| Show MATTER OFOflIIAS AND CfNJi SENATOR CARTERS VIEWS ON PHILIPPINE QUESTION Believes We Should Seize Islands With Firm Grasp and Give Natives Na-tives Good GovernmentS Government-S Washington Sept 4 Senator V Carter I of Montana in an Interview with a V Post reporter today said that in his j I opinion the war m the Philippines 1 would be ended by Jan L Then he 1 said would come the question of the I future disposition of the islands The Republican party he believed would I settle this question by Insisting on thej retention of the Philippines as a matter j j of business profit j This added the senator is a te practu age We are going to deal 1 with tcs question on the basis of dollars I dol-lars l and cents I the American people i i believe that the Philippines are going J to help us they will never let the islands go I on the other hand tiej find that the Philippines men a constant con-stant drain and small returns you Mil find the verdict of the people to be against permanent retention Neither religion nor sentiment jvill have much influence in determinIng the verdict The great question will be will it pay I we can show the country that it will f as I think we can theAmencan flag I pinesWhat will never come down frcjui < tins Philip What sort of government should be devised 1 S V Three suggestions wllKuntloubtedly be made The first will be to abandon the islands entirely to the natives I do not believe this 1 meet the cp proval of the American people The second will be to seize the islands in a firm grasp assuring the i people that we mean to give them 1 better government than they could enjoy en-joy under any other flag or could create cre-ate for themselves but that we are the I master and propose to remain so I V Then the third proposition will be I to throw a loose string around the people peo-ple holding their seaports and customhouses custom-houses with oUr navy but allowing them absolute freedom in their Internal affairs This freedom in my judgment would soon become anarchy and w a woUld have to rule anyway so I should say that the second proposition is the bne that Ought to be adopted The firmer we are In our administration the more respect will those people have for us usAs As to the form of government continued con-tinued Senator Carter I should say that a governor ought to be appointed by the president with a Council also selepted by him There might be a Filipino legislature composed of prominent prom-inent men from each of the islands to discuss questions and advise the governor gov-ernor I dont approve of a commission commis-sion I think the authority ought to be I vested in a responsible head not spread through several commissions |
