The Alaska daily empire., 1912-12-20
Progress
 of Little
 F'iIiDiirlos
Special Correspondence.)

Special correspondence)
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O-A re marlable recital of the development of the Philippines in ways of civiliza ton during the fourteen years O American occupation is given In thc annual report of Secretary of Wal stimsOn. It is declared that there ii no other instance in history wher' after four years of war and insur rection of over 100000 of an en tire alien race have been so soon giv en not merely the forms of civil con trol but immediate and extensive participation in their own govern ment.
 similarly" says the Secretary there Is no parallel to the material mental and moral progress shown ir these ten years of civil government by so many millions of people, held for centuries in ignorance and, in of feet, in political and economic bond age. Yet, with all this progress, out work in the Philippines has just com menced.
 Great Infant Mortality.
 Half of the children born in Manila die in infancy; million children are without schools; the old system Ol peonage is still accepted by the mass, es, who, unless protected by Ameri' cans, woulG fall ready victims to the rich and educated Philippine minori' | ty.
 The American policy, he says, should be continued to completion, for until that time all proposals for in. dependence are pleas for natural rec reancy on our part and for the repu- diation of the heavy and difficult bur den which thus far we have been bravely and consistently sustaining, Even more is it unjust to the great masses of Filipino people, in whose behalf the high sounding slogan of liberty and independence ere shout ed. After having been for centuries sunk in ignorance and held in eco homie subjection, they are now be- ing aroused in self-supporting man. hood and being welded into national solidarity Along this line, and along this line alone, lies the true port of liberty and independence"
 The Secretary states the strength of the regular army at the beginning of the fiscal year at S2,SO5, an in. crease during the year of 189 officers and 1884 enlisted men. He says the spirit of the personnel of the army confines to improve. Unfit officers are speedily discovered under the searching tests of field conditions.
 "one of the surest ways of getting rid of the dead wood of our army is to work it as far as possible under the applicatory methods of modern mill- tary training" the Secretary declares.
 Anti-cantsen Vice
 MT. Stimson asserts his belief that the so-called anH-canteen legislation has been responsible for much vice, a statement which he supports by a recital of the results of his own inspec. tion of Sorty.nine of the mobile army posts, where he found the military reservations adjoined by dives and ill.resorts which make the record of our army in this respect shame ful beyond that of the army of any civilized nation"
 The immediate completion of the posts at Panama and Hawaii he strong ly urges. It is said that the locks and machinery at Panama already have reached a condition of extreme vulner- ability in case of sudden attack, yet no greater force can be sent there than the one regiment now on guard until new quarters are constructed for them, and the Secretary urges that such works should begin at once.
 For the Porto Ricans, the secre- tary urges citizenship, declaring that it was promised and that 1t had been earned by loyalty. The island should also have department of labor and agriculture and a department of health and sanitation, as well as rigorous civil service law, and all judicial of fees, non-electlve, should be made ap- pointive.
 The closing chapter of the report deals with the Panama canal, of which it is said, that, while the official date of opening Is set for Jan. 1, 1915, 1t is the intention to allow vessels to util- ize 1t as soon as possible-probably during the latter half of 1913. The secretary state that while he still be- lieves the Unitaed States can repay tolls to Americans vessels using the canal, he is strongly of the opinion that such remission of tolls be not granted, as they are necessary.
 Mrs. Martin Wg Liltteton gave a "pe- tition party" at her rooms in the New Willard Hotel recently. Dressed in