The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-05
Colonial Policy
Strongly Condemned

In April last, speaking before The Iro-
quois club in Chicago, General Nelson A.
Miles sai.:
I'VE hear the Boosting Of what we are
going 10 do as a world power There
never was a world power that compared
in physical grandeur to the great moral
power which We exercised for "A cent ury
as a nation of free independent just
and humane people. a nation of millions
of earnest, patriotic citizens who not
only conducted their own affairs with
justice and equality. but wielde,i- a spien-
Old influence IN behalf of the oppressed
of other lands struggling for, indepen-
denee. That was indeed a world power
which commanded tf9 love and devotion
OF cur own people. IS weH as the lib
erty-loving people of every quarter Of
tionai character, our boast u being
world power BIZ mere brute force would
be Justly held in contempt and our ex-
istenee as a republic would be Of short
duration. The world ia too familiar WITH
the spectacle of a strong power expand
ing By suhjugatiOn. Rome the strongest
of empires based on force. -fus wrote
her history and wrought her Euin.
Blood and Treasure Expended.
'To say nothing of the thousands OF
lives that have been lost or ruined in
the conquest of the Philippines we have
expended enough treasure. drawn from
the people of this country to nave put
arid land, thereby benefting millions OF
our home-buiiders. or 10 have built Il
splendid system of good roads over our
entire country.
1--WE find 5000. go Maiays crowded into
these islands ia ar area DQt As large
as the territory of New Mexico: a popu-
lation greater than that which now oe-
cupies the western half of he United
states. Our flag was raised IN glory
over the halls of the Montezumas. and
lowered with honor Again IL was raised
in glory over the capital Of the CeleS-
tial empire. and lowered with honor. IL
Cuba and how with honor has given
place to the last of the seventeen re-
publics that have been established IN the
western hemisphere. copied AFTER our
own and embracing j0900.0vo OF people.
II rejoice that the most thoughtful ana
humane of our -countryToen are
now advocating granting the people OF
the Philippine islands the blessings That
we have given TO those of Cuba, there
by establishing the first republic in the
Orient When this lust and generous act
is Accomplished the 100000 IN nabltants
of those islands will hail II vas un-
spea kable Joy, and the great majority
of The people Of this country VIII lndorse
the benevolent act. Two hundred days
would be sufficient time in which to ac-
complish that glorious result. We need
not cultivate an appetite Tor TIE horlz0n
when we have the best country on earth,
with undeYeloped resources that VIII oc-
cupy our people for hundreds OF years"
President schurman's Views.
At the banquet given in honor Of the
Filipino commissioners by the New York
chamber OF commerce IN June last Pro-
fessor Jacob Gould Schurman Icade an
address on independence for The Philip
pines in the course OF which re uttered
these opinions Professor Schtrman. it
is remembered. was president of the
first American commission in the Phil
:0pine islands:
Some Of our people may want to re-
tain the Philippines. as an American
colony. for reasons Of commercial or mil
Harv advantage. or for prestige o: glory
in the Orient. They are, however MI
nOrity influential perhaps, vet Dumeri-
cally not large Practically none of our
ct liens. I am sure want to admit the
Philippine islands as territories or states
into our constitutional and federal Amer
iCan union. Some development from the
present status along the lines OF home
rule and ultimate independence IS
think. the more general desire ana eA-
Dectation. But there is no consensus OF
opinion as TO details. Some favor lnde-
Them idealsts. yet history proves that
idealists in politics arc generally the
most practical statesmen Others say II
Will take a century to tlt YOU gentlemen
TO govern yourselves: but I suspect that
tho phrase a century is merely an OH
entail made of speech for a short time.
we prepared tho Panamans foI indie
psndence in twenty-fOur nouns and the
Ctrbans in twenty four months Ten
years is $3.50 day( Are the Panamans
3. $50 times as ripe in their capacity for
political development as the Filipino-the
7.00OOd0 civilized and Christiaiuzed FIN
ps-s-?
'sWell. the question is for the Ameri-
can people and the Filipino people TO set
tie. Our people love liberty, they have
given independence to Cuba. they refuse
10 establish colonies in Central or South
America We believe In government OF
the people by the people themselves: we
believe in the government OF the Fthpinos
hy the Filipinos. And one day ! nave no
douht the FiliDinos will be masters OF
their own political destiny Ike Canada
or like Cuba"