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Show SCREED FROM KIPLING. Does Not Llko Methods of Americans ln Philippines. London, March 8 An Interesting letter let-ter from ltudjmrd Kipling has been published here. Dealing with the Philippines, he replied to n. Shanghai correspondent, who drew his attention lo American methods In those islands, as follows. All jou say about the Philippines, tho conflict there between the Americans, military and civil, nnd the plKhendeitness pf tho military and their linr.lt of setting bull dnp a catch rabbits," Is Immense. I) cheering to me, because It Is precisely what wo nnVMoIng In South Africa ion ennnot pereuiiln a big country full or prosperity that It does not know everything ev-erything Uhen It hss Inst a few thousand thou-sand millions sterling It msv. If ttniisu. nllv enlightened, begin tn understand that It has t.iken hold of the wrong end nf the stlik Hut thnt Is a great deil to bono for nnd probably will not coino In our time, 1 am very glad to learn on sour showing, show-ing, that the Amcrlrun seems to be ron Btltullonally Incapable of admitting him self wrone nnd franklv nutting himself In the right," because I did not like to think of the Americans as uny more logical log-ical Ihnn ourselves Of course, what a new countrs wants Is a hls:h tonM despot des-pot of unlimited powers nnd absolute In-tegrltv, In-tegrltv, but as America and England are bolh frsu 1 copies wn must Just muddle along In the expensive wasteful, but cheerful fashion that attends our methods. |