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shot at Manila, and who says; "The
whole army was waiting for that shot,
and when it came they were ready for
it. The Filipinos we're just a little
short of being prepared. Everybody
seemed to be satisfied with the shot.
According to this interview it all came
about because certain Filipino gave
Grayson some Clip" Germany, France
and even Canada should be careful of
giving Private Grayson any lip, and
we should place strong guard about
him to see that they do not. 1t don't
matter about expenses-wars, pest
houses and pensions-so long as Gray
son does not get any lip. Not only
were the army and navy at the time
satisfied with the shot, but also Nc
Kinley. Otherwise why was there not
a cessation of hostiities when Aguin-
aldo asked for it Immediately after the
finder box" had been ignited by
Private Grayson. Later on when the
administration found it had lit off a
pretty large piece it was anxious to
treat with Aguinaldo or any other old
Filipino.
A letter from an officer at Manila, and
in our republican paper, not only says
Otis needs 100000 men, but also that:
ga continuous warfare can not be
carried on in this enervating climate
by the troops; troops should not be
kept here longer than a year." Ia
there to be an endless chain of soldiery
going to the Philippines to fight, and
returning "enervated" and otherwise
disabled to be just on the pension roll?
If not discharged soon the 100000
limit would be or there would be no
army in the Philippines. 1t is an
g 'enervating" business and difficult to
understand. We would feel to be en-
couraged by the assurance that the
Filipino is to be wiped out as soon as
the rainy season is over, if we had not
heard the same thing so often before.
1t is funny back bone that must be
broke so often; prophecy seems to do it
little damage. This officer says: ''The
5000, 900 Filipinos are as highly civil
lied as the 10000, 900 Mexicans, and as
difficult to conquer.
Another republican dispatch has
Gen. Shafter to say Of the returning
volunteers who fail to compliment Gen.
Otis and the war "Those interviews
came from discharged soldiers and riff
raft and suckers of the army" How
does the western volunteer like that?
And his judge advocate, Maj. Groes-
beck, says "If had my way I'd clap
every mothers son OF them in Jail. /
would stop those pitable attempts to
smirch the honor of the army" and in
Germany or any other European coun-
try no such condition of affairs could
last twenty-four hours How very
Frenchy and imperialistic all this
sounds, but do we want it in ours? II
will be lonesome day for the Citizen
when he may not criticise his army
and his government. And the purpose
of the administration seems to be to
remove the army" as far from the
citizen" as possible. Hence the 35,
900 are not made state organizations,
as no doubt the law contemplated, but
a part of the regular army. OF course
if we are to have an imperial policy
and the imperial government to carry
it out we should ape Europe in clearly
divorcing the soldier from the citizen
and in subjecting the citizen to the sol
dier. All such moves, however, drive
nail into coffin of the republic.
SO long as this country attended tt
its own business and went out into tn
great world only to look after its com
mercial interests, and not to grab ter
ritory, it had no enemies, only friendl,
rivalries. But now it is said Europ
is watching America" and encourag
| ing South American alliance agains
us. Germany is advised to hasten tn
building of her navy in view of wha
may come, and the Kaiser's relianc
for peace is the "German-American
who he has just said: would alway
remain as q pledge Of friendship be
tween the lands of their birth and ador
tion." Evidently the Kaiser bad nc
seen what administration organs sa.
of Recommendations" when the
venture to criticise an administratio
policy.
Evidently the Filipino is hard To-
If suffered to remain within our line
, it is feared he will murder us: if drive
OUT dS MChIbuuI uhS uOho uO pau Il ol
nando he goes into the ranks in th
] open. But how are we to know whetl
, or it is Macarthur who has driven tn
Amigo out, or the Amigo McArthu
out Of San Fernando? A Manila di
patch of August says: "The Unite
States gunboat arrived here yesterda
after bombarding San Fernando. III
Saturnus, she reported, was still smo
dering and the steamer was tot
wreck" This same Saturnus whic
carried the United States flag W
found 'beachel at San Fernando, u
der the insurgent trenches there al
sacked of a cargo of general mercha