The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-09-14

nis s9e !. % shut int I'd
That is free silver explained that the silver
system here was not 16 to / and with seeming
The charge that we cared for nothing but to
make carnations for our papers IL most unjust.
were more conservative in the presence Of un-
limited provocation for sensationalism. There
recall Of conduct by our soldiers resembling the
episode OF the Seventy first New York in Cuba
and which none Of US has attempted to cable
nor desired to.
and the personal knowledge Of every one here.
2 perfect orgy Of looting and wanton destruc-
rnoh OF property and most OUTRAGE . BLACK
Mia. and various incidents like the shooting
down OF several Filipinos for attempting to
run from arrest at q cock fight. not to mention
Sourtmartiais Of Officers for covardice and the
d 5ass,n ;, Of General " for getting hope
tes-aii OF which the correspondents have left
onto9 sSt sSb bx common S5z consent. ourps
.csn A;so there are the usual number OF army
universally considered a fact in the army
that that Otis is deeply prejudiced against and
reputation.
"As correspondent of the Associated Press.
I am supposed to have no opinions. but in
writing Of events like this war one must neces-
AMY into asa the of e Of dss
ton of conditions. ETC.. which are in the final
have endeavored merely to reflect the Views Of
the great majority, of well informed people.
easily Judge by ref SD 20 the Stories s' sent
via Hong Kong after my arrival and
that Inc opmsc caI a yieT
the war was likely to be long one and that
100 9;3 900 o, men would be needed to end IT, You
dispatches was decidedly different from those
sent from Manila d.,ect The only t.a,e Gen.
has civ Iyrvl u
row with Schurman over the peace negotiations,
when (by insnuation and those attempted
think newspaper men do not through, he
was encouraging us to roast Schurman and
OTIS A SMALL MAN"
~. The secret Of the whole trouble here is that
with the most delicate problems. requiring
broad statesmanship. Every one agrees that
position aifording such chances for dishonesty,
out every one agrees also. with most remark
tine that h a has nunx naTs
been avoided now by some other plan Of
bagn t than sloshng amess about taking
the next week-and by diplomacy.
-. The The, H Hong Kong Press which has always
questions. reflects the feeling of most people
a nsre n in ria It is not dim
would be felt and expressed in the United
States when once the country awoke to the
real condition of affairs in the Philippines
There has been mismanagement Of the grossest
description
II wish the etiquette Of ohicialdom might
permit Dewey and Schurman to speak to Nc
Kinley and the public concerning Otis as freely
the only men Of the caliber of statesmen the
government has sent here. and schurman has
the college professors weakness of believing
that all other men. including the Malays, were
as sincere in what they said as himself.
desk. has never his soldiers in the field
and insists upon managing both the civil and
military branches of the government. although
either one would fully occupy able man. be-
cause he trusts no one but himself. and witl.al
whom he has to deal. he has antagonized the
ROBERT M. COLLINS"
ORIGINAL ROUND ROBIN.
Following is a copy of the original version Of
The Undersigned. being all the staff cores
pOndents of the American newspapers stationed
I'VE believe that. owing to official dispatches
from Manila published in American newspapers
United States have not received a correct i'm
preston of the situation in the Philippines. that
mistic view which is not Shared by the general
I'VE believe the dispatches misrepresent ex-
listing conditions among the Filipinos in respect
to internal dissensions and decentralization re-
sulting from the American campaign, and to the
brgand character of their army.
I'VE believe the dispatches mislead in the
on thu sne tha IS IN
can be speedily ended without greatly in
I'VE think the tenacity Of the Filpnos pur-
pose has been underestimated. and the state
ments unfounded that volunteers willing
for further service.
'"The censorship has compelled us to partici-
pate in this Misrepresentation by excising
altering uncontroverted statements of fact, on
the plea that as Gen. Otis stated. they would
alarm the people at home have the people
of the United States by the ears
Specifications: Suppression hospital reports
and numbers heat prostrations in tie field, sys-
tematic intimidation of naval opera tions sup
preston of full reports of field operations in
event of failure, and complete reports of situ-
alton.
''M CUTCHEON, Record,
DAVIS. Sun,
COLLINS. The Associated Press"