Show TAKEN OUT OF POLITICS Schumann President Says Philippine Question Is Settled for a Time CHAUTAUQUA N. N Y Aug Aus 2 Pres Pres Pres- PresIdent PresIdent Ident Jacob of or Cornell university uni a member of or the first PhIlippine Philippine Philippine Philip Philip- pine commission who In January last made mado n n. sp speech ech In Boston In which he took grounds for the of JC a a. measure of ot self government to the FilIpinos Filipinos Fil Fil- today said that such mch government govern govern- ment mont had already alread been granted lIe HP- advanced ancell the prediction that the PhilIppine PhilIppine Philippine Phil Phil- question would bo hI eliminated from politics until the civil cI government co mea measure ure had hall been given the test of ot time Ume In a n. lecture before the Chautauqua assembly today President said In pant nl t L Let t the tho dead past bur bury Its dead Tho Philippine problem la Is no longer a Question question ques Ques- tion ion of or the conduct of or the army or of oC a n afew afew few tew men noon In the tho army It ll Is no lon longer er a question of or the thc character o of A Aguinaldo ItIs ll It llIs Is no longer a U question of ot the Jurisdiction on of ot the thc Philippine republic of lt It Is no longer a question o of tho validity of ot 1 American Amerlean Amer Amer- merIcan mer- mer ican lean sovereignty nty over the archipelago o or oror of or the wl wisdom of or the policy polley of assuming t It These hese 1 all nr arc ard Issues of ot the past The Th pacification of the archipelago the official announcement ment o of the termination of or ho hostilities boa hos till ties the tho proclamation of oC amnesty and tho the substitution of ot civil for military control con- con Irol all au bring us In sight of war problems At Al th the heart henrt of or them all nil 1 I think you will find this question What hat Is to be tIme the political cal status o of tho ho inhabitants of oC the I Philippine Philip pine Islands Or moro more particularly what Is to be tho the political status o of the 65 11 civilized and christianized Filipinos of or Luson Luzon Luzon Lu Lu- i zon son and the isayas Isaas There have t b been en many side Issues but butor over r them thorn all has hns gradually loomed up tho the pre pregnant nant question Shall the Filipinos be bc governed with willi the consent o of the governed governed gov gov- The Tho Imperialists answered No 0 and they thoy controlled the tho Senate the tho antl- antl ImperIalists nn answered Yes and the they controlled controlled con con- trolled roiled the House thanks house c thanks as I believe to tho liberal tar tar-lI lightened far spirit of or President President Ident I- I dent Roosevelt who In hla hIs Arlington explicitly contemplated tho the po possibility gl- gl of or ultimate Philippine Inde Independence Tho The House Hous under the able ablo leadership of or Mr r. Cooper prevailed over the Senate and tho bill bItt providing for or legislative assembly as as- for or the Filipinos b became the law lawor of or tine the land I certain certainly am satisfied with the action o of the President and Congress In regard to Philippine affairs Everything I 1 asked asket for rOl the I 1 Filipinos In OJ my amy Boston speech of or January last which was severely criticised b by Imperialists has been granted to them with the exception of or gradually In Increasing increasing In- In creasing homo home rule culminating In Independence Inde Inde- when tho the Filipinos desired and were tit fit for tor Independence which b by the he I very ery terms of oC the proposition shows itself Itsell a matter mailer not nol f 1 fe the tho present but for the future No such sueh legislature hn has apart from rom Japan Japan Ja Japan Ja- Ja pan ever been granted grantt-d lo to any A Asia Asiatic la people The Imperialists t who wanted us I to lo govern so the Philippines as England governs gay gov erns ems India or Holland governs so Java see Instead th the American principle of or the thc Consent con consent Con Con- on- on sent ent o of tine the governed embodied In our first organic law for or the Philippines 1 I hell believe eve that President Roosevelt's attitude attitude at- at toward the Philippine question In Indicated Indicated indicated In- In In his first message to Congress and In his Arlington speech his punishment punishment punish punish- ment meat of arm army officers who have h Men been en proved guilty guIlt o of cruelty toward and find his con constant support o of a no liberal and anu enlightened Philippine policy In general generl combined with th the passage pas by hy Congress of ot the Philippine civil government o bill bitt will have the effect of eliminating the tho Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines as a political Issue for or at least three or four our yea years |