The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-19

Phinpplue- AMI ln- Jar east:
The " iole country i inca iculahly rich
Wisn only urtliusrs good governments
commerce ~uu.d b. Immense spanish
rule Mas cp.rapL out commerce accus-
TONED itself e. slis conditions and uour-
ished ia spite 10 tncna - rich ID tho
country that o,ninecCc Will survive ANY
situation. nSHvves DLi. "a a. - only nxed
and certain Tns people arr incapable OF
selfgovcrnmenL The few exceptions are
no examples y. the niss>s'-. f"r years 70
come very strong government Will be
necessary 4 AZ .snGn.r 4, very good l
have lived hsrc 10 years ani my health
Was never Dett.r.
lie l.osl prJnincut e,.ucator III the
PniilIpinvs, ol s4.y ".ue Information
aDoul tue prJp.c a.sd Lac country:
Ii Is . nl.l.,e4oI, cJdu4-y. lle climate
Is the ideal lrJ.s...-. o.liii.e "a t-io worii-
n 80 Al l,-c-cnt, >se.. variety os climate
Only a nl,,Nlctisc ,..ss.sAcs .tr'n -dahtia IA
the prOv.ls1c "a A,ca-ues, n-.r are OAKS,
pines, Irost tnu yOu ..id>t u=S oianAsts az
nlgnL a. l. Las r.,.ss1 n.ii iiios. satie-
galel porllo.i y. tnc cas.n> surface MY
neSaltn n.,a a.ways Oeen go~,d iod must
Introduce s.svAs, dccisi'e anu pu.e
government lac n.t.sss in1sht pos>loiy
To perni.t.cI - l-.-.s pT..~. esi part Al
iuunlclll.,l and.rs. Sell gSsernnient Is
out "a lae quc-llyL 4 .S.,r inc insurrec-
ton VIII ll.I lof monlns-pefAaDs Tor
years lss natives irc AXE ouIiaio Duiis
they get HAD a.II l.iOa walt % uxnt
NO matter wmetlcr rignl or wrong. lou
cannot success Iuny us..i win taeh py
gentle uieans iney ABSOLUTELY Hisuo-
uersland sucn tre..t.n;a1. W nile III arms
they must oe Iougnl. iougnt--cea,eiessiy
aud reIuorsele,siy. Otaer~iss taey WAL
keep II up forever.
A xeu.ixInAu connected with the rail.
road servlce aud taJsvasniy acquainted
wiIa the people:
The climate OF these islands Is pcrfecs
for the tropics 4 na,e been mere Alto.
getler Tor siA years ana never ehJoyev
Z lrettor health Inlnk these fellows Will
keep on ngnting Tor neutrality-suspicious.
years The, are utterly incapable VI sell
government a. Americans or kngllsn un-
uerstsnd A. They might. under very
clrelul aud hrm direction, De allowed 10
taae little part In MUNICIPAL govsrn-
nent but not mucn even there III they
were given self government. business
would almost disappear until some MI
rope,n power took the matter In hand
One Of the large planters aud bush
ness men OF Luzon, pure flnpino
with intimate relations wlrn the lnsur-
gents:
Ii is hard to say hux long the contest
will last. Inc very common people care
little about tn, matter. but they have
n
about the Americans. What tilipinos
want is to govern themselves No. OF
course they 10 nor know anything about
government, except that spain gave
tnem which was most corrupt. IL you
gave these Islands government where
Justice would be administered freely and
without price. property protected ana
free speech secured. you ask me II the
common people would be satisfied. do
not know Ine comm ON people do not
know what they want Are they capable
of seIfgoyernmcnt OF voting inteili-
gcntlyf WHAT difference does that AJAX Q
they would vote just exactly as the bet
Ger classes say. l employ several nun
dred meu-weli expect and would see TO
IL that rhey have the same opinions I
, have Hupph! IL would De impossible
otherwise What the Filipino leaders
talk about ani insist on ID guarantees.
BY this they mean Filipinos ~ have ex-
: elusive government Of the islands-ths
United States to keep heet here TO pro-
t-ct that government and the islands
generally in every possible situation. and
this agreement witnessed by third ma.
tlon, strong enough ~ compel the United
states 10 carry out Its contract The poo
, pie are not capable of selfgovsrn ment
but the leaders are or would be aftcI
some practice, 30 IL 10 just sha same
thing.
.. A pure Filipino. a physioiAn. q man
|. of wealth in the interior Of Iuzon-ons
|, OF the most Intelligent men OF the many
. met and talked TO:
, II is hard To say how long this struggle
| will continue The leaders 50 : they wan
, independence-the common people prob
. ably want socialism To DO definite and
!. particular they probably do not know
what they want. No they are not capabl
OF self government IL you give then
{ pure government, free speech and al
= that. they would not understand and
!. probate II at first: would not believe IL
Ii were. But when. after a while. three o
!, four years say they come to UNDERSTAND
your good int .ntipns and actually expert
= ,.nce good government there will be n
a trouble. Oh. yes the islands are marvel
: ously ri n. After good government
y Is once In operation they will pay thei
q way many times over My people ar
u not a bad peoplo-they don't understand
" they ars children yet
. Paolo NJ MA. pure Filipino. rich. able
= honest and moderate He was stab be
. to death in Cebu and this is why
70 withhold the names OF the others:
y do not think anyone GOULD ask for
y bettor climate than this II Is much be
ter than Hong Kong The resources {
this island have u IT begun 10 be devel
oped- Our coal Is very good-muoh be
10 tcr than japan coal. There Is coppsr ~
ID On this island not yet worked. l al
"A sorry 70 say that very few Of our ,,opuli
:, tlsn are capable Of selfgoverninent
~ ~ course. the wealthy and educated class
= are entirely competent to run the govern
. nIent | do not expect nor desire any GO
In eminent except one founded snd direct<
or b. America. oh. yesl tn such extent
a. tine ballot may bs given. there ID nddoul
IL that we Of the upper GLASS can contr oil
m employ lDJ men uow-in good times NOR
All these would vote rs l say.
!. I'VE Will Hold Ii fast and Hold
"a Forever"
rd Here then. senator's. Is the situation
an Two years ago there was no Land IN q
~ the world which we could occupy K
,ar Any purpose. Oar commerce was dai
-. turning toward the Orient; and geo.
NO ruphy and trade developments mac
Ii, necessary our commercial empire ov
~ the PAcific. Aud in that ocean we hi
-. NO commercial. naval or military has
~. Today we have one Of the three gre
=, OCEAN possessions Of the globe. looat,
~. at the most commanding commercis
"A naval and military point IN the eastel
az seas. within male Of Iudia. shoulder
shoulder with China, richer In It's ov