New-York tribune., 1900-01-27
WI TING FANG'S WARNING.
Continued from FIRST Page.
in Asia in which any preference should be given tc
the commerce of another nation.
A CONSULAR CIVIL, SERVICE SYSTEM.

the commerce of another nation
A CONSULAR CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.
It would not be proper for to enter, into any
questions in the Far East. Many members of this
audience know a great deal more about these ques-
tons than l do. I think it important, however,
that all possible steps should be taken 10 ntroduce
our manufactured goods into the Far East. lhese
goods should be packed in manner suitable 70 @ 1ne
often attracted by the fine appearance of the pack
ages containing the goods. Young Americans
guage. Civil Service system, so far as consuls
are concerned, should be adopted tor the ar East
We cannot do better than copy the Engllsh Sys-
tenn. There arrive at Peking every year eight to
animation and intended for the consular service
They are required to study Chinese as Wen as
technical consular studies for at least two or three
years Having been taught for that length OF
detailed as clerks in the various eonsuateS. they
go from one consulate to another, until they nave
proficient they are advanced step by step until they
become consuls. They never leave Chlna, ana IL IL
in all the duties of their places and have complete
knowledge of all the business conditions
l in China under four administrations, and
practically all the cOnSuls were changed under
each administration. 1 must say for them that in
the main they were earnest intelligent, industrious
men, but they had always before them the spectre
forward to the carrying out Of any matured plans,
and was perfectly useless to contemplate for
moment the idea of learning the Chinese Language.
While l have nothing TO say with regard TO the
do honestly believe that we should have Civi Ser
vice applied to our consuls. at least in the East
hal a museum or exhibition room, in which could
be shown specimens of the various goods manu-
facrured in America.
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Speaking of spheres of influence, win you permit
me gentlemen, in conclusion to allude for feW
know that / must not touch political questions,
those on which our people are divided for
by the Treaty of Paris Congress is to settle the
status of the inhabitants Of those Islands ana o G0n
to the humblest member of the Philippine COm1nls-
Srfh W be be the iaw of the land But history
belongs to us without oendlng ga any Atnerlenf i d
sailors of whom 1 am tempted to say! put wi VIII
not it, that they are the 6raVest a Gf Ine @ be
bravest. l am not going to talk to you OF Dewey
naval battle which whether we will or no. changed
the history of the world After 1t was tought % we We
proper place among the nations OF the world "A a
strong one and the eagle became the equal of the
Russian bear and the British lion. we dlu @ not pc pc
continued to be a self poised republic. and we VIII
ask only what right and we Will submit 10
When the insurrecfion is over we will discuss
what to do with the philippines Meantime, gentle
men trust me we will give the Filipinos as free
a government as the sun shines on. we Will ,4 euu-
reform abuses, establish free municipal and pro-
make PERSONAL freedom the haenabie brthrght Of
all the people. And gentlemen nope nope tnaI mai ba SoU
occasion to raise any question as 70 the c3Lsen d 90
the governed What then W 1G61T 5 6e SQUARE
niles of territory and 900 COO O00 600 of people?
New-York and Delaware thrown in more land than
/ Italy has and almost as much as france InoIe
than the British Islands more numerous pe9p.ie Pc.
than a dozen of our States. population equal 10
one-seventh of our own. Nearly two hundred Varle-
ties of choice woods, gutta percha. mines every
where, copper, gold silver iron coal sugar & ana anu
ice cold perpetual spring or autumn or & sum- M
| annually Manila, the central point of the Far
East standing at the open door OF China; all the
steamship lines leading for this port, and day by
day making it a port Of call Already the eIectric
/ men the sawyers, the railroad men and the mer-
| chants at Manila
TRIBUTE TO LAWTON
| 1t has cost some labor. some suffering, some
deaths to hold these islands against million and
! greatest of whom Lawton knew him well;
l pleaded with him against his incessant personal
exposure en- the firing lines IT was was useless III diS
know what is going on; l must let let the men men see
me" He crossed the zapote bridge which no
Spanish soldiers foot had ever trod; He stood
thirty-four yards from the enemy while cannon
/ and rifles played upon him. 1t was thought he had
a charmed life. He was more untiring than the
Fflipnos He had followed Indians two thousand
J miles and had overtaken them. mourn his loss,
/ that he has immortal fame.
! Gentlemen new era has come upon us; We have
are holding Cuba in tutelage to-day. Whether we
will no, these accomplished facts. The
cial greatness. Our Western coast Is alive, awake
and is stretching out its hands for the trade of
San Francisco Tacoma and Seattle the rivals of
New York Philadelphia and Boston The Southern
States see an illimtable market for their cotton
and for their iron know that skilled mechan-
les beat the world in making manufactured
articles. Let us give them worldwide market
Let this great city take the lead again in the i'm
perial march not of monarchicaI ideas or royal
propagandism. but of a commerce that shall en-
brace the universe