The insurgents are the ones to settle all questions as to the future government of the archipelago. and we should put them in a position to do so. and then leave them alone. We started to accomplish one single. declared. definite object. a most noble one. based purely on humanitarian grounds. Our sincerity in our philanthropic professions is the only possible excuse for the war. To maintain good fa ith and our reputation with the rest of the world is worth a dozen hilippines and millions of coolies. Chinamen. and Malays. We may count upon the sympathy of Europe so long as we adhere to our programme as deliberately set forth to the entire world.