The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-09
STIMSON IS AGAINST
 CASTING THE FILIPINO
 OUT UPON THE WORLD
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 In connection with the subject the Secre tary also recommends the passage of the pending volunteers bill which would not entail dollars expense upon the govern | ment at this time or in the future until l war comes. Attention is also directed 1 again to the great shortage in the supply | of field artillery, winch cannot be pur- chased abroad in time of war, and re- | quires years to manufacture. Taking a lesson from the present great struggle in 1 the east, Secretary Stimson says: "The amount which we have permitted to ac- cumuate would be insufficient for a sin l gle engagement of the character of the 1 engagements in either the Russo-Japanese or the present Balkan war
 Suggestions of the old controversy be- tween the executive and Congress over the construction of dams in navigable streams without compensation to the government are contained in long chapter of the re- port dealing with the attempt of the war department to protect such streams from l private jeopardations. The Secretary re- terates his views already laid before Con- gross in connection with the veto last session of the Coosa river dam bill, and | he again urges that existing law be amended so that the grantee of dam privilege be required to pay reasonable sum to the government, the proceeds to be used for the development of the stream l where the dam is located.
 l The international waterways commis- | sion has completed it's investigation of l the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and with the eXcep- | ton of the final report upon "a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie, delayed by the ] illness of one of the Canadian engineers, and it is suggested that the commission be extended to April l. 1914
 | For the Porto Ricans. the Secretary urges citizenship, declaring that it was | promised and that it had been earned by | loyalty The island should also have a l department of labor and agriculture and | a department of health and sanitation as we'll as rigorous civil service law and all judicial officers, non-elective l should be made appointiVe.
 | A remarkable recital of the develop ment of the Philippines in ways of civil ization during the II years of American occupation is given in the report It is declared that there is no other instanc, in history where, after four years of wal and insurreetion, to over 100000 of ai entire alien race, have been so soon giver not merely the forms of civil control. bu immediate and extensive participation IT their own government Similarly. say the Secretary. there is no parallel [, the material. mental and moral progress shown in these ten years of civil govern l menL nN so many lllllllttlS ol ptoPiO, Hei' for centuries in ignorance and in effec in political and economic bondage" Afte making this statement Secretary Stimsol | proceeds to detail at length what has beer accomplished in each separate direction in the islands; the sanitation, the educa ton, the development of new industries the opening of the lands to small far mers the construction of harbor work and railroads and irrigation plants. "Ye l lu,;th alI this work in tH
 Philippines has just commenced con tinues the Secretary. Half of the chil dren born in Manila die in infancy, an' | a million children are without schools 1 the old system of peonage is still accepted by the masses, who unless protected b, , Americans would fall ready victims t
 the rich and educated Philippine minori ty" The American policy. he says should be continued to completion, for
 until that time all proposals for inde pendence are pleas for national recreanc. on our part and for the repudiation O the heavy and difficult burden which thu
 far we have been bravely and consistent ly sustaining. Even more is it unjust {, i the great masses of Filipino people, il
 whose behalf the high sounding slogan
 of liberty and independence ar, shouted. After having been for centuries sunk in ignorance and held in economi, subjection, they are now being aroused to self supporting manhood and bein; welded into national solidarity. Aon. this line and along this line alone. lies the true port of liberty and independ
 ence."
 | The closing chapter of the report deal, l with the Panama canal, of which it i. said that, while the official date of open ing is set for January l, 1915, 1t is the in
 tention to allow vessels to utilize 1t ai soon as possible, probably during the lat l ter half of 1913. The Secretary states tha
 while he still believes the United State' can repay tolls to American vessels usins the canal he is strongly of the opinion that such remission of tolls be no granted. as they are necessary.