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1 Moorfield Storey, Taft's Philippine Argument 3 (1904)

handle is hein.philipp/tftpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TAFr'S PHILIPPINE ARGUMENT EXAMINED- BY MOORFIELD STOREY. I. --It is natural that the words of Secretary Taft in re gard to the Philippine Islands should carry great- weight with his countrymen. He speaks with an au- thority derived from his reputation as a judge, his experience as a governor of the islands, and his per- sonal character. He speaks also with an evident convic- tion that he is right, while he presents the view which every American would like to adopt, that the course of this country from the beginning has been wise, unsel- fish and morally justified. If he is r ght he will wel- come discussion, which must help every just cause, and if he is wrong it is important that his error should be shown, that public opinion may be directed wisely. Though his position has been attacked with great force, there still remains much to say, and this must excuse another contribution to the discussion. It is pleasant at the outset to agree with his funda- mental proposition that our policy should rest on the principle The Philippines for the Filipinos. The question is what that principle requires us to do. His position on that question may best be given in his own words. THE AMERIOAN PEOPLE MUST SETTLE THE QUES- TION. His first contention is thus stated in his.speech on April 21 before the Chamber of Commerce in New York, when Mr. Taft said: The people of the United States have under their guid- ance and control in the Philippines an archipelago of 3000 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, In the Outlook of April 30, in speaking of*the ques- tion, When independence can be safely extended to the Filipinos, he says: We may very mnch better rely on the good sense and virtue of the American people rightfully to solve the prob-

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