The Irish standard., 1899-07-01

and probably with no more provoca-
ton. l heard Colorado man offer $40
in gold for Filipino prisoners after his
company had lost their captain. He
simply wanted to shoot them to square
the count"
Another point, too, of the TRUE in
wardness of this fitting sequel to the war
with Spain is strongly brought out by
Mr.. Roberts: Gen. OTIS" he said, "is
one of the most accomplished liars on
earth. He sent home false reports about
our losses and about the losses of the
Filipinos. He is simply prolonging this
war for his own advancement" Indeed,
&c: McReeve says it was properly Otis
that began it. II can tell you one piece
OF news not generally known in the
United States. On Sunday, Feb. 5th,
the day after the fighting began, Gen.
Torres of the insurgents came through
our lines under flag OF truce, and
speaking for Aguinaldo declared that
the fighting had been begun accidental
ly, and was not authorized by Aguinal-
do, that Aguinaldo wished to have it
stopped, and to bring about conclu-
sion proposed the establishment of a
neutral zone between the armies Gen.
Otis sternly replied that the fighting
having begun must go on to the grim
end" A soldier writes: "Those fat-head-
ed officers are trying to make big war
out of this, so they can get promotion,
glory and chance to rob the govern
ment." So too Albert Brockway, of
Company NJ, Goth Kansas: "To those
who intend to make the army their pro-
fession, and have more regards for per-
sonal interests and glory (?) than for
the country's welfare, it is a grand OPP
portunity." A grand one, too, for the
members of the numberless, and endless
commissions, with their salaries OF $1o,-
600 or over, more than all the farmers
OF many county, with all their own and
their families work and drudgery can
clear in a year.
Meantime, as buger Roberts says,
1T is common saying that the boys
OF the 9th army corps who went to Ma
Mia Republicans are coming back either
Democrats or anarchists. None of the
volunteers are willing to remain a day
longer than they have to-" So they will
have to be bribed by bounties of $500 or
$500, which on the top of all the rest
OF the costs OF our mountainous ''lu-
manity'' humbug,, the people and their
children and children's children will
have to pay, or be treated no better than
Spaniards or Filipinos by the U. S. I'm
perial Army. On the wiser of them it
may get borne in that, if only they had
known it, they had truer friend in the
peace-seeking Pope of Rome than in
the pseudopatriotic preachers so eager
for hell for Spain, an open door for
their unwanted, futile gospel" and,
mainly, snug paying positions for them
selves or their relatives. Perhaps, too,
the members Of 'the fighting race" will
come to see that there was in 1893, and
will be for some years yet, more urgent
and worthier war, a nobler and more
profitable use for their characteristic
prodigality OF self, much longer and
juster score to be settled than "hu-
manity's," or "the Gospels" against AL
va, and the Armada, and Weyer and
Spain and the Inquisition. Maybe they
will turn to trying to get for themselves
something like the fair play that Spain
was willing without any war, to give the
Cubans. Martin Mahony