The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-27
THE PHILIPPINE s,r,r.r,ox


Philippines paciffed as soon as possible.
The people have decided TO retain tha
Islands and there is nothing else tn 10
done. When the pacifcation has been ar
complished the next question will he
TO establish a suitable form of vern
ment; and in that connect:o on, the
e o has pointed cut, time and aga n,
that our colonies must receive practiea fv
the same amount of liberty and self
government as we ourselves enjoy. Some
other plan of government might serve.
or be necessary as a temporary expedi-
ent, looking towards something better.
but any colonial policy built upon other
than the indicated lines, would be libel
on our institutions and prove to be as
disastrous a bone of contention as the
slavery question ever was.
However, the election being oas-e1
there can be now but little temptation
to distort matters one way or the othe..
Let the exact facts be known. At the same
time, our Philippine policy will bear
watching, 1t will be one of the main
issues in the next campaign. Thee will
be hard work to be done in the i.lands
Tor years to come, even with all tie i'm
proVement that has been reported CT late
That there has been some Improvement
is borne out by reliable testimony, though
it is still hard to tell the exact extent
of it.
a South Dakota paper publishes a let
ter from Maj. J. @. A. Braden, Of Aber-
deem, S. D., now major of the Thirty
sixth United States infantry at Manila.
fIo'n which the following Interesting par
agrapns are taken:
Sometimes / think our progress here
has been slow, but when L carefully con-
slider what has been done in the last
year L realize that very much has ilcUu
accomplished A year ago the most
Angeles, about ten miles beyond San
Fernando, where the South Dakota reg
1ment turned back, and in the southern
part of the island cur lines were scarcely
cannon shot beyond Manila and Cavite
To-day more than 300 towns are occupied
by our troops, and there is no vestige
left OF the so-called Filipino republic
1t is true that AguinaIdo still issues proc
lamattons, but Sc thorough is our occupa-
lion that he does not give them a date
line, and his exact Wherea bouts are I'M
known. 1 imagine, however. he is in
the mountains between Manila and the
Pacific ocean. In this part of the island
it is very quiet. We have little trouble
with the LadroneS, but not much We
allow two soldiers to go between station
and station md we have had no attack
for the past nine months. The work of
They are still needed to protect these
people from each other. Practically these
islands have been in a state of insurrec-
ton since 1896.
'"rhe irsumection of that year had
been nearly quelled when the Spanish
American war occurred, and it broke out
with increased violence. During this pc
Rod OF four years of disorder and Vio-
lence many feuds were engendered and
natives have been and are now getting
even" with each other and avenging
real and supposed wrongs by robbery ard
murder. This is one of the problems
the army has to deal with and we
are gradually but surely solving it.
After being established in pueblo TO;
some time we became acquainted with
the people, and they are learning to
have confidence in US, and we are Ell
ahled TO begin to distinguish between
the good and the bad people, and have
begun to have confidence in somt OF
them.
This mutual confidence is continu-
and we understand each other better.
You know 1 mad great confidence III
the ultimate favorable occupation of
these islands by the Americans, and
added years of experience with and OBJ
servation of these people only confirms
the opinions and views have SO often
expressed.
MY health continues good. I have be-
come thoroughly acclimated, and mag
inc that when 1 get back to South Da.
kota and get a taste of zero weather
will long for the haImy breezes of Luz
zon 1 am well satisfied with the work
/ have to do and The climate, but would
like to see home and friends once more. -