The Afro-American advance., 1900-03-10
FAV()RED. BY GEN. WHEELER
He Would Give the Philippines a
Territorial Form of Gov
eminent.
THINKS NATIVES ARE READY #FOR#IT.
Thr aeneraI Gives IIi. Impressions
Relieves They Are Unlimited
Untted states an Edge of Era of
Unprecedented Prosperity.

San Francisco. March 0.-Gcn, Jo-
seph Wheeler favors giving the Phil
ippines a territorial form of govern
ment. lie said:
~ believe the people arc ready for a
certain kind of government. They
could ho given the power Go make laws
under such a system Of government as
has been adopted for our territories, The
municipal governments are all In the
hands of the natives. and they get along
without trouble or friction. Under a ter
ritorial form the islands could ba best
controlled"
Trade Possibilities.
lie reviews his impressions of
trade possibilities In the orient as
folluwrd
England Russia, Germany and France
have bruved war and peHtilence In efforts
To- secure "A share OF the wealth which
Will come To them by commercial relations
with these people, The treaty of peace
caRt upon uH the responsibility af sover-
elgnty over from g.0d0, ,e0 to u, ,0D.ooa people,
togrther with the islands which they IN
habit. containing nm area three times that
of our great aud prosperous Empire state,
"very naturally there may be honest
difference Of opinions as tu whether every
thing has heon conducted during the two
years iu accordance with the highest wis
dom and hcst ppHshln Judgment, but thcro
should he no question among the American
people as tn the duty AMI wisdom Of now
uniting In determined effort to take the
situation as it stands and to conduct
the affairs Of our country as To add the
most tn its glory, honor, welfare aud gross
perlty. II II friendly struggle for com
meroial supremacy. Ia which our rival
nations ara using their best efforts, and |
any. let ua In a friendly but determined
ftfaF hs4s qff Al
Face to Face with orient.
our Pacific eitiea are now face TO face
with the eastern shores OF Asia The
Nicaragua ranhi will brlnR our gulf ports
nearer ia them than those of the Atlantic
and Europe.
with Manila nH great depot steamers
from that emporium could reach the COM
moreial ports of eastern AHia aa readily
~ It can be done by English ateamgra
from Hong Kong
I'VE must consider that about 0nssthird
the population of the earth II concentrated
in the eastern half Of Asia and that the
vast multtudeH are rapidly learning to
appreciate the advantages, and | might
add the necessity. OF hiah civilization. and
they are alsa iearnink Ca rsaiias the oata-
fort which Is enjoyed by the people of
tho most civilized nations. IN the posses.
siun and uae pf the products, manufactures
and mechanical Developments which ara
there found.
Need Products az OEtrnt.
Europe aud America must purchase the
silks. teas, coffee. hemp. spices and prod
ueta Of the handiWork Gf the people 81
the orient. aud this immense population
needs articles which American farms ana
factories are producing cheaper aud bet,
Ter than those which are produced any
where else on earth, Cotton cloth such as
H. manufactured IN southern cotton mills In
needed by the people of the east tu the
enormous value af H.@0 $4,000 Co 5000.
pgl 1pg
England with her navy has approached
China by the sea and has established firm
fouthnlda at favorable locations an the
coast France has acquired possessions IN
Asia which contain a population four timns
na great, and an area nearly ten times aH
large, as that uf our Empire state. Eng
lands d0minious and dependencies in AHia
now extend over an area Of .bt1. .pD1 square
miles and contain a population OF nearly
s01.01oo oo1 Russia already haa In Asia ter.
ritDfy exceeding in area 5000 square
miles and containing over lp.0oo9o people.
Port Arthur. tho great commercial and
war port IL firmiY Ia her grasp. This givsR
Russia a power over rorna which will add
much 10 her strength. The completion Of
the Trans Siberian railway and It's
branches. the opening of the Nicaragua
canal and tha annexation of the Pacific ias
lands 20 the United States will more thor
puEhty revpiutiunizn the commercial re-.
laiiunA ~ the world than has ever been
done bY all other influences combined dur.
Ing the last three centuries
~ seems tu ma that there II but Ht-
tla limit 20 the possibilities which are be-
fore Us. and We are certainly Justified In
the hsiinf and hope that the United states
II on the odEs Of an era of unprecedented
brOspaFity"