Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-07

of the havoc wrought by the insur-
rectionary war great suffering has
been caused, and this misery for which
this government Is in no way RESPONSE.
bic will doubtless in turn increase the
difficulties of the Philippine govern
ment for the next year OF so. In con-
sequence there will doubtless here
and there occur spasmodic increases
Of the armed ~brigandage to which the
islands have been ~habituated from
time immemorial, and here and there
fol their own purposes the bandits
may choose to style themselves pa
triots or insurrectionists; but these To-
cal difficulties will be of little conse-
uuence save as they give occasion to a
few men here at home to try to mis-
lead our people,. Not only has the mil
iiary problem in the Philippines been
worked out quicker and better than
ress socially and in civil government
las likewise exceeded our fondest'
Hopes.
Remember always that in the Philip
pines the American government has
tried and is trying to carry out exact
ly what the greatest genius and most
~revered patriot ever known in the Phil
ippine islands-Jose Rizal-steadfast-
~ advocated. This man, shortly be-
fore his death, in a letter to his u
trymen, under date of December 16,
1896, condemned unsparingly the in
surection OF A%guinaldo, terminated
just before our navy appeared upon
the scene, and pointed out the path his
people should follow to liberty and
enlightenment, Speaking of the insur-
~rection and of the pretense that Fill
Pine independence Of a wholesale char
acter could thereby be obtained, he
wrote:
when, in spite of my advice, a
movement was begun, l offered of my
cwn accord, not only my services, but
my life and ever my good name to
be used in any way they might be-
lieve effective in sitting the rebellion.
| thought of the disaster which would
follow the success Of the revolution,
and l deemed myself fortunate If by
ohN odtlihtt Il SOuio piONh u PiO6-
ress of the useless calamity.
MY countrymen, have given proof
that | was one who sought liberty for
our country and | still seek it. But as
a first step insisted upon the develop
ment of the people in order that, by
means of education and Of labor, they
might acquire the proper individual
/ Oh oro atar md fAraa whtah rvO,,lI yaalyo
them worthy of it. In my writings |
have commended to you study and
| civic virtue, without which our re-
demption does not exist. l
can not do less thar condemn, and |
do condemn, this absurd and savage
insurrection planned behind my back,
which dishonors us before the Filipinos
and discredits us with those who 9TH
erwise would argue in our behalf. l
abominate its cruelties and disavow
any kind of connection with it, regret
ting with all the sorrow of my soul
that these reckless men have allowed
themselves to be deceived. Let them
return, then. to their homes, and may
God pardon those who have acted in
bad faith"
This message embodied precisely
end exactly the ayowed policy upon
which the American government has
acted in the Philippines. What the
patriot Rial said with such force in
%sreaking of the instruction before
We came to the islands applies with
ten fold greater force to those who
foolishly or wickedly opposed the mild
end benefcent government We were
instituting In the islands. The judg-
ment Of the martyred public servant,
Ria, whose birthday the Philippine
people celebrate. and whom they wor-
ship as their hero and ideal, sets forth
the duty OF American sovereignty; a
duty from which the American people
will never finch.
While we have been doing these
great and beneficent works in the ISL
ands, We have yet been steadily reduc-
ing the cost at which they are done.