Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-22

that sufficient care had not been taken
by the Philippine government III llsur-
ing to these students the same religious
influences that surrounded them at
home. The Secretary of war directed
that the parents and guardians or all
pupils appointed bv the civil governor
of the Philippines. where they are I'M
der twenty-one, or the puplls thelh-
selves. if adults. should be consulted as
to the religious faith of the pupil, ana
whether he attend a denomihatiohai III
slitution, or if the branch OF study u
be pursued prevented the use Oh oe-
nominational school. then he shoulo d"
consulted as to whether or not ne ue-
sired ia be placed in a faihiiy iia' iis
any particular religions falt.
Nearly 100000 doc umeltS were ''P
tured at different times from the III
surgents in the philippines. 1heir
publication in FIVE volumes gained 'Ie
approval of Secretary Root. at an esti-
mated cost of s15000. and during ihe
last year the work OF examining anu az
ranging the papers has beei ''h tIi'ue'
with a view to their pubhcatioi'. ihtSe
papers are il Spanish ana III iia.Ne
languages; many of them are III pau
condition. as the ink is fddlilS anu the
paper originally of very poor duaiity.
Colo el Edwards reieWs ms recoth-
n!endation that authority be granted
for their publication. They form the
only material from which that chapter
of the history of the United States can
be written These papers comprise
many of the orders and DEGREES OF the
lIicbnj nv Apjlln1ldO
These documents We're captured in
many different places ana were select
ed from IL great mass of similar papers
by officers who had To act in haste and
who were in many cases lmperfectly
acquainted with the language III which
they We're written. 1t is therefore ma
tural that there should be breaks in
the continuity of the record. by pub
fishing them now, at Il time when the
memory of the conditions under which
they We're written is still fresh, intro-
duct0ry notes can he added which will
enable the reader who is not acquainted
with the subject tn ascertain those
conditions. SkilfullY annotated these
documents would prove I'm arsenal
from which to draw N"apons to defend
The Mckinley policy against the anti
ImperialiStS.
The currency system of the islands
has been entirely changed. The form-
er money in circulation. consisting of
Mexican, Spanish, Spanish Filipino.
Bombay and other silver coin. has been
withdrawn from circulation, much of it
recoined, and the new Filipino coinage
as provided by Congress substituted
bar,4fnr |. only
in the new currency. and this change
| from Il silver to gold basis, from a
constantly fluctuating to a stable and
fixed rate of exchange, was accomplish
ed without any disturbance to BUSH
ness. and has elected the admiration
of fnanciers everywhere. 1t is the
opinion of Colonel Edwards that much
of the business depression of which
the Philippines have complained was
! due to the fiuctuating rates of ex-
! change.
Referring to immigration to the
| Philippine Islands, the report says.
| The official returns on immigration in
| to the Philippines for the fiscal year
1904 show the arrival of 27,9SS immi-
grants, an increaJe of 1852 in the num-
Der entering the islands during the
| previous year. According to NATIONAL
| 1ty, 13,151 We're Americans. 909S Chin
| csc, ITO Japanese. 941 f'ilipinoS. 6SS
Spaniards. 400 English and $40 all 9TH
ers. OF the Chinese more than 5000
possessed certificates emitting them
to readmission within a certain period
The remainder Of those who entered
for the first time were admitted under
the exemption clause of the Chinese
exclusion act. and included, among
| others, persons belonging to any
learned profession. The total revenues
from the American occupation of the
islands to the end of the fiscal year
were s63.SiO.346 and the expenditures
sJ6,09S, 500.