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However badly the FilipinoS may handle
their own affairs, they can do IL better
than we have done thus far. and better
than any outside nation is likely TO do II.
The only way We can really help them is
TO hold the peace around them and over
them while they try for themselves. In
any case no region is part of the United
States until its people have actually taken
the duties and the burdens of American
citizenship.
What should we do to-day? We cannot
leave. We cannot fight II out with glory
or profit or certainty of success. What
else remains?
There is no value in plan unless be-
hind ii Is the will and the ability TO push
II to success. l fear that the war will
outlive the authority of those now con-
ducting II. for if they were open TO other
expedients they would have adopted
them. The people who have no power to
act cannot form plans of action.
Still shall risk suggestion in this line.
Let us stop land campaigning, hold our
warships in the harbor. grant the people
we can reach autonomy under our own
protection, appoint a wise civilian who
understands the Orient as their Governor
and our representative. with the military
and naval forces acting under his general
direction not for conquest but for peace.
We could count on accomplishing things
far more important than victories in the
what is justice between the people and
the Spanish friars. AS peace measures
he would clean up the custom offices.
abate the gambling houses and saloons
repeal the odious Spanish taxes still in
operation and permit the people the cock
fights and other relatively harmless vices
which cannot be eXtirpated in a day. He
could make our actual policy whatever
IT is, perfectly clear to every one and
most important of all he could bring an
absolute end to the assaults, petty ex-
tortions and indignities from which the
"niggers" have continuously suffered ever
since General Merritt took command at
Manila. and which OF themselves made
conflict inevitable.
AS matters are and as politics are
would approve the postponement for five
or ten years OF the final decision as to the
relation of the Philippines to the United
States We shall then know the Orientals
better and possibly they may know us
better, for they have seen our worst side
only as yet. We shall then realize that
the Philippines unless in the same degree
the Philippines "own and possess the
republic. and we can see how we like IL
surely some such arrangement, involv-
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lES FOR OUR P0LIV IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,

leaders With firmness and courtesy. we
could nave done what we pleased with
private conversation. not from colorless
official reports.
Our first mistake was In the introduction
OF militarism and in our refusal TO discuss
matters with these people or give any hint
as to what our future purposes toward
them might be. At a certain period in the
history of our occupation, we broke fait1
with the Filipinos. with the world and
with ourselves. Meanwhile the struggle
which this made inevitable has assumed
the ugly character of a race war.
must try, first of all. to stop this war.
/ do not believe that this can be done
by force OF arms unless conciliatlon ana
redress OF grievances goes along with III:
l may be mistaken, but the history of
other Malay campaigns gives US little
promise OF permanent success rebel
Hon 'pacified' by force breaks out when
the conqueror's back is turned. Besides,
annexation without conciiation is impos-
slDle, | believe that couple or months
OF civil rule of the people within our
lines, under minor officials OF their own
choice. with strict order and absolute JUS
tice insured by kindly Governor, would
DO more to weaken Aguinaldo's power
than a year of campaigning. The policy
OF "relentlessly crushing out any mig
ger insurrection" and of putting of civil
rule, correction of abuses and reform OF
taxation, till this is done is one important
reason why 'insurrection'' exists. For
purposes such as these warships are far
more effective than soldiers There are
better disciplined and are better re-
strained. Especially they are kept out of
the streets at night
II IL is ever wise TO admit or annex the
fhllipplnes, II is essential to our own In
tegrity that they must enter the Union
as Tree commonwealth and the free
united states must accept or reject.
III Is mere childishness to say that we
nave already annexed the Philippines.
that we could not help doing IT, and that
We cannot help going on with the war.
II the great republic is so poor in re-
sources. let US pray that she may be kept
out or all international affairs.
II is not true that the treaty of Paris
of our territory as Iouisiana or CaIifor
MA The people OF the United States,
tthrough their Congress, have yet to be
neard as regards this. II they don't want
tne e Islands. or II our blunders have made
me .he Islands too hot for us to hold them,
the people will certainly let them go.
