Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-01-11
BEVERIDGE'S SPEECH
A Plea Made BY the Senator for
Keeping the Philippines.
The ADVANTAGES OF THE ISLANDS.


| "aS"''e Vo"' 'dh' n'-ochator Dew
erldge, OF Indiana, addressed the sell
ate Yesterday on his resolution of-
forad Ios, ,,,o,l, l., s,o.o -
=" "'' "'ePi"s
the IhiiiPpihe lsiahds. lie SAID, III
part, AS follows:
Mr.. President. the times call for candor
The Philippines are ours forever. ter
ritory belonging to the United States.
as the constitution calls them. And lust
beyond the Philippines are China's Him
table markets. We will not retreat from
either We will NOT repudiate our dutv
In the archipelago We will not abandon
our opportunity in the orient. We will
not renounce our part in the mission of
our race, trustee. under God. of the civ
ilzation of the world, And we will move
forward to our work. not ..owling out
regrets like slaves whipped to their bur
dens. but with gratitude for a task wor-
/ thy of our strength and Thanksgiving
to Almighty God that He has marked
us as His chosen people, henceforth to
lead In the regeneration OF the world.
This island empire is the last land left
| In all the oceans. If II should prove a
1 mistake to abandon IT, the bunder once
made would be irrelrleyable. If If proves
a mistake to hold ii, the error can be cor
rected when we WILL every other progress
sive nation stands ready to relieve us.
But to hold II will he no mistake. Our
largest trade henceforth must be with
Asia The Pacific is our ocean
nave cr,lised more than 1000 miles
surprise at it's loveness and wealth.
! have ridden hundreds of miles on the
islands, every foot of the way a reve-
lation Of vegetable and mineral riches
No land in America surpasses in fertil-
ty the plains and valleys of Luzon. The
mineral wealth of this empire of the
ocean will one day surprise the world
base this statement partly on personal
observation, but chiefly on the testimony
Of foreign merchants In the Philippines,
who have practically investigated the
subject. and upon the unanimous opin-
Ions of natives and priests And the
mineral wealth Is but a small fraction
Of the agricultural wealth of these Is
lands The climate Is the best tropic
climate in the world. This Is the belief
of those who have lived In many tropc
countries. with scores of whom have
talked on this point,
The military situation, past, present,
and prospective. IL no reason for aban-
donment. Our campaign has been as
perfect as possible with the force at
hand We have been DELAYED. first by
failure to comprehend the immensely of
our ACQUISITION. and second by INSULT
cIent force. and. third. by our efforts for
peace
A lasting peace can be secured only
by overwhelming forces In ceaseless ac-
ton until universal and absolute final
defeat is inflicted on the enemy. To halt
hofore everv armed force. every prer
rilla hand opposinp MS is dispersed or
eyterminated will prolong hostIlities and
lenve alive the seeds Of perpetual nsur-
rection,
ci,i, commission was sent to Manila
oom,oeod nf a distinquished diplomat
ana omjnent collage professors. and also
Dan Oue and Admiral Dewey. These
,an ovhoustod tbe evneaients If neace.
and alwavs were met with the Malay's
raad,, evasion Tho Standards habitual
aaIay an, nereorai witness that no
oes"r, ,as nac,ec,ed nv o,,r commission to
assure the Filipino people of our good
,nton,,ons and heneicent nurposes
NJ president reluctantly. and only
srn,,, sense of duty am I forced to
aa,, ,hat Amor,cap onnosition to the war
49,, haar tho chief factor in prolonping It.
itad Ag,inaldo not understood that In
u,ar,oa avon in the American congress.