The Canton times., 1902-12-05

| iaIe 1uSuTTeCIlOudTy EUlpIuOS TIC Wal
has entirely ceased. Civil government
has now been introduced. Not only does
| each Filipino enjoy such rights to life,
he has never before known during the
recorded history of the, Islands, but the
people taken as whole now enjoy a
mea sure of self-government greater than
that granted to any other orientals py
| any foreign power and greater than that
enjoyed by any sther orlenthts the anae
| ese alone. We have not gone too far in
granting these rights of liberty and self
10Th to the limit that in the interests of the
! Philippine people themselves It was wise
or just to go. To hurry matters, to go
| tail calamity on the people of the Is
| lands. No policy ever entered into, BY
| the. American people has vindicatted i ATE III H.
| icy of holding the Philippines, The tri-
umph of our arms above all the tri-
umph of our laws and principles has
expect. Too much praise cannot be
given to the army for what it has done
| from an administrative standpoint IN
| preparing the way for, civil government;
and similar credit belongs Is 10 Wbcb tr fhev f1e
have planted the seeds of ,self-govern-
ment in the ground thus MADE ready Tor
durance, the high soldierlv efficiency;
| and the general kind -heartedness ana
humanity of our Troops have been l., str1kv a1f;
| l.
| some 5000 troops in the islands. All told;
| over 100000 have been sent there. Ot
course, there have been Individual ham IN
They warred under fearful difficulties OF
climate and surroundings; and under the
strain of the terrible .proyocations which el
they continually receive from their foes,
oece.' oeeurred. Every effort has been made
these efforts We been completely sue
cessful. Every effort. has, also been made
to detect and punish the fnr tbese
deed have been the instances in which
against Maa Mas semi semi-civilized an1 barbarous
| forces where there has been SO little
wrongdoing by the victors as in the ne Phll- M
amount of difficult important, and be-
neficent work which has been done is
well-.nigh incalculable. +,o
| Taking the work of the army and the
| civil authorities together, it may be ques-
toned whether anywhere else in modern
pie of real constructive statesmanship
than our. people have given in the Phil
ippine islands. High praise should no. also also
gate very numerous, who have accepted
the new conditions and joined with our
representatives to work Win tn near: hearty
|. The National Guard.
| The mea sure providing for the reorgani-
| cation of the militia system anG for seeur-
|
| guard which has already passed the house,
| should receive prompt attention ard ac-
| ton. 1t is of great Importance that the re-
| lation of the national guard to the militia
| and volunteer forces of the United states
should be, defined, and that in place Of our
| present obsolete laws a practlcal aEt ell
| ficient system should be adopted.
Needs of the Navy.
| For the first time III our history naval
maneuvers on large scale are pelng he!d
| unGer the immediate command of the ad-
| mil n Constantly increasing
attention is being paid to the gunnery OF
the navy, but it is yet far from what It
crease asked for by the secretary of the
navy in the appropriation for improving
the marks napship be granted. In battle
hit. 1t is necessary to provide ample
funds for practice with the great guEs, in
| time of peace These fumes must provide
not not only for the purchase of projectiles. but
for allowances for prizes to encourage the
gun crews, and especially the gun pointers,
under which alone it is possible to get gooa
practice.
building up the navy, providing every year
| additional fighting craft. We are very
| rich country, vast in extent of territory and
IN haE rmn VIXEN
| compared with that of any other first-class.
| power. We have deliberately made our
the possession Of a first-class navy. The
| isthmian canal will greatly increase the
efficiency of our navy if the navy is of suf-
| ficient size; but If we have an inadequate
navy, then the building of the canal would
| be merely giving a hostage to any power
of superior strength. The Monroe doctrine
| should be treated as the cardinal feature of
| American foreign policy; but 1t would be
worse than idle to assert it unless we in,
up only by thoroughly good navy. A good
navy is not provocative of war 1t is the
surest guaranty of peace;
| We neeG thousand additional off1cers In
| order to properly man the ships now pro-
viGee for and under construction. The
classes at the naval school at Annapolis
time that We thus add the officers where
We need them, we should facilitate the re-
whose usefulness has become impaired
| Promotion must be fostered if the serv-
ice is to be kept efficient.
Rural Free Delivery.
| The striking increase in the revenues
| of the post office department shows clear
| ~ the prosperity of our people and the
increasing activity of the business of the
The receipts of the post Office depart
ment for the nscal year ending June 80
last amounted to s121.S4s 26, an increase
| of $l0,216,S53S7 over the preceding year,
| the largest increase known in the history
| of the postal service. The magnitude of
| fact that the entire postal receipts for
| the year 1860 amounted to but sS.51S057.
Rural free delivery service is no longer
in the experimental stage; it has become
| a fixed policy. The results following its
| introduction have fully justified the con-
| gress In the large appropriations made
| for its establishment and extension. The
| average yearly increase in post office re-
| ceipts in the rural districts of the coun-
1 try is about two per cent. We are now
able. by actual results, to show that
| where rural free delivery service has
been established to such an extent as to
| enable us to make comparisons the yearly
increase has been upward of ten per
| cent.
1t is to be hoped that the congress Will
| make liberal APPROXIMATIONS for the com