Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-15
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WHAT ATKINSON POINTS OUT


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a., a.. s.,at. by Mr. Jones Of Arkansas
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Myers. who calls himrct ~ hpee'"
eorre.pondcnt OF several American
,a,,.,.,.,, ana hearing date OF "ahang-
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hal. China. Sth March. 1879. ceeapeu
the argus eyed postofllcc inspectors
ana has bcen freely circulated In Wash.
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makes ut least one bald statement that
will not be credited By any sensible
,,.r.o, IN mi. country. for this atato-
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ment u hhov 10 p'ainp wv V""'N
pamphlet "a unreliable. Not 10. hove
,xer for n contains many facts well
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IN Manila. however much thoAe ih'N
may not be rcilahcd. The pamphlet u
well written and convincing Ia every
statement, except the one wheroil he
claims that n number OF Filipino women
aud children wvrc ruthlvaaly slain.
This IL either a plain aud simple lie.
prcmcditatcd and malicious or else the
writer rally believed the statements
OF excited filiplnoa that the women
and children who were accidentally
Killed BY stray bullets were ''ruthlensly
nIsushtcred."
IL II easy for excited people 60 mag
Nifty these accidents Into great
slaughter OF innoccntn and We VIII
give Correspondent Myers tho credit %
having been nnirinformcd by the
fr.rhtered and almost craxcd filipinun,
rather than brand hla statement NJ
paipablc w..
He alleges In bold-faced type that;
1t IL common street talk that the
American officers stripped BUILDINGS ot
tapestry. oll.paintingn and all kinds OF
saiuablea."
This statement II too broad. but In
substantially correct II would have
been better had Correspondent Myers
taken the palma TO say that u was only
the public buiidlnEr that were looted.
Dwelling houses and merchant shops
were not indicated.
The News" correspondent Knows
that certain members OF General Acr.
ritth stan secured trophies anu
souvenirs" IN the shape OF china. brlc-
a-brnc. pictures. tapestry. small aru-
glnm Of mIINgT WuTU nn1 sinai AIMS III
one " the palaces was handsome net
OF table china, emblnEoned win the
spaninh arms " crimson ana gold ~
was quickly kepplsd up nhl many on
Ger. htcrwefd displayed win cunnll-
cradle pride tea-cups ana uaucrfh'
spoons. knives hnd forks taken from
tho spanish Palace.
ON the steamer from Manila 70 san
Francisco the Holdieru compared notes.
ana boaHtsd OF the loot thcy hed 30
cured. Mauscr fllc. ana nlachcttrs
were common enough lev hhu
household chrcu' while one soldier act.
uAlly had inc lmpudcnoc TO strut
around the decks OF the vessel arrnyei
IN inc rubcs OF SpehlAn ptlr.t ne
SAID he found II ~ church az ,aNlle'
Just AFTER thv priest. hhh ned. ne ave
.rrud that Other soldiers mi taken BIZ
yer candlesteka from m. church,
MT Myers alleges, ana the thct u
known TO be true thht Mania could
have been taken without the sacrifice
OF single lifc, aud that the "bhttlc'
ana capltulhtlnn were ihrclal.
lie says The ARRANGEMENT Tor the
surrender 81 Manila was effected be-
TWEEN the American nnd spanish ON.
GERS az i said through the medium ~
priest frum California;, the course OF
ncuon being 20 complete w ". uethll.
that even certain nulldinH WIN r.h
roof was designated upon winch the
white nag was 10 De hoiFieui nn was
10 satisfy spanish honor ana dighl.y'
a Tow NolleyH we're TO Dc hrcd by cie
soldiers nni Few rhecls nom the
American ships. In carrying our thcse
nrrinsrfnenls nll thht was necessary
would have been Tor the SOLDIERS 70 lay
IN the ueneher, ilro Few NoNsyh w the
air, the rhips % nave urea a lew hheilh
into the old forti ana ~ soon a. the
white nag was holfted, they coulu nave
marched into Manila Win blhuh pay
lng. Instead OF BONG content Win
THIS, certain officers heeklhE tor glory
aud promotion, ana recognising thaI
the report ot me brilliant eap'ure OF
Manila would not carry WIN u a pro-
per weight unless somebody was Killed
certain orders were supposed 20 bf ms
carried, and the mon were lhroWn into
earncrt nghtinf, The left or the Amer
lean wing had their orders all rirhi, Tor
they went Into action WITH their hand
playing There VIII he hot Time IN
the Old Town tonight whereas IN"
men on the right OF the line WerH
thrown lWfn uNflnl HNntlUEg and tho