The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-15
STILL GOING ON.

We suppose no one has tried to keeI tally of the number of times that tht country has been informed, officially ana otherwise. that the troubles in the Phil ippines have all been settled. For sew eral years this has been a constantly re- curing bit of news We have had the as- surance. probably hundreds of times. that order has been fully and permanently es- tablished, and that no further trouble is to be apprehended. There has never been any but theoretical truths in these state- ments. That it Is not true now, witness the following from New York paper a day or two ago:
 Yesterdays cable dispatches from Ma niia reported the revolt and assertion Of nearly hundred members of the con stabularv stationed a ViRah ''one of the leading centres of LuZon.'' They took with them fifty rifles and 5000 rounds of ammunition and $70o obtained by footing says that "advices indicate that the re- volt haS developed into small uprising against the Americans and loyal Eli pinos.'
 This is the usual story and it bids fair to continue. For two centuries under Spanish occupation of that island such episodes were continuous When our Gov ernment took over the country from Spain it was confidently expected and pre- dicted that conditions would change and that permanent order and quiet would be restored and maintained. How little ground there was for such hopes is seen in almost everv dtsnotoh s..... How little hope there is for the future is to be judged from the past.
 What reason, judging tEe future bv the past, have we to hope for anything bet ter in the future? For century and quarter the Government of the United States has been dealing with savages within our own borders. Our Govern ment has absolute control of all its own territory. yet 1t has failed to maintain quiet among the Indian tribes. Almost every year there is an outbreak some where which has to be put down by armed troops. It has been going on from the time the first European landed on our shores. It bids fair to go on while there is an Indian tribe left uncivilized.
 What better can we expect when the savages are thousands of miles from our shores? These Luzon rebels" in their native wilds. armed with our latest weap- ons and ammunition. will cause trouble till they are destroyed or captured. By that time there will be others ready to adopt their tactics. They are savages of low type. treacherous, cruel and vindic- tive, who resent the rule of the white man and are always ready for revolt. They have many advantages over our troops. and will use them as often as they can.
 What is the remedy? Can our Govern ment afford to keep up standing army large enough to cover the entire islands and watch every square mile of them. We remember a story of an American of hcer and an Indian chief in the early days of our country The officer had de- clared that he could put down any up- rising among the Indians. The chief spread 'bullock's hide on the ground and pointed out that in one place 1t buIged up from the earth. He set his foot on that place and crushed 1t down, but the hide rose up at another place. That was the Indians graphic manner of showing how an uprising put down in one place would come up in another.
 That Is what Is going on in the Philip pines. and 1t is what is likely to continue unless the entire region is covered with troops. Is there any end to such condi- tions except to turn the country over to the savages as We have turned Cuba over to the Cubans? It may be argued that the Filipinos are not capable of self government as the Cubans are. Perhaps that is true, but they do not seem capa- ble of being governed. It is a perplexing question.