The Washington herald., 1910-11-20
AT THE HOTELS.

crafts said Fred A. Donaldson. of New
York, who has spent a number Of years
IN the archipelago. Mr.. Donaldson was
seen at the New Willard.
He is commonly a clever craftsman
and mechanic. and makes an admirable
chauffeur or driver OF an electric tram.
showing a steadines of nerve In critical
moments at least equal to that OF the
white man. The policy Of the civil gov
eminent has been. and Is. to employ ma
tive assistants as largely as possible in
all departments. and whereas six years
ago there were more Americans employed
in the government service than Filipinos,
there are now nearly 1000 more Filipinos
| than Americans. In the bureau OF print
ing and engraving the Filipinos do all
the work I'm printing and binding and in
the delicate processes of color photogra-
ply and color printing, and the work is
Of very high standard. In the scientific
laboratory they are intrusted with the
details Of experiments requiring accuracy
and technical skill of a high order, and
they make scientific drawings. colored
plates Of fishes, insects &c, of undenia-
Bile excellence. ALI authorities agree IN
saying that while they show a lack OF
originality and initiative, they are ex-
iremely quick to learn and to initiate. ard
so long as the work is congenial need
only general guidance to make admirable
Office hands and clerical assistants"
Speaking of the English and Spanish
languages, Mr.. Donaldson said: 1t IS
| commonly said that. taking the islands
| as whole. there IS more English spoken
in them to-day than there ever was Span
| ish. Ii must be remembered that the
| Filipino, even Of the civilized provinces,
Is not one uniform person. but belongs TO
some sixteen different tribes, each speak
| ing is own dialect which is commonly
| unintelligible 10 the members of a tribe
| in contiguous island on the other side
Of narrow river. or even in a barrio or
| village. a few miles away There was.
and is no common medium Of eommuni-
cation, nor did the Spaniards aim 10 fur
nish one.
To-day. concluded Mr.. Donaldson, 'fn
many districts where Spanish was un-
known there are a number Of school chill
dren who have smattering OF English.
and In the new tongue, learned in school.
the youths Of tribes speaking different
! languages or dialects now find a means
1
English that the children speak, with its
/ oTientalized American intonation, and
there does not yet appear anywhere an
/ inclination among any considerable num-
/ Der OF the people 10 regard IL as a na-
| tional tongue. Nor has the English which
the children take home from school had
| any influence as vet on The daily speech
of the home or the village. but ifs pos
| session remains curious. perhaps an
! admirable, accomplishment in the individ-
uGl. the display OF which Is soon likely
| 10 grow difficult as the child becomes
merged in the life Of the community"
F. ". Buxton. OF Blackburn. England
who is at tIss Shoreham, discussed the
Irish home-ruie question last night as
| follows: Il know there are Englishmen
| who have not given the question serious
| consideration and thought, and who I'M
agine that If they only establish psrlia-
ment or a council in Dublin the Irish
| question, with its painful past and its
immediate discomfort Tor the present gov
| eminent, will disappear. I cannot hazard
| an opinion as 10 the effect that such
| settlement would have on the govern
| ment, but I have no hesitation ~ saying
that instead OF bringing peace. It would
| bring a sword TO the English people. j
/ ought not 10 be forgotten that ireland
has already INDUCED IA the luxury 81
a parliament IN Dublin. ana the expert
! ment was not of such character a. u
/ justify its repetition. One OF EngIsnd's
| greatest statesmen realized that peace
for Ireland and safety FOR England lay
| In the Incorporation Of ireland in the
| kingdom of Great Britain Time has
| justified the wisdom of his action, and
| Englishmen should be slow 10 interfere
| with an arrangement which has been
beneficial alike TO Great Britain and
| ireland.
Who are the men who wish TO substi-
tute local for an imperial parliament?
asked Mr.. Buxton. They are men who
/ have as their psymasters Patrick Ford
and the frish-Ciermans in America. I do
not for one moment say that there are
not Irishmen who still desire home rule
Tor Ireland. but there is no such demand
now for an Irish parliament as there WAS
| in Parnell's day. The men who fought
/ 50 vigorously under Parnel did so be-
cause they looked TO an Irish parliament
10 settle the land question. That ques-
tiOn is on the fair road to complete set
| Element and had il not been for the
measures which the English government
has taken to strange land purchase. most
u the Irish farmers would to-day be the
| sole owners of their farms Land pur-
chase and the increased prosperity which
has followed in its train have largely
killed the desire for home rule The agi-
| tation in favor OF an Irish parliament
now springs from America If English
! men are only wise enough To leave the
/ question alone il is safe to predict that
the cry for>home rule. at least so far as
Ireland is concerned. viii soon cease. I
firmly believe that at the present moment
the vast majority OF the Irish people
have no desire TO see the present ar
rangements interfered with"
Hudson Bay and its coasts are rich IN
fishing. timber, and mines, according TO
J. o. Phillips, mining engineer of Mon
treal Canada, who is at the Raleigh.
The whole OF the region lying around
the southern half of the bay" said Mr..
Phillips, lis thckly covered with trees
black and white spruce. tamaTeck or
| American larch. poplar, and birch. But
there is very little big timber A lumber
| industry OF moderate dimensions will no
doubt spring up In a good many places.
chiefly to serve local needs. But there Is
no prospect of any big developments in
this direction which would add materially
to the worlds steadily diminishing sup
ply OF timber
ION the other hand continued Mr.
Phillips. there is nowhere I'm the world
except possibly in Siberia, such an i'm
mense area of forest suitable for pulp
making II is only a question Of time.
barely a decade, perhaps, before each OF
the innumerable rivers that run down
into the bay will have one or more pulp
| factories established on it's banks Short