Washington sentinel., 1900-10-06

doctor OF civil law May z9. 1900.
Mr.. Via says;
To the EGikJy--I beg for space enough
n your valuable paper to publish to the
world a most atrOcious fraud in which
the Administration has been caught red
handed. If there has ever been an
honest doubtiu the mind OF any thinking
man that the Administration was in a
secret alliance with England in her land
grabbing war of colonial exploitation IN
South Africa, that doubt must now be
swept away since il has been discovered
that the Bureau OF Education was for
weeks engaged in sending out sets OF
seven Pro English pamphlets TO all
school teachers Of the West. Middle
West aud Northwest AS will be seen,
this is a treacherous conspiracy which
the Administration has deliberately
entered into with the English Govern
ment for the ostensible purpose Of
coldly and deliberately plotting to rivst
upon the patriotic Beers, the struggling
Filipinos, and the liberty loving people
OF America the shackles Of Old World
tyranny and licentiousness. No ruler
ever perpetrated upon a trusting people
a more dastardly betrayal OF a nations
confidence than the facts in this case
will show. The Administration, ever
ready to surrender bag aud baggage TO
British influence and make English
underlings of ofAmerican public servants,
has designedly attempted to aid in
destroying the Boer Republics by circu
lating literature through official sources
decrying their cause. 1t has proven
itself to be the enemy Of the American
people and OF American institutions by
trying to poison the minds OF the
growing generation, throug their school
instructors, with the fatal falIacies OF
Imperialism and militarsm by means OF
these English pamphlets, thus paving
the way for a reign Of imperialism,
conquest, repression and tyranny and
the death Of individual liberty on this
continent, Through an accident, which
seems almost providental, I discovered
this plot in time TO prevent its full con.
summation. l Immediately exposed
and published to the world this con
spiracy against our republican institu.
tIous, this treacherOus betrayal OF the
confidence OF the American voter. l
visited the Bureau OF Education Tor
business reasons, and while there /
observed that the messenger and labor
forces Of that Office were busily engaged
in labelling and mailing pamphlets,
Upon making few inquiries as TO the
character of the literature with which
they were so busily flooding the country,
a suspicion OF wrong doing was crt ated
IN my mind by the evasive and nom
cOmmittal reply OF the foreman OF the
force, Ithereupon determined to satisfy
my curiosity BY making a personal
examination, picked up a package,
drew out its contents and proceeded to
look them over, whereupon the foreman
pounced upon me, snltched the papers
from my hand and exclaimed in a violent
tone of voice: "How dare YOU interfere
with the work OF the Government in
this manner! 1t is no business Of YOURS
what the contents OF these pamphlets
are, and furthermore II is the express
order Of Commissioner Harris that no
one shall be allowed to know their
contents or to examine them. Not even
the employees who are at work on them
are allowed to know their contents or
examine them, and I, myself, do not
know Tor what purpose they are sent out.
In view OF these facts IL is a piece OF
gross imDertlnence for you, a man who
has no connection with the office what.
ever, and who has no business or right
IN here at all. 70 deIibe rately pick UP