North Park union., 1900-04-27
Walden Friday. April 1900

have stood upon the Lunetta, where
Spain has shot thousands of these ban
dts l have stood in the so-called
'slaughter-pen' of the old seventy three
Spanish barracks, where the bullets that
have sought and taken the lives of
patriots have battered against the stone
wall till they have ground away foot
Of the stone wall. l have looked into
the gloomy cells where the rising tide
drowned those bandits for the cum
ming Spaniards made Providence
party in their work.
II have studied this problem and
know, as you know, that for every ban
dit Spain exterminated she made hun.
dred more. But Senator Beveridge says
Il quote from him because he has been
there and seen, as ] have, only differ
ently-that Spain's disaster in dealing
with the'Filipinos was in pausing in the
work before it was thoroughly and for
ever DONE and this statement paves
the way for this new-comihg policy
We haye adopted many Spanish methods
in those islands, but when we begin
shooting Filipinos who offer us all but
their liberty will need help in choosing
between the two flags.
"The Filipinos who did enter the city
August 13, 1898, were ordered out n
month later. They obeyed the order,
but formed upon the Lunetta and
marched past and saluted the spot
where these patriots died As that bare
footed army of men and boys marched
past our barracks one of their bands to
show good will toward us struck up "a
Hot Time in the Old Town'-our ma
tional air for the Philippines, made such
by the Colorado band playing it as 1t
entered the city August 13-an air every
Filipino boy in Manila could whistle a
week after we were in the city. We
gave them rousing cheer. They
answered, 'Tiue, Jos .4n,ericonos.
No, they did not want to fight u.s. We
did not want to fight them, and if we
had to fight it was because the master
magician in this drama behind the
scenes by some black art brought us to-
gether:
"Yon have heard Guch OF Filipino
taunts and insults. But we were the
aggrcssors.. We first turned the cold
shoulder the 18th of August. Then
followed in u succession, made more
aggravating by the time that interviewed,
the order to evacuate Malatc and Paco;
the order for insurgents to quit SINCE
long and Pandacan. Dewey seized their
boats upon the bay; then General Otis
sent q map to Aguinaldo and notified
him to remove his forces beyond line
he marked.
Disputes along the outposts we're
settled invariably again5t the natives.
Each time we soldiers were ordered iin-
der arms ready to fight if they failed to
yield, and Judging from the past you
might have inferred that fight was pre-
fegred. But, each time, they yielded.
Aguinaldo counseled peace, He trusted
to the peace commission and finally the
senate to recognize his, claims. He
knew he would sacrifice everything pur.
suing another course.
1.-The order of the. president establish
ing Sovereignty over the islands greatly
excited the natires. Hundreds quit
their stands. carrimetto drivers quit
their posts in such numbers and passed
through our lines to join Aguinaldo's
army that it became next to impossible
to hire a carrimettp, and We soldiers
had to walk. 1 was in town the day
the presidents proclamation was posted
81 heard Filipinos who had t.nstcd us
till now say were No more AMIGO. l
saw these proclamations, which you will
remember say so much, OF the rights of
torn down and Others put up
by the Filipinos that dealt more with the
rights of man. "A little later, january
81, a Filipino captain was shot down by
an American sentry at the Tondo bridge.
l never heard of any cause. 1t was al
ready the seventh OF eighth insurgcnt
shot down in passing ,our lines.
The command Halt given in English
was often misunderstood, and though
most of our. soldiers were humane there
were few that would as soon kill as
eat and were thirsting for their man.
The press encouraged this reckless work
by making hero of tie. man that did
the killing Back of the press, judging
from the full-page advertising, stood
beer kings, and upon the ocean were
ships loaded with their; beer. Trade
wis following the flag and the flag must
be advanced to make more room fol
trade.
"When this captain was killed the in
surgent newspapers called for war.
The Filipino women of Civate held a 4
mass meeting and begged to be allowed
to serve upon the firing line. Aguinaldo
again quiets the rising STORM. But the
armies are approaching n clash Both
forces are becoming impatient under
the restraint. But spark is needed.
The authors OF the drama look on: no
doubt, in pious graduor and say, 1T is
we'll
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