The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-03
The Philippines and the
League Of Nations
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ing Of our independence have been
fulfilled. namely, that a stable gov
eminent NAV be established III the
Islands. In the second place. the
recognition OF Philippine ndepen-
dence is the logical sequel, the in
evitable consequence TO the stand
taken by the United States in the re-
cent world war.
We shall now briefly refer to some
OF the conditions in the Islands which
furnish ground for the assertion that
there is now a stable government
which will be maintained under an
independent Philippine Government.
Peace and order reigned throughout
the Archipelago under this Govern
ment which in practice was maintain
ed wholly by Filipino officials. Dur
ing the war the United States had
to call practically every American
soldier from the Philippines and the
Filipinos not only kept peace and
order during this time within the |
boundaries OF the Philippines and
thereby supported the American flag.
but went even further. They placed |
their National Guard at the disposal |
Of the Federal Government for SER !
vice in Europe, and out OF their |
modest resources they oversubscrlb-
ed their quota Of every liberty loan,
they contributed literally TO the
Red Cross and they offered a subma-
rine and destroyer to the United
States.
1t has been generally asserted by
opponents Of Philippine independence
that if the government OF the Philip |
pines were placed in the hands of the
Filipinos. some OF the non-Christian !
inhabitants Of the Islands. the Moros. |
would resist that government, and !
the rest Of the pagans would be abus-
ed and mistreated by their Christian |
countrymen For the last three years /
these less fortunate Filipinos. num-
bering only 100000 out OF the popula-
ton Of 100000. have been under the
care of a government controlled and |
managed by the Christian Filipinos |
The local governments in the terri
tory inhabitated by the Moros are
administered by both Christian Fill
N1roe ,,,I %Laro
peace there now than ever before. !
Law and order" reported Governor
Carpenter Of the Department of Min
dano and Sulu. now obtain through |
out the Mohammedan Philippine ter
ritory." In the annual report Of the
Covernor-General of the Philippine
Islands to the Secretary of War for
1917. the following statement appears
Peace and continuing good order
existed at the close Of the year
throughout the non-Christian Prov !
inces. No band of outlaws exists in
non-Christian territory" There are
more schools, better roads, and lar
ger area of land under cultivation |
among the non-Christian population
than ever before. All this took place |
under the administration of the Sec
rotary of the Interior, Mr.. Palma. a |
Filipino. who is the highest official
in the Philippine Government in
charge Of this territory.
There are also some critics who
asert that once the strong hand of
the United States is withdrawn from
the Islands popular education will
be abandoned Such critics Of course /
forget or are ignorant of the fact
that, prior to American occupation of
the Islands, one of the most insistent
requests made by Filipino leaders in
Spain was the extension of popular !
education and that amongst the first
laws enacted by the Philippine Re-
public during its short existence was
the establishment of compulsory uni
versal education in the Philippines
These critics further forget that the
United States won the confidence of |
the Filipinos among other things be-
cause of the policy of furthering pop
ular education and in this respect
all American administrators found .
from the very beginning the cordial
and active cooperation of the peo-
pie
Filipino parents, in order to pro-
vide for the education of their child
rem, do not hesitate to make all kinds
Of sacrifices. The people as whole
are a unit in their desire to promote