The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-07

| into dh open country With no tents or
camp equipage, in a season of the year
| when tropical showers were of daily oc-
currence, meant privat;%l and hardship
| Notwithstanding this, and although they
| were given three days to move out, on
the second day they marched out with
flags flying. and actually giving cheers
| for their American friends?
| Every day there were fresh rumors. the
priests seeing the effect, redoubIed their
| efforts with, as 4 said before, the object
or bringing about a rupture between the
American and the insurgents. Every
! where the American soldier could be
found reviling the Filipino, and anxious
! to hight him, because the report was
| spread that the SFilipinos had called the
American soldiers towards, and that one
| fllpino was as good as any half-dozen
| Americans; and all such absurd twaddle
Added to this the editorials and news
IN the Manila Rags circulated among and
read by the soldiers were of the most in
fiammatory nature.
The Filipinos had just got comfortably
located In their new quarters when an
| other order was issued to go further out :
| because they did not move quickly
| enough although within the prescribed
| time), the report was maliciously circu-
| lated that they did not intend to move
and would resist. A call upon Aguinaldo
| by my informant led to the discovery that
| they We're using every effort to move as
| quickly as possible, and Aguinaldo simply
| SAID that he was sure that the Americans
| did not understand the hardship that
| these orders entailed upon his soldiers
| The further they went away from the
| city of Manila the worse the country be-
| came, and 1t was with great difficulty
| that Aguinaldo obtained food and shelter
| for his men.
Apparently the actions of the Ameri-
| cans were to make the Filipinos fight:
CIo fh0y, =
| face, and that having no effect they
| would almost ask what can we do to
| make you fight. Every reuqest (my In
| formant states) that was ever made by
| the American commanders was strictly
| complied with by the Filipinos There
| could be acts quoted sufficient to fill
many columns illustrating the continued
| sights. insults, and ridicule that the Fill
| pinos have been subjected to by the
Americans.
| After permitting their little vessels to
| ply around the harbor for months con-
| veying supplies to the various places
| where the F1lipinos had troops stationed
| Admiral Dewey suddenly seized the
launches; and when representative was
| sent by Agutnaldo, not to demand, but
| to beg for, an explanation he was treat
| ed discourteously, and virtually fired off
| the ship. Any messenger that ever went
| there was treated in similar way. The
| Gen. Otis was refused admittance Or
! recognition.
| The F'ilipinos formed congress, and
| Agutnaldo was elected dictator; to this
| action no protest was entered either Of
| ficially or in friendly manner They
| were allowed to form their government at
| MaloloS without a protest or an, intima-
| ton from the United States that they
would look upon it with unfrendly eyes,
| The United States government through
! its officials, raised this infant republic
nourished 1t, allowed 1t to grow and be-
| come strong until tho government and
power of Aguinaldo had spread over the
whole of the islands, bringing under his
4 control people that even the Spanish gov
eminent had never ruled: then they find
that they must not compromise the
| United States government, and with the
1 foea that they are carrying out this
| policy. they ignore the Fflipinos' growing
! strength, and refuse to listen to their
overtures for the settlement of difficult
1 ties.
The result Of all these provocations has
| been the battle at Manila between the IN
sursent and American forces, that must
| be still fresh in the mind of the world
| When the true facts are known and the
! number of women and children that were
slain is published, people will ask who
were the greater oppressors, the Ameri-
| cans or the Span1ards?, The Americans in
| that one day and night slaughtered more
! defeneeless people than Spain did in
two centuries. The fate of the treaty of
| peace was to be decided on the 9Th day
of February; and many people go so far
as to declare that this conflict was
brought about purpesely for political
| reasons In order to ensure the ratifica-
ton of the treaty with Spaniards by the
| United States senate. That it was not
a pre-arranged affair on the part of the
| Ffiipinos,- we need only refer to tia
| American officers reports. The Filipino
officers were all away at a sort of Jubilee
| meeting or feast: and 1t is quite unlikely
that il a general attack was premeditated
upon the American forces, that their Of
ficers would not have been in their
places, and Aguinaldo near to direct
movements The newspapers here con-
| tain reports of women and children shot
down like so many sheep; they speak OF
fifty being found dead in enc fell, sew
enty-five In another; lbs in one trench and
so on. Is this tte[s,Work of the great
American people, who entered upon a
warfare to the cries for help by the poor
Cubans
Twenty thousand < American soldiers
idled awy their time in Manila, and a
dozen powerful war ships lay peacefully
at anchor; beer WAS Imported into Ma
Mia by the thousands -of casks, and {
general good time" was the order of the
day. While away in the South for two
months the poor Filiplnos were besieging
the city of Iloilo and fig hting the Span
iards. The Spaniards from floilo repeat
laedly called upon the Americans in Manila
to come there and accept the surrender
of that city The A1i1eTfcar1s. however
waited until the F1lfpfles had conquered
and captured the city; then they sent
down their warships and troops with
orders that the FY1ipinos must move out.
The newspapers here also contain re-
ports of Aguinaide having sent word to
I Admiral Dewey that neither he nor his
officers were Responsible for the fighting
and he begged for Gods sake they would
stop It, which was refused; they also
state that the Filipino flag OF truce was
not recognized.
| BY the time this letter reaches you the
passion Of the conflict will be over and
| then the American people want to use
their common sense, and carefully inves-
tigate. all these disgraceful charges. This
last conflict was started by a small body
OF men who, 1T is stated, wanted to pass
the outposts; these men may have been
without an officer; they were acting with
| out orders from Filipino headquarters as
| is plainly shown by the absence of any
officers. The actions of these irresponsi-
BILE men is hardly sufficient justification
that thousands of natives. should be
slaughtered, their homes burned and Faz-
| ed to the ground. :. I venture the opinion
that the actions of the Americans in the
Philippines (their first entrance into Ash
attic history will be one of the darkest
OF its pages; and more worthy of ain unciy
flfzed nation than of an enlightened PEG
/ pie.
No one can understand why the Anaeri
| can public are SO thoroughly ignorant OF