The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-07

can easily be made up, as the train is
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w. w. Jermane.
THE Philippine ISLANDS
The President Tells What Has Been Done
for Them.
Fargo, N. D., April Ia tremendous
crowd greeted the president this morning.
He spoke forcibIy on the Philippine ques-
tion, as follows:
The Philippine islands.
My Fellow Citizens: The northwest.
whose sons in the civil war added such
brilliant pages to the honor roll of the
republic, likewise bore full share in
the struggle of which the war with Spain
was the beginning; a struggle slight in s
deed when compared with the gigantic
death wrestle which for four years
stamped to and fro across the southern
states in the civil war; but a struggle
fraught with consequences to the nation,
and indeed, to the world, out of all pro-
portion to the smallness of the effort upon
our part.
Three and a half years ago President
Mckinley spoke in the adjoining state of
Minnesota on the occas sion of the return
of. the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers
from the Philippine islands, where they
had served with your own gallant sons
of the North Dakota regiment. After
heartily thanking the returned soldiers
for their valor and patriotism, and their
contemptuous refusal to be daunted or
misled by the outcry raised at home by
abandon the islands. he smoke NJ tbs
islands themselves as follows:
| That congress will provide for them a Govern.
ment which will bring them blessing, which
will promote their material interests as we'll
as advance their people In ibe natf of Cent e
n ton and inteigence, l confidently believe They
,an. NV ~ pe sorsineu gov, as vassals OF ser1s, OF
ertys regulated by iag honest1v ad,,star.a. ~ a.a
without oppressing exactfons taxation without
tyranny, Justice without bribe, teducation With
out distinction OF social condition. freedom of
IensrN 4Worsnlp, ana protectlon IN ife Hb-E
u,hnt nu ha lug t putsuti tsu4t " lapplaess.
~ 80 I. - ot
,,,si+ VI
- - 80 : es,'7a -
49, The Rfomtses Have Been kept.
81 n fs & e,noS7 th;,,e ~ lo.1, 1,,,,s -
what t,ss hesn "a ia nd T. ..,it,,
the record i,f what has IL IA =
n nrmufsAsi ..,a I,ioIata Al - ,,ii,.l, ,
lis NOT kent then thosa u,ba Ia,,a f.;'ad
in their d1itv should he hold ~, ~ rar,rol
bation. n on the Other hand tho nrp,,,
ises have heen nhstan+i.I1,, ~ ~ ,.eaa,
if 4ba .chie1-a,,art ~ 80 iaue eoou.
more than Lert Taca Nth H. saos,,a,. sa.,u
then thew who made tho IN. .nd -,
resnonaihia for tho othe, aro a,,titIas . "a
inst 9rfpit +o ola i'm tba orad;+ n,n;at
faches To those Who servo TIC notior, ,,,au
This credit claim for the ,,oe,, ,.,t,n t'a1le
manape7 so. admir- t1v 4I,a ,,jIf+a ~, ,,1'4,e a
civil affairs ~ the Pb;linnina ;eIsndsN 80
for ethose at,1ar ,,,.,, ,,,hp ha.,o a LII.
| backed them In congress and rr;+hal,y
whose aid and sunnort not one fhins
! could have heen arcomnI nIished
| = ~ -. ~s.,t.-'. II 3.
~ -,s;-. The Restoration of Order.
When President Mckinley spoke. the
| first duty was the restoration of orders
and to this end the use of the army of the
United .States-an army composed of reg
ulars and volunteers alike-was neces-
/ sary. To put down the insurrection and
] restore peace to the islands was a duty
not only to ourselves but to the islanders
also. We could not have abandoned the
/ conflict without shirkfng this duty, with
/ out proving ourselves recreants to the
memory Of our forefathers. Moreover,
! If we had abandoned it We would have
| inflicted upon the Filipinos the most cruel
wrong and would have doomed them to
| g. bloody jumble OF anarchy and tyranny.
It seems strange, looking back, that any
of our people should have failed to recog-
nize a duty SO obvious, but there was such
failure, and the government at home, the
civil, authorities IN the Philippines, and
above all our gallant army, mad TO DO
their work amid a storm of detraction.
i The army in especial was attacked in a
way which hnaly did GOOD, Tor III the
end It aroused the hearty resentment OF
the great body OF the American people,
not against the army, put against tne
4 army traducers.
The circumstances OF the war made It
one OF peculiar difficulty, and our soldiers
were. exposed to peculiar wrongs from
their foes. They fought IN dense tropical
jungles, against enemies who were very
treacherous and very cruel, not only
) toward our own men, but toward the
) great numbers Of friendly natives, the
}, most peaceable and most. civilized among
whom eagerly welcomed our rule Under
such circumstances, among hundred
thousand -blooded and powerful young
! men serving in small detachments on the
: other side Of the globe, it was impossible
that occasional instances of wrongdoing
. should not occur. The fact that they
! occurred in retaliation for wen-nigh In
tolerable provocation cannot for one mo-
!: ment be admitted in the way of excuse
t. or justification All good Americans re-
! gret and deplore them, and the war de-
partment has taken. every step In its