The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-05
vEsrrRnAY,s rENIPERATuREs.
washington time q D. m. St. Paul..
TIE FILIPINO CASE STATED.

A Filipino, residing in Paris, who, for
apparent reasons, withhoIds his name, has
an article in the current North Anne: lean
under the caption "Aguinaldo's Case
Against the United States" Taking the
round robin" of the Manila correspon-
dents as his starting point he asserts
that the same deception practiced by
Otis has pervaded all the information
that has been permitted to reach the peo-
pie of the United States, and to all of
which they are entitled-unless self-gov-
eminent Is a farce-in order that they
may intelligently pass judgment upon
what Is sure to be the leading issue naxt
year. They have been He'd to, as the
correspondents alleged, and they have
been deceived as to the purpose of our
government, The character of the Fill
pinos. save as Dewey stated it to be.
has been deliberately falsifed, and our
people have been led to believe them
TO be a race Of ilIiterate barbarians.
He points to the strange spectacle, "the
Filipinos fighting for liberty, and the
Americans fighting them to give them
liberty. The two peoples fighting on
parallel lines for the same object" and
parallel lines never meet" He asks
this nation to look back to the point
where the lines that were converg .ng
began to separate. He asserts, what
the G 10 b e has repeatedly stated, that
an alliance was made at Hong Kong and
Singapore with the Filipino chiefs and
aid promised them in forming a govern
ment on the lines of our own govern
ment, To give effect to this Dewey
went to Manila. destroyed the Spanish
fleet captured Cavite and gave Aguin-
aldo the arms taken there. You went
to Manila with a distinct understanding
with US, fully recognized by Dewey, that
your object and ours was a common one
We besieged Manila, and we prev nted
the Spaniards from leaving the fortified
town. We captured all the provi-c in
Luzon. We received arms from you
Our chiefs were in constant touch with
your naval authorities. Your consuls
We'd with each other in their efforts to
arrange matters according to the prom
Use made us by your officials"
Every thing went we'll until Merritt
arrived. Either on his own response
biity or by orders from the government
at Washington, this general substituted
his policy for that of Admiral Dewey,
commencing by ignoring all the promises
that had been made and ending by ignor-
ing the Filipino people, their personality
and their rights and treating them as q
common enemy" He is charitable
enough to say that he believes the presi-
dent was misled by Merritt, as he has
been by Otis. Had Otis allowed the
peace commission to act without his in
reference "a modus vivendi would nrob.
ably have been arrived at" But In the
face of the reversal of Dewey's policy
by Merritt "can you wonder that our
people mistrust yOu?" This wrong stem
we must have the moral courage to re-
trace. You must begin by conquertng
the hearts Of the Filipino people. Be all
solutely just and you can lead them with
silken cord, where chains of steel will
not drag them"
And what does this Filipino ask ia r.
do? Recall Otis; give the peace com
mission free hand try rather methods
of fair dealing; make our countrymen
believe you are sincere, and be sincere
anS> just in your dealings with them.
What is there unreasonable in this? Whv
was Otis made head of the peace COM
mission and put where he could negative
their effort to secure peace with the rep
resentatives sent by Aguinaldo by tell
Ing them the only terms admissible were
unconditional surrender?
The article closes with a tribute to
Dewey Our friend, Admiral Dewey,
will undoubtedly have something to say
to your president when he reaches home.
He caught the genius of the Philippine
people, and If he had been left alone
many valuable lives would have been
spared and many millions of treasure