The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-09

ruse io- uarsalyr- our Just -la . 10 The
trade of tu1 Orient We have under
takCn to YTutsc. our citizens from i'm
proper treatment In fore Ign lands. We
continue steadily 10 insist on the aDpli-
cation Of the Monroe doctrine to the
western hemisphere ITHiass cur attitude
in these ond all similar matters is 10 be
"A mere hoastful sham We can not afford
( 10 abandon our naval programme. Our
voice is now potent for peace, and is 50
potent because We are not afraid Of war,
But our protesta;ions upon behalf Of
peace would neither receive nor deserve
the slightest attention If We were i'm
potent to make them good.
The Army.
Within the last three years the United
States has set example in disarrna-
ment where disarmament proper
BY law our army is fixed at a maximum
Of one hundred thousand and a minimum
Of sixty thousand men. When there was
insurrection in the Philippines we kept
the army al the maximum Peace came
in the Philippines and now army
has been reduced to the minimum at
which 1t is possible to keep 1t with due
regard TO its efficiency. The guns now
! mounted require twenty eight thousand
| men. il the coast fortfications are TO be
! adequately manned Relatively to the
nation. II is not now so large as the po-
| lice force Of New York or Chicago rela-
| lively to the population of either CITY,
| We need more officers there are not
| enough to perform the regular army
| work 1t is very important that the ofii-
| GERS Of the army should be accustomed
| to handle their men in masses, as IL u
| also important that the national guard
| of the several states should be aCcus-
| toned to actual field maneuvering, espe-
| cialIy in connection with the regulars
The Philippines.
In the Philippine islands there has
| been during the past year a continuation
| of the steady progress which has OBJ
| 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 so to make up the
people OF the Philippine islands, contain
many elements Of good, and some ele-
ments which we have n right to hone
| stand for progress. At present they arc
utterly incapable OF existing in inde-
| pendence at all or of building up civ
| ilization Of tEeir own. l firmly believe
| that we can help them to rise higher and
| higher in the scale of civilization and
| of capacity for self government and
| most earnestly hope that in the end they
[ will be a BILE to stand. If not entirely alone.
| yet in some such relation to the United
| States as Cuba now stands. This end
| is not yet in sight. and 1t may be in
| definitely postponed If our people are
| foolish enough to turn the attention of
| the Filipinos away from the problems Of
achieving moral and material prosperity.
| of working for stable, orderly, and just
| government. and toward foolish and dan
| eerous intrigues for complete independ-
| enCe for which they yet totally
| UNIT.
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 to do in the
| islands. l 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 win play
| an important part, and that our interests
have been served in more than one way
| by the possession of the Islands But
| our chief reason for continuing to hold
| them must be that We ought in good
| faith to try to do our 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 us in the Philip
| pine islands is akin to, but not exactly
like. the problems presented to the other
| great civilized powers which have pos
| sessions In the Orient. More distinctly
| than any of the powers we are endeaV-
| oring to develop the natives themselves
| SO thai they shall take an ever-increas-
| ing share in their own government, and
| as lar as Is pluuent we dITtiIy AL-
| mitting their representatives to gov
| ernmental equality with own. There
| are commissioners, Judges. and governors
| In the islands who Filpinos 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 are Filipinos.
| 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
4 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 go
| to them. 1t Is because l feel this SO
| deeply that in the administration OF these
| islands I 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 a free hand, and their suggestions
should receive the hearty backing both
of the Executive and Of the Congress.
There is need OF vigilant and disinter-
estcd support of our public servants in
the Philippines by good citizens here in
the United States Unfortunately hither-
to those OF our people here at home who
have specially claimed TO be the cham
pions OF the Filipinos have in reality
been their worst enemies This will
continue to be the case as long as they
strive to make the Filipinos independent,
and stop all industrial development Of
the Islands by crying out against the
lavs ubIrh wonld bring IL on the ground