By Putman Weale, One of the most necessary things for Chinese staigsmen to realize, before they begin their study of the possible terms of peace, is that the relationship of Europe to the Asia was instilled into the mind of the of to-day is largely the result of the Moro with the result that the ref struggles called the sentment of the Moro against the Napoleonic Wars. Just as the Con-Filipino rose to a dangerous height. gress of Vienna settled in broad out-This erroneous belief has been line the map of Europe, so did the crushed and we now see Moro and relative position of the Sea Powers Filipino living side by side and at the end of that contest decide working amicably together. the fate of Asia. England, who The work of the civilian govern-had been struggling bitterly with ment under Governor Frank Oar-France for fifty years in the West penter in the Department of Min-Indies, in the Americas, along danao and Sulu has been remark-African coasts, as well as in the able. It has been administration of East, found herself at the close of the very highest order and has acthat fierce battling in such a posicomplished wonders. At the same tion of maritime predominance that time it would not be fair to for-she was able to build up undisturbget those military governors who ed lw magnificent Indian Empire, In preceded him and prepared the way, and to establish the great chain of
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