Show GOD D DIRECTED I WAR IN PHILIP PHILIPPINES PINES r H INGTON HINGTON May ty 23 Bishop Bishop m of oC the Methodist Episcopal frn I In India was before enate mate Committee on the PhilipI Philip- Philip I f He lIe said the American Ration tion on of oC the Philippines was an God and it should be con contin- contin UnIs Un- Un Is fed to quite a long line of oC quesS ques ques- S ejby by Senator Patterson In which I bishop was asked whether the oo- oo atlon n of oC Cuba was an act of ot God he replied in the affirmative ator Patterson asked if It the with with- wal also wal also was the act of God too SOon boon to answer that he lied The United States may have g back there Patterson pursued the ques- ques some length and the them then metaphysical objected saying were vere unnecessary and lator Patterson remarked that when when- questions were s such ch as to evidence Which the majority i lOot not want an an excuse was made for tor lection n Lodge sustained the 11 n Ht 11 to questions from Sena- Sena i-armack i carmaCk Bishop Th Thoburn burn expressed OpInion Ion that hat the ha Philippine people are better disposed toward American missionaries than they were ere at the close of oC the war var In proof of oC this statement he said that there Is Isnow isnow now an attendance of ot people at atthe atthe the Methodist church in in- Manila and that both In that city and the outlying outlying outlying out- out lying provinces It was almost Im os- os I sible to meet the demand for teachers I and preachers Bishop Thoburn said saidi i that he visited Manila l for tor two weeks in In March lS 1899 and again in March 1900 1900 for tor one week Senator BeverIdge brought out the fact tact that the witness had Md resided for tor I three forty-three years In the Straits Settlement Settlement Settle Settle- ment and asked him for his opinion of or orthe the capacity of ot the Malay for tor s self lf-gov- I think they are arc very det defective defoe c tive he said It would be e. e crime i in my opinion my-opinion opinion to remove the pr present sent American restraints In the Philip Philip- pines In response to questions by Senator Culberson Bishop Thoburn said BId he believed bethe be- be the Filipinos should have a protectorate pro after arter the manner of the British Brit ish protectorate The bishop said bald he did riot not believe that originally the American Government had when Admiral Ad Ad- miral Dewey went to Manilla Manila any In Intention Intention intention In- In of taking control of the Philip pines nines President McKinley he said had told him that he had iliad tried In every i way possible to avoid the annexation of the Philippines I J |