Evening journal., 1900-09-10


to a large province rich in valuable MN
erals, a mile nigh, with strictly temperate
will give employment to many and COM
munication will furnish market to vast /
stretches of high agricultural lands.
The Demand For Education.
They report that there are calls from
all parts of the islands for public schools, !
school supplies ard English teachers,
/ greater than the commission can provide
| until a comprehensive school system IS
! organized. Night schools for teaching
| English to adults are being established IN
/ response TO popular demand. Native chill
dren show aptitude In learning English.
/ Spanish is spoken by a small fraction Of
! people, and in few years the medium
! of communication in the courts. pubic
! offices and between different tribes will
| be English"
This shows to my countrymen what has
! been and Is being done TO bring the oene-
! fits of liberty ana good government 10
| these wards Of the nation. Every effort
has been directed to their peace ana pros
| perity. their advancement and well being,
! not for our ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, nor for
| pride of might. not for trade or COM
| merce. not for exploitation, but for hu-
| manity and civilization, and for the pro-
lection of the vast majority of the popu-
latiOn who welcome our sovereignty
against the designing minority whose
| first demand after the surrender of
Manila by the Spanish army was TO
enter the city that they might loot II and
destroy those not In sympathy with their
Nobody who will avail himself of the
facts Will longer hold that there was any
alliance between our soldiers and the in
surgents, or that any promise OF inde-
pendence was made to them. Long before
their leader had reached Manila they had
resolved If the commander of the Ameri-
can navy would give them arms with
which to fight the Spanish army, they
would later turn upon us, which they
did murderOusly and without the shadow
OF cause or justification. There may be
those without the means of full informa-
tion who believe that we We're in alliance
with the insurgents and that we assured
I them that they should have independence
In the report Of the first Philippine COM
mission. submitted on Nov. 2, 1892 Ad-
| mo alliance of any kind was entered
! into with AguinaldO, nor was any prom
Use of independence made to him at any
Gems. Merritt. Greene and Anderson
who were in command at the beginning
Of our occupation, and until the surrender
Of Manila. state that there was no alli-
ance with the Insurgents and no promise
to them of independence. On Aug. H.,
, iSeS Gen. Merritt was instructed that
, there must he no Joint occupation of Nam
, ila with the Insurgents Gen. Anderson.
under date OF Feb. 10. 1900, says that he
was present at the interview between Ad-
miral Dewey and the insurgent leader
and that In this interview Admiral Dewey
made no promises whatever.
Would not our adversarics have sent
, Dewey's fleet to Manila TO capture and
, destroy the Spanish sea power there, or.
dlspatching % there would they have
withdrawn IT, after the destruction OF the
| Spanish fleet. and II the latter whittier
, 1 would they have directed 10 to Sall3
| Where could II have rcuce What port
| In the Orient was opened 40 ia LIE Hot
, | our adNersatiea condeRsl the expedition
I ! under the command OF Gen, Merritt TO
. strengthen Dewey in the DISTANT ocean
ana assist In our triumph over Spain,
: with watch nation we vSl- at war. Yves
p Il not our highest duE TO strike Spain
at every vulnerable pOAit. that the war
! EIlursnSEflIIIV the
, ! earliest practicable moIAcut?
And was II not our dbty to protect tho
, ! lives and property of those who came
within our protocol by the fortunes of
WARP Could we have come away at any
= ! time between May /. 1883, and the con-
. | clusiOn OF peace without n stain upon our
good name?
/, Could we have come away without dis
: honor at any time after the ratification
= of the peece treaty by the senate OF the
q United States2
n Cannot Desert the Philippines.
There has been no time since the de-
struction Of the enemy's fleet when We
could or should have left the Philippine
/, archipelago. After the treaty OF peace
n was ratified no power but congress could
surrender our sovereignty or ALLEVIATE q
y foot of the territory thus acquired. Tho
i congress has not seen fit to do the one
IS or the other, and the president had nc
( authority TO do either, If he had been sc
y inclined, which he was not So long as
Is the sovereignty remains i'm us It Is the
Il duty of the executive, whoever he may
e be, to uphold that sovereignty and II II
Il be attacked TO suppress It's assailants
3. Would our political adversarles DO less
Il 1t has been asserted that there Woult
n have been no fighting in the Philippines
F. II congress had declared its purpose K
j. | give independence TO the Tagal tnsur
j. gents The Insurgents did not wait fol
e the action OF congress. They assumed tho
J. offensive; they opened fire on our army
II Those who assert our responsibility fol
l. the beginning of the conflict have for
L gotten that before the treaty was ratified
" in the senate, and while II was being
% debated in that body, and while the
'e Bacon resolution was under discussion
re on Feb. f. 1899. the insurgents attacked
8, me American army after being previous
b. ly advised that the American forces were
Is under orders not TO fire upon them eX
" cept in defense. The papers found in thu
IT recently captured archives of the insur
lf gents demonstrate that this attack max
S. been carefully planned for weeks befor'
a. il occurred
MI With am the exaggerated phrase uakini
e. OF this electoral contest, we are in DANCE
a. of being diverted from the real conten
De- uon.
"a II is our purpose TO establish in tn
Of Philippines government suitable TO tn
e. wants and conditions of the inhahitant
and 10 prepare them for self government
)g and to give them self government whel
NJ they are ready for IT, That I am aiminl
e. TO do under my constitutional authority
OF and will continue to do until cOngrcs
of shall determine the political status Of tn
ed Inhabitants of the archipelago
az Arc our opponents against the treaty
" II so, they must be reminded that {
on | could not have been ratified in the senat
W but for their assistance The senat
n which ratified the treaty and the congres
n which added its sanction by large ap
fe propriation comprised senators and repre-
n sentatives of the people Of all parties.
Would our opponents surrender TO tn
Dy insurgents abandon our sovereignty o
nd cede It to them2 II that be not their pur
Sc pose, then IL should be promptly disclaim
an ed, for only evil can result from IN
IN hopes raised by our opponents in tn
ay minds of the Filipnos. that with thei
n- success at the polls in November ther
- will be a withdrawal of our army and 0
mt American sovereignty over the archi
Nv pelago; the complete independence of tn
~ Talalog people recognized and the power
ra of government over all the other people
bv of the archipelago conferred upon tn
Talalog leaders.
n Opposition Delays Peace.
The effect OF a belief in the minds O
u- the insurgents that this will be done ha
already prolonged the rebellion and Ia
creases the necessity Tor the cOntinuanc
of a large army 1t IS now DELAYING fu