The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-12-08


proper treatment In foreign lands. We
continue steadily to Insist on the appli-
cation Of the Monroe doctrine to the
western hemisphere Unless oar ATTITUDE
In these and all similar matters - to be
mere boastful sham we can not afford
to abandon our naval programme. Our
voice Is now potent for peace. and Is so
potent because we are not AFRAID Of war.
But our protestations upon behalf OF
peace would neither receive nor deserve
the slightest attention lf we were I'M
potent to make them good.
The Army.
Within the last three years the United
States has set an example in disarnna-
ment where disarmament was proper
BY law our army Is fixed at a maximum
Of one hundred thousand and minimum
Of sixty thousand men. When there was
insurrection In the Philippines We kept
the army at the maximum, Peace came
in tho Philippines, and now our army
has been reduced to the minimum at
| which II Is possible to keep It with due
regard to its efficiency The guns now
mounted require twenty-elgM thousand
men, II the coast Notifications are to DO
adequately manned, Relatively to the
nation. 1t is not now so large as the p0-
lice force OF New York or Chicago rela-
lively to the population Of either city.
We need more officers; there are not
l 10 hn rar,,lnr
work. 1t is very important that the off,
GERS Of the army should be accustomed
to handle their men In masses, as It Is
also important that the national guard
| OF the several states should be accus-
toned to actual field maneuvering, espe-
! clally In connection with the regulars.
For this reason We are TO be congratu-
lated upon the success Of the field ma
enuvers at Manassas last FALL naneuvers
in which a larger number Of regulars
and national guard took part than was
ever before assembled together in time
Of peace No other civilized nation tas,
relatively to Its population such q d.
mlnutive army as ours and while the
army is so small we are NOT to be ex-
cused II we fall to keep II at very high
grade Of proficiency
Great progress has been made in pro-
tecting our coasts by adequate fortif-
cations with sufficient guns. We should.
however, pay much more heed than at
present to the development of an extern
sive system Of floating mines for use in
all our more important harbors. These
mines have been proved to DO q most for
midable safeguard against hostile fleets.
The Philippines.
! In the Philippine islands there has
been during the past year continuation
of the steady progress which has Oh
tanned ever since our troops definitely
got the upper hand Of the insurgents.
The Philippine people, or, to speak more
accurately the many tribes, and even
/ races, sundered from one another more
or less sharply who go to make up The
people of the Philippine islands, contain
many elements Of good, and some ole
ments which we have right to hope
stand for progress. AT present they are
utterly incapable Of existing in indie
pendcnce at all or of building up a CIV
| ilization of their own. firmly believe
that We can help them to llse higher and
higher in the scale OF civilization and
of capacity for government, and I
most earnestly hope that in the end they
will be able to stand, if not entirely alone.
yet in some such relation to the Unipd
States as Cuba now stands, This end
is not yet in sight. and 1t may be H.
definitely postponed If our people ale
foolish enough to turn the attention tf
the Filipinos away from The problems Of
achieving moral and material prosperity.
Of working for stable, orderly, and just
government and toward foolish and dam
gerous intrigues for complete inaepend-
ence for which they are as yet totally
unfit,
On the other hand our people must
keep steadily before their minds the fact
that the justification for our stay In the
Philippines must ultimately rest chiefly
upon the good we are able 10. do In The
islands, do not overlook the fact that
in the development Of our interests In
the Pacific ocean and along its coasts,
the Philippines have played and will play
an important part, and thai our interests
have been served In more fran one way
by the possession Of the MIands. But
our chief reason for continuing to hold
them must be that We 0nght in good
faith 10 try to do otr share Of the
worlds work, and this particular piece
Of work has been imposed upon us by
the results Of the war With Spain, The
problem presented to lis in The Philip
pine islands Is akin 10, but not exactly
like, the problems presented to the other
great civilized powers which have pos
sessions In the Orient. Mura distinctly
than any Of tho powers VIC are endeav
oring to develop the natives themselves
so that they shall take an ever-increas-
ing share in their own government, and
as far as is prudent we are already ad-
hitting their representatives to a gov
ornamental equality with QUE own. There
are commissioners, judges, and governors
in the islands who are Fillpinps and who
have exactly the same share IN the gov
ernment of the islands as have their COL
leagues who are Americans, while in the
lower ranks, of course, the great major
ity of the public servants arc Filpnos.
Within two years we shall be trying the
experiment of an elective lower house In
the Philippine legislature.
Meanwhile our own people should re-
member that there Is need for the high
est standard Of conduct among the Amer
leans sent to the Philippine islands, not
only among the public servants but
among the private individuals who 90
to them. 1t Is because l feel this so
deeply that in The administration of these
islands | have positively refused to per-
nit any discrimination whatsoever for
political reasons and have insisted that
in choosing the public servants consid-
Grafton should be paid solely to the
worth of the men chosen and to the
needs Of the islands. There Is no high
er body Of men in our public service
than we have in the Philippine Islands
under Gov. Wright and his associates.
So far as possible these men should be
given free hand, and their suggestions
should receive the hearty backing both
of the Executive and Of the Congress.
There Is need Of vigilant and dsinter-
ested support Of our public servants In
the Philippines by good citizens here In