Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-08-09

ment, whom God has sent to our rescue
was Rial traitor or a murderer? No
no! no! He was too much of a gentleman
for that, but he died a martyr. Shot fol
| his abilities, deprived from us by ouI
| cruel late Spanish government From
what we have observed of the United
States government we have every reason
to believe that America will ever be our
guardian"
In answer to the question: "Why should
you study American history?" a young
man of twenty-seven, a former insurrec-
to officer, wrote:
I'm the study of American history our
desire is to know more of the American
Institutions and American life We
would know what it is that has made the
American nation increase in size and
strength. and we hope to learn these By
becoming better acquainted with the
American forms of government, the pub
lie schools, the inventions, and with the
way the American people carry on busi-
ness. The knowledge of these things will
help US to see how the resources of our
own country can be enlarged and i'm
proved. Acquaintance with American life
will teach US how to improve our indus =
tries, cultivate our soil by modern meth
DDS and increase and improve our trans
portation.
These benefits we hope to gain from
continued contact with the American
people,
Is not that good work for young man
who began the study of English last
September?
In one of the night schools the teacher
had an examination on American history,
and introduced these five questions a lit
tie rashly perhaps, but it seemed good
opportunity to get at their point Of
view.
/. In what way does the war in the
Phllipipnes seem to you like the Ameri-
can Revolution?
2. Do you think it is ending wrongly?
3. How did Americans happen to come
to the Philippines?
4. What would have happened if the
Americans had gone back to America to
stay when they had driven the SpaniardS
out of the islands?
5. As it is, what do you think the
Americans ought to do?
A replies:
-G) when the Americans observed
that the Philippines arose against the
Spain, the President of the United States
sent his soldiers to observe the Philip
pines, if they could resist to their adver-
that the Philippines live hardly, the
Americans help the Philippines against
to the Spaniards. The Spanish troops lost,
and surrendered the Spanish-flag to the
in all the islands of Luzon. (See how
little knowledge they have Of the geog-
raphy of their own country, even.) The
Americans persist to observe and instruct
the all Luzon.
% The Americans ought to persist to
(ilD) Philippines have enough edition
(education) to settle by they-own and
reason the American will give the inde-
pendence to Philippines
B writes:
a. THE Filipino war was started for
the very wrong conditions that the Span
ish government and especially the friars
made to the natives. And beside this the
Filipino people wish to have more free
dom if it is possible, because they think
that that lOny nlrind n time N
three centuries is already enough for
Spain to make the Philippines as coll
ony.
(2) 81 think that the end of the war Is
ton of the islands, but as l don't know
much about the policy of the Americans
in the Philippines 1 cannot tell if this
will last in a long time.
g. Il think that the Americans came
to the Philippine Islands because they
want to take away from Spain all the
colonies that she has. In other words,
the Americans wish to enlarge their do
minions like the other nations.
(4) 'If the Americans had gone back
home these islands should be free from
the rule of any nation or should be taken
again by an ambitious nation.
60 LAS it is now the American people
ought (to) heed the aspirations of the
Filipino people, because if they will do
against them, they will never can pacify
the islands"
G thinks:
(0 Yes. Because FiliDinos are not
comfortable that America govern in the
Filipino country.
a. "If the Americans have gone to
America, l thing (think) that the Ger
man, English, French and other country
and they will take this country.
(5.) Il thing that the Americans to re-
main in this country.
d continues:
a. I'm the outset of the Filipino war
seems to me to be in the same manner
like the American Revolution, because on
the war of this land many
people came from all parts of the country
to join the principal army. Many of
them had no guns, cannon or powder, and
are also ragged and faded like Washing
toms army (Notice the tendency to give
book words rather than thoughts).
C5) II think that the Americans ought
to keep up the Philippines Islands until
the inhabitants are fits enough to keep
the land or country or all what they like
best to the Fflipinos."