiiea Many oi the visnYaHs OF this
ever. and n ~ not believed the latisF eau
mako n forfriaablS resistance IN a1maf
Lryir and Masbatc ,hs TREHioR invaders
are numerically few, aad zte disliked BY
have oppressed, We we're assured tfri
sDg men would nuflico 10 restore order IN
MinHsFs Robot vas asking for tTOops
tho CaiAinisn islanders had cent word
that they would vslsoms Us. Thsre eau
bc no resistance III PllawAul batiEfnC-
tory relations had already b@Sn eathh-
iiEhed with the warlihs Aosros, w.gse
sultan had previously been conciliatcd BY
a member u the commission. and IN Min
danah this tribe had even taken Up our
cause, ana sitaChed the insurgents, uf
whom there ~ s1yr 1y r - y ,ss yssksb sa9d %,b
the lnwlrss element. which h&s nessr been
very formidable there
American Control Necessary.
Special attention /. given 10 the island
OF Nsgros, HA this seemed a iold well
adapted ~ the extension " au American
system Here the natives had adopted q
local form 0f Ruvcrnmsnt, Including n
congress. and had raised tha American
fing They believed themselves eashble
u managing thcig own AFFAIRS, ana aske0
f1r battalion nf troops to hold in check
q mountainous band Of fanatics The bat
talon was furnished, but the peole proved
unable 10 carry Out their programme,
uN lnE to VI faeiiits among their own Of
nciais The Americans remained popular
Al the request OF Con. D'i~. new npd
alnplincd scheme OF government for tine
island, giving the people large voice ~
their Affairs. but placing an American in
fun control. was put into operation. n
brought about satisfaction, And public
order II bettar IN the island to-day thuu
al any time during the last twenty years
Summarizing the failure Of the native
form 0f government, and che success uf
the American control, the commission
's'rhc DAT failure Of this attempt 20 e.
iabliah an Independent native govern
ment IN NeRrOs, conducted. as Il was, nn.
der the most favorable circumstance,
makes 1t apparent that here as well as IN
Of American control II at present abso'
iutciy essential "a successful admins
tratiOn ~ public affairs"
Negotiations WITH ARuInaido.
The efforts at cancellation with Agu'-
naldp and his various commissions are
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were assured of the beneficent purposes 81
the United States and the presidents
readiness To grant the Filipino people IA
large measure of home snia and as
Of government, subject only. TO the rrc-
ognitiou of the sovereignty OF the United
Stater"-a point which, being established,
the cOmmiAsion Invariably refused TO even
The commission adds that nothing came
uf negotiations, aH Aguinaldos emisAarieH
were without powers, and merely came.
aud came again, for information. Court
tsuus reception WAS accorded to the innuT-
gent commissions. and earnest appeals
made 10 stop further bloodshed, all AIT
Messing "thc spirit OF patient conciiiHtion'
exhibited By the American commission IN
cndeayofiuE to reach an amicahle al.
justment with the insurgents. as well aa
the otrduracy OF Aguinaido.
The report sums up the result OF th,st.
fruitiesH exchanges AA follows:
mo better proof could he furnished that
tho primary object OF his struggle IL not
as ~ pretended, the liberty of the Ftlinino
peoples, but the continuance OF his own
arbitrary and despotie power. In any
event. the American people may feel con
tident that no effort was omitted by the
the struggio bu, the opportunities they
offered and urged were ali neglected. ~
not indeed npurned"
Incapable of seff-Government.
The chapter devoted TO capacity for
seif-sovernmeni" is the result, the report
states, Of diligcnt inquiry for seyessl
months. IN the course of which 9 great
number of witnesses were examined. of all
shades Of political thought and varieties
Of occupation. tribe and locality. The
most striking, ard pefhaps the most sig
nifscant fact In the entire situation. Is the
multiplicity of uihes inhabiting the
archipelago. the diversity of their ian-
and the multiiariouS phases Of civilization
ranging all the way from the hlgheat 10
the lowest. Az to this the report says;
The Fiipinos are not q nation. but a
and people; and their loyalty II atiil Of
the tribal type"
concsrnlnE their intellectual capacities,
the commission says:
"As 10 the general intsiiecnai eapacigic
| OF the Fiiipinoa, the commission is dis-
posed 90 rate them high. Hat excepting
In limited number Of persons, these en-
paclties have not been developed by edn.
people are uncducatsd. That intelligent
| public opinion on which popular govern
Fnent rests dneH not exist In the Phhip.
pineR. And Il can not exist until educn.
| tion has elevated the masses, hroadensd
| their intellectual horizon. and diAciplintd
their faculty OF Judgment And even then
| the power o. aelf-governrsaens can not b.
assumed without considerable previou,
| training and experience under the Ruld.
| ance and tutelage Of nn enlightened anc
| liberal foreign power, For the bold feet
| II that tire FiilufRos have never had ans
| experieuee In governing themselves"
Am~rieen Sovereignty Hosa.
The report shows that their Inability fsu
self government IL daa 20 the Old sranisi
| regime, which gave the FIiiptHaz little oi
| no part " governing themselves. Aftei
misstai sumo up this point
This b all the training In SELF govern.
fBent which the inhabitants OF the Phil.
| fppine Islands have enjoyed. Their iach
/ OF education and political experience. com
| biued with their racial and linguistic di
vaTsities, disauaiify them. IN apitn of IN I'll
mental Eifts and domestic .views. 20 IN
| pelago NJ the present time. The uass that
| can be expected Of them In 10 cn-operat,
| with the AmertcaHa I'm the administration
| al general affairs from Manila Ra a center
and 10 undertake, subject to Ameriewf
| coHsrui or guidance NJ may be found uec
essary, the adninistrstsen q rrovIscia
are educated Fiitplnos. though they DO no
| constitute large prcpoftiou Of the en-
| tire population, and their support ant
/ services viii hs OF tncalauEahIe yAfus Il
inaaaeating ana maintaining the new gov
| crrm4nt
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