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Wednesday's Letter
From the Philippine Islands.
Mnnlla. P. I., April 10. 1903.
Editor Nebraskan:
Your letter asking me to Bond you a
few hundred words on my Impressions
of this country for publication In The
NehraHkan, was received some time
ago I have delayed a reply, hoping
to get time to think the matter over
and determine Just what Impressions
I have, if any. But I am afraid I
shall never get time to think the, thing
out and set It down In readable Bhape
If you can ubc the few thoughts which
I may be able to collect after having
turned out my usual grist of "copy, '
you are certainly welcome to them.
Concerning the subject of imperial
ism, as exemplified by what Is being
done here by the United States, let me
say a few words at the outset. 1 am
thoroughly familiar with the policy or
the United States here as Interpreted
by Governor Taft. He understands
that the government here Is being ad
ministered for the Filipinos. In a
speech delivered by him recently at
Hollo, he said that this government
belongs to the Filipino primarily, and
that tne Americans In the Islands who
are not satisfied to havo the govern
ment bo administered should go back
to the states. There Ik no doubt that
this is the policy which Governor Taft
has made it IiIb life's highest ambition
to carry out. How well ho Is succeed
ing Is shown by the hearty support Iw;
Is receiving from the best class of the
natives. It Is alBO shown by the at
titude of a certain portion of the
American residents toward him. Thlp
attitude of some of the Americans I
havo discussed, newspaper fashion, In
an editorial In the Mnnlla Cablenews
of March 18th, a copy of which rum.
as follows:
"The disaffected American element of
the lBlands and particularly of Manila
Is causing about as much obstruction
to the government at present oh the
Boston prototype did during the exist -
Snice of Insurrection. As In the case
of the Boston contingent, bo in the
present Instance it Is not the number
that Is worthy of notice, but the carp
ing, cackling activity of the handful.
During the military regime the few
disgruntled 'antlB' were as effective In
prolonging the hostile situation as wer
the lnsurectoB In the boaque. It may
be safely said that the Insular govern
ment Is more hampered by the little
handful of American obstructionists
than by the difficulties of the task It
has In hand In providing a government
for the Islands A glnnce at the rea
sons given when a reason Is at all
thought necessary for this hostile at
titude toward the government discloses
this, the disaffected ones are opposed
to the policy of the government in the
islands This opposition crops out in
a variety of forms. But usuully it Is a
senseless, cavallng criticism of every
act of the government. Sometimes
It takes the form of antagonism of
some officer of the government or of
the officers of a whole department.
"And who are these disgruntled
ones? An examination of them indi
vidually will show that nearly every
one Is actuated by some .personal
grievance, usually Imaginary. The ag
gregation Is made up of ex-government
employees, who have lost their posi
tions through unfitness, negligence or
crime; gamblenywho have violated the
law and been prosecuted; grafters who
have been turned down; adventurers
who have flocked to the Islands like
wolves about a wounded quarry, ex
pecting to prey upon the carcass, but
have been confronted with law that
protects the weak; lawyers who have
lost bad cases in a court pf justice and
sore, lay the blame upon the Judicial
system and accuse the court of unfair
ness because he has shown better
Judgment than a Jury would have done;
honest believers In the exploded ante
bellum system of the southern states,
who want two governments, one for
the white and one for the colored;
dissolute characters, who attribute their
perpetual Ills to the government as the
Kansas populists blamed the repub
lican party for the hot winds and
drought; and some few who are dis
interestedly averse to the policy of the
insular government. They all make
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the same mistake. They all blame the
Insular government for the policy
which they antagonize.
"The policy of the Insular govern
ment has the sanction of the treaty
of Paris and the endorsement of the
majority of the American people at
the last presidential election. The In
sular government, if true to the trust
Imposed In. It by the people at home,
by whose voice It was created and
clothed with power, can no more
change Its policy than Its detractors
can change it. The abuse that Is
heaped upon the Insular government
by this claBB of 'antls' belongs in the
same c lasB as the persecution that was
directed at the officers In the Amer
ican army by the Boston 'antls.' In
each case it Is a reward for fidelity to
trust. The plnce to change the policy
of the Insular government Is where
that policy was forged.
"The facts In this situation, as
viewed by Americans at home, by
broad-minded Americans everywhere,
are these: The American people de
cided that they would administer the
government of the Islands for the peo
ple, of the Islands and the insular gov
ernment was Bent out here with thlB
commlBBlon. How well that commis
sion is being executed Ib testified to by
even this disaffected element. Any
change In the manner of administra
tion must be made where the policies
originated."
If those In the States who are th"
most earnest advocates of autonomy
for the Filipinos could live a year In
the islands they would. It seeiryj to
me, change their views. I know of
none who came here believing that
Philippine independence was possible
at once, who believe that way now. I
doubt If there Is one island In the
whole group with enough race unity
to establish a government ami main
tain It. What, then, shall I say Of the
possibility of establishing a govern
ment over the whole archipelago? To
one on the ground with the data be
fore him the Idea Is nothing less than
absurd.
The Filipino Is a child. The race lb
a child among the other races. The
people have all the traits of youth and
all the Incapacities of youth. To put
upon the Filplnos the responsibility of
establishing a government over these
islands at present would be the same
as placing the management of a vast
estate upon the shoulders of a ten-year-old
boy. There are some very strong
men among the Filipinos. Justice
Arellano of the supremo court Is a
Jurist worthy of respect among any
people. But these men know that their
people are not yet able to establish
tholr own government. The average
Filipino Is quick to learn. We have In
the composing rooms of the Cable
news four young men who learned to
operate the Intricate linotype ma
chines In much less time than the
average American boy could have done
It. There are others who have already
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crude and rudlmontary in the avorago
native, and the power to reason ab
stractedly, to fuse facts and formulato
logical conclusions, Is also very mea
gerly developed. The power to act dis
interestedly is almost wanting.
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The Americans hero who have ap
pronched the Bltuatlon In the attitude
of students anxious to learn and ready
to assist In Rolvlng the problems, aro
in full accord with the disposition of
the government. Governor Taft Is re
garded by them as the highest type of
manhood produced by the altruistic,
spirit of the age. H occupies" the
place of a wise father to the Filipino
people. Thero is no more promising
phenomenon to be seen among the na
tives than the growing appreciation of
what he Is trying to do for them. Ho
Btnnds as a bulwark against that class
of "ImperlallstB" who would exploit tho
IslandB and reduce the people to tho
position of serfs to the conqueror.
Those who have used the term, "benev
olent assimilation" Ironically will find
It ennobled and pcrsqnlfled In Gov
ernor Taft. Respectfully yours.
JOE BOOMER ('01).
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