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a republic enters into wars which the
citizen soldier cannot fight il is look
ing toward decadence. 4 here Is financial
profit in British imperialism. Free trade.
a vast commercial fleet and huge navy
make imperialism pay. Trade, not senu-
ment. is the mainstay in the movement,
and almost everything else once dear to
the Briton is being sacrificed to It, Do
minion is brute force. Dependent nations
are slave nations, and the making of men
is greater than the building of empires.
To say that dominion is Inevitable" is
not 10 say that Il is wise or right. and
only towards yield their consciences be-
fore Irresistible tendencies"
To the annexation of the Philippines as
territory on probation with a view to
grounds OF expedency. These people are
allen and distant and their ideas, prac-
tees and interests are all diverse from
ours. The white population will always
drummers. Much of our strength as
nation now lies in common blood and COM
mon interests. Where alien blood is with
In our borders we have race problems and
race wars. The danger of the future lies
in the clashing of interests. 1t seems to
me unwise to add to all this problems we
tons, those OF the Spanish friars and
Chinese immigration in the Philippines.
are enough TO make us think twice before
adopting them as our own.
These objections held while we thought
that annexation could be accomplished in
peace, and that Filipino gratitude and
hero-worship would lead these people TO
beg for admittance TO our Union. AS To
the theoretical questions there was room
FOR many differing opinions as to what
action was expedient. Since then we have
persistently done the wrong thing, or per-
haps the right thing in a halting way, and
imperialists. annexationists and little
Americans" alike as they understand tne
facts must. in their hearts at least, admit
this. All good men must wish the
present situation brought to a speedy end
Till this is done, discussions of ultimate
purposes is effort thrown away.
. Our great mistake has lain in ignoring
the F1lipinos as factor in their own
destiny. Dewey understood these people
and handled them with skill. They
respected him and accepted his word as
army and naval officers. imperiaiists as
well as others. that had Dewey retained
authority there would have been no war
Had his methods been followed, nad the
people been treated with justice and their
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PAUL
= SOURGET.
wr1--I
By GeneVieps Green.

"TO visit the Academic Francaise IN
solemn ard ceremonious seance is
without exception the rarest end
Tho most appreciated privilege that
4 can be accorded 10 tho visitor ~
Paris. The little green tickets that
admit one into the august presence OF the
forty lumortals are declared 10 be dis
trIhufed with maticuleuse discrimination,
and. ~ course are valuable in proportion.
Many "a Frenchman has lived and died
ald lonCod In vain 10 witness this impos-
ing assembly. while once IN lifetime is
an thar the ordinarily ambitious can hope
l0. The recipient Of tickets 10 an Acad-
erny seance justly ascends a peg or two
in his own estimation 70 say nothing II
the estimation OF his neighbors. If he be
not a parsonage OF rare importance. he at
least may CONGRATULATE himself on having
achieved a success. he has pulled the
right wires: he has manipulated something
or somebody. and has succeeded; or he
has a friend who has done these things
FOR him. In any event he has accom-
plshed something that is not easily nc
complshed.
with this state OF Affairs bien entendre,
n viii hardly seem surprising that I ex-
perienced something OF q fiutter as drew
forth one morning from a crearn-colored
envelope two OF the coveted green slips.
] roNIN EaFnlE Wall 10 see inc ANltilSsAll
girl next door 10 me, who had been nNe
wears In Paris and had never seen the
Academy. albeit the same was the height
OF her ambition.
look ] said 70 her half an hour later.
holding up the cream-colOred envelope
Tickets for the Academic Francaise."
Mon Dieu! How did you do it?' she
Fasped.
VIII you Eo?"
win j? VIII I go7 Well. should
quietly remark that ] should But what
shall We wear?"
"Oh. suppose shall wear my got
no further.
My dear girl. let me tell you right
now she ratified on. that you may not
wear "A single blessed thing that you al
ready possess Heavens, It's the chicest
;hing Ia an Paris Talk about the Grand
Prix and the Horse Showi They aren't
circumstance 20 an Academy seance. We
must be new from top 10 toe"
Put my black IS very respectable" I
protested. rcbclling a little against the
eXtravagaut ideas.
"Respcctable, yes. for your great-grand-
mothers funeral. but not at all appropri-
ate for the Academy. You must have a
purple or a red OF something OF that de-
scrpuon. Unless YOU can be seen for a
milo or two you are not fit TO 90 to the
Academy"
Before ] left her she had vaguely con-
WINGED me that 10 visit the Academy
EoRned CONNIE "A rordinaire would cry 10
heaven Tor vengeance.
