New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-12
The Mes. IN the Philip

REPRESENTATIVE Clarence 3. M-e-. Q;
Niunsso-a, : ere c: tcs Sss-sS, Students
in Congress q Philippine a=Airs- He hAs
sought information 81 re source, making
protracted visits 70 Ire archipelago. he
knows ne Nero country IS well as he
does Cebu snd Lu-oa. Ire picture which re
drew in The Sun" Ire ether day OF whole
sale decentralization II the Philippines can
not be dismissed. therefore, as the over
statement OF 2 careless or irresp onsible
OBSERVER. Il viii have 70 be taken account
Of By the country and by Congress. The
administration cannot suppress Mr. Mil
ler's views, although il has been able so
far 70 suppress the real reasons for the
resignation Of Mr. Clinton L. Riggs, a
Wilson appointee to the Philippine Com
mission, who recently gave up his post
because Of friction with Governor Gen
eral Harrison.
I Mr.. Miller has personally witnessed the
evil effects of the Harrison regime. The
conditions which he has observed are only
the logical result Of the working out Of
the Harrison policies. The present Gov
ernor General is entirely in sympathy with
Representative Jones, of Virginia, Com
missioner Quezon and the other extre-
mists who were behind the Jones bill in
the last Congress. Their motto is, "The
Philippines for the Filipinos." They be-
leve in a REIMBURSEMENT of American
sovereignty without delay, in an abandon
ment of the effort to fit the Filipinos for
elf-government, in a betrayal of our
pledges not to turn the Philippines over
tc predatory native politicians for exploit
tation after the methods in fashion in
Mexico.
l Mr.. Harrison's programme has been to
coddle the politicians hostile to a continu-
ance of American rule. He has nursed
their nationalistic aspirations by giving
them free hand in local government He
has allowed the administrative standards
to be lowered, has Disseminated against
Americans in the public service and done
everything in his power TO foster the idea
that the chief desire of the administration
/ in Washington is to drop the work of
political education and economic develop
ment and get out Of Manila at the earliest
possible opportunity.
1t is no wonder that prosperity is re-
tarded, sedition is rife and contempt of
American authority is widespread. Mr..
Miller lays the responsibility for disor-
ganization where it belongs when he says:
| II there is chaos in the islands; if good
government has given way TO bad govern
ment: if the evil forces control; if prosperity
il gone; II the hard earned progress of fifteen
years is all but destroyed; If people we have
done 30 much to help are lacking in respect
for us and our sovereignty, we alone are to
blame. Beginning with October 6, 1913. the
/ Filipinos have been taught all these things
by our own representatives in the islands.
We shall probably have the Jones bill
with us again when Congress reasscmbles.
! II aims 10 accelerate the plunge back to
chaos. 1t would enlarge the opportunities
| q the Filipino politicians and pledge the
legislative as well as the executive branch
OF our government TO speedy surrender
Of our sovereignty. II was supported last
year by many who were deceived by its
pretence Of benevolent encouragement TO
native effort. That mask has now been
torn away. Everybody can see the evil
results Of the Harrison-J Jones Quezon
theory.
We have gone far enough in underrnin
ing our position in the Philippines. II is
time 10 20 back 10 sanity, 10 recover our
balapce, 10 acknowledge once more our
responsibilities as the guardian of the
interests Of tho Philippine people. In tho