New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
THE PHILIPPINE PROBLEM
QUESTION is PRACTICALLY SETTLED,
SAYS DR.. SCHURMAN.

GOVERNMENT WITH CONSENT OF THE GOV
ERNED EsTABLIsHED-ACTIoN OF THE
PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS PRAISED.
of Cornell University to-day delivered address
on THE Philippine Problem before the Chautau-
qua Assembly. He spoke in part as follows:
The Philippine question has passed into q. new
the newspapers have not noticed it. Certain matt @
seeg fe II is sh dt now to discuss ofse fe
wisdom the unwisdom of acceptance of
The aep Of o 8yef spat
ss a both by the force or & Of treaty and the
leaving the archipelago in the enfeebied grasp 81
m the the e cna 1od TiF no Se
consent. so President Mckinley felt. TO leave the
same oppression. Sentiment and enthusiasm were
IL to nS
paos are dhs M mhe ssny by Of W The or b16s Gb 5n E % Ii
our hands; and great as our responsibility may be
itself is absolutely unimpeachable So. too. We
m have no further concern with the goysrnsnt set
Both are issues Of the past: Men may dispute
not represent the Maros and heathen Of the South
i noe p the N 03
an nos o. have 1be ae &
gether by three years of fighting against the white
o pssha Ge
ISIS nnd Wss al that eero m bs1s % H It
peaE;ed to be less a national than local organ
Agginaldo himself has the one hand been
a9a time Ras
impartially to appraise his character. Perhaps i
honest and patriotic champion Of national inde-
the Re' of his eds and
who; besides had his own full share OF personal
t ma he anf and
oneee ] Snee @ & 1 him ,s are to
pr2elsmat9n Of amnesty formally invests his ON,
and remain m IN Support G @ Of the
n this Should 90 any o r and 1 @
tang ia MN seems to me the height Of M
sSrsS5tsn Lst Us think q AsulhsIdo as Pan an rs
fuential Filipino who may help US to shape Alright
the political destnies of his country
THE ARMY's GOOD NAME INDICATED
There is another issue also. which now happily
sns to 9t the Ra Dgrag tine spring in and sa
atrocities committed by American officers and
S9dsrS IN TT the nRhpRnss Hss9gy sows 5a
its ans nng Il o Il . @ psDat 4s eR
barbarites practised by the enemy with ferocious
5ostsred 6y the hsTdshiPs q the Philippine cam:
and the atrocous practices Of some of the insur.
gents The American AiN army. as whole clung TO
nls nIshsd honor but here and there officer Or
for all good citizens under the circumstances was
to insist that the guilty be punished and the good
thereby Unhappiy, the matter was discussed
f' re to 9 BE- an 6ot a the
issue. in the next Congress elections But Pres
decided that ali ''aS the facts should @ be- @ for @
thing or to spare anybody and after an exhaus
tive and judicial investigation he has executed the
ishmsnt q the prrncpai offender 'e Nor has GEN
n bs rsYso 1ae1 IL S behind his in chief
IN m -naHa 1 Inc tetat result Is that the honor OF
vindcated and the watchfuiness Of the pubc re-
Of American oeTs sess the n pgo on snS Par
as political issue. indeed as By the Presidents
6f TsPaeGd SoD DE civil rs among all the
remains meGey as nG sn anf f the the aK eV
power the possibitv of any recrudescence OF these
precuded, Not only have Offenders been punished punished
Tepetlop ne ne~ e goTernment conditions render any
all Luzon and the Visayan Islands.
STATUS OF THE FILIPINos
Let the dead past bury it's dead. The Philippine
the army or ~ few sn IN G fhe T aTmy e IS
Is ns question Of the character 9f Aguinsdo
Philippine Tepubc Of @ ?1 's is no oner % qe sne
the archipelago or of the wisdom OF the policy Of
assuming It, These all are issues Of the past The
nouncement of the terTnination Of hostiiites the
civil for, military control ali bring US in sight Of
wa, war pro problems At the heart Of them all think
litical OF the inhabitants of the Philippine
Status o he cT4e whhs Is ana ne Be br he
tanned Filipinos Of Luzon and the visayas?
The hrst PhlfpPine Commission reported in 1899
people. but only section of them: that the ma
1ority were either Indifferent to the question OF
American soveresnty or accepted IT, or acquiesced
in ii: that men of education and property many
OF whom had discussed the matter with the m
mission peculiarly favorable to the An1eri-
can cause; but that all FIipinos looked forward TO
eventual independence after an underlined period
OF American tutelage and training in the work OF
lieves native legislative assembly the most eff
cient instrument and. as it seemed just recogni-
desired II. we recommended that it be granted by
Congress. This recommendation subsequently,
repeated by the second Philippine Commission. OF
which Judge Taft is the distinguished head
The prolongation of military operations delayed
the enactment OF any political measures for the
close of 1901 that force had accomplished work.
and that conditions in the islands demanded the
best efforts of craftsmanship. I ventured in a
speech delivered in Boston in the month OF Janu-
airy, to set forth the views which had formed in
regard to a permanent and defintive policy toward
the Christian Filpinos They embrace d pacifca-
ton. (2l grant of civil rights. 30 native legis
lative assembly, whose members should be elected
measure OF home rule. TO be progressively increased
according to circumstances, and 6l independence
for independence. Since January the Philippine
question has been thoroughly discussed in Congress
sues but over them all has gradually doomed up
the pregnant question Shall the Filipinos be gov
erned with the consent of the governed? The |
Senate: the ant-imperialists answered yes and |
they controlled the House. Thanks j believe. |
TO the liberal farsighted spirit OF President Roose-
Welt who In his Arlington speech explicitly con-
tempated the possibility of ultimate Philippine in
the House. under the able leadership |
bill providing for legislative assembly for the
Filipiuos became the law of the land.
WITH CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
II Imperialism means government without the |