The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31

burst of joy. monster parade took
place through the streets, including
perhaps fifteen thousand people.
The judge touched on the question
Of Japan grabbing the islands i'll
case they should be made indepen-
dent He did not think there was any
reason for any fear of that, though,
after a time, the islands might fall
on Japan. Japan, he thought, did not
want them.
Macnificancc of Manila Harbor. .
He dwelt for some time on the
magnificence OF Manila harbor, which
had been dredged out and deepened
under the American management,
! until now some very large vessels,
drawing so feet of water could steam
right up to the docks. 1t was indeed
| remarkable to see such vessels going
| right UP to the docks at Manila,
when at Hong Kong and many other
great ieaports, the vessels has to Sc
unloaded by smaller boats, going in
and out from the shore. He said this
things that would be neglected, and
{ would gradually fall into a state of
bad repair, if the tutelage of the
United States should be removed.
Judge Elliott laid emphasis on the
fact that the Philippines were self
supporting and had long been SO.
He declared that for the past twelve
years the United States congress had
not been obliged to appropriate a
single dollar for what was done in
the Philippines. The Philippines
were really rich. Their natural re-
sources were great, though the peo-
pie were poor, by reason of the fact
that they had not learned to manage
| their own affairs.
| Speaking of the commercial de-
| velopma1t that was going on, the
| Judge cited as an instance of that
| the export of cocoanut oil. He said
that a few years ago the export trade
in cocoanut oil was practically moth
ing, but last year it amounted to
| three million dollars.
| Pledge of Government.
] The main thought that the speak
er sought to impress on his hearers
| was that the American government
was pledged to use its power in the
| Philippine islands not for the bene-
| fit of America but for the benefit OF
| the people of those islands. This
I pledge was made by President Nc
/ Kinley and it was now being carried
! out without it's now costing this
country any money. Even the sol
diers of the United States in the is,
lands have been supported by thu
revenues of the islands.
Judge Elicit said the Filipino!
greatly resented being classed witt
the Igorotes, the wild inhabitants o
the mountains. 1t was like CHASING
oil Americans with the Indians. II,
spoke highly Of the prospects o
education and culture of the Fill
pinos proper, who constituted abou
seven and quarter millions of thu
mime millions of people on the is
lands. He spoke in great praise U
the Filipino women. They wer
reared under Christian ideals. The
were not like the women of othe
parts of the Orient, who were locke,
down uron by the men. The Filipino
women were much more like tn
women OF the Christian world.
4 Judge Elliott spoke of the Moros Il
the southern part of the archipelago
4 They were Mohammedans. They wer
! n different people from the Fiiipinus
The .Spaniards did not ChriStiaIfiz
the Moros They scarcely touche
them. The Moros, however, wer
4 yielding to the influence of tn
) civilization of America Missionarie
) were among them, but they were no
trying just now to convert them t
= Christianity, but rather sought t
! educate them first. Hospitals an
other benefcent institutions wer
! being located among these wild PEG
pie, to win their confidence. The
resented any interference with thei
I religious beliefs. The Episcopal mis-
!; sionaries and others were going O.
!, the theory that it was better t
make the savage a man first, an
then to make. him a Christian.