The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-09-04
PAGE FIVE

Ing on poles like stits above IN.
ground, with more children and ,bs
same livestock, mothers were eossip-
ing and smoking cigarettes. while
leaning out OF the windows. No men.
were present 1t was Sunday and tho
weekly cockfight demanded their at
tenfion. Adjoining the residence is .
the village school, the grounds OF
which Aguinaldo donates.
SURGEONS wERE CARELESS
General, Aguinaldd. was home. aftss
a year in a hospital, He had been
Operated on Tor appendicitis and the
surgeon had earelessly sewed up am
assortment OF tools inside the .wouna
and II was necessary to operate a
second time. However, fate decreed
that neither soldiers nor surgeons
should kill him and the hardy ve,er-
an survived. The effects Of the or
dea, are visible when my host. a
slim man OF medium height. grave
and pleasant face. with O let black
pompadour. and dressed entirely In.
white, entered the parlor into which
one of the barefoot boys had usher
ed me. Though he speaks English
and Spanish, Aguinaldo preferred to
talk in his native Tagalog. and called
In young secretary to interpret.
Il have kept the oath made to-
the United States not to talk politics.
but now that the Americans are ask
ing the views of the Filipinos, l viii
reply he said. Our people are
happy. contented and more prosper
Gus than they ever dreamed OF be-
| coming as the result of the Ameri-
can rule. The schools have taught.
them TO think and industries and
commerce have shown them the re-
wards OF work. Now we want the
independence which was promised to,
us.
NOT SATISFYING no EILIPINOS
The territorial form of govern
ment which the Americans in the is
lands, led by Senator George s. Fair
child, are advocating does not salts
fy the Fliipinos, much as we appre-
ciare the honor of becoming Ameri-'
can citizens. Congress decided that,
lit would be impossible for the Phil
,ippines 10 become am American terri
tory
THE Filipinos are able to govern
themselves and the country will be
able TO survive as an independent
nation, though II is small compared
with other nations. The recent war
changed the worlds ideas and now IL
Is considered right that the greater
civilized nations should protect and
encourage the smaller. newer and
weaker countries"
When IL was suggested in response
ito this altruistic optimism as to
world policies that many Americans
believed the aftermath OF the war
proved that the stronger nations were
ieager to gobble the smaller ones.
General Agu,naldo gazed for mo-
lln,nt through the window at the.
peaceful rustic scene without. A wa
~ buffalo was wallowing in Il mud
hole. happy school children were
pla. H., G-. lie cigarette smoking
saothers were lazily waving palms.
II was twenty years since the crack
oil rifles, the cries OF fighting men
and the glow OF burning villages dis
turbed the countryside. despite the
world conflict. II was difficult to re-
slize that the strength OF America,
600 miles away. had been the pro-
itecting power.
I have faith In the worlds civili-
cation" Raid my host.
CROSS RIVER ON BAMBOO RAFT
On returning TO Manila our auto
mobile stood on "a bamboo raft along
side of carload of yellow mangoes.
while the ferryman, bare except for
his blue breeches, pulled slowly