The Philippine Islands: An Address Delivered Before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, April 21th, 1904 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Philippine Islands: An Address Delivered Before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, April 21th, 1904

The people of the United States have under their guidance and control in the Philippines an archipelago of islands, the population of which is about souls. Of these, are Christians and are Moros or other Pagan tribes. The problem of the government of the Moros is the same as that which England has had in the government of the Straits Settlements or India. The government of Christian Filipinos is a very different problem, and one which it has fallen to the lot of the United States only to solve.

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Excerpt from The Philippine Islands: An Address Delivered Before the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New-York, April 21th, 1904

Gentlemen of the Chamber of Commerce of New-York:

Your President, Mr. Jesup, has been good enough to invite me to address you. I should have declined the invitation because of many other engagements, but for the opportunity which it gives me to bring to the attention of the solid business men of New-York the problem which we have on our hands in the Philippines.

The people of the United States have under their guidance and control in the Philippines an archipelago of 3,000 islands, the population of which is about 7,600,000 souls. Of these, 7,000,000 are Christians and 600,000 are Moros or other Pagan tribes. The problem of the government of the Moros is the same as that which England has had in the government of the Straits Settlements or India. The government of 7,000,000 Christian Filipinos is a very different problem, and one which it has fallen to the lot of the United States only to solve.

The attitude of the American people toward the Philippine Islands may be described as follows: There are those who think that the Declaration of Independence forbids our accepting or maintaining sovereignty over them; there are those who, without respect to the Declaration of Independence, believe that colonial possessions are likely to lead to expense and corruption and demoralization, have little faith in the solution of the problem by teaching the Filipino the art of self-government, and are anxious to get rid of the Islands before they have done any harm to the United States; then there are those who hold that fate brought these Islands under our control, and that thus a duty was imposed upon us of seeing to it that they were not injured by the transfer.

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