The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-10

is so natural rs trade with ones neigh
| bors: the Philippines make us the near
| est ncighbors nf all the East. Nothing
| is m.re natural than to trade with those
y9L know. This is the philosophy of all
advertising. The Philippines bring rs
permanently face to face with the most
| sought for customers of the world. Ma
| tional prestige. national propinduitF.
| these and commercial activity are the clc-
irpines give the first. the character of
! tho American people supply the last. lt
| clements of trade. of duty AMI "f power.
| u we arr willing TO 40 to var rather
| than let England have f"w feet of
frozen Alaskl. which affords M, market
and commands none. what should we not
| do rather than le. England. Germany.
| Russir. or Japan have all the Philip.
! pines: And no man on the spot .an fai'
| to see that this would bc theirs If we re-
| tired.
Philippine Climate.
| The climate H. the best tropic climate
| in the world. This is The brii"f of tl.,sc
VIII VIII hav. lived in 'nany tronic oonr',ns:
| this point. My own experience with uop-
ical conditions has not been exhaustive;
! yet speaking from that cNp"ricncc. |
| testify that the cll,nI;c oc llp,lo. sulu,
Cebu. ana even. 'f Mnnla. ","n;Iy sur
| passe. that of Hong Kong. And yet on
the bare and burning rock If !! me kcnE
| our constructing iacc has hulI'd ne ~
| the noblest cities of all the world. and
made the harbor 1t commands the focus
! OF the commerce of the East. Ana me
| glory Of that achievement iluminrs with
a rarer spcndor thar that of Waterloo,
! the flag that floats above IL. For. from
| Hong kong,s heights civilization is IRA
| dating all the Orient lf this be impcriai-
| ism. its final end will be the empire of
the Son of Man.
| Yes. fifty years ago this English ''it-
| post of empire was II smooth and tree
less mountain blazing like Il ball of fire
| beneath the tropi" suns; the Philippines
are beautiful and rich with the healing
| seas pouring round ana through them ana
| famed by thousand winds. Even III
the hottest season. under scvercst con-
| ditionS. | found the weather tolerablc
and often dcliehtful and in I.uzon.
| Panay. Cebu. Negros and Sulu. ! have
| been in the sun ana rain without pro-
' lection from either for hours at a time,
| travelling from plac" to place on horse
back, on foot or In II boat rising at
| dawn, retiring at midnight. week aftc"
week. without injury to health. Cen
elal Macarthur fighting continuously for
| three months and under fire practically
every hour was m excellent health , sv'
cry time I saw him at San Fernando.
General I.awton. that perfect soldier:
| whom | have seen ride. order, plan ana
eNccut, all day and then ride. order
! plan and eXcrut" all night, told me that
his health was perfect General Otis.
| that devoted servant Of the Republic.
who tolls coas"lcssly. does not fall iii,
seen correspondents exert themselves in
| all kinds of weather without food or
sleep in IA way that would PROSTATE them
IN the hottest days of our summer IN
| medical officer Will. Macarthur. told me
that San Fernando IL as healthy as the
! average American town. The European
| business men of crbu, Iloiln and Manila
| work as hard and as many hours - day
| as thos' Of New York, and a finer body
| of physical manhood can not b. gathered
| at random in America. This proves that
! this garden Of the seas is not the Swrlt-
| ering Stea ming mi;tSmatic SWAMP IL has
| be on described.
Character Of the People; Aguinaldo.
! 1t will he hard for Amcrican; who
have not studied them to understand the
| people. They are barbarous race
modified 10y three centuries Of contact
| with Il dccadent race. The Filipino is
| the South Sea Malay, put through IL pro-
| cess of three hundred years of supcrsti-
tion in religion, dishonesty in Gealing, dis
| order in habits of industry, and cruelty,
| caprice and corruption in government. 1t
| is barely possible that one thousand men
In all the archipelago are capable of self
| government In the Anglo-SaXon sense.
My belief is that there are not one hun
dred men among them who comprehend
| what AnSlo-SaNon self-governmcnt even
means; and there are over 5,o000OO people
To be governed. know many clever
| and highly educated men among them.
hut there are only three commanding i'll
tellects and characters-Arellani. Mabini
| ami Aguinaldo Arellani. the chief j.s-
tice of our Supreme court. is profound
| lawyer, and Al brave and incorruptible
man. Mabini is the highest type of sub
| tlctr and the most constructive mind
tha, race has yet produced. Aguinaldo
II clever popular leader. able, brave.
! resourccful, cumming. ambitious, un-
| ScrupulOus ana masterful. lie is full OF
| decision, initiative and authority, and had
the confidence of the masses. lie Is IA
natural dictator. His ideas of govern
men- are absolute orders. implicit obe-
diencr or in mediate death. lie under
| hn "A Il. of n mt 4 ,.,t1
He Is Malay Sylla: not a Filipino
| Washington.
These conclusions We're forced upon me
by observing the people in all walks of
life III the different islands, and by con-
yersations with foreign, merchants;
Priests mes'izos n, nnr, filipin"s; and and
opinion from San Fernando in Luzon. en-
down through the entire archipelago to
the interior Of Suu. These conversa-
| tons were had informally ~ dinner ta-
| blrs, on journeys, and the like, and al
| ways under conditions favorable to entire
frankness and unreserve. Their chief
value is that they are the real opinions
OF their authors and not prepared and
| guarded statements.
Here then, senators. is the situation.
| Two years ago there was no land in all
the world which we could occupy for any
purpose. our commerce was daily turn
ing toward the Orient, and geography
and trade Developments made necessary
our commercial empire over the Pacific.
<tHu III tildt oc''in WE lidu no cDTltleT-
cial, naval or military base Today we
have one of the I. rec great ocean pos
sessions Of the globe, located at the
most commanding commercial, naval and
military points in the eastern seas, with
IN hail of India, shoulder to shoulder
with China, richer III its own resources
. than any equal bCdy of land ON the
entire globe, ana peoplrd By a race
which civilization demands shall he inn
| proved. Shall We abandon it? That man
| little Knows the common people of the
republic, little understards the instincts
| of our race. who thinks we will not hold
II forever, administering just government,
ny simplest methods. We may trick
up devices 10 SHIFT car burden and les
sen our opportunity; they will avail us
| nothing but delay. We may taugle con
ditions by applying academic arrange
ments OF self-Gorernmt nt to il crude sit
uation; their failure will drive us to our
duty In the end.
Military Situation-Otis Defended.
The military situation. past. present
and prospective. Ii no reason Tor aUan.
donmcnt. our campaign has been as
| perfect as possible with the force "A,
hand. We have been delayed, first, by 4
failure to comprehend the immensity oi
| our acquisition, and, second, by INSULT
| cient force, ard. third, by our efforts tOi
peace In February. after the treaty OF
peace. Otis had only 3,122 officers AND
men whom he had legal right to order
| into battle. The terms of enlistment OF
the rest of his troops had expired. ano
they fought voluntarily and not on legt
| military compulsion. Those who com.
| plain do So in ignorance of the real situ,
alton. We attempted n great task with
insufficient means: We became impaticnt
be fairly commenced; and / pray we may
| not add that other element of disa st cl'