referring farther on to “the whole Christian Philippine population” as “enjoying civil government.” If the “enjoyment” thus described had been genuine, continued, profound, and sincere, it would have been another story. But the net attitude of the civil government toward the general health of the body politic, relatively to public order, reminds one of the cheerful gentleman who remarked of his invalid friend, “He seems to be ‘enjoying’ poor health.”
The Report of the Philippine Commission for 1903 (page 25) says:
The conditions with respect to tranquillity in the islands have greatly improved during the last year.
The Report of the Philippine Commission for 1904 (page 1) says:
The great mass of the people, however, were domestic and peaceable.
The Report of the Philippine Commission for 1905 (part 1, page 59) says:
On the whole life and property have been as safe as in other civilized countries.
The Report of the Philippine Commission for 1906 (page 40) says:
Viewing the entire situation the islands are in a peaceable and orderly condition aside from——
various disorders which fill some ten pages of the report.