Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-03

material conditions by recognizing
stability and order. which are the pre-.
requisites of successful development.
No independent nation in America
need have the slightest fear of ag.
gression from the United States.
II behooves each one to maintain
order within it's own borders and to
Discharge its just obligations to for
eigners. When this is done. they a
rest assured that, be they strong or
weak, they have nothing to dread
from outside interference. More and
more the increasing interdependence
and complexity or international polit-
ical and economic relations render il
Independent on all civilized and or
derby powers to insist on the proper
policing OF the world"
The Pacific Cable.
With evident pleasure the president
announces that the Commercial Paci-
fc Cable company has complied with
all conditions required by the govern
ment and begun the laying of a cable
which will connect our Pacific shores
with Hawaii and the Philippines.
OF Porto Rico.
"Of Porto Rico it is only necessary
to say that the prosperity of the is
land and the wisdom with which 1t
has been governed have been such as
to make il serve az an example of all
that is best in insular administra-
ton.
The Philippines.
On July 4 last. on the one hundred
and twenty-sixth anniversary of the
eclaratiOn of our independence,
peace and amnesty were promulgat-
ed in the Philippine islands. Some
trouble has since from time to time
threatened with the Mohammedan
Moros, but with the late in%surrection-
airy rfliplnos the war has entirely
ceased. Civil government has now
beer introduced. Not only does each
Filipino enjoy such rights to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness as
he has never before known during the
recorded history of the islands. but
the people taken as a w.-ole now en-
joy a measure of self-government
greater than that granted to any ORR
entails by any foreign power and great.
er than that enjoyed by any other ORR
entails under their own governments.
say the Japanese alone. We have
not gone too far in granting these
rights of liberty and self-govern-
ment; but we have certainly gone to
the limit that in the interests of the
Philippine people themselves it was
wise or just to go. To hurry matters
would entail calamity on the people
of the islands.
No policy ever entered into by the
American people has indicated itself
in more signal manner than the policy
of holding the Philippines. The tri-
umph OF our arms, above all the tri.
umph of our laws and principles, has
come sooner than we had any right
to expect. Too much praise cannot
be given to the army for what 1t has
Tone in the Philippines both in war
fare an0 from an administrative stand
point in preparing the way for civil
government; and similar 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 cour
age, the "unfinching endurance, the
high soldierly efficiency, and the gen.
eral kind-heartedness and humanity
OF our troops have been strikingly
manifested.
There now remain only some ff-
teen thousand troops in the Islands.
All told, over one hundred thousand
have been sent there. or course.
there have been individual instances
Of wrong-doing among them. They
warred under fearful difficulties OF
climate and surroundings; and under
the strain of the terrible p~rovocations
which they continually received from
their foes, occasional instances OF
cruel retaliation occurred. Every ef
fort has been made to prevent such
cruelties and finally these efforts have
been completely successful. Every eff
fort has also been made to detect and
punish the w~rong-doers. After max
ing all allowance for these misdeeds
IL remains true indeed that few have
been the instances In which war has
Jeen waged by a civilized power
against semi-civilized or barbaroui
forces where there has been so littl,
wrong-doing by the victors as in thu
Philippine islands. On the otheI
hand, the amount of difficult, impor
tant and beneficent work which haI
been done is well nigh iacalculable.
Taking the work of the army ant
the civil authorities together. II ma.
be questioned whether anywhere els
In modern times the world has see
a better example of real constructiy
craftsmanship than u people hav,
given in the Philippine islands. HigI
praise should also be given those Fl
ipinos. in the aggregate very numel
Gus, who have accepted the new col
ditions and Joined with our represer
tatives to work with hearty good wi
for the welfare of the islands,"
Reduction Of the army to the mil
imum allowed by law Is announce
and the president urges ample PR
vision for training in marksmanshl
and efficiency. The senate Is urge
to act upon the act passed by tn
house for the reorganization OF III
: state militia upon improved lines.
The Navy.
For the first time in our histor
naval on a large scale al
being held under the immediate cor
mand o. the admiral of the navy. Co
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