Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-22

-whsa Shall the csHsbIsg RroesssCe
u ysH Tefk Eysniaz Post.
Mania. 2. J.. Jan. 8. -Thosa who
sssune that the disintezrati0a of tbs
Filipiso array AID the Determination
o. the Filipino gcsernmeat are an i'm
mediate rEs.Ude TO ar sra Of Teane and
pTegpsfiiy are quite sure 10 fad ths.g
ideas disputed By fats. nave no
wish 70 staEd AZ . prophet 81 ILL omen,
a. d painter CT troubles to come, but
tissTs IL TAOnh N the iElrnsd iate future
OF the Philippine Islands Ehich il Eiil
be well for thsugbtiai Americans to
underEtand. Riehsiy Or wrongly.
Wisely OF H1wigsiy, ths United States
srsune n IN here IN stay, and q the
hands OF the American people there
lies tbs future of tbs island people.
From much that ] zee and =bear. |
can only beiisss that. blinded By many
motives psartiiug under different
names. the people OF America fail &c
realize this grave responsibility Which
Kssts upon them, and have little clear
knoz !stlge Of many nomsntous cues
tions which confront them.
Hosii!itiss are not yet oyer. There
remains considerable territory which
has no. been essayed, and, despite tbs
assertions ociiiiaiIy made, have little
doubt that the reEt two or three
months viii DUPLICATE the last two or
three. For political reasons it has
been desirable b. announce the end Of
the war y / haFs already INDUCED
In the rash statemsnt shat the war"
ended months ago. Stress IL laid upon
the dissolution Of the organized govern
Jnsnt, and various American officials
are casting such reflections a. they can
Upon the ability and tbs honesty Of the
niap AgDinsido IL has been asserted
that when ns got into the northern
provinces, be would bs among a people
who Eere hostile To him, and who
would aid in his capture, Ii they did
not Kill him themselves. This has not
proved To be the cass, and Aeuinaldo,
wherever be may bs today, appears
from ths best military eridence OBJ
tainable to have made bis way in
safety through considerable territory.
and perhaps even Through the American
liueE. One thing 10 certain, he Is still
the idol 81 Thousands Of Filipino
people.
One fact Is to be kept clearly in
mind: We have 10 deal with people
gho have Eesn antagoBized, and who,
though many may seem to submit, are
by no means rsconcisd. The idea, Sc
strongly emphasized and which has
wide circulation, that We were Opposed
by only single tribe, ard but part o
that. should now he well understood
az fallacy. Sixty or seventy thousand
men are not needed to crush SINAI
local revolt. The idea, 90 boldly blu
iilogically advanced by Prof Worcester
that the troops are needed only for tn
protection of those who are friendl,
&c US against hordss Of robber band
bears IT'S own REPUTATION 10 its mani
fest sbsnrdity. II il quito certain
that the savage tribes Of tho hills hay
taken little or no part In any of tn
operations Of the war. and that it j
not they who constitute these alIeget
''baudits' and "robber bauds.
There is and has long been here, a
there was in Cuba, somewhat runner
GUS criminal class. They are here know
as ladrones, tpliEaues, and babaylaDcs
But these are not names of Eavag
tribes, nor do they commonly apply t
Diember5 OF these tribes. Prof. Wor
csstef 8 statement would warrant be
lief that the population Of the island
consisted Of few little known savages
a few peaceful Filipinos, who wsr
friendly 70 the American people, and
great horde of tho criminal clement 70
the restraint Gf which force Of 60, %
American soldiers was necessity.
his book On the islands, he severe
times mentions the iujsanes Of Negro
and MindUro. In what 1 believe is hi
only reference 70 these people in LUXOR
no states as follows tp. 457): "Tul
sanes seldom 20 where there is an
danger Of getting hurt" yet We al
nov asked to helieve that the oppositio
TO the United States consists Of hug
aggregation o. cowardly criminals an
cx-criminals, and that 6O,OOO men al
necessary to resist them and prote,
the peaceabIe.
The reason fol- this presentation
the Situation | do not know. ] ca
an effort il being made to hide II
plumbers Of tho administration az
it's agents under condition whit
will not be analysed by casual rcade
and superficial thinkers. But bandits
do not live 10 villages, vide rece
telegram Of Gen. Otis; nor do bandits
and robbery go about in bands, nur
bering hundreds, building intrenc
ments and using artillery. Names nal
little difference, perhaps; but If nam
u be used as cloak for the purpose OF L
verting public attention and for conve
ing . wrong impression, it should be a
noupced that tho name ia but q iii
given TO certain thing, and the thi
itself clearly defined.
Some two or three months ago / pr
dicted that there would be no deiini
surrender OF the Filipino army; that
was probable that there would bG
further organized resistance; and til
little more would be heard, official
OF "rebels," or ''insurgents, or 81
surrectos." Thus far my prodictiC
have boon verified, though there
Just now possibility that some MI
or loss serious resistance will be
countered in tho movement now beg
ming on tho south line. Presumab
everything IS quiet in tho north. III
is the fact with limitations Thil
are quiot within our lines by reason
"a strong force to make and keep tn
go. Outside those lines, it is not Of
TO report tho condition. 1t is, ht
ever, certain that our scouting part
are in almost constant movement, Q
that many petty engagements oc'
which are not Of sufficient imEortn
70 themselves, to be worth reporti
The quiet" OF that country is one
alert watcnfulne3s, numerous expe
lions, and frequent encounters.
ports come, too frequently, Of Am,
can soldiers, operating in small squa
losing ono CT more Of their number
attacks on supply trains, Of individ
soldiers, on duty or struggling throl
the county, being caught and Sol
times killed, Many Of tho pee