The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-11
Uncle SANS Oriental COLONY.

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On Tuesday morning we printed a
long and most interesting interview
with Congressman MILLER OF Mime.
sofa, In which the present Administra-
tion at Washington was fatty charged
with responsibility for misgovernment
Of the Philippines. When the charges
are brought, as It 10 promised they
will be. into the halls OF Congress
this winter. one document that may
be referred to in debate is n pamphlet
on "The Unhappy Conditions In the
Philippine Islands," by o. GARFIELD
JoNrs, a former member Of the De-
partment Of Education in the islands.
This paper is called "a description Of
the misrule OF the Filipino people
through the policy of Spells for the
Deserving enforced by President
WILSON and Governor.G General FRAN
CTS BURTON H~ARsIsoS."
In an introduction to this arraign.
ment ex-President TAFT says. with
that authority which springs from his
experience Is first Governor-General
OF the Philippines, that under the Re.
publican regime the islands developed
"as fine Il body OF colonial public ser
wants as there was anywhere in the
world; that under Democratic man.
agement these men have been treated
unjustly; TINT the Filipino politicians
campaign for independence was an Of.
flee seeking enterprise. terminated by
division OF the Jobs with the Demo-
cratic politicians; that they are "us-
ing" the Governor-G General, and that
their readiness to have the Unitei
States stand back Of an inefficient
and demorallzed government and pro-
tect It from absorption by Japan or
some European Power Is "a confession
that they are not fitted for self-gov.
eminent" The evil effects, he con-
cludes. are not yet fully apparent.
hut ultimately the sOrrowful story
Of Philippine misrule will reveal It.
self to the American people. and they
Will lay II alongside the bloody chaos
which has come after our Intervention
In Mexico"
Mr.. JoNEs's statements have not the
same authority. though the ex.Gov-
ernor-General's association confers q
certain sanction. Typical Of the vari-
II count in the indictment he draws
Is that which bears upon the school
problem. II is significant in the credit
which II gives as much as In its hos
tile criticism, and reduces to n state
ment that 50 far as the school system
goes IL Is good, but that this June
saw the surprising situation Of a
Democratic Goyernor-G eneral.a Demo
cratic Secretary OF Instruction and Il
Democratic Director of Education
turning away almost 100000 Filipino
children from the public schools he
cause there was no money with which
TO hire the necessary teachers or pur-
chase the needed equipment"
Furthermore, Mr.. JONES says with
out reserve or qualification that the
corps Of educators Is, as 1t has been
from the start, non-partisan, and that
no place else In the world Is there
a four year course Of public instruc-
tion that comes 70 near to meeting the
needs OF the people TO whom It Is
given as does the Philippine primary
course" The necessity Of turning pu.
pills away because Of inadequacy Of
accommodation Is known nearer home
than In Manila. But the attention ar
resting statement Is that Americans
who had a part In the creation Of this
excellent system have been turned
adrift and are In distress. The Demo
cratic Administration jettisoned them.
and 'tt may have had something to do
with the non-arrival of the long looked
for prosperity" that would have al.
leviated their unhappy lot.
We select this one detail out of
many because it represents perfectly
the cha racter of the entire compost
ton and because ii invites comparison
with the report. which we have re-
Gently examined, Of Director CRoNE
Of the Department Of Education. That
report. which gave every internal evil
dence of strict and complete truthful
ness. pictured u well managed and
efficient system making a steady ad.
vance In practical usefulness. We can
not take the responsibility Of a Judge
In the debate, but appearances favor
the official report.
The constant repetition of the word
Democratic" In the Jones utterance
may he incidental to the just require
ments of the occasion, but gives an I'M
avoidable and cumulative impression
OF partisan pias. And that, 1t will
seem to an impartial audience. pre-
scrlbes the nature which all investi-
cation. private or official, must take.
The Democratic Administration has a