New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-29

S SsdG Sp lays7 My answer 70 that IS that they
| in which the American flag is stamped upon and
as being killed. and the American nation as over
violence against the government by the Ignorant
p9putace ana 1t? suppression by arrest OF the in
INDEPENDENCE BY PEACEABIB MEANS.
vocate the independence of the islands by peace
able sio means and be free from and
may; There is a party-the Nationalist party-a
pendence by peaceabe means I do NOT mean 10
say that where a suspected insurrectionist.
party. is loud in his advocacy Of independence
pen NOT sece e secret 6 bureau or the
an incident from which citizenship in this
or cSced for aToca fe hdepe De
dence by peaceable means.
Mr.. Taft surveyed historically the work OF the
religious orders IN the Philippines the great In
fuence they obtained in the islands through self
sacrifice and loving devotion duty" the use the
Spanish administration made OF the friars the
hostility 70 them that followed. and the long con-
troversy over the ownership Of lands. Concerning
Aglipay. who Roman Catholic priest
and the sehIsm that he has organized in the
Church, called the independent Filipino Catholic
Church." Mr. Taft said:
s6 AgPSy bS %ss Priest rather f9yored BY the
Diocese Of Nueya Segova, and exercised the func-
went TO Malolos. however. and thence to Tarlac,
AgHPay appeared and acted as his chief religious
HATRED OF FRIARS HELPED AGLIPAY.
He was called to Manila by the archbishop and.
seeming 10 go, he was eXeommunicated. Subse-
94enuy he became a guerilla leader IN Ilocos
ton His generalissimo. Tnio. issued an order,
caIt1 m nave seen directing ihat he be seized and
military authorities for punishment as a bandit
over his forces to the United States and then de-
The hatred Of the frars geRe q6Ice t. HI.
ent, ana ne mad The sympathy Of many wealthy
communion, but whose dislike for the frIars and
apparent course Of Rome in this matter. The ad-
classes through the Islands The Iirions and I' he
turbulent all joined the ranks; every demagogue
rapid spread OF the new Church joined it in order
10 get the benefit OF It's moving strength. In this
way 1t has occurred that Aglipayanism means one
I4ing IN one place and ANOTHER thing IN another,
VINO wouia join an insurrection the ladrones. did
man Church chiefly on the basis Of onndsft t 70 -
bishops, and has come into conflict with the Ro-
and converts. and this presents the serious
question which is now pending in the Islands.
LEARNING OF ENGLISH IMPORTANT.
As to the future. Mr.. Taft thought It unwise TO
promise a condition OF independence that should
present government. He said:
in favor Of teaching the people how to gov
ern themselves. and cannot assume that such a
lesson, difficult to learn. can be taught 10 a
people 80 pei cent OF whom are grossly ignorant to-
day without any political experience whatever, in
twenty years. as others suggest. 1 regard the
in the education of these neon e ifnR0T ua1 steps
creating solidarity among the people and in EN- m
Portant in bringing them into touch with the the
principles OF civil liberty.
The government in the Philippines. Mr.. Taft said
was non-partisan. and included about as many
Democrats Republicans The policy of the
Unite States was The PHILIPPINES for the Fill
It 1 Meu ir tend Ta a a as hope s d pray they
way that the Fipinos might prefer to nai SuGn
some sort OF bond that they may be within the
rate themselves and become independent
A CHANGED ORDER OF THINGS.
On the completion of the exercises in Sanders
Theatre the members of the association pro-
ceeded In a body to the Harvard Union, where
dinner was served at o'clock 1t was here
that Mr.. olney made his speech He said IN
part:
This is a gathering Of lawyers-or lawyers from
gent and influential of the profession / make no
apoSgy therefore FOR calling attention to certain
living-to features with which lawyers as a class
hns relates the PFinepe s % OF govern everH
HlSnt ana the fundamental laws Of the land
i ask you to note that the old order Is changing
changing swiftly and vitality, and that whether the
change be for good for evil, Temporary or Iast
ing II Is matter to which the American bar can
not address itself too seriously. A revolution in
deed, Is in progress the less real that IL may
not be generally recognized: only the more fmpor.
tant that II relates ideas and 10 ideals rafhar
than TO things visible and material.
Speaking of the scientific movement OF the ana
the late John Ffske declared that 1.-The men of he
present DAY separated from the men
whose education ended in 1890 by an immeasurabI,,
wider gulf than has ever before divided one pro-
gressiVe generation OF from their predeces
sors" The declaration, as IL touches the Ameri
can people. is hardly less applicable TO law and
government than to physical science, and the Law
Sers and statesmen Of seventy-five years would
of government would the scientists OF that de
by the modern developments of electrical enerat te
by the phenomena OF radium the X-rays or 81
mysteries OF bacterioogy. ~ 1He
rat the new order is better than the old
.sr IN point of logic. morals, of practicai ra
snls.I1lt IS possible and debatable. I leave that
qutston wholly on side, and only atm to ,nirt
Out mat new school Of thought has arisen and