New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-06
WAR HUMANITY CONDUCTED.
PROFESSOR DEAN C. WORCESTER, OF iHH
AMERICAN COMMISSION, DENIES The
STORIES OF CRUELTY.

Professor Worcester in The Chicago Times-Heraio.
Manila June .3-The statements made n oy
New-York Evening Post in an eui.1riad a. Tins
Springfield Republican" are in the nam sI0s ,eiy
exaggerated, and in some cases they are aosou''''
false. ,.. ,.,, g. tho story OF
Anthony Mchaea who Is TeP req Waa I and then
went in and killed every native we fne'-"e"'
Was personally present on the occasion IN cues,
ton The truth of the matter Is tnat M ,bat r.
Was IN easy reach from the fleet and the field guns
The town had been abandoned by tne ha, rnsSooi
ers who had positions in swamp on the outskroS;
one Hotchkiss and one 32nch gun was n, ,,ho nv
them Our troops first s Ossa. sG were
the following dsy while yag o. 9ur We're
have personally inspected all battehelds from ON
Caoocan TO Meloos once was az and i repeatedly
| was there before the dead were ouIieo; o. dead
Sawo fonnS ON the contrary wounded rebels whose
intvYies had been dressed by American surgeons
b SeeDrG provided 1f With food and water Manila
The insurgent wounded were brought 10 Msi ~
and tended in our hospitals or even taken care %
IN nriyate hospitals the Government paying all the
expenses. -, - L.~p,, ha arIyeu
MHen spre The ~. prisoners are we'll fed and well
treated and many say they are gad tney ricsns
The released prisoners and the recovered are
are our best missionaries, but many Oh '"en' ~"
is assouteiy false that any order ever +,
sued looking toward the killing or men VINO nssiv
he cantured The American soldiers nave repeatss,y,
taken prisoners under circumstances anorains
very strong know positively tnat the city ~,
have been ordered 10 fire on soldiers caugnt IVY
ing II IL was not practicable 10 make arrests cs
The natives themselves report ,nAt tne ~
haye saved property and protected IKE uurlhB Va.
recent operations. and the effect or their cohou0'
has been excellent. - a-n,,~
IL is great mistake 10 suppose we are hsn Ign, ~
tbe nonuiation detests the war. and the only SER
Gus trouble Is in a few Tagaos provinces In LuLoh;
other provinces IN this island are now compvs'e y,
Tncalog rule The people In them are praying TOT
me coming OF the Americans. Tne present ruIes9
are hated on account of their robbery ana oppIes.
sion and even among the Tagaogs the common
~ Sspn,,roido and his congress recently appointed
Communication empowered TO negotiate peace on the
leaders interfered however and dissolved the COM
mission -. ,o.s... 49,. orix
with tho greatest difficulty me heads Q. me i ha
tales are circulated by the insurSent leaders raise
and slanderous reports are manufactured ~ hons
Kong and Singapore and scattered BROADCAST l.,
Amsrcsn papers are copied by the lnsurgent press
and cause incalculable harm They cost sooa
American lives. , ,, ,.,.o,,no
The war is being most humaney conductea he
hungry are fed the families OF the insurgent iead-
ars 70 granted protection In Manila, ana even az
lowed to enter through the lines ABOUT Two from
the insurgent territory and thousands are AZ
come Every here Is working IN the In'eI.St
Justice order and lasting peace. and az are anno,a
Tor the best good of the country ana tne pv,b ':
70 this end awlessness must be put down WIZ A. "a
firm hand. and armed oppression must Do u~1s -
cease.