Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-05
RAKES THE NATIONS
DIR. L. L. SEAMAN CRITICIsEs
COLONIZATION METHODS.

European nations were raked fore and aft
for their colonization methods, by DR.. Louis
Livingstone Seaman. in his address on
THE Curse Of Civilization" before the
National Geographic Society at the Ma
tionar Rifles Armory last night. DR.. Sea-
man has Just returned from German East
Africa, with which his lecture chiefly dealt
He has devoted much time also to the STUDY
Of the American colonies In the Philppines
and the island of Cuba, and to the reorgan-
ization Of China and the development OF
Japan, and his lecture consisted Of a spirit
ed and frank criticism of the various ma
lions in their colonization work. He de-
picted England and Belgium as the worst
colonizers, and declared that hall mas not
been published about the operations unoer
these two nations. He said Congo brutal
tiles have not been exaggerated out tnat
the present publicity that 10 being given
this is effected by England.
DR.. Seaman, according to the views ex-
pressed In his lecture, has about as much
love and regard for the native Filipino as
he would have for viper He SAID that
the United States made one of the greatest
errors Of its history when it took posses
sion OF the islands
I'VE will never derive any benefits from
this expansion" he stated But these
islands fell to accidentally and not py
the grasping methods resorted to by Eng
land. We thought that the acquisition OF
the Philippines would have a tendency 10
wonderfully increase our oriental trade, out
as a matter of fact it has been Illustrated
that this was a mistaken idea, and that
oriental trade will never be obtained
through the possession of the Philippine
Islands,
Philippines and Oriental Trade.
Regarding this oriental trade the lecturer
said: "a prominent and wealthy Chinese
merchant recently told me that the United
States might as we'll have acquired
the Bermuda or Canary Islands with this
object in view. He told me that the Philip
pines will be more of a menace in relation
to this oriental trade than help or STEP
ping stone It should make every gooo
Americans heart ache when he thinks OF
the money Uncle Sam has expended on TINS
frutless venture and the millions that Will
be spent before the failure is fully realized
However Congress will some day wake up
and take steps to dispose of the Islands
under the best condition possible, ana
recall the troops, public oftcials schooi
teachers, etc, and they Will nave Iouno
then that the revenue derived from the
Philippines will not be sufficient for the
payment of the homeward passages OF these
officials"
Dr. Seaman depicts the Filipino as not
only a valueless citizen, but an impossible
one.
He is a semi-savage, deceitful. viper-like,
ungrateful, descended from tAe low-pred
Spanish type. There is no use trying 10 cd
ucate or better him; and If the government
officials think they can make a success IN
this line they will be defying all laws and
records and induging in the greatest form
of OPTIMISM
colonization will be the permitting of chi
nese emigrants to, flock to the islands Inc
Chinese he says will make INDUSTRIOUS
citizens, far superior to the natlVe tlllplno.
1t is unfortunate. he said, that America
does not look upon this race with more
esteem. 1t is time for America to recognize
that the Chinese are Stlll-allVe people
and that government IKE Emma WIN as
history, experiences and possibilities is more
to be feared for it's virtues than its vices.
Grasping Methods.
With relation to colonization DR.. Seaman
pictured the English as grasping, heart
less INSCRIPTIONS people.
Their idea of colonization is not to bet
ter and uplift a race like ours is he said.
but simply a greed for gold. Wherever
YOU see a mining camp you can expect to
see the English. The colonies In East
Africa" he said, ARE feeling the heavy
hand of Germany, and many hardships are
being inflicted upon the colonists. Many
thousands have starved and died that Ger
many and England might flourish, and the
natives Of Niger are being continually
slaughtered by the French
The lecturer then touched upon the atro-
cities in Africa, and the promiscuous kill
ing of the natives by the European ma
tions Congo Free State has suffered
worse fate in this respect than the others,
he said He declared we will never know
all the brutalities that have been inflicted
and encouraged in Africa by the European
nations through their colonization methods.
He said Congo Is an exceptionally rich
country in it's mineral resources. and Its
copper and gold mines at present seem to
be inexhaustible. He predicts that 0.O0O,-
coo worth Of mining machinery will be
demanded in Congo in a short time, and
most of this machinery will come from
the United States.