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curing the time OF the performance
normally, the nation that achieves
greatness. like the individual who
achieves greatness can do so only AT the
cost OF anxiety and bewllderment ana
heart wearing effort. Timid people. peo-
pie Scant or faith and hone and good
people who are not accustomed to the
roughness OF the life OF effort are nj.
most sure TO be disheartened and dis
mayed by the work and the worry and
oNermuch cast down by the shortcom-
Ings. actual or seeming. which in real
life always accompany the first stages
even OF what eventually turn out to DO
the most brilliant victories.
All this is true OF what has happened
during the last four years in the Phil
ippine islands. The Spanish war itself
was an easy task. but IL left US certain
other tasks which were much more diff
hcult. one OF these tasks was that OF
dealing with the Philippines The easy
thing TO do-the thing which appealed
not only to lazy and selfish men but to
very many good men whose thought did
not drive them down to the root OF
things-was to leave the islands. Had
we done this, n period OF wild chaos
would have supervened and then some
stronger power would have stepped I'm
and seized the islands and have taken
up the task which we in such case
would have ninChed from performing
less easy but Infinitely moro absurd
course. would have been To leave the
iSidhus ourselves anu at the same time
TO assert that we would not permit any
one else to interfere with them. This
particular course would have combined
all the possible disadvantages of every
other course which was advocated. II
would have placed us In "A humiliating
position, because when the actual test
came IL would have been quite out of
the question for US. after some striking
deed OF savagery had occurred in the
Islands to stand by and prevent the re-
~ la
the mere fact of our having threatened
thus to guarantee the local tyrants and
wrongdoers against outside interferenCes
by ourselves or others, would have put
a premium upon every species of tyranny
and anarchy within the Islands.
The Course Adopted.
Finally, there was the course which
We acopteC-rot an easy course one
fraught with danger and difficulty, as is
generally the case in this world when some
great feat is TO be accomplished as an in
cideat 10 working out national destiny.
We made up our minds to stay I'm the is
iands-to put down Violence-to establish
peace ard orGer-and then to introduce a
just and wise civil rule. accompanied by
a measure of self-government when
should increase rapidly as the islanders
showed themselves tit for IT. Well, il was
certainly a formidable task; hpt ;himK OF
the marvelously successful way in which
IL has been accomplished.
TIE first and vitally important feat was
the establishment OF the supremacy of the
American flag, and this had to be done
by the effort OF those gallant fellow Amer
leans of ours to whom so great IA debt IL
due-the officers and enlisted men OF the
United states army, regulars and volun-
teers alike. In "A succession of campaigns,
carried on In unknown tropic iungles
against an elusive and treachcrous foe
vastly outnumbering them. under the most
adverse conditions OF climate. weather and
country, our troops completely broke the
power or the insurgents, smashed their
armies and harrled the broken robber bands
into submission. In It's latter stages. the
war against our rule sank into mere brig
andage; and what our troops had to do
was TO hunt down the parties OF ladrones
1t was not a task which IL was humaEely
possible TO accomplish In a month or "A
year but month by month year by year
with unwearied and patient res olution, our
army In the Philippines did the task which
II FOUND ready to hand until the last vestige
OF organized instruction was stamped
out.
81 do not refer TO the Moros. with whom
We have exercised the utmost forbearance
but who may force us to chastise them IL
they persist In attacking our troops
Among the Filipinos proper. however.
peace has come. Doubtless here and there
sporadic outbreaks of brigandage will oc-
cur from time to ting, but organized war
fare against the American nag has ceased
and there IL no reason TO apprehcnd its re-
nave
been reduced until 1t is not fourth OF
what IT was at the time when the outbreak
was at its height
civil Rule Established.
Step by step as the army conquered. the
rule Of the military was suppianted by the
rule OF the civil authorlties-the soldier
was succeeded by the civilian maRistrate
The utmost care has been exercisedin choos-
Ing the best type OF Americans for the high
civil positions. and the actual work OF adj
ministration has been done so far az pos
sible by native Filipino officials serving
under these Americans The success Of the
effort has been wonderful
Amnesty Declared.
TT was. OF course. inevitable that
there should be occasional failures; but
1t Is astonishing how few these have
been Here and there the civil govern
ment which had been established in a
given district had 10 be temporarily
withdrawn because OF some outbreaks:
but at last. on the July 9TH that has lust
passed--on the one hundred and twenty
sixth anniversary OF our Independence
II was possible at the same time TO de-
clare amnesty throughout the islands
and definitely 20 establish civil rule over
all OF them excepting the country OF the
Mohammedan Moros. where the condi.
lions were wholly different Each IN.
habitant Of the Philippines Is now guar
anteed his civil and religious rights. his
rights 10 life. personal liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. subject only 10 not
Infringing on the rights Of others II Is
worth noting that already the Philip
pine people have received greater
share Of self-gOvernment that they have
more 70 say as 10 how they shall be gov
erned. than U.s. the case with any people
in the orient which Is under European
rule.
Helps Our own People.
Nor should 70 be forgotten that while
acted ir o. "a o. rfsrf r,f hfs
ISLANDERS themselves w0 have also
helped our own people. our interests arc
as great In the Pacific as iu the At
lantlc. The welfare Of California ore
gou and Washington ls as vital 90 the
nation as the welfare OF New England
New York and the south Atlantic states.
The awakening OF the orient means very
much 90 all the nations Of ChristeudOm.
commercially no less than politically.
and 30 would be shOrtsRhtod statesman
ship on our part 90 refuse TO take the
necessary steps for securing "a proper
share 90 our people OF this commercial