The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-12
MENDAcIoUs, JOURNALS
That Have Been Falsirylng About
phtlfnvIpn In,

Philippine Situation.
VI New York Sun: The two newspapers
In this country which have been most
impudently, and persstently slanderous
in accusing our soJdlers in the. Philip
pines Of atroclous inliumanity are the
New York Evening Post and the
Springfield Republican. They are the
chief defdmers Of the American man
hood that is nshttngiNthe far east un-
der the N,nerlcnn.fiag.t ,-s,t'
The Springfield Republican, Isl the
less hardened Of the two. It has con-
scented to the, humiliation of publishing
edltorlally the recent dcnuncation OF
somc OF its favorIt, falsehoods by
Professo: Dean C. Worcester, now in
the Philippines as member Of Presi-.
dent Mckinley's commission. The
Springfield Republican specifically re-
tracts one outrageous lie about bar
barous bombardment of Malabon. fol-
lowed by n wholesale slaughter Of wo-
men anc children in the captured town.
The Springfield Republican retracts this
lie with an hypocritlcal expression OF
pleasure that Malabon was never bom-
barded at all, and that not woman
nor q child in Malabon was killed; there
we're no women and children there
when our troops entered the place! All
that 1t wants, says the Springfield Re.
f,fthtSr1y, IL, fc t1,nt
the lies 1t has been printing so indus
when convicted Of one lie it simply
shifts Its ground to others not yet spe-
ciflcally exposed. Isl. $50 81
much tougher subject Is the Even
Ing Post Of this town. Beginning about
two months ago, that newspaper has
published almost daily every Islander
which malice could suggest or ingenu-
ity devise concerning the behavior Of
the American troops in the Philippines.
1t has represented our soldiers. as de-
mons Of ferocity. our officers as butch
ers of medieval heartfessness in their
treatment of prisoners, of the wound
ed, and Of n-combatant Filipinos.
Whenever the Evening Post got hold Of
falsehood or an exnEgerntion written
by some silly volunteer to impress the
boys at home with an Idea Of his mar"
tai dcvilishness. 1t has paraded the
same with exultation. Whenever par
ticula: falsehoods were lacking for the
day. i. has filled the gap with general
charges Of its own, improving on the
lies previously published.
AS recently as May 90 the Evening
Post was retterattng Its former asser-
ton that the fact Is now fully estab-
lished that In many cases the rule has
been that our troops take no prison
ers." The disposition made Of Filipino
prisoners, according to this newspaper,
has been to murder them. The Ameri
can soldiers have abeyed. The Evening
Pos has pictured our western reg-
ments shooting down the helpless and
the unarmed in Luzon with the zest
with which they might engage ut home
In battue of iackrabbits, Burning
and looting. thievery and cold.booded
assassination, nc. quarter for the pris-
oners wholesale massacres of women
and children. havn been the rule OF
military procedure In the Philippines.
II the Evening Posts repeated and
unqualified statements are true, The
war has had no parallel for savage In.
humanity III the whole history Of the
ages Of civilization.
Now appears Prof. Worcester, CIV
ilinn now at the scene Of the alleged
atrocities, n reputable and competent
witness with unsurpassed opportunities
to ascertain the truth: and he directly
Informs the New York Evening Post
that It has been lying from first to last
about the conduct of our army In the
Philippines, His denIals are specific
and comprehensive.
~ have personally inspected all bat
tleflclds from Caloocan to Malolos Once
| was ir the field before the wounded
were removed. and repeatedly was
there after the dead were buried I
never snw n single woman or child
wounded or dead.
Il have found. or this contrary.
wounded rebels whose injuries had
beer dressed by American surgeons be.
fore the firing has ceased. and who had
also been provided With food and wa
ter, The insurgent wounded were
brought TO Manila and tended In our
hospitals. or even taken care OF in pri
vnte hospitals. the government paying
all the expenses. {
TT is absolutely false that any order
was ever issued looking toward the
killing Of men who might be captured.
The natives themselves report that
the troops have saved property and
protected life during the recent opera
tons, and the effect of their conduct
has been excellent.
THE accounts of alleged atrocities
printed In American papers are copied
by the insurgent press and cause meal,
culrble harm. They cost good Amcrl-
can lives"
This plain statement OF the truth