Show PLAIN TALK QN FILIPINOS Our welladvised conservative and experienced correspondent in the Philippines Phil-ippines Mr Sydney Adamson whose letters from Manila and whose admirable I admir-able drawings hay attracted general I alien lion makes a few observations In a pLM onal letter to the editor which we commend to the careful consideration considera-tion of those l who without a real I knowledge of the situation In the Philippines Phil-ippines ary wasting sympathy on the Filipinos Mr Adamson writes usSr us-Sr nalor Bcvoridges speech is excellent excel-lent by far time best thing I have seen anywhere on the subject thus far He Is Ktlll not emphatic enough upon tho unuttorable folly of treating the native na-tive ofllccrs In the present style of Ilmtt cry and attention The natives imagine that this consideration arises out of fear If the United Stales trusts the government of a single province to any Filipino In that province there will he trouble He will oppress the people rob them by dIrect threats and underhand blackmail and his Justice will I I 1 bo a mockery The Introduction i of Filipinos Into public office will have to bo done very gradually three generations gen-erations will have to pass before the natives will begin to comprehend that they arc dealing with a people who can detect the difference between lies and truth and who will ultimately crush all attempts at treachery Manila Ma-nila IB full of native olllcers from Generals Gen-erals to Lieutenants who have surrendered sur-rendered and arc being treated as If they were civilized white men on parole pa-role Everywhere I am getting absolute abso-lute proof of their continual treachery They are smirking and bowing at the palace In the Hlwnlng and plotting their hardest against us in the evening even-ing Thu policy of petting and pampering pam-pering these Filipinos Is very mischievous mis-chievous for the conceit which they develop Is abnormal Tyranny and l cruelty are In their nalure Dishonesty Dishon-esty and misuse of power have been set as their examples for centuries Can you wave the Stars and Stripes over such men and change them In a day The sooner this silly sentlmun tallsm about a free people Is overcome and the sooner tlit real character of the natives Is understood the butter What they need more LImn freedom la an acceptance of obedience to the lawn of an advanced civilization The Ta gals have not thu faintest conception of Justice law or order Even the so called educated one arc only slightly cultivated savages Under their rule violence robbery and anarchy would prevail They would be resisted by nearly all the other tribes They know nothing of the laws of health or sanitation sani-tation disease runs riot among them and they are untidy and unclean If all the antis In tho United States could be rent over here to live in Manila Ma-nila or in the native villages they would realize that these people are utterly ut-terly unlit to establish or maintain any kind of a decent government of their own unless after years of education at the hands of a clvlllxcd people It will be a surprise to me If as soon 15 the rainy season begins and the roads become Impassable we do not have a formidable reorganization of the rebels and a great deal of nasty work to do I over again Leslies Weekly |