Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-29

| ton of less than 100000. In The whole of
! the Philippines Foreman estimates that the
| Chinese number 100000. These thousands
| are ample to perform for years those func-
| tons for which the Chinese are believed to
| be essential. When the great works of the
| islands are undertaken,-as in extensive
| railroad and highway building, and in the
| thorough development of vast areas of rich
| timber and mineral lands now uninhabited
or peopled only by wild tribes,-after full
| utilization Of available and suitable Filipino
| labor the temporary Importation of some
| Chinese workmen may possibly be taken
| into consideration, but it is not necessary
to cross that bridge until we reach It,
The methods employed in Java of protect
| ing the native population in the possession
| of the arabic land and of the labor field
ard Of pressing them in every fair and JUS
| tifabe way to work is clearly better for the
welfare of the natives than the other pol
icy of seeking the cheapest and most effec-
tive labor wherever it may be found and Of
| th1 owing open the Soil and the self-sup-
porting occupations Of the land to the I'M
| restricted competition of the whole world.
Choice of Policies.
| Our ultimate purpose with reference to
| the Fiipinos will determine our wisest pol
| icy in the labor problem. If it is conceivable
| that should in the end abandon in de-
| spair the idea of working in partnership
| with the refractory Filipinos, and should
devote ourselves exclusively to the
| task of amassing the greatest posi-
bic profit from the productive soil
Of the Philippines, regardless of the
| welfare of their present inhabitants,
| we would in that event do well to flood the
| Islands with several million Cinnamon.
These invaders gradually depriving the
| tives of the means by which life is sus-
| tanned. would destroy the Filipinos more
completely and more surely than the larg-
| est army and the strongest navy which we
could send against them.
IT, on the other hand, We succeed in con-
vncing the Filipinos that our interests are
| identical with their own, and that our de-
| sire is to move forward hand in hand with
| them to the development of the islands and
| into an era of common prosperity, our
policy will be to shut out for the present
| the threatening Chinese flood and SO to
regulate incoming labor in the future as
both to protect the people of the Philip
| pines in their opportunities to secure life
sustaining work, and to develop to the
| fullest extent the resources of the islands,
| a task essential to the welfare of both
Filipinos and Americans.
In The Star of January was published
| a statement of Mr.. WI Ting Fang, the ac-
complished Chinese minister at Washing
| ton, which intimated that exclusion of his
countrymen from the Philippines would en-
gender harsh feeling among the people
of China toward the United States, and as
serted that development of the abnormally
| increasing trade with China was undoubt-
edly due to the friendship which exists be-
tween the two countries, and that it would
surely continue to grow, providing nothing
occurred to disturb the present feeling OF
| the people of his country for America.
The Chinese Minister'S Threat.
The yelled threat in this statement Is
sufficiently obvious China's trade with the
United States and the friendly feeling upon
which the Chinese minister says that it is
based developed in the face of the fact that
the United States had excluded the Chi
nese from the entire republic, without the
excuse of military necessity or expediency,
and even regardless of treaty stipulations.
| If a trade-increasing affection born in
the Chinese after this exclusion in an Of
fensive manner from the United States it
might be expected to survive like eX-
elusion from the Philippines. And especial
| ly would this expectation be reasonable
when it is considered that the Chinese who
come and who wish to come to the Phil
| ippines are from South China annoy and
Canton), while the bulk of our increasing
trade is with North China The two sec
| tons are not quick to make sacrifices in
each others behalf The Pekin govern
ment is not strong in Canton South China
did not work up much fighting enthusiasm
against Japan rush to North Chinas
defense, even when Japan's choking hand
was at the latter's throat. If the North
| Cinnamon find it to their interest to trade
| increasingly with the United States (and
Russia permits) they will not be apt to
| cease to do because some Of their be-
| loved brethren of Annoy have been COM
PEELED to stay at home instead of abandon
| ing their country for Manila.
| Contrast of American and Spanish
Policies.
| The Chinese minister, in reproachful COM
parison between American and Spanish pol
| icy, says: Under the administration of the
| archipelago by Spain Chinese were allowed
to freely enter and depart from the is
| lands
| The records Of the Chinese in Manila as
given by Foreman show that in 1903 the
Chinese were first goaded into hopeless re-
/ volt ana tnen SlduSnleFeu, dpOut Sf,UOO De-
| ing killed or taken prisoners.
| In 1859 the Chinese again unsuccessfully
| revolted against official robbery and OPP
| preston. During this conflict edict was
published ordering all the Chinese in the
| provinces to be slain.
| In 1860 there was another rising Of these
people which terminated i'll q great mas
| sacre.
| In 1865 all non-Christian Chinese were eX-
| PEELED from the Philippines
| In 1903 the Chinese co-operated with the
British who occupied Manila, and about
| 6OOO of them were murdered by the Span
| ish in the provinces.
| In 1920 a general massacre of Chinese
| and other foreigners took place in Manila.
1.-THE history of the last hundred and fifty
years shows that the Chinese, although
| tolerated were always regarded by the
| Spanish colonists as an unwelcome race.
| and the natives have learned from example
| to despise them"
| AS the Chinese minister truly says Spain
| allowed the Chinese ito freely enter and
depart from the islands,, but they were
murdered by the natives If they attempted
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