Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-06
LECTURE Al NEW-OENTuRY CLUB.

anecdotes and humorous, whimsical,
and often satirical remarks. For MS
illustrations from personal experiences
he skipped from South Africa to
China. from Singapore to the Philip
pines, and many other out Of the way
places where his wanderings have led
him, but he returned frequently TO his
criticism of our. present methods. OF
dealing with cur new dependencies.
He said 'we went to sleep republic,
we woke up an empire. Our history
and politics are mixed, or rather our
history comes so near it still has
practical bearing on things, II is like
| this, Murphy took a drink at a bar
and asked for credit. Said the bar
tender to the proprietor Is Murphy,
good for u drink Has he had it?'
He has. He is. We can't go
behind facts: we have the Philippines
and must work out the problem the
best way we can. England, usually so
successful with her colonies, displays
great incapacity in South Africa. but
| the Beers nave made greater sacrifices
than any other civilized nation and
they began with little fear of the
Enslish army, I'VE don't 90 out TO
| fip1t the English. they said. only to
XII tbeiii' ai''i Vo itI:t H.,
oliicHrS that rtlh' VI PoiltIV"t ~
have Kept in power was eNptGsseG ~
DE vets order' Hhoob an tle nhSli,n
soldiers you can, nut 1or WOO S4Ef ,
spare TN" generals we can l,alutlFi
this IN our army we SEM ip cuIll''l'till'
our troors in Cuba not the men who
red right to expect promotion be
cause Of PAST services, but heavy
man who had n puliticRl null, and we
had disease from haa sanitary arTitnsr
msntS because % inc ignorance oi SUN
officers, hHl we won thr0MSu p5cauS5
Of our lighting bloc, Inc politlcal
: influence III the brlV1sh army u '"lnl
remedled; we nave promises 5haI auts
shall be. we nave an local frSSluenl
now, onS VINO Is ABOVE pnrIlsansnl !
and SO fnr as ne is aole VIII represent
! the people truly, puI tlere are !, lea.
forces to deal win, oqr men WI. nay i
. to learn TO govern. In basutolaHu
found natlcn OF negroes goVerneu 2.
one Engllsnman who win VIE an'
: children lived among tnem as securel.
2 as in Piccadilly. line secret was w
perfect honesty and ability OF MS au
minlstratlon. a man sala ne wa
; going to Cuba. what Tor, asked
4 friend. To earn an honest living;
$ Then guess you II succeed: you
. have no competition.
English rulers IN her colonies nav
; no need to steal; they nave saiarle
d ample to live on; they look to rise
p honors and retire on pension. Inc
! begin at the bottom and WORK u
: through various grades, understandln
d each thoroughly, and ara ready ior
y colonial governorshlp when u arriye'
Charles Francis Adams SAID; w NJ
makes me sad about our future empii
is that while we nave enormous coioni'
] don't know a single man VINO
.e making study OF the SCIENCE
= government. Ihey all look on
government position as temporary.
! political job. There is no one treatlr
Ar 1t as seriously as a bicycle agent do
4. his work. | have never met an Amer
can consul in an oriental country IN
j. had any reputation among fello
Americans he was TOO low; I'M
st wouldn't associate with him. A +
ty spectacle man wouldn't accept q
e- position, because the salary Is le
ne than he could earn Tor hlmself' al
IN the situation has no peTmanenc
nv Many Of our officers in the Phlllppln
"a. are not trained soldiers and are interl
e to their men who suffer for their wa
FL of knowledge. We are not making go
in impression on the natives who a
TO essentially courteous. We have n
OF the training to meet such people a
~ conciliate them, and nave generated
a. dislike that did not exist in the
of ginning. Instead Of studying thu
on we unloaded on them soldiers a
IA politicians. They. are people
Is careful on points OF morality, but We
at punctilious about manners. They
an. as between Spaniards ana America
q. that both are bad, but the Spanial
her at least had grand old nanners
or Americans plumber like the others, !
we do it in a rougher way. Our trou
my is largely because we treated them
ine interiors with superclllousness inste
of courtesy This lack OF comprehens
|. and courtesy is largely responsible
England's trouble with the Beers.
understand the Beers better beca'
they are like many Of our Westerne
the cowboys and Mormons With th
nts roughness they, have moral worth,
capacity for taking care Of Intensely
I've 'Inelf tarmnohses are squdliu' VI
GIhe manners rude. ! was At nrst trea
lay among them with such discourtesy t
ms | felt | would rather go sleep with
md horses, but finding in my room
ITS. melodeon such as every Boer home I
nen sesses, with a Moody and Sankey by
one hook, played and sang some u
lass when the family came in with smil
ndS faces, set the table over again, put
lnd cloth and some jam and treated
ION like returned prodigal The b
'ad. are intensely pious, but they b
ert. Englishmen. Somehow piety and Zig
ing 90 together: We with our Puri