COLONISATION.
HOW AN AMERICAN J UHIST VIEWS IT. AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES BRISBANE, Dee. 1. Mr Poultney Bigelow, Professor of Jurisprudence at Boston University, referring to the Philippines, said it was difficult to tell whether the United States was running the Philippines or the Philippines running the United States. Everywhere he found anything British was welcomed. He thought it was unfortunato that the States had applied the Navigation Law to the Philippines, which practically limited navigation to American boats. It was a grievance with the natives that the law had a tendency to stop the commerce formerly carried on between Manila and Borth Borneo. America was spending millions in tuic Philippines, but ho had no confidence in American administration there. GERMAN EFFORTS FUTILE. TO STIFLE ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS. BRISBANE, Dec. 1. Mr Bigelow states tluat the Germans have to resort to- English in order to communicate with the natives. Despite the immense energy displayed to Germanise New Guinea a person must be politically Dlind who did not see that the English lunguage amid institutions are spreading.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 282, 2 December 1904, Page 2
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175COLONISATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 282, 2 December 1904, Page 2
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