Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11

it could complete its cable much sooner
than II IL were required to take soundlngs
upon its own account. Pending considera-
ton of this subject, il appeared important
and desirable to attach certain conditions
10 the PERMISSION To examine and use the
soundings, If il should be granted
In consequence of this solicitation of the
cable company, certain conditions were
formulated, upon which the president was
willing to allow access to these soundings
and TO consent to the landing and laying of
the cable, subject TO any alterations or ad-
dittons thereto imposed by the congress.
This was deemed proper especially as it
was clear that cable connection of some
kind with China, foreign country, was a
part of the company's plan. This course
was moreover, in accordance with a line
Of precedents includinr President Grant,S
action in the case of the first French cable,
explained to the congress in his annual
stance occurring in 1873 of the second
French cable from Brest to st. Pierre
with branch to Cape Cod.
\ These conditions prescribed, among other
/ things, a maximum rate for commercial
messages and that the company should
construct line from the Philippine islands
to China, there being at present as is well
konwn, British line from Manila TO
( Hongkong.
The representatives of the cable company
/ kept these conditions long under consider
alton, continuing, in the meantime to pre-
pare 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
| a few months to be ready for business
| Among the conditions is one reserving the
| power of the congress to modify or repeal
any or all of them. copy of the condi-
! lions 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 as to make it serve as an
example Of all that Is hest in insular ad-
! miniStration.
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
On July last, on the 126th anniversary
| of the declaration of our independence,
| peace and amnesty were promulgated in
| the Philippine islands. Some trouble has
since from time to time threatened with
! the Mohammedan Moros, but with the late
| insurrectionary kilipnos the war has en-
| tirely ceased. Civil government has now
| been introduced. Not only does each FLIP
| inc enjoy such rights to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness as he has never
| before known during the recorded history
of the islands, but the people taken as a
whole now enjoy measure of selfgovern-
ment greater than that granted to any 9th
| er orientals by any foreign power and
greater than that enjoyed by any other
| save the Japanese alone. We have not
| gone too far in granting these rights of lib
| erty and self-government; but we have GER
tainly gone to the limit that in the inter
ests of the Philippine people themselves ii
was wise or just to go. 10 hurry matters,
| to go faster than we are now going, would
entail calamity on the people of the
| islands. No policy ever entered into by the
American people has vind,cated itself in
more signal manner than the policy OF
holding the Philippines. The triumph of
our arms, above all the triumph of our
| laws and principles, has come sooner than
we had any right to expect. Too much
| what it has done in the Philippines both
in warfare and from an administrative
standpoint in preparing the way for civil
| government; and similar credit belongs to
the civil authorities for the way in which
| they have planted the sec s of selfgovern-
ment in the ground thus made ready for
ance, the high soldier y efficiency, and the
general kind-heartedness and humanity of
our troops have been striklngy manifested.
! There now remain only some $1,000 troops
| in the islands. All told, over one hundred
thousand have been sent there, OF course,
| there have been individual instances of
under fearful difficulties of climate and
surroundings; and under the strain of the
terrible provocations which they contin.
ually received from their foes, occasional
instances of cruel retaliation occurred. Ey
cry effort has been made to prevent such
cruelties, and finally these efforts have
been completely successful. Every effort
has also been made to detect and punish
the wrongdoers. After making all allow
ance for these misdeeds, II remains tru'
! that few indeed have been the instances II
which war has been waged by a civilized
power against semi-civlized or barbarou
forces where there. has been so LITTLE
wrongdoing by the victorS as in the Philip
pine islands: On the other hand, thu
amount of difficult, important and beneh
cent work which has been done is well
Taking the work Of the army and the
civil authorities together 1t may be ques
toned whether anywhere else in modern
of real constructive craftsmanship than our
people have given in the Philippine
islands. High praise should also be given
those Filipinos, in the aggregate very nu'
| merous. who have accepted the new condi-
tions ana Joined with our representatives
to work with hearty good will for the wei
The army has been reduced to the mini
mum allowed by law. 1t is very small for
/ the size of the nation and most certainly
should be kept at the highest point of Ell,
cheney. The senior officers are given scant
chance under ordinary conditions to exer-
else commands commensurate with their
rank, under circumstances which would III
| them to do their duty in time of actual
war. A system of maneuvering our army
in bodies of some little size has been begun
: and should be steadily continued. Without
such maneuvers 1t is folly to expect that
in the event of hostilities with any serious
foe even small army corps could be
and enlisted men are such that we can take
hearty pride in them. No better material
can be found. But they must be thorough
ly trained, both as individuals and in the
mass. The craftsmanship of the men must
receive special attention. In the clrcum
stances of modern warfare the man must
act far more en- his own individual respon
sibility than ever before. and the high in
dividua efficiency of the unit is of the ut
most Importance. Formerly this unit was
the regiment; 1t is now not the regiment
not even the troop or company; 1t Is the
individual soldier. Every effort must he
made TO develop every workmanllke and
solderly quality in both the officer and the
enlisted man.
The measure providing for the reorganl
cation of the militia system and for secur
ing the highest efficiency In the national
guard which has already passed the house
should receive prompt attention and ac
, tion. 1t is of great Importance that the re
lation Of the national guard to the militia
and volunteer forces Of the United States
should be defined. and that in place of ON
present obsolete laws a practical and eff
) cient system should be adopted.
II NAVAL AFFAIRS.
: For the first time in our history nava
maneuvers on q large scale are being held
under the immediate command of the al
} miral of the navy. Constantly increasing
attention is being paid to the gunnery Of
the navy, but ii Is yet far from what !,
, should be. ] earnestly urge that the In
crease asked for by the secretary Of the
navy in the appropriation for improving
the Workmanship be granted. In battle
:, the only shots that count are the shots
that hit. 1t is necessary to provide ample