Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-26

SMASHING AND sYhPAThf'
r. 4, be true that "a feioW-iee"hs
,,skes oue wondrous kind" there ousn-'
nv reason Of recent similarity Of ehP0
ri.nce by the two nations, 70 hs no"
stronger bond OF sympathy between IN
r-,i,ed States and Great Britain than ever
before. A month Or 50 ago. al Omdal rls'n'
General Kitchener closed one Of the mo-
brilliant and systematic campaigns IN tne
bsstory OF Britain's mission OF 'ciTiil1a-
ton f" BIZ smashing the khslifa- Ac-
,o,d;-g "a ALI accounts, the Sircar about
,,ots The British record In the matter OF
t,,.ohe-fng rebels" and IL was conn-
de,,lv asserted that tbs scudan had been
..,.,,,ssa +" and the remnant Of the khaii-
fa's followers had been scatleIs- -
the four winds OF that region Il"
DAYS since. however, news came iIoiH '"'
80, ~ established British power thai
The Kbali,a didn't know he was smash-u'
80. ,be-e was convincing evidence that
general Kitcheners work Of pacihcation
rad bssn eFectiee only in spots, ana mat
the routed. dispersed, and oisofsaHl~-'
Mahdists who escaped from the Omour-
man shambles were herding for anothsi
trial Of conclusions. In short the si'ua-
ton IN the soudan to-day renders il
rre.,v certain that the British VIII have
- sand nut from their base Of concentfa-
ton there sundry punitive expeditions
before the process Of ciyihzing tneH SUI
dapese wards. and blessing them Win
Good government. which they don't want
will have been completed.
A week or 20 ago. In pursuance OF O'l
policy OF benevolent assimilation ahu
in demonstratlng practically that 'foro'-
al. annexation is criminal aggression
W. smashed Aguinaldo" and 'denioia-
uzed' his adherents. ConsioetihB 'N-
forces engaged on the respective siue' ~
~ hstties Of Manila and Omdurman'
or ocbieyement In the high art Of modern
sisYgbter was as great as was l'"'
=, ,be British and their Egyptian aiiles
In the soudan. The bows ana aiio"' ~
one Of AgulnalIo's sontingents were "7
much oyernatched b. the up-to-dale hi'i-
ING indictments Of our army as the Al
,,o,a,ed arms Of some Of the Maholsls
,,or. overmatched b. the machine-guhs
a,,a ,ronroved rifles Of Ktcheners men.
"a ,n one respect. the Americans were
better equipped for striking terror 10 inc
savage heart than we're the Bri'ish'
Ubue the slrdar could command the as
s,s,apoe Of river gunboats only. we had
n, hand monitors and cruisers that slaeo
our soldiers I'm smashing Aguinaldo'
and ~assiniiaung" our wards by drop
n,,r tons Of destruction into the ranks Of
the latter
ant Ag,,lnaldo. It turns out. IS built on
the same plan. IN many respects mat the
t,hst,,a A. built on a Boctan stupidity
q common 10 both. Like his soudanese
prototype. the Filipino leader doesn l
tnow that he IL smashed. Moreover tue
accumulation" 81 his followers has beeh
about as incomplete az has been the paci-
ecation Of the Mahdisis. and since Inv
Nta,us hattie the Finpinos have shown
the same gregarious instincts that nave
characterized the Soudan rebels.
OF course-and here IS where the TEL
low-feeling" comes in again-polh ma
,ions must. in the end. accomplish aDso-
mtely the smashing task they nave IN
dertaken. II will never DO for either 10
lat I'D until the "amoshee" in iis case II
absolutely convinced that he is SMASH
ed But there is hardly question tha'
n is on the cards that for each there -
Going 10 DO the expenditure OF a great
deal OF blood and treasure before the
| letting-up time arrives.
So we iterate the proposition with "hich
wa started out The bond Of syInpa'h5
between tho United states and Great
Britain ought 70 be stronger now than
ever. Logically. in view OF the slhiiaT''y
Of the work ia which both are engaged.
II ought 10 continue 10 strengthen anu
u in our career. we follow the parallel
to the contamination Mr. Mckinley aims
A. attaining. Great Britain Will see 70 II
mat ~ "a strengthened TO her advantage
So much may be read between the ZINES
~ Lord Charles Beresfords speech ''
New York the other night and IN tn'
attitude Of the British people geheiS'''
AS 20 our philippine policy