Evening star., 1918-08-11

which were own brethren to the original
Rocket. that Adam of iron horses. The
eVii-smelling moat and esteros. the mos
quito breeding swamps and cavalier con-
tempt for the most primary needs Of
sanitation, invited disease and death to
pounce down upon the people of the
capital city. Mind and body were en-
slaved.
Taft Did His Bit, Too.
And then came Jimmie Green" and
after Jimmie" Taft and civil gov
ernment. and the good men who have
followed Taft and worked with the
Filipinos to produce the nourishing
and happy Philippines Of today
The picture city remains on the
Pasig-one of the prettiest cities on
earth. But the palms wave alongside
vast wharves and great warehouses;
throbbing with industrial life. No
longer. as You leave your steamer to
go ashore, do you brave the bouncing
pillows of the bay in tiny banca or
sputtering launch. The mudfiats have
been reclaimed and dredged, the lare-
est steamers dock alongside spacious
piers. Motor and electric cars speed
you along clean and smooth and beau
tlfully broad boulevards Jimmie
Green rubs his eyes and gasps as he
reVlsits the city that he helped to
take from autocracy twenty years
ago. Yes, there is the Anda monu-
ment, and there is Fort Santiago,
and the Luneta, and the cathedral and
the ivy-clad walls and frowning gates!
Ihe domes and spires and battlements
are all there-but something is miss
ing. OF course, there is something
missing-the smell of the moat. A
sweet. sanitary city is the new Ma
mia of today. with all its poetry. its
romance, its beauty preserved.
Witnesses to Proved Pledge.
The magnificent roads. the splendid
network of railways owned by the
Filipino people: the handsome, well
kept public buildings; the senators
ana representatives, and judges and
governors. and treasurers. and sur
veyors. school teachers and children.
doctors and nurses, merchants and
artisans-human witnesses to our
proved pledge. 'the Philippines for
tne F1iipinos." tell Jimmie Green"
how wen he did his work. McKinIev
negan It twenty years ago. He said
,nat we would not steal away the
heritage OF these people; nor permit
II 70 De stolen. When Mckinley was
Miurasred. ,inn Roosevelt and Taft con-
PoAiSy Al the race OF Old
world sneers and old world opnosi-
.ion. Laws were passed which pre-
vented even Americans from alienat-
ing the land of the Filipino The
Poney iOa which % the Meiji empeor origi-
pie of Japan was invoked ana ann,ied
oy america in the PhiIippines-not
LOT ourselves, but against even orr
seiVes-for the Filipinos. We did
much more than that.
we ho
pre-Spanish times and joined w,tb
MN IN reuniting to the present and
me iuture the threads of ancient
f1Iipino history and unity. The hero
iace OF Rizal appeared on the most
buiIt bptias ~ Stamps and paper money. We
Ioundation of the real nationality
tion OF the Filipino people.
Come Into Their Own.
Twenty years after the trencbe. NJ
1888 the Filipino nation make. n.
own laws and administers then, with
approved success. The insular banks
oulse with Filipino deposits. The
foreign banker is stin an honored
guest. but the Filipino banker has
come into his own In commerce and
industry the same Transformation has
taken place. The Filipino is steadilv
assuming control of his own foreien
aoe. Naturally, he looks to America
Tor trade and for investment OF cant
tai But this business partnership
,,. Is voluntary; we have not forced it
upon MIN. Our policy has been the
reverse Of the German policy. SO we
fai1ed naHe succeeded zee s. where the German
products in the Philippines has both
sentiment and business back of II.
Our Philippine trade is booming. be-
cause the Filipino feels bound to US
~ the the only tie that counts-honest
America will not taint our good
Work in the Philippines with bad
ialth- The Filipino knows that we
would not do that. We pledged his
Iuture independence on August 29.
master Of his own soil. Hence his
abiding faith in Woodrow wilson and
the American commonwealth.
Prussians Kicked Out.
Shortly before Jimmie Green" dug
tho trenches of liberty in front of
Manila. the Prussians stole Kiaochau
the Chinese strategic harbor. a few
days sail north Of the Philippines.
The Prussians booted the Chinese out
Of Kiaochau. nailed up signs insult
ing Chinese on holy ShantunE,"
where Confucius was born and
reared, and brought forcibly home to
the far east the true meaning of
Prussian kultur. Now the Prussians
have been kicked out of Kiaochau.
If there is any sense Of reason left
in the Uranium of Fritz. some writer
in Vorwaerts may be able to point out
to him the lesson that lived between
Prussianism in Kiaochau and Ameri-
canism in the Philippines. He will
need to be taught that lesson before
he will be mentally capable of UNDER
standing the following simple se-
quence of facts and dates:
August 13. 1S9S-America destroyed
despotism at Manila, P. I.
February IL, 1912-China DESTROYED
despotism at Peking.
March Is. 1917-Russia DESTROYED
despotism at Petrograd.
April 6, 1917-America accepted war
with the Pan-German despots.
July 4, 1918-President Wilson pro-
nounced the declaration of world
wide independence.
August, 1918-Wi1son and the world
wage war to the death against the
Hun mercenaries OF the Kings Union.