The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28
SAYS ORDER IS THE RULE
Acting Governor Wright Maintains
That Americans Have Wrong
Views of Philippines.
The PRESS REPORTS ARE MISLEADING.
Not Moro THIN Five Per Cent. of the
Entire Group, He Asserts Hemalh@
ncifled-PrOgress In the FaSe
Year Tremendous and Very En-
cOuraginE.

Washington, March 81. Judge
Wright, acting civil governor of the
Philippines, has written personal
letter to Gen. Marcus j. Wright, OF TINS
CITY, which gives an interesting insight
into the condition of affairs IN the
Philippines.
1--WE are so far removed from the United
States" said Gov. Wright, that 1ear
the people at home get rather an lhaoe-
ouate idea of the situation here. The press
renorts of the last month or more when
have reached US here, together with the
comments thereon, seem to lnulcate tnaI
the general opinion is that the whole is
lands are either blazing with 1nsurrectloh
or else that outbreaks are prevented oniy
by the use Of troops on an extensive sca4e'
This is wholly misleading.
InsurrectiOn the Exception.
.,The real truth is that in IS per cent. OF
the territory of the islands there is no IN
surrection, and Americans go about slngly
and unarmed with about as much sa1ety as
they would in large majority OF the states
at home. There is fast dying insured.
ton in two provinces Of the great island OF
Luzon and in the remote southern island of
Samar.
Here and there in more remote sections
there are instances Of cattle stealing anu
occasionally murder or robbery. we are
ment, and the people as a rule are rebuild
ing their houses where they have been
destroyed tilling their fields, and pursuing
their ordinary vOcat1ons.
'Of course, Geographic dispatches gen.
erally deal alone in something sensa ttonal.
annrehend that if any one Of us were in
foreign country and receiving only news OF
what was happening in the United states
in police circles we would get about the
same idea of our own country as many OF
the people of the United States seem to
have Of this.
Tremendous Progress.
1.-THE fact is that the progress we have
made in the last year is tremendous. ana
to me encouraging. While I do not look for
the millennium, either here or elsewhere,
speedily, 1 see no reason to doubt that
American authority can be maintained
without more troops than indicated by Gov
Taft OF course, must utilize the native
in policing his own country, just as has
been done by England in all her colonies
from the beginning
News from Samer.
Manila, March 20.-Gen. Lukbans'
efforts in influencing Guevarra, who
recently issued a proclamation declar-
ing himself the successor of Gen. Lux
ban in the Island of Samar, to surrend-
der have been successful. Both Gen.
Smith, in command of the United
States forces in the Island of Samar,
and Guevarra have agreed to an armis-
ticeN TO facilitate the collection of Cue
varra's men with their rifles, when the
formal surrender will be made. The
arms will be paid in at the fort.
Gen. Chaffee is greatly pleased with
what he considers as closing the active
instruction. The resistance in Ba-
tangas and Laguna provinces practic-
ally is over. There are daily surren-
ders there of men and guns. The insur-
gents have been completely starved
into submission by Gen. Bells agrees
sive tactics in preventing any exterior
assistance from reaching them.