The Globe-republican., 1902-12-11

pine islands to China, there being at
present, is well known. a British line
from Manila to Hong-Kong-
The representatives of the cable com
eonsideration. een % ahe eentiouing' ~ in the mean
time, to prepare for laying the cable;
to them, and an all-American line be-
tween our Pacific coast and the Chinese
empire by way of Honolulu and the
and is expected within few months TO
be ready for business
Philippine Policy indicated.
On July last. on the one hundred and
tion of independence, peace and am
nesty were promulgated in the Philip
from time time threatened with the
Mohammedan Moros. but with the late
tirely ceased Civil government has now
been introduced. Not only does each
and the pursuit of happiness as he has
never before known during the recorded
taken a whole now enjoy a measure
of self government greater than that
foreign power and greater than that en-
joyed by any other orientals under their
alone We have not gone too far In
granting these rights of liberty and self
to the limit that in the interests of the
Philippine people themselves it was wise
faster than going. would en-
tail calamity on the people of the islands
lean people has vindicated itself in more
signal manner than the policy of holding
arms. above all the triumph of our laws
and principles has come sooner than we
had right to expect Too much
praise cannot be given to the army for
in warfare and from administrat tiv e
standpoint in preparing the way for civil
the civil authorities for the way in which
they have planted the seeds of se1f-gov-
ernment in the ground thus made ready
for hon he he incl ling
endurance, the high soldierly efficiency.
ana the general KIND -heartedness ana
ingly manifested There now rerna in only
some $4,000 troops in the islands All
told over 100 900 have been sent there
OF course, there have been individual in
stances of wrongdoing among them
Thev warred under fearful dificuIties of
climate and surroundings; and under the
| they continually receive from their foes.
occasional instances of cruel reta1fa ton
occurred. Every effort mas oeen made made
these efforts have been completely sue
these misdeeds it remains true that Few
indeed have been the instances in which
| war has been waged by a civilized power
! against serni-civilIzed and barbarous
/ forces where there has been 50 little
| ippine islands On the other hand. the
| amount of difficult. important. and bene-
| hcfent work which has been done Is
| weII-nigh inca1culable-
| Praise for Friendly FiIipinos-
| Taking the work the army and the
| civil authorities together. It may be oues
| toned whether anywhere else in moderr
| pie of real constructive statesmanshir
| than our people have given in the Philip
| given those Filipinos in the aggregate
| very numerous, who have accepted tbs
| resentattves to work with hearty goot
will for the welfare of the islands.
National Guard Reorganization.
The measure providing for the reor
securing the highest efficiency in the ma
| tfona1 guard, which has already passes
the the House. should receive prompt atten
| tance that the relation of the nattona
of the United States should be defined
ana that in place of our present obsolete
laws practical and efficient system
should be adopted
Irrigation in the West.
Few subjects of Importance have bee,
tax taken up by the Congress in recent years ina
aided frrsaton for the arid reeions of the "a
that s pe9 of nsena hi.
eeia been adopted the need of thorough and sci
idly than ever throughout the public n
and to whatexer extent they may ns reciaine
Ing PUBLIC ,I lands should be held rigidly for tn
iand .nd for no one else In their on q,
% ssa sse the ;s
sf ssesd Law have been SO perverted from the #
permit the acquisition of large of tn
| public domain for others than
| and the consequent OF
| The sound and steady development wes
| depends upon the building up Of homes therein
| Much Of our prosperity nation las bee
due to the operation of the far
On the other hand, we should recognize "a
responds to the honesteader may e be unable 6 60
settle perma nently If only to use II
amount of pasture that his brothe
| the homesteader. Is allowed to arab
land One hundred and sixty Of fair
rich and Wen watered soil, or a small,
| amount of irrigated land. keep fauf]
in plenty. whereas no one could get a nVir
| from 1eo of dry pasture land capable
| supporting outside hea .
| cattle to every ten In past gre.
| tracts of the public domain have fence
in by persons having no title thereto. dire
| defiance of the law forbidding m n
| construction of such unlawful fncloss
| of public land. there h;
| been little interference with fnclosur
| in the past. but ample now bee