Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16
New York Evening Post, introduce him

The Post says:
'Mr. John Foreman is conceded to
be the foremost authority on the Philip
pine Islands. A resident in the archi-
pelago for eleven years; continuously
acquainted with the natives for twenty;
frequent visitor to various islands of
the group; possessed of a more intimate
knowledge of Filipino character and a
larger circle of friends and correspon-
dents among the inhabitants than any
foreigner living; the historian par excel
lence of land and people, he is a qualified
expert to whom we are bound to listen"
Mr.. Foreman recently wrote an arti
Gle upon this subject which was pub
lished in the London National Review.
The Literary Digest, also an indepen-
dent journal, quotes from and COM
ments upon Mr.. Foreman's article as
follows:
"Air. Foreman plunges into his sub
| ject at once in his opening sentence
with the strong declaration that the
| United States campaign IN the Philip.
pine Islands, originally proclaimed to
| humanity, has, so far, conferred no ben
etits on the Filipinos in particular, nor
on mankind in general. After an eigh-
| teen months trial. American imperial
| ism has achieved nothing of advantage
| to any one concerned in those islands,
save the few officials holding lucrative
appointments, and handful of specu-
lators who have prohted by the circum-
stances of the new situation Nor has
the military feature of the campaign
| had much better success, The Ameri-
cans at present, he says, hold Manila,
| the principal ports, the Pasig river, and
| the Lake of Bay, with the villages
around it. The Americans barely occu-
py one tive-hundredth part in places in
accessible by water. Small detach-
mentS are stationed here and there, but
the troops so employed do not dominate
a radius larger than the range of their
muskets. ~
We make the following quotations
from Mr.. Foreman's article in the Ma
tional Review:
"The conduct of the boisterous, undis-
ciplined individuals who formed large
percentage of the first volunteer con-
inaffaceably demoralizing effect on the
proletariat, and has inspired feeling
of horror and loathful contempt IN the
atfiuent and educated classes who guide
Philippine public opinion. From the
outset it was a mistake to treat the
Christian Philippine population like
savageS ignorant of western civlliza-
ton, considering that there are thor
sands of Filipinos mentally equal to the
invading forces, and comparable, 10
intellectual training, with the average
middle-class European.
within a fortnight, after the capitu-
lation of Maniia, the drinking saloons
had increased fourfold. According to
the latest advices there are at least
twenty TO one existing in the time Of
the Spaniards Drunkenness with its
consequent evils, is rife all over the city
among the new white population. The
orgies of the newcomers, the lnceSSant
street brawls, the insults offered with
impunity to natives of both sexes, the
entry with violence into private homes
By the soldiery, who malfreated the in
mates and laid hands on what they
chose, were hardly calculated TO arouse
in the natives admiration for their new
masters Brothels were absolutely pro-
hiblted under Spanish rule, but since
the evacuation there has been a great
influx of women of i'll fame, while na-
tive women have been pursued By lust
ful tormenters. During certain period
after the capitulation there was lndis-
criminate shooting, and no peaeea0le