The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-12-12

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Jon would undertake 10 Lax ana operate
cable was Volunteered.
tnasmuch as the congress wnH shortly 90
convene ana lhUlhC cable legislation had
been the subject ~ consideration By the
congress Tor several years ID seemed %
ton until the congress had nrst an oppor.
iunity To act The congress adjourned
Without taking any action. leaving the
mntter Ia exactly the same condition IN
which II stood when the congress con
scucd
Meanwhile e. appears that the CONNER
Cial Pacific cable company had promptly
proceeded with preparations for laying us
cable ~ also made application to the
president FOR access to and use 81 sound
mss taken by the jnited States steamship
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practicable route for O transpaclnc cable.
the company urging that with access to
these soundings IL could complete It's cable
much sooner than IL II were required 70
take soundiugs upon its own account.
Pending consider tIOn of this subject II
appeared important and desirable to at
tsch certain conditions to the permission
To examine and use the soundings II II
should be grantee
In consequence Of this solicitation Of the
cable company certain conditions were
formulated which the president
willing to allow access to these sound
ings and to cons-nt 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-
cinlly as II was clear that cable con-
ncction OF some kind with China a for
eign country. was part Of the companys
plan. This course was moreover, In ac-
cordance with "A line OF precedents includ-
OF the first French cable. explained to the
congress in his annual message of De
Cember, 1915, and the instance occurring
In 1879 Of the second French cable from
Erest to st. Pierre, with branch to
Cape Cod
These conditions prescribed, among 9TH
er things. maximum rate for CONNER
Cigl messages and that the company
should construct a line from the Philip
pine Islands to China, there being a pres
ont, as is well known. a British line from
Manila to HongSOng.
The representatives, Of the cable compa-
ny kept these conditions long under con
sidcration, 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
thus provided FOR and Is expected within
a few months to be ready for business.
Among the conditions is one reserving
the power Of the congress to modify or re-
peal any or all of them. a copy of the
conditions Is herewith transmitted.
or Porto Rico IT is only necessary to say
thut the prosperity Of the island and the
wis lon with which II has been governed
have been such as 10 make 1t serve as an
example of all that Is best In insular adj
mIIistrdtiOn.
on July last. on the one hundred and
twenty sixth anniversary of the declara-
ton II our independence. peace and am
mostly Were promulgated in the Philippine
Islands. some trouble has since from
time to time threatened with the Moham-
mcdan Moros. but with the late insurrec-
tuuary flipinos the war has entirely
ceased. civil government has now been
introduced Not only does each Filipino
enjoy such rights 10 life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness rs he has never be
fore known during the recorded history Of
the Islands. but the people, taken as a
whole. NOW enjoy measure of self gov
ornmcnt greater than that granted to any
other orientals by any foreign power and
groltor than that enjoyed by any Other
Orontals under their own governments
save the japanese alone. We have not
gone too far in granting these rights OF
liberty and self government. but we have
cer;ainiy gone to the limit that in the in.
teIests of the Philippine people themselves
N was wise or Just to 20. To hurry mat
tors to go faster than we are now going
would entail calamity on the people OF
tnr Islands No policy ever entered int
by the American people has indicated It.
SELF in more signal manner than the poll
I cy Of holding the Philippines. The tri
, umph of our arms, above all the triumph
, Of our laws and principles, has come soon
,r than we had any right to expect. Too
I much praise cannot be given to the army
'nr what II has done in the Philippines
both in WARFARE and from an administra
tive standpoint in preparing the way foi
. Ir.l government, ana similar credit be
longs 10 the civil authorities for the way
In which they have planted the seeds OF
self government in the ground thus mad,
ready for them. The courage, the un'
Ninching endurance. the high soldierly eff
cheney and the general kind heartedncsS
b and humanity Of our troops have beer
strikingly manifested. There now remain
only some 900 troops in the islands. Al
told. over 100 0OO have been sent there. o.
course there have been individual in
stances of wrongdOing among them. They
warred under fearful difficulties of eli
, mate and surroundings and under th'
strain of the terrible provOcations which
/ they continually received from their foe:
occasional instances of cruel retaliation
occurred. Every effort has been made Il
prevent such crueltics and finally thes,
/ efforts have been completely successful
! Every effort has also been made to de
| tect and punish the wrorgdoers. Afte
! making all allowance for these misdecd
; IL remains true that few indeed have beef
} the instances in which war has beer
, waged by "A civilized power against semi
: civilized or barbarous forces where Their
( has been so little wrongdoing by the vic
! tors as in the Philippine Islands. ON tn
] other hand, the amount of difficult impor
/ tant and benehccnt work which has beer
! done Is well nigh incalcuiable.
Taking the work Of the army and tn
/ civil authorities together II may be ques
/ toned whether anywhere else In modern
times the world has seen better exam