The evening times., 1900-10-05

since these words for the present were
written, but Lord Kitchener has just com
pieted the work of obtaining order in
southern Egypt, and the army necessary
for maintaining II is likely to be needed
there fourteen years further II this is an
object lesson, reflect that Egypt has about
the same population as the Philippines, is
compact territory, half uninhabited, and
that her people net the British in open
Warefare largely in open country
Three centuries OF warfare against the
natives in Luzon have established the i'm
possibility of hunting them down All
suents born of climate and soil are agents
as potent in assisting the islanders as an
army with the finest latter-day ordnance
Spain abandoned. scores of years back. all
nope OF reducing them 70 submission TO
quote the Schurman Commission premises
II England with regular standing force
many times greater than cur extra army
OF today. could not subdue less powerful
opposition in Egypt in fourteen years, what
can we hope 10 do in the Philippines
Suppose the nation approves the Republi-
can scheme, does anyone anticipate the
people Of the United States will continue
10 elect pro-war Administrations for four
teen years?
But grant the improbable-presup
pose the unquestioning support of a
peace-loving people in war aIready
distasteful, and a final victory over the
Fflipinos-wiu the Presidents scheme
Of administration in LuZon prove stable?
The letter of acceptance states the re-
bellion is confined to single one cut
of eighty tribes. If one-eightieth of
the islanders can today create such
great tumult what are We TO do whzn
as with the American Indian, we at
tempt to remold the whole population
into American customs and morals9
Holland is successful in governing Java
ha1 ct,a.
to which the numerous American refcrn
ASSOCIATIONS could never consent. Con-
ceive of intoxicating our ideas of the
marriage relation into the minds Of half
savageS in Oceanicd. Not one-eightieth
not small minority, would oppose Us
then, but the whole people One of the
most thoroughly informed AMI higIiy
trusted correspondents in Washington
telegraphed his paper recently: There
is no army officer whose opinion is of
the least value who will not give his
private opinion that a permanent force
of $4,000 to 100000 men VIII be required
to push the policy of benevolent assfrl-
iIation'' in the Philippines
1T woulG seem as though the eyes of all
America were blinded with the dust OF
trade and its ears deafened with the grind
of machinery when an appeal TO maintain
any existing scheme of finance is sufficient
argument to uphold any evil policy what
ever, any violent departure from nationa:
principle Are men to regard monetary
legislation as more important than all else
any party representing so-ealled Sound
money as so identified with American hon
or, that it can violate the expressed pledge
of the nation. defy all its other interests,
and still exact our support under all cir
cumstances II O majority OF the citizens
take that stand now it is the first time in
our history. Surely the men who for prin-
ciple bore unmerited the stigma of cop
perhead in the North or yielded their all
in the South Will not join their ranks