New-York tribune., 1900-07-15
THE PASSING THRONG.

Il noticed a letter in morning paper to-day"
said H. r. Carter late Of the 18th Minnesota Regi-
ment, which service in the
THE PHILIP Philippines, by Carl SchuTz
PINES AND which arraigns the poIicv of the
SELF President toward the Philippines
GOVERNMENT. The Filipino. from personal OBJ
servaton. I believe 70 be abso-
Iutely Incapable of self-government, and it would
be criminal TO intrust him with it. In the scheme
ot the world today people who cannot protect
Philippine would be cowardIv ana il would he i'm
possible az well. Even the extreme anti-expansion-
We should guarantee them from the Interference
oL OF iorel5H f?|eTs and leave an 9lher questions or
confreres seriously mean to say the American
people that they consider the Filipnos competent
example TO administer their finances 10 estab-
Fiiip!nos to handle the cash and wished the United
States 10 control that as well as the archpelago's
But the American people must judge Of how far
seS-goyerrment. Certain things they can do, such
as thr administration Of the smaller towns and
S2 80 q %F ana l qhe sES Gey be@
to give them just much OF self-goyernment
as they are capable Of, neither mors nor less but
rest wifi follow If Mr. schurz or any other anti
expansonist had Httle boy. ne would be unlikely
that little boy would probably destroy his interior
' ever Rat is What the anti-exp@nsoniss br6fdse
thar Uncle sam shall DO TO the Philppine little boy
and allow him to eat himself exceeding sick on tRe
70 noitr
II think too a statement should be capable of
yerihcation. and the ant-expansionists are loose
in this respect. For example, Mr..
RELATION SChurz says in his letter that the
SHIP result Of Aguinaldo's cooperation
BETWEEN was that, while forces held
FILIPINOs Cavte and the Bay Of Manila the
AND Fuipnos hemmed in the Spaniards
CHINESE in Manila the land side.
that the common enemy could
neither escape into the interior of the country
receive reinforcemeRts. l would very much like
to know where the common enemy would have
escaped to in that Interior AS a matter OF fact,
there wasn't any Filipino army either east or
north of the city. and as late as August IL, the
day the city's fall. the common enemy could
have escaped in either direction had he wanted 70,
which for very good and sufficient reasons he
didn't
Mr. Schurz says our commanders turned over a
was done simply because that time We had no
other means of caring for these men. and We
could intrust them 10 the fury or the pOpulace
Mr. SChuTz contends that our policy cOntTdNeneS
what phrase of that doctrine il runs contrary to?
Fate carried the Stars and stripes to that aTCAi-
pelago; fate Justice and right will keep the flag
there To-day receiving an awful object
people capable of, and boiling accredited Min
listers alive is not antt-eXpausion argument that
Americans likely to take kindly TO. They Will
remember that the Tagal race is crossed with the
Chinese The same blood that caused the unspeak-
able horror of the Peking massacre runs IL large
part In the veins of Agunaldos followers. We viii
take chances there. and America Will see 70 IL
that there shall be such "A government as there
native and alien alike, shall be respected through
out the archipelago