Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-10
war CRITICISMS.

New York Evening POST We have killed
thousands OF men with loud chants OF glory
and even with hymns to our Creator. Our
conduct has been very like that Of Ahy/r,
who inquired aftcctonately after Joab's
Eea,h. simply in order to get bcttc>
chance to stab him under the nth rib
Chicago Chronicle: The amount OF it is
that we are in for a long, tedious and eN~
pensiye campaign-expeusive both in money
and in men, If popular opinion is not yet
alive to this fact there will be an awaken>
ing when fresh drafts of men are ordered
to Manila to supply tue places OF those
sacrificed in a crusade for humanity and
civilization"
Denver Post; The war is unpopular among
the people because unnecessary and uncallcd
for. The American people will never sanc~
tion warfare upon n people who had lib
Grated themselves from the yoke Of Span
ish oppression in their battle for indepCn-
dencc. Such a war has never been sanc-
toned by the American people and never
will be- with ttlciT consent the indepen-
dence of the Filipinos will not be destroyed.
Chicago Record The proclamation rec
ognizcs no rights of the Filipinos nor does
it. deem the consent of the governed a ma,-
ter of any Importance. The conquered are
eficent government as a condition of SUBJ
mission to an outside authority What con-
Queror ever promised less? And where Is
1t written in American institutions tina,
the rule Of a conqueror contrary to the
willing consent of the ruled is not tyranny
simply because benefcent?
Springfield Republican: 1t Is one of the
strongest objections to the government OF
alien races far distant that the dirty side
of The thing can be so easily covered up,
Spain had but vague idea of what was
being done in Cuba. We should never
have had a war if the unsightly Spanish
back yard had not happened to abut on
our premises. But are we mudh mor-
likely to know what Is done in the Phil
ippines than the Spanish people knew
what was done in Cuba? The longer the
war lasts the blunter curiosity grows and
the more "epugnanCe is felt by the people
to hearing the topic mentioned at all.
Philadelphia Ledger: For the sake of con-
sistency and a decent regard for appear
ances it is to be hoped that we shall have
finished our work of benevolent assimila-
tion in the Philippines before our delegates
appear at the peace conference proposed
by the car of Russia. 1t would scarcely
be in accordance with the proprietes of the
occasion for the American eagle to attend
that notable assemblage while still en-
gagged in rcnding and devouring his prey.
As it is he will barely have time to clean
the blood from his beak and talons before
raising his voice in favor of peace and
disarmament. The prompt surrender of the
Filipinos will at least enable him to look
as virtuous as either the lion or the bear
and will render him as good natuTed and
complacent as either of those animals after
a full meal.
ture the Filipinos (at Malolos) may pro-
long the war Indefinitely. The report that
some of them are coming inside the lines
and going to work is not very significant.
The bulk of them are with Agunaldo ana
they are in a position where they cannot
be reached The rainy season will soon
force the withdrawal of the American
troops from all points that can be aban-
doned with safety. THE troops cannot live
on the marshes at such time. In the United
States during the civil war the union
II oops had to be withdrawn from all eX-
posed points below Savannah after a cer-
tain date in the spring. But as soon as the
Withdrawals occur in the Philippines
Aguinaldo and his followers will advance
and reoccupy the ground. 1t looks, there
FORE as If there must be another campaign
against these persistent rebels before they
are brought into subsection to American
authority.