Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-29
UNCLE SANS MISSION
President Schurman Talks Of the
Work to Be Done in the
Philippines.
Believes There is a Great Mission
For the United States in
Luzon.
Filipinos Must be Raised to Higher
Plane Before Given Full
Control.

opening of the scholastic year of Cor.
nell University yesterday, spoke at
considerable length on the subject OF
national expansion. Mr.. Schurman
was president of the commission sem
TO the Philippine islands to investigate
the subject of the civil government OF
the archipelago. AT the outset MIR
Schurman referred to his address of
last year when he answered negatively
the inquiry, Shall we take the Philip.
pin Islands from Spain?. His opinions.
he said. brought upon him no little con.
demnations but the rapid march on
events rendered it unnecessary TO con-
slider whether these opinions were
sound or not. The treaty making pow
er OF the United States. backed. he adj
mltted, by an overwhelming public
opinion, irrespective. of party. took ths.
Philippine islands from Spain.
Some persons. he said. We're. still die.
eussing the theoretic expediency of ex-
pansion. This had not ben an open ones,
ton since last winter. The only aues.
lion today open was this: The United.
states having taken the Philippine is
lands from Spain, What shall be done.
Win ihem2a This grave issue must be
Gecided by the president and congress.
WITH them he thought it could be left.
N the confident expectation that a wise
solution would be reached. He invited
attention To some observations on the
general subject of national expansion.
~ difference existed between the ey-
iansion of the United States and thai
or Great Britain, which came pro1ni,
uently into view when our new states
We're compared with dependencies lik,
ihdia. The population of the I'niteu
States was homogeneous. that of India
ldescribably heterogeneous The Amer
leans ruled themselves whetherin New.
ork or Oregon. The alien and multi
tadinous races of India could be held
together only by Il strong foreign hand
America had grown from within out
ward. England had enlarged herself
by accretion. our assumption of SOW
@feisnty over the Philippine islands
was altogether unlike the previous
phases of our national expansion.
He pointed out that whereas in the
development of the United States from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific practically
uninhabited territories were found the
Phillppine islands We're already peopled
with Malayans, who had long made il.
their home, who resented the intrusion
OF other races. and to whom the physi
cal environment was far better adapteG
than it was to white men.
There are those who speak of The
Philippine islands as our possessions
and calmly conclude we may do what
we like with them. This was too bar
parous to be taken seriously. 1t was not
ealiousness of heart. ii was only mud
dlebeadness. The terms ',ownershiu,,
ana possession We're a barbarpus sur
WAL When applied to any relation be-
tween one people and another The SOW
@feign power owned nothing. but there
Nas something it owed. 1t was charged
Win responsibility of government. our
relations With the Philippines would be
nlsrepresented so long as we retained
that fatal confusion of government and
property Continuing, MIR Schurman
SAID
We simply possess. In virtue if the
treaty of Paris, the right 10 govern or
aid in governing the people of the Phil
ppine islands. Unhappily, we have not
yet got beyond the first function Of
government-the suppression of INCUR.
and order
There was, said President Schurnlan.
10 instance in history of the successful
government Of colony where profit to
the parent state or its citizens had been
e leading consideration. on the other
hand, there We're many examples of dis
aster and rebelions from SUCH I'M
worthy greed and exploitation.
~
Let nation he said, seek to en-
rich itself 81 its citizens ar the expense
of It's colonsts and ii inpovertshes all
But let a nation in all it's dealings with
FITS colonies take as its sole criterion OF
Judgment and standard of conduct the
weifare of the eolonists. and it will re-
suIt, AS history everywhere demon
lstrates. that the enriched dependencies
become the most profitable traders with
the ruling country"
President Schurman said that the In
l3tiative and the directing power be.
llonged To The sovereign nation. and
must be exercised by her representa-
lives A fsw viii suffice. OF course
there must be one responsible head But
with an organizing genius at the helm
lit was simply astonishing how much
tcould be got out of the natives, Con-
Itinuing, he said:
II was often asked In the Philippines
| if our civil service was better than that
lof Spain Here is a point where the
iFiiipnos suspect and fear US. We must
! allay their anxiety and suspicion by d
splendid Philippine civil service
+ believe we shall. 1t is absolutely neces-
lsary. But there will be no harder task
4 in connection with our government OF
the archipelago. repeat. however
| that the success of our administration
Tin the Philippines will depend on this
men we send out to conduct it much
/ more than upon acts of congress or any
other circumstance"
| In conclusion Mr.. schurman said.
What is the end of colonization
! Why should we extend our sovereignt,
| over remote countries and alien PEG.
lples? ! answer that the justifiabe oh.
! ject of such expansion is the establish.
ment of good government in the terri
4 tory annexed the elevation of its PEG.
! pie in civilization. and the training OF
them in progressive self-governmen
! with view to ultimate independence
whether by partnership in or separa.
ton from. the sovereign state AS the
end for the moral being is perfection
and the end of the economic society i.
4 wealth, so the end Of the political com
munity is independence. In the diyin.
education of the race no people can b,
permanently kept in a state OF subjec
| ton to, or even even deuendence 1Ipon