The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-12-04

20 maintain order within its own borders
70 Mbn tis Just d oDs alton to
rest assured that, be they strong or weak,
tney have nothing to dread from outside
interference More and more the increas..
ing lnterdependence and complexity of
International political and economic rela-
tons render it incumbent on all civilized
and orderly powers to insist on the proper
During the fall of 1901 communication
was addressed to the secretary Of state
asking whether permission would be
granted by the president to corporate
to lay cable from point on the Cali
fornia coast to the Philippine Islands by
way Of Hawaii A statement of condi-
tons or terms upon which such corpora
ton would undertake to lay and operate
cable was volunteered.
1nasmuch as the congress was shortly to
convene and PACIFIC cable alton had
been the subject of consideration by the
congress for several years, it seemed to
me wise to defer action upon the applica-
tunity to act. The congress adjourned
without taking any action, leaving the
matter In exactly the same condition in
vened. 1871. H.'.
Meanwhile 1t appears that the CONNER
cial Pacific Gable company had promptly
proceeded with preparations for laying its
cable; 1t also made application to the
president for access to and use Of sound
ings taken by the United States steamship
Nero for the purpose Of discovering q
the company urging that with access to
these soundings It could complete it's cable
much sooner than II 1t were required to
Pending Consideration Of this A subject eSn it
appeared important and desirable to at
tach certain conditions to the permission
70 exam MI and use the soundings If it
In consequence of this solicitation Of the
cable company certain conditions were
formulated. upon which the president was
n n fhnc -
ings and to consent to the landing and
laying Of the cable subject to any altera-
tons or additions thereto imposed by the
congress. This was deemed proper, espe-
cially as 1t was clear that cable con-
nection of some kind with China, a for
eign country, was part Of the company's
cordance with line of precedents, includ-
Ing President Grants action In the case
OF the first French cable. explained to the
eember, ISIS. and the instance stances Occurring GU Ing
In 1879 of the second French cable from
Brest to St. Pierre. with branch to
Cape Cod. .''1't -
b These conditions prescribed, among 9TH
er things a maximum rate for CONNER
cial messages and that the company
should construct line from the Philip
pine Islands to China. there being at pres
ent, as is well known, British line from
Manila to Hongkong. .at ...5 -.
7 The representatives Of the cable compa-
ny kept these conditions long under con-
dIlOl, COHllHulUS III the n0UnIlIu6 10
prepare for laying the cable. They have,
however. at length acceded to them, and
an all American line between our Pacific
HonolaIu and the PSiippine G fsla Ma IS Is
thus provided for and is expected within
few months to be ready for business.
Among the conditions is one reserving
peal any or all of them. A copy of the
conditions is herewith transmitted. ~ -
OF Porto Rico it is only necessary to say
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wisdom with Which it has been governed
have been such as to make it serve as an
example Of all that is best in insular ad-
ministration . .''
twenty sixth anniversary Of the declara-
ton of our independence peace and am
nesty were promulgated in the Philippine
time to time threatened with the Moham-
medan Moros. but with the late insurrec-
tionary Filipinos the war has entirely
ceased Civil government has now been
introduced. Not only does each Filipino
enjoy such rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness as he has never be-
fore known during the recorded history of
whole, now enjoy a measure Of self gov
eminent greater than that granted to any
other by any foreign power and
orientals under their own governments
save the Japanese alone. We have not
gone too far ro9 in granting these rights OF
certainly gone to the limit that in the in
terests of the Philippine people themselves
it was wise or just, to go. To hurry mat
would, entail calamity on the people Of
the islands. No policy ever entered into
by the American people has INDICATED it.
cy Of holding the philippines: The tri-
umph of our arms, above all the triumph
of our laws and principles, has come soon
er than we had any right to expect. Too
much praise cannot be given to the army
for, what it has done in the Philippines,
both in warfare and from an administra-
tive standpoint, in preparing aiII the Way tor
longs to the civil authorities for the way
in which they have planted the seeds of
self in the ground thus Isl made
fincfing endurance, the high soldierly eff
cheney and the general kind heartedness
and humanity of our troops have been
only some Is, 900 troops in the islands. All
told over 100.0 900 have been sent there. OF
course there have been individual in
Warred under Fearful difficulties of eli
mate and surroundings, and under the
strain of the terrible provocations which
they continually received from their foes
occasional instances of cruel retaliation
occurred. Every effort has been made to
prevent such cruelties. and finally these
efforts have been con completely successful Jul
tect and punish the wrongdoers. After
making ali allowance for these misdeeds
it remains true that few indeed have been
the instances in which war has been
waged by civilized power against semi
civilized or barbarous forces where there
has been so little wrongdoing by the vic
tors as in the Philippine Islands. On the
other hand. the amount of difficult, impor-
tant and beneficent work which has been
done is well nigh incalculable.
Taking the work of the army and the
civil authorities together, it may be Ques-
toned whether anywhere else In modern
times the world has seen a better exam
pie of real constructive craftsmanship
than our people have given in the Philip
pine Islands. High praise should also be
given those Filipinos = in the aggregate
very numerous-who have accepted the
new conditions and Joined with our repre-
sentatives to work with hearty good will
. for the welfare of the islands
The army has been reduced to the mini
mum allowed by law. 1t is very small for
the size of the nation and most certainly
should be kept at the highest point of eff
cheney. The senior officers are given scant
{, chance under ordinary conditions to eX-
ercise commands commensurate with their
rank under circumstances which would fit
them to do their duty in time of actual
war A system of maneuyering our army
in bodies Of some little size has been be-
Without such maneuvers it is folly to ex-
pect that in the event of hostilities with
any serious foe even small army corps
could be handled to advantage. Both our
we can take vaarty pride in them. No
better material can be found. But they
must be thoroughly trained, both as indi-
viduals and in the mass. The marksman-
ship Of the men must receive special at
tention. In the circumstances of modern
warfare the man must act far more on
his own individual responsibility. than
ever before and the high individual eff