The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-02

eo nemtom 0t0or Wssn!m ~ st. y1 49, ~
foreigners. WSsn this - done they go
rest assured that, be they strone g Weak
More and more the incrsA4.
ing interdependence and complexity OF
tons render It incumbent on all civilised
and orderly powers TO insist on the proper
policing Of the . World;; ri ion, c,-,mun,eat,,u
was addressed to the secretary OF state
asking whether permission would be
iornia coast to the Philippine Islands by
Of non heh snch @
ton would undertake to lay and operate
q cable was volunteered.
convene and Pacific cable Legislation nad
been the subject of consideration Oy tne
se to dod defeT upon the appca
ton until the congress had nrss an Oppor.,
tunity to act. The congress adjourned
without taking any action. leaving the
which It stood when the congress con-
vened.
Meanwhile it appears that the CONNER
cal Pacific Cable company had promptly
proceeded with preparations Tor layins IT'S
president for access to and use Of sound |
ings taken by the United States steamship
msra f4p tne neue for
the company urging that with access 70
these soundinss it could complete its ca DIG
take soundngs upon it's own account
Pending consideration Of this subject It
tach certain conditions to the permission
to examine and use the soundinss II 1t
should be granted.
cable company certain conditions were
formulated, upon which the president was
fngs ana to consent to the landing and
laying Of the cable. subject to any aItera-
tons or additions thereto imposed oy inc
n
cially as it was clear that cable con
nection OF some kind with China. FOR
plan. This course was. moreover, In &C
cordance with line Of precedents. inclnd-
ing IN te st caa m he to tie
congress in his annual message OF De
cen1ber, 1873. and the instance oGcurri,;g , rIg
Brest to ST Pierre. with q branch to
Cape Cod.
These conditions prescribed among 9th
er things maximum rate tor CONNER
cial messages and that the company
should construct line from the Philip
ent. ertt as is wei Known. a British sinc from
Manila to Hongkons
The representatives of the cable corapa-
sideration. ontinuing in the meantime to
prepare for laying the cable. They have;
no at isSh na a'ee 10 our ane acc
coast and the Chinese empire by way OF
Honolulu and the Philippine Islands is
a few months to be ready for business,
Among the conditions is one reserving s
peal any or all of Them. a copy of the
conditions is herewith transmitted.
OF Porto Rico it is only necessary to say
that the prosperity Of the island and the
wisdom with which it has been governed
| have been such to make it serve as an
| example of all that is best in insuiar ad-
| ministration.
| On July last. on the one hundred and
| twenty sixth anniversary of the deGlar;-
Islands, some trouble has since from
tionary I'ilipinos the war has entirely
ceased Civil government has new been
enjoy such rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happ!ness as he has never be- e.
the islands, but the people, taken as a
whole, row enjoy a measure of self gov
ernmcnt greater than that granted to any
| other oricntals by any foreign power and
| greater than that enjoyed 10y any other
oricn'als under their own 1E Eovsrnments nra nts
gone too far in granting these rights OF
liberty and self government; but we have
e terest of 'iht the philppine ,s people temseves
it was wise or just to go. 10 hurry mat
ters to go faster than we are new going,
the islands. No policy ever entered into
by the American people has yindicated it
y' cy Of t" holding . the The ] hippines. The tri-
umph OF our arms. above all the triumph
of our laws and principles has come soon p
or than we had any right to expect Too
much praise cannot be given to the army
fo: what it has done in the Philippines
both in warfare and from an ad-ninistra-
tive standpoint in preparing the way to1
civil government. and similar credit be.
in which they hove planted ths seeds o'
self government III the ground thus made
ready. for them. The courage, the IN
tinching endurance the high soldie:i5 eff
cheney and the genera! kind hcartedness
and humanity of our trooos have beeI
only some l5coo troops in the islands. Al
told, over 10000 have been sent there. O
course there have been individual! in
stances OF wrCngdoing among them. They
Warred under fearful difficulties of eli
mate and surroundings, and under tn
they continually received from their foes
occasional instances of crue! rctalia tiol
occurred Eyer eort n has 1d bGsn , maae t.
efforts have been completely successful
Every effort has also been made to de
tect and punish the wrongdoers. Afte
making ali allowance for these misdeed
. it remains true that few indeed have beel
waed ys tIs'ee by eivizeG G's power @ against semi
civilized or barbarous forces where ther
> has Leen so little wronga9ing by the vic
tors in the Philippine Islands. On tn
, other hand the amount of difficult, impor
tant and beneticent work which has bee
e | done is well nigh incalculablc.
r Taking the work of the army and tn
: civil authorities together Ii may be Ques
/ toned whether anywhere else in moder
e times the world has seen Il better exam
: pie of real constructive statesmanshi
: than our people have given In the Philip
g pine Islands, High praise should also b
= given these Filipinos - in the aggregat
o very numerous--who have accepted tn
e new conditions and joined with our repre
n sentatives to work with hearty good wi
e for the welfare Of the islands
r The army has been reduced to the min
. mum allowed by law. 1t is very small fc
i the size of the nation and most certainl
should be kept ~ the highest point of eff
n cheney. The senior officers are given scar
d chance under ordinary conditions to es
"a erciSe commands commensurate with the
s rank under circumstances which would 1
=, them to do their duty in time of actU:
II war. A system of Elaneuvering our arm
= in bodies of some little size has been b'
Il gun and should be steadily continues