Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-11-18

its birth. He deprecated the idea of
those willing to make party politics of
questions which involved the well-be-
ing and future destiny of millions of
their fellow beings. Proceeding, he
said:
IF all the accusations brought by.
those who declaim against our .so-called
crime in the Philippines are true, we
have indeed committed great trans
gressiOn against the people of those ISL
ands.'
He also stated that members of Ag-
unaldo's own cabinet testified before
the commission to the fact that even
after his proclamation of June is he
freely admitted that 10 AMERICAN had
ever promised him independence for his
people. The speaker added:
ut has been often stated that our
consul at Singapore. Mr.. Pratt exceeded
his authority and made the promise in
question, if not directly, at least in
directly. l am indebted to Admiral
Cewey for the statement that Mr.. Pratt
Is ready to take oath to never having
made any such promise, and l may aud
that legal proceedings brought by MI.
Pratt against Il publisher fur this and
other charges resulted successfully. +
Professor Worcester said. after citing
much evidence: II believe have
shown that there was no true co. opera
tion between our land forces and the
Tilipinos except in the fact that we
fought q common foe each in his own
,vav NAV add that we required no
help in taking the city. 1t lay ccm-
nlete,v at the mercy of Dewey's surs,
and soldiers were needed to occupy it, not
IN take IL. The fighting Aug. l3 was
nerfunctorv and designed only to save
tho honor of the Spanish troops. After
tha s.u of tho citv Apuinaldo modestly
dan,a nded of General Merritt the royal
nolac. for. himself and in addition, the
nr;noin,I churches n share IN the public
runds and most important of all. the
orr,, opd ammunition surrendered Nv
tho snanish troops. of which he had
Ion, MANNED tn nossess himself 1t is
n.eS,as. to add that mis- reouests were
rofussa"
A, another noint the sneaker said: "I
ho,,a No h, ,s,t,tion In soviny that the
IYnit.d states did Infinitely more than
A.,,,ro,do,s armv toward driving o,iY.
ans destrouinr Spanish mower in the
phi,,nn,nn Islands. If our claim to
.o,oraigntv u,o, shadowv, what aha n we
sav os a. rho claim of tribe represent-
Lass th.n ono ..iytb of fha ndnulatip ipr
',e,he Islands and exercising iurisdic-
.,o,, o,,.r L,t a small mar, of, tho philfn-
r,na Territory
s,,o,,ir ,Nx h,oodv wor,. NJ the In
s,rgsnts Professor Worcester said: "At
,ha time r ,ert Manil, the nrovince of
po,o hg.. wos overrun with thieves and
,,,,rderors No attemp, was beiny
made m enforce law and order. The
n,,,,l,o scbonl. vsar. abandoned. Forced
contr,hutions had been wrup,- from the
naon,s at thc.nolnt Of the bayonet. until
] mapw Of them were ruined. Unwilling
oontr,hrt,,rS had heen n,,nisbed nv hav.
Ing their hands hacked off, and even by
being buried an'e; indi'iuuai houses
were ih.re"cneu !" o.ue ma ."e
q ~a;nst their neirhbors THE military
governor of the province, although a
Tagalog and AN ihsurgent. mad char-
acterized the condition existing as COM
plete anarchy. anu had repeatedly seR
In secret to Mania, ASKING Tor AID 10
restore order. and promising TO- sur
render with his troops II we would only
dispatch IA small force TO his AID, .
In the matter OF autonomy we naN!e
already made safe beginning, ana tne
experiments In municipal and provincial
governments, which are even now IN
progress, Will eventually lurhisn saie