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whole Philippine situation could be known b,
history. Inspiration and condition Of this insur
rection. and the 10 fuences. local and external
es sns%S S sea p &c H.
and their relations TO this great East. could be
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to Ss honest men would os
tSeir paSiIcatiops here am shot By "a FIJI.
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q Ching s6say due 70 ' reports
grsss o. the ,Fhliippns question. Il l. well that
and pnprejudiced effort to reach the truth and
do what's right In our responsibilitiss The
often and din intense OF 'hs
cause. No matter how much we re-
H Winston E EiOss sG ssSstSr Edmuna.
Senator Mason and Col. Bryan, IL cannot be ex-
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have never been in the Philippines. or even
crossed the great Pacific. in preference to that
ter DENLY. Prof. WORCESTER and Cen. Law
ton. who have mastered the history and condi-
tions Of the problem by actual contact. particle
Are We 70 accept the opinion Of Col. Bryan
O. Nebraska. or Of Col. stotsns6urg OF the
on H. seIS " baitleP III. formsr s from ron ' his
quiet home In Lincoln. says we provoked the
ter. In command Of the regiment at that point
Of the line around Manila where the firing first
began; went on record for all time before his
after he and other officers had done all in their
power to prevent It, and hence the Filipinos
They have deliberately ared upon our Aag. and
there could be no satisfaction except uncondi-
the story OF responsibility and duty as. told by
those who know by experience and by those
cepti Speaking with no disrespsc L for those
men In Boston and elsewhere who. In good
sS cn fS 1oa .0fPsS. eSuc d pcss and 9 vs@ the
stake can add my own humble testimony
and en- closely watching at. or near, the seat
OF war the development OF our responsible tiles
r. the Phspnsh 70, say year Sm
ii9n: would Be guilty Of qualification and viii
'o EspecIals WouiS pro,es, asans, the con.
tse as are into
OF the governed. We are simply using force to
put down an tnsurrectionary government
! would have those who are preaching these
false doctrines remember. first that thers
meyer n. ys hss been Il since Aguinsldo landed
tire popu alton, OF the island has been In
spontaneous and sympathetic REBEL lion against
cause OF. Asulnaldo's shrewd show OF force
second. that he sent out garrisons TO all i'm.
@ o nna OF
PEELED the unarmed masses everywhere to ac-
cent his sSushG5rI'y third that IN the yIs.
Ins half the population Of The Phil
Of the casayan. there never was V any POPULAR a
feeling against the United States and fourth.
an American oficeT instead OF Asuinaldo
armed force and provisional government. and
gone through Luzon, he woui have been re-
and welcome than was keulnaIdo,
bini and Busncamino. two Of Aguinallo's
told me- IN the summer months OF 1919 that the
insurreetion was PERSONA movement OF
powerful and popular because OF the army at
Another poin. Of srea, Importance no, sp.
change wrought in American rre.tiee and in.
Tory Manila Bay " serVent. o. tss oS.
eminent who went through Il all speak from
our nehrts. Dear experience anu actual EnOwl-
criticize our foreign relations in an American
sanctum. ONCE or dining room. and quite
another to 20 out among. Asia's countless mil
lions and strive 70 uphold our national dignity
where neither nag nor country is generally
Let me paint you a little picture. When I
leff Washington with com m lssion in hand |
,n proud, conscious Of the fact that was
away from our Pac &c shores II seemed as II
process: Fight AGAINST 4 as hard, as could. {,
TO be- Sn only o ~ Sy IN . SsSsn
com psrison with the representatives Of other
countries that met; In China ] became a Lii
putian among her limitless m lions: on reach:
could only be discovered. as il were. BY the use
little was known OF Americai
Suddenly on the LIST Of May. 1893. a mighty
prestige swept up and down the coast and far
Into the interior. Vceroy and coolie diplomat
and merchant learned and repeated the story
OF American prowess. Our Ministers and Con-
shoulder 70 shoulder with and even ahead
Manila; the old side wheeler .Monocacy.
dubbed the water rickshaw" by the
ns .nss6s on
and land after the battle not only were the
Olympia and Oregon nearer their ideals OF
american strength. but great Russian and
the various Asiatic ports were classed as nee
To-day. for the first time in history our
faS Il known and respected along the Trans
among Ave hundred millions OF human
Pro-, W. Gordon Mccabe spoke to the toast
Our Reunited Country"