The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-25

ions and must result in foreign COM
plications which will imperil and delay
the settlement of pressing financial.
labor AID admin strative questions at
home.
Impressed with the Importance OF
the views and recalling the declaration
of the president that the war with
Spain could never degenerate into a
war of conquest, we have deferred act
ion it has bedome apparent that pres
sure was being brought to bear upon
the president to convince him that
public opirioh demands the inclusion
of alien territory and great masses of
alien people into the territory of the
United States,
1--WE stand by the presidents decla-
ration and, in order to give evidence
to the opposition to foreign expansion
policy by vast body Of our people,
have organized an tanti-imper!alist
league upon th following generel
plan: -
/. "First-The center of the movement
to be at Washington, with q local Sec
retary there for executive work.
"Secend--Committee Of correspon-
dence to conduct the work. in such
manner as to bring togsther the unit
ed effort of men Of repute through
out the country without regard to party
to deal with the subject in all it's ASPECTS
as follows: 80.
"First The moral innuity of con-
-verting war for humaHity into war
Of conquest. Nat
Secord-The physical Regeneration,
the corruption of the blood and all
the evils of militarism ushich will enspe
il. the troops are to be SApt in the Phil
ippines and elsewhere longer than
abs oil uteiy necessary to enable govern
ment to be established which will pro-
tect life aud property.
Third-The political evils and, the
necessity of reserving the union upon
the principles of it's Trainer.
| Forth-The necessity Dr. large incr.
| ease of taxes for the support OF armies
and navies with IL great probabilit!
hat volenteer enlistment will have tt
be supplemented by drafts.
! 'ANOrHEB lErIEH HAM MANILA
! MANILA, Sept. 20.
Dear Mother and Fxtuer:
Twas very glad. to hear from you
etc. apprt ciation yoar letter YER,
mucl as news is out of the question
here. There is no news OF any impor
lance made public here and SO tim
passes very slowly; in TACT we hea
nothing but lies and curses from tn
soldiers.
i Well, do not like to complain, bu
/ will juss say that do not think tbs
the u. :. II what the people Of tn
country think it is, and 1t 10 disgust
ing to all members OF the army VIII
have sense enough to be disgusted. th
ray they treat their men, They vi
make men do guard aud walk pO.
wnen they are SO sick they can go n
longer. They will run u man in tn
guard house. where he is kept until b
. Is ready to collapse, then they wi
take him to the hospital and it doe
not take long to finish him there, fC
the medicine and attendance are rO
cen as we'll as the hospital corps. w
have it somewhat better now III We Al
; | ~ - 70 trl,s
1T first we were in the old SPANS
barracks. There are great many {
the boys sick with malaria and typhoi
fever and q great number are q yin.
the country is very swampy arOun
Manila and it rains every day. 1t
hard matter to get anything TO es
except goat, straight. The people {
this country have been at war SO Ion
that .they have consumed everythln
that was in it. The sugar, coffee, il
digo aud manila piantaCIOns have NJ
Deen working for two years. Everyon
lau been tignting until we iandei her
and we have them bluf1eu. They xr
quite peaceable at present. This 4.
or could be, u line country II ths rpkh
people had it, but as IL Is now It is
worthless. sickly place. anu have u
desire TO stay here longer than 1 al
J, s.usupeiieu ..s the trOuii- Is now ovel
!. .shfnk we are entitled t., cur di~cuai
yes which hope will be granted q
the earliest poe-ibie hot.r. l am nc