The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-29
TOWgE SPEAKS ON FILIPINOS
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propbetfc souls already trembled at the
inoIIisition of after ages, to lmpule IHe
dubious responsibility to PROVIDENCE IL
self. I know not which 70 admire me
more. whether the mOdesJy Whlch u'S-
claims credit for the policy, or the CO.
IossaI presumption which challenges
and betrays the aCEted commence oL
the Almighty
NO man. no party, no nation can
eScaue accountability for dCFlOnS o9
attributing their origin 10 any otn-f
source than human motives ana human
Judgment. The policy of the admins
tration toward the Filipinos must De
iustihed if ever justified at all, IN the
forum of the reason and the conscience
of mankind
Scores Merritt's Mission.
AR Towne declared that upon the
arrival of General Merritt at Manila,
ga distinct change of tone was OBJ
serVa BILE between the United states
officials and the FilipinOs, the altered
attitude being So marked as TO force
the conclusion that part of General
Nerritt's prearranged task was 70
rianeuver out of an awkward friend
illness with Aguinaldo, and thus to
reach a footing for the convenient de
veIopnenu Of some secret policy with
VIII n he had come fresh-frelghted
from Washington
If there was doubt of the prearrange-
ment of the plan it was banJshed, IN
NIr. Towne opinion, by the president
himself The third article of the pro-
tOcol with Spain reads
THE United states viii occupy and
hold the city. bay and harbOr of Ma
Mia pending the conclusion Of treaty
of peace which shall determine the con-
troll. disposition and government of the
Philippines
Yet. despite that definite position. the
% f.gF-
Dec d. 1898, mis- famous benevolent
assimilation proclamation.
Thus" ne continued, the dilemma
IS this. Either that article of the pro-
tocol does not mean what IL says, OF
the president of the United States, in
causing the issuance OF the pTCCldma-
tion TO which / have referred, broke
the pIighted faith of this government
Tt is not agreeable TO me 10 use this
language: but 7 devoutIy believe that
tee republic IS ar the gravest crisis OF
it's history. and 7 feel that "a necessary
preliminary To IT'S getting safely out is
To cause the people 20 realize how 1t
came TO get in
Mckinley as Bunco Steerer.
lIr. Towue said of the presidents
proclamation that among the roses Of
it's soft rhetoric of love. its fair speech
about our coming not as invaders o.
c0nguerOrs- but ass friends of the mild
SINH alton the already justly awakened
Iizlgust OF the FiIipinos clearly behelI
the unsheathed and glitte~iug steel of
despJtlsIn-
IF se are bent ON slaughter" said
he "let Il Dee in open EUise. II we lust
Tor this peoples land let us noe glaze
our enterprise with false and sinister
urctense. Rather let Iss boldly raise the
sGmbre flag of international piracy.
whistle sCruple down the wind. and
then close in upon our feeble victim to
the CRY of loot and glory
Mr. TOwue maintained that the
United States was under the Obliga-
sion of circumstances If not, indeed.
actual promise. to grant Independence
to the FilipinOs and that among ma
tions. the former was quite as binding
as the latter
A0le to Govern Selves
Senator Towne then argued at length
en- support of his contention that the
FilipinOs were perfectly capable of gov
crninE themselves. pointing out that 50
per cent Of the population OF LUXOR can
read and write. and holding that the gov
eminent established BIZ AguiIaid0 was
strong. symmg trical and progressive.
even in the difficult and disturbing c0udi-
riCns which surrounded it. tie declared
that the Filipino statesmen would cred
ttably meet almost any emergency cr
administration iu even the most adj
vanceG gov rumeut and would have dig
nified an oruamen' the early Strug-