The evening times., 1899-05-26
CALL OFF THE MEDD1Ens.
A 1imeay and Perfinent SuEEesiios
- to President McKinley.-
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IL rcnh08nts McAtmley.-
(from the New York Herald)
President Mckinley should lose no time
In calling OF the meddlesome Peace Com
| Their sentimental peurparlering can have
| 20 other effect than to encourage the Fill
pinos to further resistance.
Ther blue coats. red trousers and gold
lace are disgusting anti-climaxes to our
troops who are fighting for the flag. gen.
| orally stripped to the buckskin.
The so-called ENJOYS from Aguinaldo
| with whom Messrs. schurman. DENLY and
worcester were In conference fer nearly q
week. left Manila yesterday on their way
10 re1o1n Aguinaldo. They were feted and
iionized Tor days. and resplendent In fine
clothes. went driving about the city and
holding receptions in the houses of native
sympathizers
And now. having established closer COM
munication with their sympathizers in
Manila. they are being escorted back to
their lines, pulled up with their own i'm
portance, impressed with the notion that
the United States is dealing with them as
equals ana is eager to compromise with
them. All the precious promises and ar
Sdments OF our Commissioners are reject
ed. In fact. the so-calIed ENJOYS, as #
turns out. had no authority to act for the
insurgents In any event.
What eeffct can all this have except to
encourage Aguinaldo to renewed resist
ance? As one of the ENJOYS remarked af-
Ter a four hours session with the Com
missioners. 1--WE think we can get betts,
terms" That tells the whole story. Cen
eral Otis-the only non civilian member of
tne Peace Commission since Admiral
Deweys departure-very properly held
aioof from these pow-wows, and when an
preached merely iterated his demand that
the insurgents should lay down their arms
while the Civilian Commissioners were
entertaining the ENJOYS on Tuesday
spending four hours making them plati-
tudinous promises and trying to coax them
10 De good-what was happening in the in :
terror?
Ihe insurgents in heavy force were at
lacking the Third Infantry on its return
from San Miguel two of our gallant SOL
diers being killed and thirteen wounded.
on wednesday. while the ENJOYS were still
Deing entertained in Manila with theif pen-
oply OF many colored garments, a force of
insurgents. as narrated in the .Herald's'
special cable dispatch of yesterday. attack
ed the American outpOsts at San Fernando.
ana one Of our brave fellows fell dead ana
dozen were wounded in the fight. In
these. as In the several other battles that
occurred while the envoys were in Manila
listening to the soft persuasions of the
Peace COmmissioners--and,a as our special
cables reported. struggling their shoulders
as they hstened--our troops inflicted terri
Die punishment upon the enemy. The
Filipinos who tackle our soldiers do rot
snrug their shoulders.''
Force is the only argument that can i'm
press the insurgents. Why not dig them
out and rub IL into them? They have
shown that they must be treated as defiant
rebels and beaten into submission. Until
they are conquered there is no time for
peace palarer or political diplomacy The
situation demands their unconditional sur
render and submission to the authority
OF the United States. General Otis is the
man for the hour He should be left free
from interference to deal with the posi-
tion as Admiral Dewey dealt with it in the
beginning. As Mr.. Bass. the "Herald's"
specia! correspondent at Manila. cabIed on
Wednesday last. military opinion in the
Philippines-the opinion of trained and ex-
perienced officers who have been on the
ground from the STARTS that negotiations
merely encourage the insurgents TO hold
out for better terms and may cost the lives
OF many American soldiers.
Until the rebellion and the many -coIo-ed
costumes are suppressed and hostilities
have ceased there is no place for the civil
ians who were sent by the President-in
his ingrained passion for COMMISSIONS
to Manila. Their meddling can produce
nothing but mischief, and we repeat that
the President should at once call them off,