New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
CLERGY PRAISE l. s. RULE
Bishops Commend 1merican Admln-
istrati0n in Philippines.
lrnoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU

Washington. oct IS-Evidence of unimpeach-
able character and from sources prone TO disa-
gree on many subjects. attesting the justice, the
wisdom and the progressiveness of American
administration of Philippine affairs, continues
10 appear. The Rev Dr. Arthur Judson Brown
secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions OF
the Presbyterian Church. in mis- recent work.
The New Era in the Philippines, pays a re-
markabIe tribute to the American government
in its relations with The islands He says
As American citizens ,ee may cherish par
donable pride that during this emergency of our
country as an Asiatic power our national pohcy
has been shaped by such men as President Me
SInley President Roosevelt Secretary of State
Hay Secretary of War Root and (ioTeSno~
TAFT No other Americans since Washington
nave had 10 erlpple with more S;uprndous prob
leius. our history furnishes 40 precedents To
guide. the new peoples no intelligence TO help
Order liberty and justice had 10 be created out
Of chaos. bondage and oppression.
Amid these extraordinarily difficult conditions
these men have shown a holdness of initiative
wisdom OF execution "a fertility OF resource
and a breadth of mind and heart which place
them among our greatest statesmen. Theirs
has hecn the prescienoe 10 kno"
OCCASION by tho hand and make
The bounds Of freedom wider yet
There should bc no politics in our support Of
their policy. no sectarianism In our prayer that
the God Of nations may continue To guide Alright
those upon whom such solemn responsibilities
now rest.
The Right ReN. DR. Charles IT. Brent. Prot
estant Episcopal Bishop Of the Philippines. has
expressed his views. CLEANED from personal con
tact with Philippine conditions in an article in
"'rhe Churchman" for October l, in which he
says:
To-day the one force that makes for peace aud
unity Gn the Philippines is the American hand
II the natives appear restless and dIscontent@d
under the existing regime il is largely due 10 the
fact that handful of intriguers and deIna-
gogues in the archipelago and kindly. though l
venture to think mistaken, theorists IN America
have disturbed the cquaninlity Of an eXcitable
race. the majority of whom would have accepted
American leadership, not only with cohtehtnneht'
but with gladness, after the natural suspicion
that our conduct would be repetition of Span
fsh latter day tyranny and miSrulc had been al
layed The leading opponents of the pres
eut policy have never set foot in the islands. and
are incompetent to deal with the facts in the
case Those of us who are convinced that we are
pursuing the ono course honorable to ourselves
and Just 10 the Filipino are not unmiudful of our
national heritage or of the principles of liberty
Dr. Warren Methodist Bishop Of Colorado.
who was recently in Washington, said. referring
the Philippines:
We should not only for the benefit of the Fill
piuos and no, only for the benefit OF Americans,
hut for the benefit of all Christian nations, for
the benefit of mankind, regard il of the ut
most Importance that the work begun i'm the
Philippines should go The flag should con-
tinue float over the Philippines.
The high regard which the fairness and jus
tice Of the present administration of the Phillip
pines have compelled from the hierarchy OF the
Roman Catholic Church has been related in
these dispatches on several occasions In yes
terdays dispatches the opinion of Archbishop
Harty. of Manila. quoted. TO the effect that
he hoped for the election OF President RoOse-
velt that the excellent work being done might
not be interrupted. together with his prophecy
that under divine guidance the benehcent rule
of AmeIicst is destined ultimately to place the
Christian Malay moral and political
plane that as yet has never been attained by
an Oriental people,
Bishop Fowler. at the recent Methodist mis-
sionary convention, in Philadelphia expressed
views that entirely coincided with those quoted
and the Rev. q. +. PentecOst. special foreign
commissioner of the Presbyterian Church re-
Gently declared that America was i'm the East
because God and humanity needed her there"
The prominent churchmen here quoted prove
how erroneous and unfounded are the various
campaign allegations that the United States is
destroying the liberty of foreign people and
acting the part of the tyrant and the oppressor