The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-12

From time to time is heard. the inquiry
from one or other unsuspectng mortal
how it happens that President McKin-
ley and his advisers still continue to
maintain Cen Otis at the head of affairs
in the Philippines. The oredulous au-
thors of such Inquiries would no doubt
be benefited. if they ever came across the
statement Of the Manila correspondent
famous round robin came to be issued
That sta-t m tme Ike itve-y plain that, of
all the men whom the imperialist officials
at Washington could have chosen to rep
resent them in the Philippines, Otis is.
beyond ali comparison, the best for their
purposes.
After the receipt of the round robin
General Manager Stone. of the
American Associated Press, directed
the representative of that body at
Manila 10 furnish detailed state
nent of the circumstances which rem
dered thu issuance of the round robin
necessary. The response to that order
has been made public over the signature
Of the correspondent. Mr.. Robert NJ Col
Inns, and, avery instructive document it is.
Indeed, il makes more history which is
rot of the bogus variety than has pro-
cceded thus far concerning our recent
military career from any source except
ing the committees of investigation on
the subject OF embalmed beef.
According to Mr.. Collins the correspond
ents al Eanila submitted to the censor
ship as long as they did because of the
appeals ma ie 20 their patriotism. They
did so, in TACT, until the official censor
had frankly said to the correspondents:
My Instructions are to let nothing so
hat viii hurt the administration" This
was a fl al state ment, and it resulted in
The exposure which followed of the ell
Tire infamous system Gen Otis had be-
Gore declaI ed that it was not to prevent
the giving CT Information or assistance
to the cnom, which caused him to use
was to KEEP the knowledge Of the condt-
tons from he people at home. So that
when matters reached this pass the cor
respondents made up their minds that the
generals repeated threats to put them
off the Island il they did not submit
would be 10 more injurious to the papers
they represented than to continue baing
made The agents of falsehood ard fraud
upon the people Of the United States.
sThe rourd robin, as Mr.. Collins points
out embodied tho known views of Gems.
Funston. NcArthur, Wheaton and Law
ton. But they represented 10 one but
themselves. Gen. Otis, however, repre-
scented The administration, and he knew
what was demanded of him. When the
newspaper men showed their determina
ton TO make the facts known Gen. Otis
sought the intervention of the representa-
tive of tbs New York Sun. The Sun is,
of course, the known organ of the Nc
Kinley administration, and Otis hal ac-
eordinGiy adopted it as his own. But the
sun correspondent, being more of Z.
newspaper man than a politician or an
administration lickspittle, refused to in
terfere, ard attached his signature to the
round robin exposure
AS all the returned soldiers nave since
Indicated there never was any other idea
prevalent in the Philippines than that the
campaign vas not being conducted with
a view to achieve success. The most ex
traordinary falsehoeds came back to the
men through the American press as to
the actual situation in the islands These
falsehoods were simply made necessary
by the political necessities of Gen. otis'
masters at Washington, who desired the
war ended emily at such time and under
such circumstances as would suit their
purposes. and who sought to keep the
American public blind to the actual con-
ditians in the meantime.
The great object, as declared by the cen