Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-11
"WILL THIS END THE WAR 2"

Rev. PETER MAcQUEEE, who has just
returned from the Philippines contri
butes . most interesting article 60
LEsLrE's WEEKLY, Issue of November
4. 1889. He speaks OF the large force
now being modified by the United
States' government and takes as his
subject, "Will this end the wsr ?" BE
says:
"Sixty-Hve thousand men Tand forty |
battleships ara being modified for our
conquest OF the Philippines. Many OF
our people believe that this will end
the war; and everybody in America
should sincerely hops it will Under
certain circumstances it would be
foregone conclusion that with such q
force against the little army of Agui
/ nAIdo the result would be swift and
sure. We are all anxious to see this
/ sad. mad instruction cease. There
| are, however, various elements in the
/ Filipino war that we must count upon
as being likely to prolong the strug-
gle"
He continues:
''In the first place, the Filipinos hold
the land, are Injured to the climate,
understand the topography OF the
country, and can grow fat upon a mole
" of food which would starve white
man. Our forty battleships will be OF
great use in the immediate vicinity OF
cities like Dagupan, Manila and IIoilo !;
but they will be utterly Ineffective to
establish q complete blockade OF the
island OF Luzon, much less OF ali the
islands in the archipelago. There
must be In the neighborhood OF 5000
miles of coast-line in the twenty prin-
cipal ielands. To maintain . close
, watch upon every port and bay and
z crinkle of the wrinkled coast, the en-
tire navies OF England and America
would not suffice"
D The above is not By any means q
q pleasant prospect. To emphasize this
view of the matter, he says:
: "You cannot with q navy. lombard 6
whole landscape. ] saw the Monadnoch
almost daily for six weeks fling shot
j. and shell into the listle village of Pare.
9 naQue, yet when we entered that vii
e lage 1 could see no effect except /
g shattered church and q few ploweC
i spIotchee in the field. A carabao pillow
q working for half an hour day thI
o a far greater change in the lAndscapl
e than our dreadful cannon did IL wa
II the same at Oaloocan, at Malabon, ant
at Bacoor. The navy will enable US Il
A drive tbs insurgents from the coast TO
few miles. 1t will be able to block
d ade few Of the larger towns. and tina
l. is all. The fllibusters from japan an,
l. Hong Kong will continue rs before T.
\ ply their profitable and patriot
- trade"
N He calls for an increase OF the arm
10 the following language:
u "The army OF sixty-five thousan
t. will have to be increased to at least
hundred Thousand before we can gal
rison the principal towns of Luz u
When we have the towns properly gal
- risonei and Aguinaldo's army sea
= tered or destroyed, we shall have
80 keep our army there to enforce peacl
VI We cannot depend on the amigos,
sI friendly Filipinos, because almoss
- hundred per cent of them are loyal [
- their country's cause They see Il
great american undergraduates &c
ting ready to swallow up their kom
and to evict them iirom their land
The holy orders have been odious
the people OF Luzon, yet they have o
Tut ly charged rent OF about three cen
IN. per year for an acre of land. The I
n. gals are not short-sighted enough
believe that = change OF tssk-ma ste
er- will benefit them. They can make
oil living now without being &esven Ii
slaves, and they feel that as the "
tins OF amateur colonization sschen
by the future has for them no hope I
md star. So that from the ten millions
Ugh people IN the island we may exp,
in nothing bat bitter and relentless II
.t q hatred"
1873 Nothing in all that Rev. MAcQUI
vviu says has impressed Us moro forCiI
Der than the following ringing uttersn
of Filipino who is determined to
ical free:
els During my stay in Manila becA
nit acquainted with the brother Of AZ
naIdo's present secretary. This 4
Du' was an amigo, working Ia the palI
the yet he had The bitterest preiuC
, in against the Americans. After
the gained his confidence he told ms
real sentiments. do not give
name, not wishing TO iniurs him.
road the following is the anbstanoe Of v
any he said TO me; For America to at