Show I Khaki a and Self Determination When we review w the record of th these se two decades and look at the results accomplished in the Philippines s against the background of four or or five centuries of Spanish occupation wh what t ta a spectacle is presented of the practical practical practical Illustration of the so called new doctrines of brotherhood and ethical I friendship We preached edt edt- deter self deter deter- from the beginning to these Filipinos we told them that while they were not capable of govern self ment we would establish a policy I which should make them capable we told th them m that while our rule was nece's necessary ry for their safety the time would come when It would be less lessne ne needed ded except p so far as outside outside outside out out- side enemies ml might ht be conc concerned How often had this been done be before before be be- fore in Ip history How often otten have nations taken over over an Ignorant and andI I half halt civilized black race and in two ty-two years officially as our governor governor gov gov- gene general al did not ot long ago rec recommend m. m mend them as capable of self self- government Such an actual accomplishment as asI this Is worth a thousand theories I finely spun on one piece of reconstruction tion of ot this kind the establishment of ot otI st stable 1 bl government 1 with a minimum of ot I tr trouble u le the creation of ot an educational l system the wise cooperation with enI enterprising en en- n natives s to bring order out I of chaos and to obliterate from the II ledger dge the red ink entries th the buildIng building build build- Ing ing-I of ot harbors and roads and public buildings the giving life to Industry and arid manufacture what manufacture what an object lesson lesson lesson les les- les- les son son for the world And all aU done without the stain of self aggrandize m ment nt or or speculation A nation no no- no nore than a man can overreach o The Philippine Job was all allin allin in a days dav's work for us because events which shape destiny made it suddenly our bounden duty Other nations have had many many a similar chance Where has the task been done so so effectively and effi efficiently and and without wIthout with without out expect expectation of gain which could not be shared on on equal terms with all alln n nations When the months of ot some are full fun of ot frothy denunciation of ot our being unwilling to be made the tool of ot the thel league be made the official wreck train which will recoup recoup all the sad t disasters of f European diplomacy cy in inI I t I the B Balkans Armenia Turkey and I pull pulla a a. d dozen m blackened c chestnuts o out t o of the fire let the m memory mory o of this score of years b be recalled We did it It I I unto one of ot the least of ot these a nation does not have bave to become a world salvage machine e to to prove the I integrity or of its intentions or pr the the honesty of of its its' Its Its' deep l convictions 1 Worcester Mass Gazette Ind lad |