The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-12
F1LIPINos AND FREEDOM.
What Gen. Weyler Would BE Saying
Now If He Were Talking.

-" mat Oen Wey1er Would BE Saying
Now If He Were Talking.
The New York Evening Post of Wednes-
DAY has pleasant quarter of an hour
WIN the 1mperialists by putting a speech
on the situation in the Philippines in the
mouth OF Gen. Wey1er. The Post says:
- On the subject of Aguinaldo's appeal
70 the powers to bring influence to bear
At w washington for the purpose of ending
ene unjust war which is devastating the
touIi a we are fortunate in being able
70 lay before tour readers a speech to be
QeHVered in the Spanish senate today.
IL comes to us from Madrid by our pri-
Hdte telepath1c wire, and is the sub
Sta!ce OF the remarks to be made by that
4Wl si senator and general, Don
Nalertano Weyler He VIII say:
take the floor (pido la palabra), Mr..
fresiaenU to4 call the attention of the
senate ana the government to the re-
quest OF the Filipino republic for recog-
hltlon by the European powers. Grave
questlonsa of International law and conf
W are involved in this matter, upon
which it, might be thought that I. a
brusque soldier, would have no compe-
tence to speak. But your senorias will
tiot, Lorget that during my administra-
ton OF the island of Cuba these same
queStlons, We're fully discussed in the
senate OF the United States. 1t was my
Quty To take cognizance of what was said
ny the able jurists in the American SEN
ate. The swords of the insurgents l
could we'll despise but who would not
trembIe before the tongue of a Frye, a
Lodge, q Morgan? A mere child myself
IN all these niceties of international law,
L sat at the feet of the Gamaliels in the
senate at Washington, and it is from
them L learned the great principles reg
uiatlng the attitude of one nation to-
wards the colonies of another, and deter
mining the recognition of inSurrection-
airy forces. Simply using the word Fill
plnos where the learned American sena-
tors said Cubans, 1 will show your Sc
nor1as that it Is our duty, as 1t is that
OF all the European powers, to interfere
In the name of humanity and liberty to
put an end to the cruel war in the Phil
ippineS.
Zone of the dicta of the illustrious
Lodge, Mr. President, was that there was
something unnatural and abhorrent in
tanning 1,5G0000 people, by a country 5000
miles away. What shall We say, then,
of sending troops to subdue 100000 peo-
pie 1000 miles away? Again, 1t was ar
gued by the enlightened Morgan that
recognition of the Cuban insurgents was
due them because they were supreme
in q large part of the island. What did
it matter he demanded, if Spain held
the capital and all the seaports? The
Cubans held the mountains and sWamps
in the interior, a larger area, all told,
than that controlled by the SpaniardS,
and were therefore entitled to be known
as the masters Of the island. This is
an overwhelming (conrundente) argu-
ment for the immediate recognition of
the Filipinos. They rule a rar larger
part of LuzOn than the rebels did OF
Cuba. On the five-foot map OF the Phil
ippin6Aj, all the territory In the control
of the Americans can be covered by a
childS hand. IF we heed the appear or
the Filipinos, We shall simply, therefore,
be executing the principles taught US by
distinguished Americans.
THE prolonged and bloody nature OF
the war in the Philippines, Mr.. Presi-
dent, is another reason for interference
by neutral powers. Gen. OTIS pred1c-
Of Of the iOSnF-
rection have proved as illusory as those
/ used to issue in Havana. The F1llplnos
are fighting more stubbornly than the
Cubans. There is no hope of subduing
them except by DISCRIMINATING them.
Many American soldiers say that the ma
tives will have to be killed off. But when
l said the same thing of Cuban rebels,
the American public cried out on viewer
the butcher and senators clamored for
American interference to prevent the eX-
termination of men who could not con-
quer, but would not submit. Is 1t not
time for us, and for all civilized powers,
to say to President Mckinley, as he said
to Spain: In the name of humanity, this
war must stop2'
argument for recognizing Cuban bel
ligerency might be pressed, Mr.. Presi-
dent as conclusive reasons for our grant
ing belligerent rights to the Filiplnos
The latter have a larger army than the
Cubans ever had. They have fully or
gained congress, composed OF l00 men,
who, writes one American observer,
would compare In behavior, manner,
dress, and education with the average
men OF the better classes of other Asiatic
nations AS for their fitness to govern
themselves we have the testimony of the
victorious Dewey and the American Gen.
King, that they are far superior to the
Cubans in that particular. An American
correspondent wrote of Agu1naldo.s s gov
eminent that he has made life and prop
erty safe, made brigandage and
loot impossible and woman 8
honor safer in Luzon than it has been for
thirty years. There is thus far strong
er and more promising republic in the
Philippines than there ever was in Cuba.
The American publicists who taught us
that it was right to recognize the one VIII
be the last to complain if we recognize
the other.
sfSpain, your senorias, has especial rea-
| son for moving in this matter. Several
thousand Spanish prisoners are In the
hands of the FilipinoS-not only soldiers,
| but civilians, many women and children.
| Their sufferingS wiring our hearts. Inc
| United States undertook, by the treaty or
Paris to secure their liberty, but has not
| been able to do So Our country offered
| to ransom them for great sum, but the
| Americans would not allow 1t. Agulnaldo
| now proposes to release the captlyes II we
| will recognize his government. How long
| would the Americans have hesltated II
| the case had been as Migrant IN Cupa
| They say of he FilipinOs, as we said of
| the Cuban rebels, that they are bandits
| and savages. But let me read what a
| Frenchman. NJ. Jean Hess, says OF the
Filipinos, after being long with their
army He is an impartial witness, and he
writes in the Figaro: 1t is surely a
| marvellous thing, the resistance OF these
| peasants, led into battle by generals of
| twenty years. only yesterday in college,
| beardless boys. young lawyers and doc
| tors. These FilipinoS are not the savages,
! the stupid brutes. that they are said TO
| be in America. They are polite and de-
| voted and courageous to an extraordinary
| degree If the Cubans deserved rescue
| from destruction, do not these young
! heroes?
But it may be said, Mr.. President. that
| for Spain to interfere would give ofense
| to the United States, and might lead to
war All your senorias, let me tell you
what I have learned from reading the de-
| bates in the United States senate. In the
| speeches in that body it was clearly laid
| down by it's most influential members,
that for America to recognize Cuban bel
ligerency would really be an act of great
friendship towards Spain; that Spaniards
could not possibly resent it. Boldly com
mending their own chalice to their lips,
let us then take the action in behalf OF
the Filipinos that the United states, Tor
less provoca ton. took in behalf OF the
Cubans, and welcome this noble people,
struggling against foreign OppressorS for
their liberty, TO the rights and privileges
of an independent nation. He dlcho.