Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-02

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| foreigners When this is DONE they can
/ rest assured that, be they strong or weak,
/ they have nothing to dread from outside
| interference. More and more the increaS-
/ Ing interdependenGe 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 fail Of 1901 communication
/ was addressed to the secretary of state
asking whether permission would be
/ granted by the president to q corporation
fornia coast to the Philippine Islands by
i way of Hawaii. A statement of condi-
/ tons or terms upon which such corpora
i ton would undertake to lay and operate
/ cable was volunteered.
Inasmuch as the congress was shortly to
/ convene and Pacific cable legislation had
i been the subject Of consideration by the
congress for several years, it seemed to
! me wise. to defer action upon the applica-
4 ton until the congress had first an oppor-
tunitY to act. The congress adjourned
without taking any action leaving the
! matter in exactly the same condition in
which 1t stood when the congress con-
/ yened.
4 Meanwhile 1t appears that the CONNER
| cial Pacific Cable 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 a
the company urging that with access to
| these soundings it could complete its cable
| take soundings upon its own account.
! Pending consideration Of this subject it
appeared important and desirable to at
to examine and use the soundings if it
! should be granted
cable company certain conditions were
| formulated, upon which the president was
| willing to allow access to these sound
| ings and to consent to the landing and
| laying of the cable subject to any altera-
| tions or additions thereto imposed by the
congress This was deemed proper, espe-
| clear that q
| nection of some kind with China, for
| eign country, was part of the company 8
/ plan. This course was, moreover in ac-
/ cordance with a line of presidents, includ-
| ing President Grants action in the case
| of the first French cable, explained to the
| congress in his annual message of De-
| cember, 1875, and the instance occurring
| in 1879 Of the second French cable from
| Brest to ST. Pierre, with branch to
/ Cape Cod. III
These conditions prescribed, among 9TH
er th1mgs: mas Kim 4b rate tho ber comm9r
/ should construct line from the Philip
| pine Islands to China, there being at pres
| Manila to Hongkong.
The representa- of the cable compa-
ny kept these conditions long under con-
| sideration, continuing in the meantime to
| prepare for laying the cable. They have,
however, at length acceded to them, and
| an all American line between our Pacific
| coast and the Chinese empire by way of
| Honolulu and the Philippine Islands is
ah fw t for and Is oF t
| Among the conditions is one reserving
| the power of the congress to modify or re
! conditions is herewith transmitted.
OF Porto Rico it is only necessary to say
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 adj
| ministration.
On July last, on the one hundred and
| twenty-sixth anniversary Of the declara-
ton Of our independence peace and am
| W TTN lSyl rod a
! Islands Some trouble has since from
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.
the Islands, but the people, taken as a
! whole, now enjoy a measure of self gov
ernment greater than that granted to any
/ other orientals by any foreign power and
| greater than that enjoyed by any other
| orientals under their own governments
gone too far in granting these rights of
| liberty and self government, but we nave
certainly gone to the limit that IN the in
| it was wise or just to go. To hurry mat
tiers, to go faster than we are now going:
| the islands. No policy ever entered into
| by the American people has INDICATED it.
Of n hodn ss the The
| umph of our arms. above all the triumph
Of our laws and principles has Ia S GENE s9pn
for for what It has done IN the Philippines,
tive standpoint, in preparing the way for
| civil government and similar credit be-
in inA Which t they have planted the seeds Of
| self government in the ground thus made
ready for them The he SS9ig5agee the a IN
cheney and the general kind heartedness
and humanity Of our troops have been
only some 5000 troops in the islands AL
i told, over 100000 have been sent there Or
| course there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them. They
| warred under fearful difficulties of eli
mate and surroundings, and under the
| 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 completely successful.
zt tectl and punish sia the wrongdoers. After
making all allowance for these misdeeds
waged by q civilized power against semi
civilized or bSrbarous forces where there
i tors as IN the Philippine IslandB. On the
other hand, the ampunt q diffscult, fmpor-
4 tant and beneficent work which has been
i done is well nigh incalcuiable.
Taking the work of the army and the
civil authorities together, II tina, may bs cues cues
times the world has seen better exam
/ pie of real constructive StateSli1a n5n1p
i than our people have given In the Philip
i pine Islands. High praise should also be
i given those FiliTinos ~ IN the aggregate
very numerous-who have accepted the
i new conditions and Joined with our repre-
sentatiyes 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
i should be kept at the highest point Of eff1-
/ cheney The senior officers are given scant
4 ercise commands commensurate with their
i rank under circumstances which would Mt
them to do their duty in time Of actual
/ war A system of Hlaneuvering our army
Il in bodies of some little size has been be-
! gun and should be steadily continued.
i Without such nlaneuvers 1t Is folly to ex-
4 pect that in the event Of hostiittics with
i any serious foe even small army corps
could be handled to advantage Both our
i we can. take hearty pride in them. no
! better material can be found. But the
i must be thoroughly trained. both as indi-
4 viduals and in the mass. The marksman-
4 ship of the m en- must receive special at
! tcntion. In the circumstance OF modern
i warfare the man must act far more on
4 his own individual responsibility than
4 cheney of the unit is of the utmost inn
j portance Formerly this unit was the
i regiment 1t is now not the regiment, not
| even the troop. or company; 1t Is the indl-
vidual soldier. Every effort must be made
| to develop every work1nanlke and sol
/ dierly quality in both the officer and the
4 enlisted man.
i / urgently call your attention to the
! need Of passing bill providing for gen.