The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-11

ing and helpful II to their question
how soon that promise Is 20 be- fulfilled,
the answer is returned that IL win DC
fulfilled as soon as their machinery
OF eli-8oVernment Is in orderly opera
tton-it being understood that in our
judgment OF their doings due allowance
win be made for their traditions and
their racial pecuiiarities. and that We
DO not demand or expect their exercise
Of the functions of self-goverurnent to
be more honest and wise than ours Is
at hOme-then the effect OF chr promise
viii be TO stimulate their desire TO Dc
their best. and thus 20 inspire their am
bitiOn with good purpose and hope.
Danger of Intrigue.
But n we cut of their hope. OF IL We
so qualify the promise OF Independence
rs to the time and the condition OF its
fulhllment that the good faith OF the
promise becomes doubtful then we may
indeed look for secret plottings against
American rule and for new upheavals
and insurrectionary attempts. especially
n the United States should ever become
involved in conflicts with fore'Sn ma
tions.
That we are strong enough 10 keep
foreign peoples in subsection against
their viii. and to rule distant colonies as
other governments rule theirs nobody
doubts But the question - not whether
We are able TO do sO-the question Is
whether we want to do so. or ought to
do 90.
We are by no means unmindful Of
the objection that because OF the igno-
rance Of a large part Of their pOpula-
tion. the FilipinOs viii be una bic 10 build
up and maintain an independent govern
ment Neither do We indulge IN the de-
fusion that their government viii be all
that we might desire. But the Cubans
have done well since they were left 20
themselves. and Mexico. Argentina,
Chile. and Brazil. after years OF turmoil
and confusion. have at last succeeded
in esta blishing governments command
ing the esteem OF the world.
Faith in Diplomacy.
LAS to the danger Of some foreign
power bouncing upon the independent
Philippines. it may well be expected
that American diplomacy. backed by the
prestige OF this great republic. viii be
able 10 protect them against foreign
conquest
Nor is there any doubt that an In
dependent Philippine government w0Ild
gladly yield 10 the United States any
accommodations for its navy anc any
commercial facility that may reasonably
be desired
I'VE do not ask that the power Of
the United States be Withdrawn from
the Philippines at once and uncOndition-
ally But we do ask In the name OF
the fundamental principles upon which
the American Republic was built. and
in the name Of the justice We owe 10
the foreign people now our subjects. that
the inha bitants of the Philippine Islands
be granted their national Under Sndence
al soon as. with the countena-t@e and
aid and from the protection OF lis Re
public. they can install a free govern
ment OF their own And we most earn
estly entreat your honorable body TO
give expression TO this demand in the
platform OF the political party which
you represent.
The Signatories.
Charles F. Adams. Massachusetts,
DIT Felix Adler. New York.
President Edwin a Alderman, Ia.
James NJ Allen. California.
w II Baldwin tr-. New York.
Bishop Chauncey p. Brewster, Conn.,
Gen. r. BrinkerhOff. Ohio.
George Burnham. jr-. Pennsylvania
President George c. Chase. Maine.
r. Fulton Cutting. New York.
President Charles w Eliot Mass
President w H. P. Faunce. R
Philip G. Garrett. Pennsylvania
President G. Stanley Hall.-Mass.
Chancellor Walter B. Hill. Georgia
Rev W. r. Huntington. New York.
President William De W.Nfyde. Ne.
Prof William Starr Jordan. Cal.
President Henry Churchill King. o.
Prof. ]. Laurence LaugbisI. Illinois
Charles r. Lummis. California.
Hon. Samuel W. Mccall. Mass.
Wayne MacNeagh. Washington, D. Q.
Bishop w. n McVicar Rhode Island.
Rev. c. II. Parkhurst. New York.
George Foster Peabody. New York
bliss Perry. Massachusetts
Hon. T. NJ Rose. Arkansas.
President J. G. Schurman. New York.
Prof. Edwin r. a. Seligman. n Y.
Hon. George F. Seward. New York.
President Isaac Sharpless. Pa
judge Rufus r. Smith Ohio
Bishop J. l. Spalding Illinois.
Prof. w G. Sumner Connecticut
Robert Ellis ThOmp Son. PennSvlT-c MIA
Prof. Henry van Dyke. New Jersey
Horace White New York