The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-10-26
COST 0F PHILIPPINES
Grossly Exaggerated Statements
Reiterated by Judge Parker
In Recent Speech.
Shows Narr0wness or ObstinaCy 10
Repeating Previous Errors
Officially Corrected.


Washington Dispatch to the New York
Tribune
The avidity with which Judge Par
ker and ex Secretary Olney swallowed
the statement that the Philippines had
cost this country $650,0O0,O00 and the
pertInacity with which they cling to it
after its falslty has been proved again
and again are aust the comprehension
of persons in Washington who are ia
mlliar with the real conditions in the
Philippines.
That the cost of the Philippines, in
Guiding the S20.OOO,OOO paid to Spain,
amounted, up to May /, 1902. to $780,
100000 has been established beyond
dispute. No Democratic member of
either house of congress has dared to
challenge Secretary Roots statement
to thnt effect The cost to this coun-
try for the following year has been
shown 10 be $30SO,OOO, and for the
year just ended S. 100000, total of
$191 10000 That has been the actual
cost Of the Philippines up to June 80,
IDOL
The statement Mr. Parker permitted
himself To repeat when he declared
that over 2OO.OOO lives have been sac
rifeed" Is equally false. The total loss
of life of American troops and Fiji
pinos in the American army from all
causes has amounted to l,O6T privates
and Loo officers, II total of 49, men
Even adding to this number the loss OF
Filipino insurgents, Il liberal estimate
OF which is less than 10000, the grand
total aggregates 1lOoO against Mr.
Parler's 100000 Moreover, the totals
here given include deaths from wounds,
sickness. drowning and other acct
dents, and, an important contributory
cnuSe, the contagious diseases which,
unrestraiHed, ravaecd Americans and
Fllipinos when American occupation
began. only l26,G0o American soldiers,
all told. have been seut to the Philip
pines.
As an offset to this loss of life
should be set tine magnificent work
of the army medical corps and of the
health officers of the Philippine com
mission. whose mrCmitiing efforts
have stamped out the plague. reduced
smallpox aad other contagious diseases
to minimum and rendered the Phil
ippines is hcdlthfu as cuba.
That unntcligcnt campaign speak
ers should voice the eNtravngant
charges of the partisan press without
taking the trouble to investigate them
may not he surprising, but that men
of higher standing should rcitcrate
them, especially In the face of the ties
timuny of high minded and unim-
peachahe witnesses, is n source OF
amazenent The insular bureau points
To the interview with the Most Rev.
j. J. liarty, the Roman Catholic arch
bishop Of Manila, cablcd from the
Philippines. as indisputahie evidence of
existing conditions in the Philippines.
Archbishop llarty's testimony agrees
With that of DR.. Brent the Episcopal
bishop of Manila, who is now In this
country. The archbishop. after return
Ing from an extended tour through tho
islands. declared his hope that Theo.
dorc Roosevelt would be elected presi-
dent of the United States and said:
Il was impressed during my journey
ings by the progress of American in
situations among the masses of the
people, the general happiness, the Sc
curity of person and property and the
supremacy of order and justice. | be
lieve that under divine guidance the
benefccnt rule of America is destined
ultimately To place the Christian Malay
race on moral and political plane
that as yet has never been attained by
an oriental people. This task that the
Americans have assumed they cannot
shirk or abandon This work that Coy
ernor Taft 50 auspiciously began and
that Governor Wright continues must
be carried to II triumphant conclusion
Archbishop llarty is eminonty qua
filed TO judge of the situation. In his
nine months residence at Manila he
has held exhaustive conferences with
the bishops and provincial priests. lie
has spent months living with the PEG
pie. travelling practically alone and un-
guarded even in the remotest prov
inces, inspecting parishes and visiting
the people IN their homes In some Of
the districts he visited it had been
thirty years since II bishop had been
there.
Nor is the testimony of these church
men isolated. Every one who has had
an opportunity to judge of conditions
IN the Philippines as they actually ex-
list brings To Washington the same sto-
ry of progress. The philippine govern
ment is being judiciously administer
ed. the people are prosperous, Christi
anity is thriving under the freedom of
American policies. and the perniclous
influence ON few eNcitable Filipinos
of the false assertions of Democratic
candidates and speakers is now the ON
ly menace to uninterrupted peace and
prosperity in the Philippines.
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