The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-03

these seundings It could complete it's cable
much soone than If 1t were required to
Pending consideration Of this subject it
appeared important and desirable to at
tach certain conditions to the permission
to examine and use the soundings II II
should be granted.
: In CONSEQUENCE Of this solicitation Of the
cable company certain conditions were
formulated, upon which the president wes
willing to allow access to these SOUND,
ings and to consent to the landing and
laying Of the cable, subject to any altera-
lions or additions thereto imposed by the
, congress-. This was deemed proper, espe-
cially as it was clear that a cable con
nection Of some kind with China, a for
eign country, was a part Of the company's
plan. This course was, moreover, In &C
cordance with a line OF precedents, lncluo-
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 a branch to
Cape Cod.
These conditions prescribed, among 9TH
er things, a maximum rate for CONNER
should construct a line from the Philip
pine Islands to China, there being at pres
ent, as is we'll known, a British line from
Manila to HoAgkong.
The representatives Of the cable compa-
nv 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
coast and the Chinese empire by. way OF
| Honolulu and the Philippine Islands Is
thus provided for and Is expected within
e few months to be ready for business.
Among the conditions Is one reserv1ng
the power Of the congress to modify or re-
peal any or all Of them. A copy OF the
conditions is herewith transmitted.
that t tHe pr 5zfe th of 4ft the island and the
wisdom with which it has been governed
have been such as to make 1t serve as an
example Of all that is best In 1nsuIar ad-
ministration.
On July 4 last, on the one hundred and
twenty sixth anniversary Of the declara-
ton Of our independence, peace and am
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.
fore known during. the recorded history OF
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
save the Japanese alone. We ave not
gone too far in granting these rights of
| nOerCy ana sell SON6EllulGul, Uul we nave
certainly gone to the limit that in the in
terestS Of the Philippine people themselves
it was wise or just to go. To hurry mat
tiers, to go faster thar we are now gong
would entail Calamity on the people or
the islands. No policy ever entered into
by the American people has yindicated It.
self in more signal manner than the poll
cy Of holding the Philippines; The TIL
umph Of our arms, above all the triumph
Of our laws and principles, has come soon
er than we had any right to expect Too
for what it has done in the Philippines,
both in warfare and from an administra-
tive standpoint, in preparing the way Tor
civil government, and similar credit be-
in which they have planted the seeds OF
self government in the ground thus made
ready for them. TIL courage. the un-
hinching endurance. the high soldierly eff
Cheney and the general kind heartedness
and humanity Of our troops have been
strikingly manifested. There now remain
only some Il, 600 troops in the islands. Al!
told, over 100000 have been sent there. OF
stances of w~rongdoing among them. They
varied under fearful difficulties of eli
mate and surroundings, and under the
strain of the terrible provocations which
/ 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 nave been completely successful.
| Every effort has also been made to de-
| tect and punish the wrongdoerS. After
making all allowance for these mlsdeecs
it remains true that few indeed have been
| the instances in which wal has been
waged by a civilized power against semi
civilized or barbarous forces where there
has been so little w~rongdoing by the VIC
tors as in the Philippine Islands. On the
tant and benefcent work which has been
done is well nigh incalculable.
Taking the work Of the army and the
4 z;-s1 ,,4y-1-t&{ac 5N~nvhar II NAV he nlpQ-
toned whether anywhere else In modern
| times the world has seen a better exam
| pie Of real constructive craftsmanship
than Y people nave gwen I've s IN the d H1n1nBP e
| given those Filipinos - in the aggregate
very n~umerous-wh0 have accepted tne
new conditions and Joined with our repre-;
| sentatives 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 foT
the size Of the nation and most certainly
should be kept at he highest point OF EN-.
| cheney. The senior officers are given scant
| chance under ordinary conditions to ex-
| ercise commands commensurate with tnelr
| them to do their duty in ime Of actual
| war. A system Of ~maneuvering our army
| In bodies of some little size has been be-
| gun and should be steadily continued.
| pect that in the event Of hostilities with
any serious foe even a small army corps
| could be handled to advantage. Both our
officers and enlisted men are such that
| we can take hearty pride In them. NO
better material can be found. But the
| must be thoroughly trained, both as tndi-
viduals and in the mass. TIL marksman-
| ship of the men must receive special at
| tention. In the circumstances OF modern
warfare the man must act iar more on
his own individual responsibility than
ever before, and the high individual eff
cheney Of the unit is Of the utmost IN n
regiment. 1t Is now not the regiment. not
| even the troop or company: It is the lndl-
vidual soldier. Every effort must be made
to develop every, workmanl!ke n SOL
| dierly quality in both the officer and the
enlisted man.
: urgently call your attention to the
need of passing a bill providing for a gen.
efal staff and for the reorganization OF
bill proposed by the secretary Of war last
year. When the young officers enter the
army from West Point. they probably
stand above their compeers in any other
| made by training, by reward Of merit, by
scrutiny into their careers and capacity,
to keep them Of the same high relative
| excellence throughout their careers.
The measure providing for the reorgan-
ization of the militia system and for Sc
curing the highest efficiency in the nation
al guard. which has already passed the
house, should receive prompt attention
| the relation of the national guard to the
| militia and volunteer forces Of the United
States should be defined and that In place
Of our present obsolete laws a practlcal
and efficient system should be adopted
Provision should be made to enable the
secretary Of war to keep cavalry and ar
tillery horses worn out in long perform
ance Of duty. Such horses fetch but a
trife when sold, and rather than turn
| them out to the misery awaiting them
when thus disposed of it would be better