The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-12-12
AGAINST FREEDOM
OF PHILIPPINES
SECRETARY OF WAR SCORES
ALI WHO MOULD CAST THEM
UPON THE WORLD.

Washington, d. C.. |unsparing
condemnation OF those who would
from misplaced sertimentality or
lazy self Interest" cast the Filipinos
upon the world in the state OF help
Iessness and before they had %acquir-
ed the fun benefits of American civil
lization, is a strong feature in the
annual report OF Secretary OF Wal
Henry l.. Stimson. Many other sub
jects OF interest are treated in The
report, such as the relations OF the
national guard to the army, the inn
%proVement OF the Army tactical meth
DDS, the i~nadequacy OF the present
reserve law, the trying need OF citi-
zenship for the Porto Ricans, the
conservation OF the national water
powers in nayigable streams and the
advisabilitN of amending the Panama
Canal Tolls act so as TO reimpose
tolls on American coastwist ship
ping leaving the water way
Dealing first with purely military
subjects the secretary states The
strength OF the regular army at The
beginning OF the present year as s.
305, AN increase during the year OF
1879 officers and 1894 enlisted men
He says the spirit of the perSonnc
OF the army continues to improve. al.
tributable not only to the work o
the service schools and the Genera
staff. but TO the practical %opportuui
ties afforded by the recent manelNerI
and changes in organization am,
,.,,t /, Al. UIf,,ti, AHt.,,s.I - -, Gt,,AdII
discovered under the searching TEST
of field conditions. One OF the sures
ways of getting rid Of the dead Woo
OF m army is 10 work it as far a.
possible, under the a%pplicatory meth
J DDS OF modern military training tn.
secretary declares. In training OF th'
morals OF the army. Secretary slim
son. asserts his belief that the so
called -anti-canteen legislation ha;
been responsible for much vice,
statement which he supports by
recital OF the results of his own in
spection OF forty-nine of the Mobil
army posts, where he found the mil
itary reservations adjoined by dive
and ill-resortS of the Vilest character
These conditions he believes to b
the ultimate cause, which make tn
| record of our army in this respGe
shameful beyond that OF the army q
any civilized nation.
\ remarkable + cital OF the dc
velopment OF the Philippines IN Way
of civilization during the fourtec
wears OF American occupation is giN
en- in the report. 1t is declared th,
I there is no other instance in histor.
I ,,l,.r, ,Tt,.. fnt,t. -. f -N.tr al
i]nsurrection. to over 1000, 900 of a
1 entire alien race have bcen so So0
given not merely the forms OF civ
t control, but immediate and eNtcnsiN
1 participation in their w govern
iment. "Similarly. says the secfetaI
4 there is no parallel TO the materia
mental. and moral progr IS shown
| these ten years of civil goNprumeI
by so many millions OF people, heI
e for centuries in ignorance and in e
, feet in political and economic bun'
4 Secretary Stjmson proceeds to deta
t age" After making this statemel
at length what has been accomplish
ed in each separate direction in ii
islands; the sanitation, the educ;
ton, the development of new indu
: tries, the opening of the lands
e small farmers, the construction
: harbor works and railroads and i
rigation plants. yet with all TIL
$ progress. onr work in the Philippine
e has just been commenced" continu,
the secretary. Half of the childrc
I born in Manila die in infancy; al
I Il million children are withor
schools, the old system of peonage
still accepted by the masses, WI
e unless protected by Americans Wou
fall ready victims to the rich al
educated Philippine minority. I'll
American policy, he says, should
continued to completion for unit
that time all proposals for indepen
ence are pleas for national recrean,
Z on our part, and for the r|epudiatiC
OF the heavy and difficult hurdt
which thus far we have been brave
J. and consistently sustaining. Eve
more is ii unjust to the great ma
es of Filipino people, in whose b
n half the high sounding slogan
liberty and independence Il
shouted. After having been for &c
turtles sunk in ignorance and held
economic subsection, they are nc
d being aroused to self supporting ma
q hood and being welded into nation
solidarity. Along this line, and alol
$ this line alone, lies the true port
liberty and independence.
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