The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-01

company IN, 10th Kansas, writing to his
father on Feb. "a, from Caloocan:
There were $50 Of them. and they cap
tured our short line train and depot and
drove the guards hack. That was at
the inside or town guard, marched straight
along killing every insurgent that poked his
head In view. At one place they killed 50,
and In all 1907
Rev. Charles F. Dole. of Jamaica Plain,
Mass. published in the Boston Transcript
OF April Is letter without names from
soldier in Luzon to his father. Mr.. Dole
has been personally known to me for many
years and is man of the highest character.
The letter said:
The longer 1 stay here and the more see
and think of the matter the more fully con-
WINGED l am that the Americana alton was
and is making blunder. l don't think
would miss the truth much If I said more
nOncombatants have been killed than native
soldiers l don't believe the people in the
United States understand the question, or
the condition of things here, or the inhuman
warfare now being carried on. Talk about
Spanish cruelty! They are not in it with
the Yank. Even the Spanish are shocked.
OF course, don't expect to have war with
out death and destruction, but do expect
that when an enemy gets down on his knees
and begs for his life that he won't be shot
in cold blood. But it is fact that the
order was not to take any prisoners, and
have seen enough to almost make me
ashamed to call myself an American.
Lieut.. Barnes, Battery G, Third United
States artillery Tin the regular army, be it
observed), writes on the Goth of March
letter to his brother, which was published
in the Greensburg. Ind, Standard of May S.
a copy OF which is in my hands. The pas
sage bearing on our question is as follows:
The town OF Titatia was surrendered to us
few days ago, and two companies occupy
the same. Last night one of our boys was
found shot and his stomach cut open. I'm
mediately orders were received from Gen.
Wheaton to burn the town and kill every
native in sight, which was done to finish.
About 1000 men, women and children were
reported killed l am probably growing
hard hearted. for l am in my glory when l
can sight my gun on some dark skin and
pull the trigger.
In these cases there seems to have been
no prOvOcation. In others there doubtless
was. add the two extracts on this point
that have come to my knowledge. The first
is from letter published in the Topeka
(Kan.) State Journal of April 49, and writ
ten by Resil Manahan, who had already met
his death in battle before his letter was
given to the world:
The Filipinos put up white flags, and then
when our officers go out to see what they
want they are fired upon. They shot from
church just across from the smallpox hospi
tai and killed one of the patients who was
locking out of the window. We do not take
prisoners, neither do they, so you see it is
kill or be killed.
Manahan was mistaken at one point. The
Filpinos still hold prisoners from the gun
boat Yorkton
The other is from a letter by Robert D.
Maxwell, company A, Goth Kansas, pub
lished in the Omaha (Neb) Bee of May Z:
native was dead and not lying down to
escape injury. Some of them would fall
as though dead and after we had passed
would climb a tree and shoot every soldier
that passed that way. Even the wounded
would rise up and shoot after we passed.
This led to an order to take no prisoners
but to shoot ALL
There may be people who think that under
such circumstances the order for wholesale
killing is right. Probably the atrocities of
Spanish warfare in Cuba had similar justi-
ficatiOn. But at any rate it is a gloomy
kind of necessity into which our refusal to
the Filipinos of self government under our
protection has brought US.
Is this the view of an "unpatriotic" civil
ian, who, though he voted for Mckinley, has
now lost his judgment along with his right
to free speech and free thought? Let me
add the judgments of an officer in the Amer
lean army and of an English observer in
Manila. At banquet of the Medical society
of Pennsylvania, held at Johnstown, Pa. on
May H. 1899, Major W. II. DAILY. of General
Miles staff is reported to have said this,
among other things to the same effect:
warfare in the Philippines has drifted
away from the methods OF civilization, and
the shooting down of people who only
desire the opportunity to be free is con-
trary to the essence Of our traditions"
The other judgment is from long COM
munication sent by an English observer at
China Daily News, of Shanghai, in March:
1--WE do think that the nation which at this
time last year boosted in it's numerous
newspapers that America, the most free
among nations. would cheerfully expend her
gold and the blood of her sons to bestow
the precious blessing of liberty on a down.
trOdden sister, and, snatching her from be-
meath the heel of a tyrant, set her upon the
proud eminence on which she herself stands.
is at present a little off her base in the
Philippines
Such will be the sober judgment of his
tory. Such, believe. will even be the sober
judgment of the majority of Americans
when the passions Of the moment are spent
and the old-fashioned, national habits of
free thought and free speech reassert them
selves. Very truly yours,
w. G. HALE.
For the sake of the honor of our ma
ton, we sincerely hope these statements
can be explained away. If not, the per-
petrators, to the last man, should be Sc
verely punished. The whole country the
other day, was fearfully indignant over
the burning alive of a negro in Georgia.
who was guilty of murder and rape; but
that was nothing compared with the
killing of 1000 non-combatants, includ-
ing women and children, for the killing
of a single armed soldier
Apply this to our own case! Think of
it!
We want no military government.
Give us old-fashioned peace, fair play
and justice. I'D.
INCREASED CURRENCY-GOOD TIMES.
We find in the Minneapolis Journal of
the 26th of May the following article.