Juno 6, 1903
The Commoner.
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-f Peace Terms.
. The peace terms agreed upon in
South Africa as reported by the Asso
ciated press are as follows:
The burgher forces lay down their
arms and hand over all their rifles,
gups .and munitions of war in their
possession, or under their control. All
prisoners are to be brought back as
soon -as possible to South Africa,
without loss of liberty or property.
No action to be taken against prison
ers, except where they are guilty of
breach of the rules of war.
Dutch is to be taught in the schools,
if desired by the parents, and used in
the courts, if necessary.
Rifles are allowed for protection.
Military occupation is to be with
drawn as soon as possible and self
government substituted.
There is to be no tax on the Trans
vaal to pay the cost of the war.
The sum of 3,000,000 pounds is to
be provided for restocking the Boer
farms.
Rebels are liable to trial according
to the law of the colony to which they
belong. The rank and file will be dis
franchised for life. The death penalty
will no! be inflicted.
Easy Way to Please Voters.
Advices from Washington indicate
that the majority members of the ways
and means committee are to revive
for the coming campaign the roaring
old republican farce "Tariff Revision
by Its Friends." If the republicans
really wish to satisfy the voters of
their disposition to do away with pro
tection for monopoly only let them
now, while they have the power and
when the beef trust's extortions have
.given the poor a meatless dinner pail,
, repeal the duties on cattle and on
meat that are needed nnlfhor for nm-
tection nor for revenue, but serve the'
trust alone . Farcical "investigation"
will fool nobody. New York World.
' S'pose the Fish Don't Bite at Fust.
S'post the fish don't bite at fust;
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Chuck down your pole, throw out your
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An' say your flshin's threw?
Uv course you hain't; you're goin' to
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. An' fish, an' fish, an' wait
Until you've ketched your basket full,
An' used up all your bait
S'pose success-don't come at fust;
'. What be you goin' to dew?
Throw up the sponge an! kick your
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pv course you hain't; you're goin' to
fish,
-An' bait, an, bait, ag'in
Bimeby success will bite your hook,
And you will pull him in.
j c. " ' Houston Post.
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I SIXTO LOPEZ I - -,,,nry .-..-
in LIBERTY OR DEATH
Qunton's Magazine -rx. v4imii
Writing in the June issue of Gun
ton's Magazine, Sixto -Lopez presents
an interesting article discussing the
subject, "Do the Filipinos desire
American rule?"
Lopez declares that in the judg
ment of the most wise men it Is impos
sible to settle a question by more
force. He says":
"Governor Taft declares without any
qualification that a majority of the
Filipinos are in favor of American
sovereignty.
"Now, I have no desire to Impugn
the honesty or the good intentions of
Governor Taft. When he makes the
above statement I have no doubt he
regards It as true. But the explana
tion of his error will be found in the
fact that no Filipino is allowed to ex
press opinions in favor of Philippine
independence. All such expressions,
whether in the native press or through
any other channel, have all along and
by the recent sedition law been pro
hibited as being inimical to the suc
cess of the so-called 'pacification of
the islands.'
"The American authorities have
thus placed a seal upon the Hp3 of ev
ery Filipino who is opposed to Ameri
can rule and those only who are fav
orable to American sovereignty ar9
allowed to express their opinions.
"During the present disturbed state
in the Philippines it is quite impossi
ble for a foreigner, even with the
ability of Governor Taft, accurately
to gauge the opinions of 8,000,000 or
30,000,000 of people who speak a dif
ferent language and who are restrained
from expressing their opinions. Under
present circumstances it would per
haps be a difficult and costly-opjratlon
to take a plebiscite of the whole arch
ipelago, but a vote could be taken in,
say ten of the principal or most rep
resentative cities, Including Manila.
The result would be interesting and
surprising, for I am sure that not 1
per cent of the Filipinos would vote in
favor of American rule.
"The Anglo-Saxon knows that even
the average man, the artisan and the
laborer, prefers to' reign In his humble
cottage, with the independence which
it gives, rather than to serve in a pal
ace. What is thus true of the individ
ual is true of an aggregation of in
dividuals; it is true of mankind gen
erally, and is therefore true of tho
Filipinos. We have a proverb in our
country which says: 'It is better to
be the head of the rat than tho tail of
the lion.'
"The Filipinos, like the Americans,
prefer to be' men, even in poverty,
rather than subjects in luxury. They
prefer self-respect, oven at the cost of
great suffering, rather than be serfs
under a millennial government pro
vided by a master.
"A self-imposed burden, however
heavy, may bo borne with cheerful
ness; it does not crush the soul. But
when one is compelled to bear even a
feather weight the free spirit im
planted by God in man begins to rebel.
This was true of the American pa
triots of 177G. The tax on tea did
not seriously touch anyone's pocket,
but it touched everyone's pride.
"Surefy tho manly American must
have temporarily forgotten all this
when he speaks of 'giving' the Fili
pinos 'prosperity under American
rule.'
"It therefore requires no special
pleading to show that not only are tho
Filipinos opposed to American rule,
but that they will so remain as long
as they remain men.
"There is not a man in the forty
five states of this great union who
could or would suffer a foreign flag
to wave in authority over his coun
try. Under such foreign rule he might
have the same personal liberty, the
same institutions, the most perfected
form of government, but that which
he would prize most of all would bo
gone. There is certainly not a man,
or woman either, from the Golden
Gate to Cape Cod, retaining the self
respect of his fellows, who would not
be prepared to suffer and to die if
necessary in order to maintain the
independence of his country.
"In this respect the Filipinos do
not differ from the Americans.
"It is conceivable that a benevolent
burglar might Intend to Invest the
proceeds of his craft for the benefit of
the owner, but the latter might reason
ably object, if for no other reason, on
the ground that such good intentions
were without precedent. Similarly
the Filipinos might ransack history
without discovering that any country
had yet been subjugated for the benefit
of the native owners.
"Tho Filipino knows that national
freedom has always been paid for at
the terrible cost of blood and tears.
They know alsoand many years ago
they gave expression to their knowl
edgethat theirs would be no excep
tion to the unvaried rule. Yet they
determined to pay tho prlco. And it is
the most. tragic Irony of fate that the
nation foremost in the defense of na
tional liberty, tho nation that has it
self paid thepenalty and obtained the
prize, should be the one to exact this
terrible penalty from the Filipino.
There will be no glory in, the achieve
ment and no one will envy the victor.
Tho penalty will fall with greater force
upon the spoiler thai! upon the spoiled.
The victims will become subject, th
victors abject
"A promise of ultimate independence
or even an intimation that such is
the policy of tho administration would
remove not only all cause for a con
tinuance of armed conflict, but all the
sorrow of heart and bitterness of spir
it on tho part of the weaker con
testant. "Under such a promise tho Fili
pinos would willingly yield everything
that America is now demanding or can
in righteousness demand and there
would be additional mutual advant
ages. The Filipinos Would learn of
everything that is good in the institu
tions of America in its religion, its
morality, its wisdom and its law.
while America would have a wider
market for its products, a new field
for commercial enterprises and a basis
of trade and military operations in
tho far east.
"There would also be a rebirth of a
republic In that quarter of the glob
where liberty has been sought by only
one small struggling people and where
despotism has been tho nightmare of
millions of the human race."
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