The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-27

the Armenans were to be disciplined
| cannot give the order of Sandco ver-
batim, because I might by some pecu-
liar wording betray the source of the
provost marshal's Information. our gov
ernment has this document. and I have
been allowed to study il carefully In
erect II says that: on February IL the
soldiers of the territorial army shall as
semble in the streets Of "A certain dis
trict OF Manila, armed with knives re-
volNers and rifles, ready for work. Only
flliplno families are to be spared ana
not molested. All other individuals OF
whatsoever race, are to be killed without
mercy, after the determination of the
american army of occupation. Further
instructions are given that the signal
Tor the uprising I'm town Is to be given
BY general attack from the outside.
The territorial militia are to rise I'm diff
farent districts in succession, sharp
shooters to begin the work. Details Of
execution follow. The document ends
with high sounding phrases: The eyes
OF Europe ere upon us. Success must fol-
low If every man does his duty. Liberty
Or death. Let us make war without
quarter on tho Americans who have be-
trayed us.
tSignedJ 'sandico.'
ut will be seen that this historic docu-
mcnt orders the murder of all the for
cign population of Manila. Neither wo-
men nor children were to be spared.
FIRST, the United States army was to he
eNterminated. and then all white non
combatants-men, women and children
were to be nut to the sword. The war
mas developed into o race war. After this
let no one raise his voice to favor Aguin-
aldo's government or army. For he il
| understood that Sandco Is not an ignor-
ant savage. but n native educated in
Europe-the type of what we can hope for
IN educating the native. There is no
choice of methods. A strong military
government. untempercd by mercy, IL the
only method OF dealing with this people
Up to the time / set my eyes on this
document ! had great deal of sympathy
| with the native, however mistaken he
might be in his vague ideas of liberty.
Today | understand that to them lib
erty means the opportunity tn give un-
bridled license to their mad racial in
stincts. Let no mistaken philanthropic
movement at homo interfere with our
government here, or many of our brave
men will die i'm consequence. | have
leaned to be an ardent anti !:
now, however, that we have undertaken
the herCulean task of establishing a
| stable government here. sclf-preserva-
tion requires, for the time being, at least,
an autOCratlC government.
Mr. Bass tells a great deal more that
is highly interesting: but the extract
here given is good offset to the fearful
appeals made by certain sentimental
Americans and through their journals
tic mouthpicCcS, representing AguinaldO
and his fellow nsurgcnt officials as car
| rying on Il high-minded contest for lib
| crty and independence. much as did
| 1t,
| patriot army in the Revolution. These
| critics also assume to know much more
about the situation than the gallant men
| who are on the spot risking their lives
ana covering American arms with fresh
| glory because of their valiant deeds.
Here is Colonel Frederick Funston, of
the Twentieth Kansas volunteers the
| fearless commander of as brave a rcgi-
| mcnt as ever marched. He writes home
| in a way calculated to send a chill down
the back of every Filipino sympathizcr
| in Boston and elsewhere. lie says: at
would take great prophet to even guess
| how long this thing will last. 1t may be
| that the leaders, discouraged by their re-
| cent severe defeats, will give up, or il
| may be that they will for years main
| tain a guerilla warfare. | am afraid
| that some people at home will lie awake
| nights worrying about the ethics of this
|
| for the right of self-Covernment, etc.
| The word independence which these
! people roll over their tongue so clhlv, is
| to them word and not much more. 1t
| means simply with them license to raise
I hell, and If they got control they would
| raise a fine crop of it, 1t is true that
| they have a certain number of educated
| leaders, educated, however, about the
same way parrot is. They are as a
| rule in a literal sense, savage people who
| ar" waSinS war not against tyranny. but
| against AnglO-SaXon order and decency,
their whole conduct during the several
| months preceding the outbreak being one
| of insufferable arrogance and Cgotism.
! They We're swollen up by the fact that
| our people made too much Of them at
| first. I for one hope that Uncle Sam will
| apply the Christening rod good, hard and
| plenty. lay it on until they come into
the reservation and promise to be good
| iniunS.' That may be rather harsh
| hut II must be admitted that it comes
| from man who fights Just as ne talks