Tie Parsians are Biblical only in one
respect They never forget the illustrious
gentleman who was thrown into exterior
darkness with weeping and wailing and
Rnashing OF teeth FOR being inappropri-
htely costumed. IN Paris you may 10
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President Daniel Colt
Gilman
of Johns Hopkins
University.

AM not willing to speak at this time
or the circumstances which have
brought us to the present crisis. We
i are face TO face with momentous
problems which call for calm and ex-
perienced judgment rather than hasty
pronunciamentos. 1t Is easy 10 say, Why
does not the Government do this or that,
and why are we involved in these perplex-
tiles? but such questions do not solve the
problem.
My belief is that we should study the
problem OF the government Of distant pos
sessions exactly as we should study any
other difficult problem. sirst get TO facts.
Ihat takes time. Meanwhile look up the
experience of civilized people In dealing
with those who come under their infiu-
ence. See what acts hinder. what acts help
on law, order, industry, education and re-
ligion.
We have four centuries of experience to
study I'm the work of Spain. Holland
France and England-what methods OF
theirs have been disastrous, what benefi-
cial. II the scholars of our American uni
versities would take up tne Investigation
and publish their results, much light
would be thrown on the problem.
But aside from the questions Of govern
ment there are those OF influence and n
is without question the duty of the United
States 10 send out their best-their hest
men. their best products. their best instf
tutions. 10 these newly opened repions
Schools. libraries. hospitals. should be es-
tablished. Medical men. trained in mod
ern methods. should be sent out able -
study the treatment OF tropical diseases
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Every neck in the audience was craned
and the names of the illustrious were
whispered excitedly as each one appeared
and was recognized. NJ. Van Tiegham
the president Of the Academy OF Science.
came first tall and thin and angular ana
looking in the queer little swallowtai
that is part Of the Academy costume for
all the world like Uncle sam. After him
marched the other thirtynine and took
their places on the platform, all Of them
imposingly solemn and most OF them
white-haired and decrepit. We were there
10 look on immortality, but a more mortal
looking group 1t would be hard to
imagine.
."ralk about wings" said the American
girl as Professor Gebhardt OF the Sor-
bonnie missed his footing and tunoied on
from the platform. they haven't even
legs" With Rostand. Bourget. Lott ana
a few others who represent the younger
generation taken out OF the picture an
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before coming to France.
Although only quarter-past I, we were
not at all too early. The chamber was
Kaleidoscope with feminine finery and
such dignitaries as the Russian Embas-
sador and Benjamin Harrison OF America
had already arrived. BY half-past / every
seat was taken, and the swir of fans re-
verberated like the buzzing OF bees. The
seating capacity OF the chamber is said
TO be 1000, but one would never guess II.
II is circular in form. with elevated seats.
and seems uncomfortably small and COM
pact. The draperies, hangings and car
pets are all green, the academy color.
Quarter TO 2 sounded and then the
interes: became painful. All eyes were
directed toward a certain little door. At
last . o'clock rang out clear and loud
The swir of the fans ceased. the little
door opened and the Immortals appeared
Somehow l thought OF the clock at Stras-
burg, where little wooden apostles all
march out at the striking of the hour.
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SURPRISINGLY OUT OF THE

that turn Paris autumn into spring. Our
tootman was imposingly stiff and splen-
olo; the colors Of our gowns harmonized
TO perfection in the sunlight and alto
gether life seemed decidedly worth the liv-
Ing. The big dome of the institute APP
peared in the distance now. inspiring a
personal and peculiar interest, for under
this done sit the immortals AS va ap-
preached we fell In line with a veritable
procession Of superb carriages all bound
for our destination. My friend had been
right. a hackney carriage would have
been humiliation and n disgrace.
We passed into the court through the
lines of soldiers exactly as we had antici-
pated. and after appeasing several guards
with a glimpse of our charmed green
tickets entered the world-renowned cham
Der OF the immortals.
