The daily Republican., 1902-12-02
TIT QPENEZWG Of ZHZ HVUIEI

lngs ana = cr:.:.::r 10 ,ac tnnumS an
laying of the cable. subject to any ultera
| tons or additions thereto imposed by tn
congress. THIS vas deemed proper, cspc
chilly as 1t WAS clear that cable con
nrction of some kind with China, a for
eiGh country, was part Of the Cornpanyi
liAn. ThlS course was. ElorcoVer, in aC
Coriance with line Of prcCedents, includ
ing l'rcsidc1t Grants action in the cas-
OF the first French abl". explained to III,
congress in his annual message of De
I ccinber, 1870, and I'll" instance occurring
in 1873 Of the second French cable from
ltrest to ST. Pierre, with branch tC
! Cape Cod
These conditions prescribed among 9th,
/ er lhlngS, maximum rate for CONNER
Cial messages and that the company
should construct limo from the Philip
/ pine Islands to China there being at pres
| ent IS is well Known, q British line from
Manila to HongNong.
| the representatives Of the cable compa-
ny kept these conditions long under con
sderati"n continuing in the meantime to
| prepare for laying the able. They have.
however, at length acccded 10 them, and
an all American line between our Pacific
coast and the chinese empire by way of
honolulu and the Philippine Islands is
thus provided for and is expected within
few months to be ready for business.
Among the conditions Is one reserving
the power of the congress to modify or re-
pea any or all Of them A copy Of the
conditions is herewith transmitted.
or Porto Rico 1t is only necessary to say
that the prosperity Of the island and the
wisdom with which 1t has been governed
have been such as to make it serve as an
example of all that Is best in insular ad-
ministrat0r.
On July 4 last. on the one hundred and
twenty sixth anniversary Of tho dculara-
ton Of our independence. peace and al1-
nesty were promulgated in the Philippine
Islands. me trouble has since from
tins to time thrca ened with the Moham-
H. l,..ty.
tionary ftlipn"a the war has entirely
ccu&ed. 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
the islands, but the people, taken rs Il
whole. now enjoy Il measure of self gov
ernment greater than that granted to any
greater than that enjoyed by any other
orltntaIS under their own governments
save the Japanese alone. We have not
gone, too far in granting these rights of
certainly gone 10 the limit that In the in
terest5 Of The Philippine people themselves
It was wise or just TO go TO hurry mat
ters to 60 fastsr tim we are re now going
the Islands. No policy ever entered into
by The American people has vindicated it
Self In more sl5nal manner than the poll
cy Of holding the Philippines, The trI
of our laws and principles, has come soon-
er than We had any right to exrect Too
much praise cannot be given to the army
for what it has done IN the Philippines,
both in warfare and from an adn,inlstra
tive standpoint, in preparing the way for
clvH government, and simlRr credit be !
longs TO the civil authorities for the way
in which they have planted the, seeds of .
self government IN the ground thus made .
ready for them. The courage, the up-
endurance, fhe high soldieriy off
cheney end the general kind heartcdness
manifested There now remain
only some 900 tAoops in the islands All
told, over 10000? have been sent there. OF
stances of wronsdons among them. They
wsrred under fearful difficulties Of eli
mate and surrouplings. and under the
strain Of the terrible provocations which
instances of cruel retalia tion
occurred Every effort has been made to
prevent such cruelties, and. finally these
sfrorts have been completely successful
.cct and punish the wrongdoers After
ha king all allowance for these rnisdeeds
{ remains true that few, indeed have been
nS bS ezeg II 1R psRer var sran has , s1sn
'ivilized or barbarous forces where there
las been SO little wrongdoing by the vic
ors as in the Philippine Islands; On the
ther hand, the amount Of difficult impor-
lone is well ni,hh !nea,e4:.te
Taking the work Of the army and the
ivil authorities together, 1t mag be qyes-
ioned yhether, aLswhcre else p modern
ie of real constructive statesmanship
han our people have given In the Philip
line Islands. High praise should also be
iven those Filipipos - IN the aggregate
cry numsTous- have accepted the
ew conditions and Joined with our repre-
entatlves TO work with hearty good will
or the welfare Of the isands,
The army has been reduced to the mini
AZ size OF the nation and most certainly
hould be kept at the highest point Of eff 1
ency Tho senior officers are given scant !
h1nce under ordinary conditions to eX
else commands commensurate with their &
INK under circumstances which would ft
lem to do their duty in time of actual :
ar A svstem Of mancuvering our army
heI,ss Of some little size has been be-
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