The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-06

stances the tniqufty has been done BY
soldiers who were In the advance guard.
and have got into Filipino towns before
the officers got there. This Ia the ex-
PLANTATION OF the statement OF Filipino
that the American soldiers who come TO
town fret are very bad men. while those
officers do all in their power 70 prevent
crime and desscration Of churches
but are not al ways successful In either.
1he great mars of the American soldiers
are we'll behaved. but OF oourss there are
rome rough characters and these faint
the reputation Of the whole army. Mr..
Msoqueen has q rather poor opinion
place they arrived too late; and for one
reason and another none OF them were
qualified for their tasks. Otis was too
busy, DENLY was too old, Worcester was
too much after bugs and pictures,
Dewey was too tireL and Schurman was
too credulous. The press censorship
was too strict Mr.. Macqueen character
lies it as .'siiiy." He found that while
the Filipinos hated the Spanish friars
they took kindly 20 American priests. and
the latter seemed to have much influence
over them.
Mr.. Macqueen's conclusions as to what
we need to do to paoify the islands and
govern them successfully are fairly
summed up In the following extracts
from his statement;
"We. iced to study the question psycho-
In0fNaDv Thooo apo mo- A. ana
people. Our very voices rasp them. In
dividual Americas, civilians and soldiers.
treat them arrogantly, as IL already they
were our slaves. Ihe Bilipinos never
forget; they never forgive They are
highly sensitive, easy to Halter, but i'm
| very brave, very persistent. We need on
our side great tact, absolute discipline,
| stainless honor, incorruptible honesty,
otherwise u legacy of hate and i. blood
| she'd, This Is rs certain as the DEGREES of
| God.
"For the PHILIPPINES we must have
| civil service. There are instances all
| over of incompetsncy. Capt Hanna, cap
tain of the port of lloilo, is not fit for the
place. / saw him tehavs in very I'M
gentlemanly way to Spanish captain.
| Many other things show he Is no man for
| the place. There are dozens Of such men,
and they are political appointees, and in
harm. II the Offices cannot be filed by
men of merit, it will be dangerous for the
| United States to hold the Philippines.
Martial law in Manila ought TO be abol-
| ished as soon as possible. There seems to
BIS no reasonable ground for IL ut present.
The Spanish taxes should also be rconst
at oEce, ii further trouble. both with
| Americans and foreigners, is to be avoid =
/ ed, Absolutely strict discipline of our
| soldiers in their relation to the natives,
/ especially to the women, is absolu tely
necessary. Our Congress ought to be-
called at once to give the Filipinos some
promise of government. 1t is claimed by
men familiar with the subject In Luzon
| that our government has not promised
| them anything except the most attenuat-
| ed generallties. The Chino Tagals who
are the leaders IN the movement, are
among the shrewdes9 men on earth They
/ know the difference between an absolute
unless some promise Ia made Of very
definite character, In my Judgment, the
war will not cease with the conquest of
| ARuinaldo.
! The Tagals, who are at the head Of tbs
revolution, are the smartest, brightest,
and best of all the Filipinos They have
great power with their tribes. Il Is mot
true that this power is gained through
terrorism. 1t is gained because there Is a
spirit Of nationality abroad in the Philip.
pines today. This Ia what made 1t SO
easy for Aguinaldo's emissaries to gain
control in Panay, Cebu, South Luzon
and Mindanao. At present the zone OF
hostility to the United States authority
is very wide in the islands, owing in part
| l think, to our lack of success In dealing
| with the people. Hatred of Americans has
developed and increased as we have ad-
vanced in our occupation. The abolition
OF oook-hghting and the retaining of
taxes, has grievously offended the Fill
pinos. While we have allowed our sold
iers to gamble, the Tsgals watch us al
our cards and craps, and fully realizs
that cook fighting Is no worse.
"For the present, l should think that
an autonomous government with an
American protectorate would satisfy ths
people.
"The Spanish friars should go home Il
Spain, and American priests take theil
places, granting to the Filipinos padres
the fall rights of priesthood, which they
| huvo raUar had unHar SnaIU