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NORTH SHORE: BREEZE 
LESS SELF GOVERNMENT 
BETTER FOR THE FILIPINO. 
Edward C, Knight says in a Talk Before the Wednesday Evening Club 
of Manchester the Filipino is not Capable of Self Government. 
Edward €. Knight, who recently 
returned from three years spent in 
the Philippines, in connection with 
the educational department, gave a 
very interesting talk before the Wed- 
nesday Evening club in Manchester 
this week, telling of his experiences 
there and speaking briefly of the char- 
acteristics of the Filipino and their 
fitness fer self government. 
The meeting was largely attended, 
the Wednesday evening meeting prov- 
ing a success socially as well as in 
point of entertainment. Some very 
pleasing musical numbers were ren- 
dered both before and after the inter- 
mission of twenty minutes, when all 
were given an opportunity to see the 
table loaded with curios Mr. Knight 
had brought in connection with his 
talk. 
Oliver T. Roberts, chairman of the 
committee having the affair in charge, 
was master of ceremonies. The rest 
of the committee was composed of 
Edward A. Lane, J. Alex. Lodge, 
Miss Carolyn E. Allen and Miss Lila 
G. Goldsmith. 
The program was opened with a 
piano solo by Miss Annie L. Lane, 
who played a selection from Wagner’s 
“Flying Dutchman.” This was fol- 
lowed by a song by Miss Jenkins of 
Lynn, very sweetly rendered. Miss 
Jenkins sang Newcomb’s “Celeste” 
as an encore. 
Abbott Hoare, who had been heard 
with so much favor on former occa- 
sions, sang the ‘“ Toreador’s Love 
Song,’ and gained much more applause 
in his rendition of ‘Gypsy John.’’f 
Following the talk by Mr. Knight 
Miss Carolyn E. Allen sang Weil’s 
“Spring Song,” and on being called 
back for an encore sang Bohm’s pretty 
little ditty, “The Vow.’ Miss Allen 
later met with equal favor in a group 
of songs, all of which were very finely 
rendered. 
The readings by Mr C. E. Fish, 
superintendent of schools, added in no 
small degree to the success of the 
evening’s entertainment. This was 
his first appearance as a reader since 
coming to Manchester. ‘ Laughing 
in Meeting,’ one of Sam Lawson’s 
fireside stories, was bubbling over 
with fun. Mr. Fish read “ Singing 
for the Millions,’ by Tom Hood, as 
an encore. 
In his preliminary remarks Mr. 
Knight spoke of the geographical 
location of the Philippine islands, the 
climate, products, etc. He said the 
climate was a very desirable tropical 
climate ; there were two seasons, the 
wet and the dry, and that there was 
very little difference between winter 
and summer. In winter the average 
temperature is 65 degrees, and in 
summer it runs on an average to 100 
EDWARD C. KNIGHT. 
desrees, He. ‘referredij<also’ to). the 
difficulty encountered in traveiling in 
the wet season, saying that very often 
it took three hours to travel ten miles. 
There is one railroad in the Philip- 
pines at present, 120 miles long, but 
since the Americans have taken pos- 
session the road has been very much 
improved and wagon roads built. The 
government encourages American en- 
terprise to establish an electric road 
in Manilla. 
‘‘Whatever we may say about the 
Spaniards in the Philippines,’ said 
Mr. Knight, ‘great credit is due the 
friars, who withstood the difficulties 
they met with fortitude and courage. 
‘Owing to the geographical condi- 
tion of the islands, there being a large 
number of islands, there is a great 
difference in the native Filipino. 
When we speak about the Filipino we 
don’t mean anything very definite. 
The various tribes speak different dia- 
lects—they do not understand each 
other. The common language is 
Spanish, which they speak about as a 
Chinaman speaks English. 
“The Filipino doesn’t know any- 
thing. His good virtues are few. He 
will lie to you as often as he tells the 
truth. He is superstitious, ungrate- 
ful, cruel and lazy. 
‘“Any system of government, any 
effort to govern, which does not take 
into consideration the Filipino is a 
child, will meet with failure. They 
are fatalistic. He has a hatred for 
the white man. He likes our roads, 
and our system of education, but he 
does not like us. 
**The Filipino has more civil rights 
now than he ever had before. Our 
government is not fitted for the Phil- 
ippines. We never should have gone 
there. A government that is fitted to 
our constitution is not fit for govern- 
ing them. But I don’t know how we 
can give it up now. We would have 
to abandon the islands, and that is not 
feasible. We must stay there and 
govern them as best we can. 
“The quicker we agree to giving 
them less self government than they 
now have the better for the Philip- 
ines.”’ 
The following committee has been 
appointed to have charge of the March 
meeting: Hollis L. Roberts, Joseph 
Lipman, Arthur Olsen, Miss Jessie 
Hoare and Miss Amy B. Haskell. 
Following is the program of the 
evening’s entertain ment : 
Piano solo, ‘‘ Spinning Song” (from the Fly- 
ine Datchmannishiees oer s. Wagner 
Miss Annie L. Lane. 
Sone, “hearts Delioht "1 .twns ase Gilchrist 
Miss Jenkins of Lynn. 
Vocal solo, ‘‘ Toreador’s Love Song,” 
Ee ee Soret oe ey ER eR IAe Couclion 
Abbott Hoare. 
Remarks on the Philippines. Edward Knight 
Vocal solo, “ Spring SBne” ene Ga Weil 
Miss Carolyn E. Allen. 
Reading, ‘‘ Laughing in Meeting,”... Lawson 
C, E. Fish. 
Group of Songs: 
(a)*SS pringlide. yrawaaere eee Becker 
(b) ‘‘My Love’s and Arbutus”. . Stanford 
Miss Jenkins. 
Group of Songs: 
(a).* Little one a crying.” 15.2 Speaks 
(pb) Bhe Robiny ya aera Nieblinger 
(Cc) MAW ood pecker,2s diy. sesehctteate Nevin 
Miss Allen. 
What’s the Trouble? 
To the Editor of the North Shore Breeze: 
The sidewalk on the easterly side 
of “School street’ from Mrz Duck. 
Bingham’s house to Lincoln street 
has not seen a plow or shovel in any 
of the storms of the past few weeks. 
What seems to be the trouble? With 
all the money spent on the roads it 
certainly seems that tax payers and 
citizens could have the priviledge of 
having the streets on which they walk 
cleared of snow. 
‘‘ScHOOL STREETER.” 
