Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-10

commission, of which DR.. Schurman was
president, endeavored to bring about peace
leading Tagaloss representing the soscaiied
llsurgent government. TO the end that som.
General plan Of government might be Of
Iereu thcm which they would accept. SO
great was the satisfaction of the insurgent
commissioners with the form of govern
mrent pr.oposed by tho American comniis-
sloners that the latter submitted the pro-
posed scheme to me for approval. and MY
action thereon Is shown by the cable mes
sage following -Tt.7.
~ Schurman, Manila: Yours lth "eceived
You are authorized to propose. that under
fhS military power Of the president. pond
philippine islands shall consist of a gov
cabinet appointed by the governor general;
people,, the qualifications of electors. 10 pc
eennrc1ully considered and determined, and
the governor general to have absolute veto.
clpal Judges appointed by the president
TIE 1ynm cabinet tSa and judges to be chosen
ti,on of, bioodsRed, and that the peo-
a e Of sha fhf fbhppsns bhHsp p,ss es sses az ssry y
and good order"
Of representatives. came from the irsutgent
cussed with them aud promise of accept
snr cemmissioneers e II they y woilld return after
eei snlting with their leader, but they
the frst ,Tegalog representatives,. favorable
TO the plan OF the commission 1t appears
that lie was, by military order of tho in
syIgent leader, stripped Of his shoulder
straps, dismissed from the army and SEN
tcnced to twelve years Imprisonment.
The views of the commission are best
set fcrth IN their own words: =,
'Deplorable as war Is, the ono In which
we are now engaged was unavoidable by
us. We were attacked by a bold a6ven-
II rqus and enthusiastic army. No alter
treat.
ut is not to he conceived Of that any
American would have sanctioned the syn @
obligations to other nations and to. the
friendly Filipiros aud to ourselves and our
nag demanded that force should be. met
philippines may he. there Is no course open
to us now except the prosecution of the
war until the. Insurgents are reduced TO
Submission. The commission Is cf the opin-
ion that. there has been no time since the
destruction of. the Spanish squadron by
Adpllral Dewey when It was possible TO
either with honor to ourselves or with
safety 10 the inhabitants
after the most tn rough study of the
PEOPLE of the archipelago the commission
reported, among other things:
Their lack Of e'lucatonal and political
GNrerience. combined with their racial ald
linguistic % diyersitics dis,gnaiify thcm, in
virtues % UNDERTAKE thS Ss task of Of gsycralas
most ,lit can be eSPsetsa e them n is e
iriristration of general affairs from Manila
TSgs5 =, ss s sn %s;y Ss
VII cinl and municipal affairs.
Not Rendv for sc,f-Coyeruwent.
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wtbdpown % the dpnmmis siS, hai,oras thSt ,Ee S
government ggs,.GI, Il the philippiaes would
specify lapse into anarchy, WHICH would
ysn % eSe @ pSwTs pS nSses'f sad the 'Hs cyen,Sp sp
;threUgl}, ,S IA american occupation. therefore;
united Philippine commonwealth at ali
corcciyable.
Thus the welfare of the Filiplnos coin
in olbidding our abandonment Of TIE ir.
chipeI0go, We cnnnot from any point of
View escnpe the responsibilities 3f gov.
the perfoi nance OF our national duty will
prove the greatest blessing TO the people
Satisfied that nothing further could be
accomplished In pursuance ~ their mis-
sion until the, rebellion was suppressed; and
tcHlIlhE W pluCt UtluTH Liz tOugJtSS Tue
result Of their observations, ] requested the
commission to return tosthe United states
Their most intelllGentpp comprehensive
report Nrn was ,anS asngrefs ,st Tho
rection was procticalll 3pdfd and earnestly
desiring to promote &staLilshnient of
stable gooyernlnont " tliefnrchipslnro. ap-
Hon. M9ltam X. Taft Or Ohio, Prof.
Dean G. Worcester of Michigan. Hon, Luke
l, Wright of Tennessee. Hon. Henry G.
I0p of Vermont and Hon. HernQrd MOS0S
Of California. My instructions to them
contained the following'
instructions to Taft,
.,
You 0he secretary OF war; viii instruct
the commission to devote their
attention IN the tirst instance 10
eernments in which the natives of
the Islands, both in rhe cities ana
N n ,ne rural n communities, shall be af.
local He naps to tSe fpcst sf estent Tnef of
which they are capable, and subject tn the
least degree or supervision and CONTROL
when careful study on their capacities
and observation OF the Workings Of native
control show to be consistent with the
malhtenance OF law order ana loyalty.
Whenever the commission is Of the
ISLANDS is such tnat the control OF admin
istratlon may safely he transferred from
military % TO- GMil control they VIII report
that conclusion 10 you tthe secretary or
War' Win their recommendations as to the
form Of central government to be estab-
Iished for the purpose of taking over the
control.
Beginning with sept. !, 1900, the author
tES,onob ~ socs sun!ees 10 my npproVui,
ha usr ,.o ,n,arS. reS vi War, tn9u , Pnrt oi
slonds Which is Of Iealsiative r rn,peIis natupe
arnor ue ~ ths sisn irVn Tue n,tIarS so,
erhor OF tne isiMhns TO this commission, 70
pace and stead Of tSe mIltary ny n roYernar rns
uibNi SNNA "iu htkuNuNlohc 40 Nou