How little and stuffy it is" was the
first remark of my friend, after we had
chosen our seats, "and how queerly ar
ranged for a thing of this sort. all done
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miserable old hackney. with the number
shining from afar and the driver bumped
up in little ball. 1t would never. never
do. We do this thing in style and econo-
mze on something else. Wen do with
out afternoon tea"
At the rate of cents a day for after
noon tea We shall have ample time TO
lose the habit entirely before catching up
on our Academy expense, but at any rate
II eases our consciences and afternoon tea
has now climbed into the ranks of the
most desirable things on top of the earth,
because IL is denied US.
Contrary TO the rule 1t is fashionable to
appear very early at an Academy seance.
The immortals appear at =, but the
door is open at l and swelldom arrives
not later than five minutes past that hour.
Ii was Il beautiful day. In the Champs
Elysees the chestnut trees were Towering
with all that freshness and luxuriance
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Less than . per cent Of all the men in
America own full dress suits" and fully
seven-ciGhths Of our American families
have their dinners at nOOn.-Edward Box
Moths fly against the candle flame be-
cause their eyes can bear only "a small
amount or light. When. therefore thew
come within the light OF "a candle their
sight Is OverpOwcred and their vision con-
fused. and as they cannot distinguish OBJ
jects. they pursue the light itself and ny
against the flame.
1t is the opinion OF a German ocuIist
that the use Of the ordinary states by
school children tends 20 produce short
slgnleoness. As substitute ne recon-
menus pen ana ink or an artificial white
slate with black pencil Ihe latter have
been introduced in some OF the German
schools.
our next census will show n population
u g aDout '2OJOOJp. says the Ladies' Home
journal. To complete this count within
the required thirty days about 5l O00 cen-
Sus enimeratOrs will be employed 10 will
pt necessary for them 20 count at the
rate rate OF two and a half million persons per
ed1E, or even faster. The population Or
all cities and towns OF over 5000 must be
enumerated within period Of two weeks.
writer In the November Ladies' Home
JouInai tells an interesting story Of Sar-
seLt. the artist, In connection with his
SIedt mural painting in the Boston Pub
nc Library. Sargent had given much
tline and study TO his theme. but went
10 some friends one day in n mood Ot
artStc despair. insisting that he had
execution He explained. then gloomlly
insisted. that he was going home 10 de-
strOy the entire batch OF drawings They
pleaded with him not 70 do so before they
mad seen them. He consented. and
spurred on by their announcement fin
lshed his noble design. But for the In
Slstence OF Sargents friends we would
nave lost one Of our most treasured works
OF art.
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about hungry II YOU like II is your privi-
iege 10 live I'm a garret or TO have no car
pets on your floors. but your clothes must
be correct There is simply no manner or
means OF escaping II.
For d week we did nothing but resign
ourselves TO the couturiere and the mo-
diste. and at last the important day ar
rived. sunny and glorious.
~ forgot TO tell you that / have ar
ranged about the carriage" the American
girl said TO me that morning. "Of course
we could never go 10 the Academy with
out a stunning turnout. with liveried
coachmen and footman. 1t comes high,
but Il must be done"
Il don't see why an ordinary 2-franc
hackney wouldn't do very well.' l said,
IN another spasm OF economy.
You great. old goose" she exclaimed
What would you feel like riding up be-
tween two splendid lines Of soldiers in a
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N1ERRE LOTT ..

up in tiers like n circus. with a ring in
the middle for the Academicians. l feel
as though they should prance in on horse
back"
And I feel as though they should fly
in l said a little more reverently. Per
haps it's very stupid, but the word i'm
mortal always suggests wings to me. l
cannot quite abandon the idea that the
immortal forty will enter the. room in
some ethereal fashion"
The huge clock of the institute sounded
quarter-past !.
'Three-quarters of an hour 70 squirm
on this circus seat before the show COM
mences,' sighed the American girl, trying
in vain to find place 10 put her knees.
For the French are a short-limbed people.
and no provision is made in any OF their
public places for respectable American
anatomy. The art of tying oneself in
double bow-lSnot is a good one to pursue
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x MAN Of Johns Hopkins University
~ is man by study and occupation
fitted for suggesting a practical
A outline for our Government policy
81 The Philippine Islands and one who has
already been intrusted with the settle
ment of similar matters concerning for
sign territorial disputes.
