The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-30


devoted in the main to statistics. The
reader desirous OF becoming posted on
conditions existing in our Far Eas-
tern possessions will do well to pre-
serve the facts contained herein, as
they will be conducive to a better
understanding of the accounts to fol-
low, and will be valuable for reference
at all times.
Although hundreds Of books aad
thousands Of columns Of newspaper
articles have been written on this sub
ject, new conditions are continually
being formed which, together with the
established facts, should be kept con-
j stantly before the people of the Unit.
ed States, because the future political
privileges of the Filipino must be de-
termined by American legislation.
/ AS the attempt is being made to edu-
! cate the native, the American should
/ not remain in ignorance of the condi-
/ tion Of his governments ward. While
oil argument may be colored by the
interests or prejudices Of the indiyi-
dual, the actual statistics can not be
misleading, and are, therefore, worth
remembering.
The Philippine Islands are part OF
the East Indian archipelago. They
are located southeast of Asia, almost
south Of japan, and north Of Borneo.
They are altogether tropical. The
zone which We acquired from Spain
as set forth by the treaty of Paris
December 10, 1889, including land
! and water, amounts to an area almost
thirteen times as large as all of che
i New England States. The census of
Z. the Philippine Islands, just issued by
the American government, is the first
q accurate record Of what our posses
sions here really amount to. This
shows that there are more islands in
4 the group than the Spaniards thought
there were. 4; 81. IS
The exact number, including every.
thing which appears separately at
3 high tide. is 3,141. However, 2,775
of these islands are very small, each
being less than a square mile in area.
About ! 500 Of ..Aea: ere &C saeh little
/. consequence that they have seve.
been named. The total area Of all the
islands in the group is liz, ,O26 square
miles. Fully half Of this territory 10
1 contained within the limits of the two
large islands, Luzon and Mindanao,
che former being about the size OF
Louisiana and the latter about as5
large as indiana. Thus#it will be
seen that there is considerably more.
j water than land within the limits of
the zone oeded to ns. There are SO
B many indentations in the archipelago, )
that its coast line, like that Of Alas
ka, is greater than the combined At.
5lantio and Pacific aeaboards Of the
! United States. The American gov
ernment paid Spain $40, 900 1000 for
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