The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-28
SA.Y'g|ORD[R Is THE Rule |. | ]
Acting Governor Wright Maintains
p That Americans Have Wrong q;
Views of Philippines.
the PRESS REPORTS ARE MISLEADING.
Not More Than Five Per Cent. Of the
Entire Group, He Asserts' HemasiAn d
Unpacihed-PrOgress In the 4FaSt5
Year Tremendous and very En-a
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Washington, Marcn u. Jug
Wright, acting civil governor OF the
Philippines, has written personal
letter to Gen. Marcus J. Wright, OF this
city, which gives an interesting lnslghtt33
into the condition of affairs in the;
..we arc an far removed from the United
States" said Gov. Wright, that Tear
the neople at home get rather an made
ouate idea of the situation here. Tne pIess
reports of the last month or more Wntcf
have reached us here. together with tne
comments thereon, seem to indicate tnat
the general opinion is that the whole Is
lands are either blazing with 1nsurrection
or else that outbreaks are prevented only
nv the use of troops on an extensive scale
This is wholly misleading ~
Insurrection the Exception.
"rhe real truth is that in IS per cent. OF
the territory of the Islands there ID NO N
surrection, and Americans go about slnsly'
and unarmed with about as much sa1ety az
they would in large majority OF the states
at home There is a fast dying insured
ton in two provinces Of the great isiano OF
Luzon and in the remote southern lslaho u
Samar.
Here and there in more remote sections
there are instances of cattle stealing ana
occasionally murder or robbery. we are
dealing theoretically with the laWIess ere
ment, and the people as rule are repuhd-
ing their houses where they nave oeen
destroyed. tilling their fields, and pursuing
their ordinary vocations.
'Of course Geographic dispatches gen
orally deal alone in something sensational
I apprehend that II any one OF us were IN q
foreign country and receiving only news OF
what was happening In the United states
in police circles we would get about the
same idea of our own country as many OF
tho neople of the United States seem to
have of this. u"
Tremendous ProEreas.
1.-THE fact is that the progress we have
made in the last year Is tremendous. and
to me encouraging. While do not look 1or
the millennium, either here or elsewhere.
speedily, I see no reason to doubt tnat
American authority can be maintained
without more troops than indicated by GOV.
Taft OF course, we must utilize the native
in policing his own country, just as mas
been done by England in all her colonies
from the beginning"
News from samar.
Manila, March 20.-Gen. Lukbans'
efforts in influencing Guevarra, who
recently issued a proclamation declar-
ing himself the successor OF Gen. Lux
ban in the Island of Samar, to surrend-
der have been successful. Both Gen.
Smith, in command of the United
States forces in the Island OF Samar,
and Guevarra have agreed to an armis-
tice to facilitate the collection of Cue
varra's men with their rifles, when the
formal surrender will be made. The
arms will. be paid in at the fort. \
/ Gen. Chaffee Is greatly pleased With
what he considers as closing the active
Instruction. The resistance in Ba-:
tangas and Laguna provinces practfc-s
ally is over. There are daily surren-
ders there of men and guns. The insur-
gents have been completely starved
into submission by Gen. Bells agrees
sive tactics in preventing any exterior
assistance from reaching them.