Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-21
SHOULD HOLD PHILIPPINES
Prof. schurman Talks of the Situation Over
There.
Natives Are TractabIe and Will Soon
Learn Our Ways and Like
Them

A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
who is with President Schurman of the
Philippine commission on his journey east
from San Francisco sends the following to
his paper a summary of President Schur-
mans views On! the situation in the Philip
pines:
The rebellion is not a Philippine rebellion.
1t is d Tagal rebellion.
The rebellion does not embrace all of the
The Filipinos are desirable sort of peo-
pie.
The Filipinos will, when peace is restored,
yield to the elevating and softening in1lu-
enceS of education
No r"-e than 100000 of the 100000
people of the Philippine Islands are in re-
volt.
All of the other people of the entire Phil
ippine group of 500 islands, with the eX-
ception Of Tagalos, who comprise about
one-half of the natives of LuZon, are neu-
trail. The natives of the other islands, who
are nonlinally i'll revolt, are in fact only
terrorized and coerced by the TaSalos
Should Retain the Islands.
Two genera tons of education in the Phil
ippines will bring the people OF those islands
to a state of advancement that will equal
in most essentials that of the Japanese.
The Suu group, comprising the southern
third of the Philippine group of islands. is
at peace and will remain So The Sultan
asking favor at the hands of the United
States The difficulties in the Philippines
are. therefore. not difficult to overcome
The retention of these islands is a thing to
be desired by the people of the United
States.
/. AS to the outlook for trade in the Philip
pines this may be taken as the result of
Investigations:
The people of the Philippine Islands will
be consumers of American products, not
only in this decade, but in generations to
come. They will constitute the only people,
practically, in the orient who will be large
buyers of either Europe America eventu-
ally. The opportunity for investment in
these islands is good.
Mindanao which is as large as Luzon, is
an unclaimed paradise for investors and
spectators.
The climate of Mndanao and the south
ern islands of the great group is cool and
pleasant.
For reasons of commerce and because Of
the opportunities of investment, the Philip
pine Islands should remain as they area
part of the United States.
Trade in China.
AS to the prospects of trade in China:
China may become the Frankenstein of
the worlds commerce. The Chinese are
quick to initiate. and they may by reason
of foreign invasion become the manufac-
fourths of the foreign trade with China.
The United States sells one-eighth of the
goods China imports. The balance is sold
by Germany, France, Russia, Spain, Italy
and the other countries of Europe.
The United States should not remain
passive If the doors of trade should be
closed in China by any European power.
The United States should hold the same
view of the Chinese trade facilities as Eng
land holds
A war for Chinese "open door," if join
ed in by the United States, might be ex-
pensive to the United States in view of the
fact that 1t does only one-eighth of the
commerce.
To secure and hold trade in China the
United States should get territory there.
Made conditions are rapidly changing in
China and the most important recent step
Is the building by England Of railroad to
the Chinese frontier through Burmah.
1t is not likely President Schurman will
recommend an alliance with England and
Japan to keep Chinese ports open to COM
United States SHOULD not remain passive
If the ports be closed. 1.-The opening of
China to the commerce of the world would
be a benefit today, but our grandchildren
might curse us for doing it, are the words
of President Schurman.
Chinese cheap labor may become the
problem of the future, and it may make
China the master of the worlds factories
and mills. India alone of all the world has
labor cheap enough to compete with China,
and India Is becoming a manufacturing
instead of an importing country. The Chi
nese problem is being made the worlds
problem to solve.