The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-02
The End Not Yet.

the prospects OF peace IN inc MI
ippines seems to have been pre-
mature and The UNION once more
draws that familiar comparison
between the Philippine campaign
and the "silver craze'--they both
refuse to end or be ended.
The true situation crops out in
the following press dispatch from
the scene of the fighting:
Manila, May 26.-The events Of
the past week have emphasized
the need Of a much larger army
here, without which, according to
the best authorities, it will be at
tempting the impossible to expect
to establish American supremacy
in the islands. The inadequacy
of the American force is said to be
responsible for the large total loss
in the number of small encounters,
without material results.
So a larger American army is
needed! Then all this talk Otis
has been giving the good people
about dealing zone crushing
blow" and that "peace was simply
a matter Of a few days" is bosh.
"a much larger army" says Otis.
How many American sons are yet
to be sacrificed on this Philippine
altar? And what shall be the re-
ward for this sacrifice of blood?
Let those who advocate and up
5.:old this Infamous policy stand up
and answer these queries.
The dispatches contain the fol-
lowing additional intelligence re-
garding the situation:
Most Of the fighting has been in
the territory which the Americans
had swept, but have been compell-
ed to abandon because ehey could
not spare the troops to hold it.
MacArthur's and Lawton's forces
hold two important lines of o
munication-the railroad to San
Fernando and that to Rio Grande-
but much Of the country they
swept over, including scores Of
smaller towns and some of the
larger ones, has been lett uncover
ed and the insurgents have re-
turned, occupying them, or
camping in jungles near them, 0 n
the watch for chances to harass
our garrisons, attack scouting par
ties, or detached companies, pre-.
ferring this to regular battles.
This admission is simply what
the anti-expansionists have con
tended would be the result from
the first. 1t has been stated that
the Filipinos would avoid open
battles and bushwhack for the
next century if Necessary to repel
American invasion, and now comes
Otis, the administrations repre-.
sentative in the Philippines, and
admits that this is the case.
That American arms should be
victorious in every engagement,
under all circumstances and in all
climes is the wish Of every true
American at home, but the boys in
the Philippines service are no,
there by the will of the American
people; they are not fighting in q
cause which means the perpet.
uation Of freedom and all the prin.
ciples which go with it; they have
been forced to aid the administra.
ton in the commission Of a nation
al crime against a practically de-
fenseless people; they are spilling
blood at the bidding Of a national
executive who has assumed the
role Of a car and in one sense
transformed this republic into an
absolute monarchy.
What the end will be no one
knows; what tho sacrifice in blood
will be no one dare predict; wha,
the reward for this sacrifice will be
none can tell. But "more meu
are needed says Otis, and "more,
menwill be furnished replies tn.
Spanish administration. Wher
will this farce end7 Isn't ii abou,