The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-10
THE BEVERIDGE SPEECH
A Discussion of Empire by the
Junior Indiana Senator.
The Philippines. Their People. and
the Wealth md Commercial Inn
Portnnce of the Islands Set Forth
at Grcnt LcuEth-Thc War Re-
yiewcd-Mr. Honr'- sharp Reply.

Senator Beveridge of Indiana ADDRESSED
: lowing resolution, which he had introduced
on the 18th inst, as follows:
Resolved, That the Philippine Islands axe Terri
tory belonging to the United States; that 1T i
the intention Of the United States to retain then
such and to establish and maintain such gov
e ernmental control throughout the archipelag,
as the situation may demand.
Senator Beveridge's speech was in par
as follows:
Il address the Senate at this time be-
cause Senators and Members of the Hous,
on both sides have asked that | give &c
Congress and the country my observations
in the Philippines and the far east, and
the conclusions which those observations
compel; and because of the hurtfu reso-
lutions recently introduced, every word
OF which will cost and is costing the lives
of American soldiers
Mr. President, the times call for can
dor. The Philippines are ours forever, ter
ritory belonging to the United States, as
the Constitution calls them. And just be-
yond the Philippines are China's illimita-
BILE markets. We will not retreat from
either. We will not repudiate our duty in
the archipelago. This island empire is the
last land left in all the oceans. If 1t should
! n
der once made would be irretrievable. II
It proves a mistake TO hold it. the error
can be corrected when we will; every p-o-
gressve nation stands ready TO relieve us
But to hold 1t will be no mistake. Our
largest trade henceforth must be with Asia.
The Pacific is our ocean. More and more
. Europe will manufacture all 1t needs-se-
cure from its colonies the most 1t con-
sumes. Where shall we turn for our con-
! the question. China is our natural Gus
| TONER CbIna's trade is the mighties, com
p,srcial Ia, in o,r fufnrc uer foraipn
! commerce u,ae sos5 72s 400 i, 1907 n, which
/ we nor nejphbor had Ices than IL ner
/ cent. Of which only little more than half
yvae rnercbondieo so,d IN chino nv ne We
ouch, ~ have 10 ner cent and We will
And cbina's foreign commerce is only he
ginning Her resources her possibilities
ber vJan+s--au arc undevelonad "a
A'
"e"ith OF the fhifppine>.
But II they did not command CHINA,
India the Orient the whole Pacific for the
purnose NJ offence defence and trade tho
r,t,,,,,,,,a. -, IN, ~ ,t,ar,s,,,.as
ni'ippiNe' ar 80 'a'ua'e "a themselves
That we snouiu noiu tnehi. nave eruisee
more than 1000 miles through the archi-
pelago. every moment a surprise at its
IL.
surpasses in fertility the plains and val
leys OF Luzon. Rice and coffee, sugar and /
cocoanuts, hemp and tobacco. and many
products OF the temperate as well as tropic |
zone grow in various sections OF the archi-
pelaso. nave seen hunureds OF oushels |
Vi inuIan corn y .ne ~ ioau iiinsu Mn
danao Mindora PeIuan. and parts Of I.uzon |
are invaluable and intact The wood Of the /
Philippines can supply the furniture of the /
world ior a century 10 come. l nave
~. go, P nn ~ 49, 80 a pbiI;nniro
creek. / have gold dust washed out by
crude processes of careless natives from
the sands OF a Philippine stream.
-, MAMMA, ds Port oI can anu eAcnanse,
VII, ~ 80 - ~ . MS .ai
9 ui pass I've poo4. ne"o'c tie Una l aiotieo9
nial hets tney eoIlihahu' Nhiluhdl pIestIse;
na.londI PI9pnquity, 49, anu n, colileL cidi
49,. 'n ph,i'nnin ,Ir. thn srHa
M ,..,s,,s,, -
the he.ei y, ,ne hiil.l iSan sup
pis 'n M - ~ q 800 ia ,',.
non -el VI aiI .ne eieinen'' "a 'fsue' VI uu'''
'n ..-, VI ,I,St f., a.. ~, ,ro,io oIir,a.,
eIiiia' NJ 70 'ue hl,,ps - ,haso
W 'he WI ms - tne peilei Vi nus
VINO haNe lveu ~ man. .top o,,s re-
~, VI iis W,
l'
-oliu'tIon' ndo ny O.en % -, /
pea ION
.,'a. ~, Ii,rtie nran,I,, .,,r,,ss 10, ~
ITl.-ai,o,,
Agu'anIdo and the People.
1T Will be hard for Americans who !
,aya mt etudied them In understand the Z
-, ri ,...,.,-,.,,. .a.., ,,,,.,,i s
'eop.s' NY "'e '''' ~ 'u' 'iio'' 2
ied b! three centuries 81 contact win a I
lecadent race. The Filipino Is the South Sea L
,Ialay. nut through process Of three hun
ia -. =, .,,,,,,s,i,,o,, Z, vallejo, l,.- ,
S' g.,
i"hes'E III "s' "i'''' hs' III n""i'S VI a
" -. -, h
~ 80, - ,h,,,,,I an ~ P a,.',f
,elago are capable of self-goyernment in
he Anglo-Saxon sense. Aguinaldo is a
lever popular IeaGvr' aoie, DraNe' resource
~ t,,,I 5.iIio. a.
i've and r-,,hority and. had the coincidence II
4 the masses. He is natural dictator. =
lis IDEAS OF government are aOsolute or
- ~ uao.o,e,Ii .haraa,o 80 y
is countrymen. He is a Malay SyIla; not a
Filipino Washington :;
These conclusions were forced upon me M
y observing the people in al! walks of T
lie in the different islands. and by con- Il
ersations with foreign merchants. priests. al
lestizos pure Fflipinos, and every variety al
I mind. character. and opinion from San $,
in Luzon. on down through the Fl
ntire archipelago to the Interior OF sulu h
hese conversations were had informally "
dinner tables, on journeys, ana Inc &c
Ike, and always under conditions favorable "
entire frankness and unreserved d,
senator beverluse mere read 10 me SEN &C
y eA'i"'t iio4h q" bIt"' Huiuti vi Jhtti I ~