The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-06

erous at the very moment Of victory.
Don't cheer; they are dying There is
nothing like this in all history, in all
literature. 1t is absolutely original, and
it could not have been said by victor
wsl was n an American.
INV did the phrase come TO your"
Captain Philip was asked.
'+Oh, i did not seek for it, he replied.
ST was on deck, watching the Vizcaya' 5
flag falling We ceased firing at once.
Suddenly the flash of the explosion II
the Vizcaya appeared. In the glare OF
1t I saw legs and arms of sailors flying
in theair.
THE Texas men ceered. They were not
cheering because of the havoc on tn Viz
caya, but because Of the Texas victory.
They were not thinking OF the victims.
1 raised my hand and said: Don't cheer,
they are dying" You think II was web?
am very glad"
what was your motive-reverence sim
ply. or human synpathy?" the captain
was asked.
"Of reverence for Spaniards had never
a great deal. To tell the truth, dsliked
them My forefathers were Dutch and
Protestants. 1 inherited, perhaps. their
resentment against Philip II, ana the Duke
OF Alva. Yes. my father was a Dutch
physician in New York.
1T wasn't reverence for the dead but
sympathy for the dying that impelled me
10 stop the cheering on the Texas. OF
course, wanted the Vizcaya TO be undone
and, since It could not be accomplished
in any other way. the Vizcaya's sailors
to be killed. But haven't you sympathy
even for the dog that has bitten you and
that you put to death? And arn't Span
iards fellow beings after all?''
That IS Christian-llke, is it soldier
hke?" Captain Philip was asked.
1t IS Christian-like and paGan-like. also
Captain Philip replied" Therefore 1t
must be soldier-like. I am a CHRISTIAN.
but not dogma-ic, not even sectarian.
I am not church goer. I am q iclurch
! member in Boston. where Mr. Philip :
solicitude makes me a proud Congrega-
tionalist on Sunday. I have no philosophy
OF life other than that it IS better to be
too indulgent thaa TO be TOO strictly just.
| WI you have a banana
rom the ceiling OF MS cabin q bunch Of
bananas was dangling ike a chandelier.
W!ea a big penknife he cut OF TIE fruit
He said: II you are III, eat . banana;
If you are hungry. eat = banana; = you
Re thirsty, eat banana" And he ate
1T IS said that you are supersutious
about Sunday" re was tod.
'-SuperstituoUs. no. obse-vsut, yes" TIE
captain said The man who fired the
first shot on Sunday was always beaten.
W1en ne had q conference about a BON
bardment in Cuba. and objected. Sanp-
! son sad mat Ne had lost track q days and
dates. out young captain rose and said,
'FIow about Manila. Captain Ph4ipz"
replied, Al Manila Mon-eto fred 4a4e FRS
soot.' Tat Is the truta- ! Ton my
point OF the conference
Don't cheer; they are dying. Is ty2i-
cal @ Captain Phiilp. Il represents rs
attitude in the world He was n tAe coas.
service against ire Confedsrscy Gurlag
The entire period Of tee evil Ear- After
,h&t ne lad % Do yard and ofsice servics
sor z1lle- There we're too zz-y oGscs-s.
too few vessels u those days Ca2tain
Philip asked sor p.acs e rae Hn@rcsliz-2;
marine He applied to tas Pzcstc M
Steamship Company
It's steamships were earring 20 Anss-s-
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