He has made a life study Of sociology
and political geography and OF Oriental
Affairs in particular, having been presi-
dent of the American Oriental Society
since 1888.
Graduating from Yale In 1852 he took a
post graduate course AZ Harvard, and
then Travelled through Europe for some
years, paying particular attention 10 the
social, political and educational affairs Of
its nations.
Returning TO the United States he oocu-
pied the chair OF political geography at
Yale for fifteen years, In the meantime
making many valued contributions to the
worlds literature on his favortte subject.
the geographical changes OF nations.
His particular interest IN the Orient in
duced him 10 listen 10 a second call TO the
presidency Of the University OF California
which he received In 1872, considering that
California was the best vantage ground
for comprehensive study OF Oriental af-
fairs. At that time when interest in such
things was. with most Americans limited
10 mere curiosity, Dr. Gilman made the
following, as II now appears prophetic
statement IN the course OF his Inaugural
address az Berkeley:
THE possible relation OF this univer-
sity 10 the enlightenment OF Asiatic ma
lions gives special Interest go It's work
for 81 Is obvious that California is not
only Franary, treasury and mart FOR the
American States. but "a Is the portal
through which the Occident and the Or
tent must exchange their products and
their thoughts. China and Japan, Aus
tralla and the Islands OF the sea are the
nelghb0rs and customers OF the Golden
Stale. Shall they not also look here for
obstruction in the arts and sciences and
FOR an example OF a well organized and
well educated community"
That President Gilman is considered q
safe authority on matters OF international
territorial dispute is shown by the fact
that IN 1896 he was appointed a member
tion that settled the dispute between
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ing the experiment of removal OF actual
abuses and just and kindly direction OF
self-government, should commend itself
TO well-meaning men OF all grades Of
opinion. IL would take the whole matter
out OF politics, the Mrst requisite TO wise
action. and II would insure a satisfactory
settlement at last. for when not blinded
by partisan demands the American people
are practically a unit in opinion on most
vital questions.
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devised.
The ultimate end might be a colony
ruled from Washington. or a self-govern-
ing territory 10 be made in due time
State
AS 10 the first, which is rightly called
Imperialism its adoption would give
the lie 10 our whole history. A republic
has no machinery TO control alien people
by force. To the extent that IL develops
such II ceases to be a republic. No man
is good enough to rule continuously an
other man. No race is good enough TO
rule continuously another race. No man
ever held slaves without harm to them
and harm 10 him. No race ever held sub
yects without wrong to them and injury
70 itself. The effort TO control alien ma
tons, with its glories and its profits.
turns the people from their own affairs
ana allows wrong 10 triumph at home.
he reads history TO little purpose who
inds In the British colonial system fac
LOT IN the good government OF England.
The prominence OF Chamberlain at this
moment is a standing evidence that
something has gone wrong in British po-
nucal development. So far from ennob-
ing home. politics. the petty intrigues
end smoldering wars" of Greater Eng
isnd have steadily degraded IL When
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Venezuela and British Guiana at a time
when II seemed that war could not be
aHerted.
Harvard, Columbia, Yale and Princeton
have each in turn conferred upon him
the degree Of LID. and the Johns
Hopkins University Will be his monument,
for he has been its president since it's
organization, and while its founder made
u possible, DR.. Gilman has made II what
IL is
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and apply their knowledge; Likewise. wa
should send out as cousulGr representa-
tives OF the civil authority men who aro
wise. skilled i'm affairs, cousiderate and
well-educatcd.
All our shipments Of merchandise. ma
chinery. fabrics foods. should be what
they purport 10 be, the best We can fur
nish.
Thus the American people. and especial
ly the CalifOrniaus. will be welcomed TO
lands beyond the sea. and will reap in re-
turn advantages corresponding 90 tho
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President David Starr
Jordan
of Leland Stanford Jr.
University.

Y expansion. as the practical prob
lem Of to-day. understand that
we mean the permanent occupa-
ton OF the Philippines, holding
land and people by force till some
other method OF holding them is
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RESIDENT DANIEL COLT GIL
MAN Of Johns Hopkins University
- is man by study and occupation
fitted for suggesting a practical
nrrHffrnr 80 Govern