The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-26
HOW TO UNLOAD THE PHILIPPINES


war that war on the part Of this coun-
Try for the acquisition OF new terri
tory would be war of criminal ag-
erosion. For thirteen years the
United States has tried TO govern IN,
Philippine Islands which came into its
possession by conquest. The pledge
Ywas made upon taking over that far
away country that as soon as order
1lad been restored and u stable gov
iternment assured the United States
iwould turn over the Islands to the
Filipinoes themselves SO that they
,might have control Of their own af-
.fairs. Il the time of the conquest the
tEilipinoes were hghting for their free
Dom from Spanish domination, and
would IN time, probably. have won
rtheir independence. Since the Ameri-
scan occupation they have not given
tgreat promise Of their ability TO SOW
Tern themselves, and it does not look
Ns If the time will ever come. or come
at least for generations, when Ameri.
ran exploiters will reach the conclu-
,eion that the Filipinoes can he trusted
TO take care of themselves. The Islands
Shave been held so far at an enormous
waste of blood and treasure, and yet
the Filipino has not been assimilated.
nt is doubtful that he ever can be. We
vought TO get rid of him in some way.
THE penver Post has suggested a way
sby which we car escape from our re-
Sponsibility with as much hono- as we
got into it. The Denver paper says:
The United States does not want
the Philippincs-never did want them.
il is against the American policy TO
own colonies or to rule any people
beyond the seas. The Filipino does
not want to be ruled by the American,
yet is unfit to rule himself until he is
civilized; and he cannot be civilized
by the American. The obvious solu-
ZION is TO turn the Islands over TO
some nation which does want them,
and whose civilization is fitted to the
mind and character of the Filipino.
That country is Japan. The little
island empire is badly overcrowded,
and the Japanese must have room for
expansion. They AVE already overrun
Korea, and year by year they are
crowding more heavily on Russia and
China. Now the Philippines are at
their very door, as convenient TO them
as they are announcement to us. They
need them and want them-and ii wal
should come they would take them in
spite OF us. and it would cost us I'M
1o!d millions to recover them. The
Filipino and the Japanese would read.
lily understand each other, which the
tHlpino and the American never will.
II Post wishes TO propose that the
United States sci, the Philippines to
Japan. the purchase price t. be paid
an annual instaninents; and that both
i1his purchase price and the sum now
~annually expended in governing the
islands (Which would then be sayedl
De apPlied'.t0 tho reclamation of arid
bands in.ths" West and of lands sub
sect to overflow in the South. Thus
I'VE would BRING under cultivation an
enormous area within our own borders.
which is now barren, We would be
lrid of an overseas possession. which
rs both expensive and dangerous: we
would make a friend forever OF Japan.
and we would help both the Japanese
and the Filipino"
'ooH' as IL 'h's disposition of the
N"pp'"eS "ou'o be "a good way out
E d Daa 'aFEa'h' haviRs obtained
possession o' 'he Islands by conquest
a"q puteAdSe-'h price paid by the
"n'ten '.a'eS 10 spain for the group
sot Islands was S2o,O0o. 0O0-it would
' 'Nh' we could dispose OF our
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in -dio,onsc, ~ .a.iu"
rake over the cor,rn, - III $500
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