Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-12

| lE 81 n E First the control of the
| Ia Moi colony by force while Its
lRe1gNs1AEsl resources are being eX-
| plotted for the benefit of the fGnns
| power: second, the control of the col
! ony by force, coupled with just and
| equitable administration with due re-
gard for the rights of the natives, anu
| only incidental advantage to the ruling
! power, and, third the guidance ana
! control of the colony by sharing tne
| burden of government and using force
only when moral suasion fails, the sole
! object being the betterment of the con-
| dition of the natives.
The first theory has been all but
abandoned. The Dutch still enforce It
in Java and Borneo, and 1t is to be
| found i'm some other places 1t was
! this kind of administration which lost
/ Spain it's empire and made two-thirds
of the Latin world republican. The
second theory is that pursued by Great
| Britain in dealing with the important
| possessions inhabited by races other
| than white, such as India and Egypt.
In these cases England does not insist
upon the word COLONY" and divides
| the administrative offices with the ma
| tives up to a certain point But the
English power is always supreme and
preponderating in every department.
/
combination of altruism and practical
common sense. is being put into opera
| tion for the first time in modern history
| by the Americans in the Philippines. 1t
! is not possible as yet to describe 1t as
being more than an experiment, yet 1t
| is an experiment which promises great
| success. The English in India and 9TH
| er Oriental places are uncompromtsing
in their condemnation of the American
| policy. They assert that it has moved
| their subjects to almost open rebellion.
| , -ey ask why the Americans, when
! first confronted with a colonial prob
! lem, were not content to initiate the
example of England instead of bring
ing out an entirely new theory for ex-
perimentation.
The practical difference between the
! three systems of colonial admlnistra-
ton is manifest In every aspect of life
In the several colonies. In Java the
| Dutch treat the nStives with a cruelty
never experienced by African slaves In
any country. A Javanese servant must
approach his master kneeling. and
some of them are forced to crawl on
| all fours when in the dread presence of
a lordly Dutchman The condition of
| the natives in Java is that of most abb
| ject and humiliating serVility. In In
dia the native crouches at the roadside
when a white man passes, afraid OF
the riding whip he knows so we'll An
Indian policeman salutes every white
man who passes, fearing dismissal and
| punishment IL he should omit to thus
recognize the inherent superiority of
| the English. Every Indian native, eX-
! cept in the native states, has an air of
| hang-dog servility. In the Philippines
! the atmosphere is entirely different.
! The Filipino holds up his head with Il
proper pride-some Americans think
! h
| the American or any other man
straight in the eye without fiinching.
The Filipinos are thoroughly imbued
with patriotic nationalism, and they
| do not love the Americans. 1t will re-
| quire at least one new generation be-
| fore gratitude will wipe out the
memory of the recent clash of arms
The ordinary Filipino regards the
government as his natural enemy
Until the Americans came 1t was so
and he hasn't had time yet to grasr
the American idea. Therefore when q
politician comes along and makes a
radical speech, demanding immediate
! independence, his auditors look upon
him as something of a hero. IN the
Spanish days, as they know full we'll
] he would have paid the penalty of his
! life for such utterances. When the
American government does nothing the
| natural conclusion Is that the Ameri-
cans are too weak or too timid to en-
force their will. This oriental habit OF
mistaking kindness for fear is not tc
be easily eradicated from the minds OF
a people having no memory of govern
ment except as a cruel tyranny.
Despite this difficulty. and the con-
stant agitation of the Filipinos, de-
spite the determined opposition of a
certain class of Americans in the ISL
ands who insisted upon retaining the
full powers of a conquering nation, and
despite much hasty and unwarranted
prejudice at home, the Americans in
the islands kept on with their policy
of a government of the Filipinos by
Americans and Filiplnos, for Filipinos
The great diplomatic stroke of the
whole experiment was the establish
ment of the assembly. Being entirely
Filipino. elected by the people, and