The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
MR.. BRYAN TELLS or HIS PLAN FOR RElINQUISTIING
THE PHILIPPINES AND GRANTING THEM INDEPENDENT
c Of Sans TemR
and How The yshoLBE IH America Idea kspeadn

tan, and comparison of the two
shows distinctly tiiat American infu-
,ence is already being felt. 800
While lido not believe that any large
number of Americans can be induced to
settle permanently in Mindanao (and
ing place., there will be ample time to
test the question while the government
Is being established among the Moros.
It is more likely hat the waste lands
/ will be settled upon by emlgrants from
the northern islands and that in time
the Christian Filipihos will be suf-
ifeiently numerous to control the is
lands. and they can then be annexed to
the northern eroup.sS-zs. =
=, hi
The leaven of American ideas is ale
ready spreading. At Zamboanga ne
met Datto Mandi, who has adopted the
American dress and opened one of his
buildings for a Moro school for girls.
He is manifesting an increasing inter
Eest in the American work. Datto
| taken to the worlds fair and he, too,
has abandoned the native dress.
have already referred to the desire ex-
pressed by Datto Piang to have his sons
/ attend school in America. This is
good sign. and the money spent in edu-
eating them would reduce. military ex-
penditures in that part of the island.
| The sultan of Sulu also wants to visit
| America, and a trip would do him more
| good than year S salary. AS soon as
we convince these people that our pur-
pose is an unselfsh one, they will be-
come willing pupils, and in the course
of time they will find the home more
congenial than the harem and the ways
of peace more pleasant than the war
path. e So s,.
| While our plans should be unseIfsh,
they would probably prove profitable
in the end, for friends are better GUS
toners than enemies, and our trade is
i apt to develop. in proportion as We
teach the natives to live as we do.
When Solomon came to the throne, In
t'stead.of choosing riches or long life, he
asked for wisdom that he might govern
his people Alright, and he received not
! only visions. but the riches and the
length of days which he had regarded
similar reward if we choose the better
part and put the welfare. of the natives
above our own gain
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After all, the test question is. have
: we faith in the wisdom to do right ~
, Are we willing to trust the conscience
and the moral sense OF those whom we
desire to aid? -.
) individuals have put Christianity to
the test and have convinced themselves
: that benevolence unarmed is mightier
+ than selfshness equipped with sword
and mail, but nations have as yet sell
e dom ventured to embody= the spirit OF
Y the Nazarene in their foreign policy.
e It is not an opportune time for our
e nation to make the trial7 Our presi.
y dent has recently, been hailed as a
e peacemaker because he took the initi
/ alive ia terminating great war; but
! this involved no sacrifice upon ou-
/. part.iF May we not win greater vic.
b. tory! by proving our disinterested con-
j Germ for the welfare of people separ.
). ated from us not: only by vast waters
L but by race, by language and by color
i Carlyle, in concluding his history OF
l. the French revolution, declared that
/. thought is stronger than artillery parks
ID and back of every, great thought is
h love This Is lofty platform but not
y too lofty for the United States Of
l. America.