Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-09

OF Gen, Otis and said the delay in securing
peace had been the result of insufficient
force and Il failure to comprehend the inl-
rlensity Of our new acquisition. Continu-
ing. he said:
We attempted great task with insult
fcient means; we became imna tent that it
was not finished before 1t could fairly be
commenced, and l pray may not add
that ether element of disaster pausing in
the work before 1t is thoroughly and for
ever done That is the gravest mistake we
could possibly make, and that is the only
danger before us.
He favored decisive action in putting
down insurrection in the Philippines. No
other course could be successful. Before
the outbreak in the islands our military
governor ap pointed a commission composed
of Genera Hughes, Colonel Growder and
General Smith to make some arrangement
with the natives mutually agreeable This
act was treated with contempt.
We smiled" he said, .'at intolerable in
suit until the lips of every native were curl
ing in ridicnie for the cowardy Americans"
1t was on,y by strong military action that
America could secure RESPECT from the ma
tiveS.
What PrOlOngs the InsurrectiOn.
Mr.. President" said the Senator, RE-
luctantly, and only from sense of duty,
am I forced to say that American oppose
ton to the war. has been the chief factor
in prolonging it. Had Aguinaldo not under
stood that in America, even in the Ameri-
can Congress, even here in the Senate, he
and his cause were supported; had he not
known that it was proclaimed the stump
and in the press of faction in the United
States that every shot his misguided fol-
lowers fired into the breasts Of American
soldiers was like the VolleyS fred by Wash
ington's men against the soldiers of King
George, his insurrection would have dis
solved before it entirely crystallZed. The
IL fora moo of tt,1., |,
war are read to the ignorant soldiers of
AguIGaldO and repeated in exaggerated
form among the common people. Arms and
ammunition We're shipped from Asiatic
ports to the Fiipiros by wretches claiming
American citizenship; and these acts of in
fanny were coupled by the Malays with
American assaults on our government at
home. The Fi,ipinos do not understand free
speech, and therefore our tolerance of
American assaults on the American Presi-
dent and the American government means
TO them that our President is in the minor
ity or. he would not permit what appears
to them such reasonable criticism. 1t is
believed and stated in LuZon, Panay and
Cebu that the F'lipinos have only to fight,
harasS, retreat, break up into small par
ties, If necessary. as they are doing now,
but by any means hold out until the next
presidential election, and our forces vii be
withdrawn. All this has aided the enemy
more than climate, arms and battle. Sen
ators, ] have heard these reports myself;
] have talked with the people; / have seen
our mangied boys in the hospital and field;
l have stood on the firing line and behe d
our dead soldiers. their faces turned to the
pltiIesS southern sky, and, in sorrow rather
than anger, l say to those whose voices in
America have cheered those misguided
tives on to shoot our soldiers down that
the blood Of those dead and wounded boys
OF ours is on their hands, and the flood of
all the years can never wash that stain
away lE sorrow rather than anger l say
II ese words, for | earnestly believe that
our brotAers knew not what they did.
Incapable of Self-GOvernment.
He said the Filipinos are incapable of
self-government. Their blood and educa-
from reaching a condition to fit them for
self-gOvernment.
'Self-government," he added, lis no base
and common thing. to be bestowed on the
merely aulacious. 1t is the degree which
crowns the graduate of liberty, not the
name of liberty'S infant class, who have
Savage blood; oriental blood; Malay blood;
Spanish example-are these the elements of
Self-government?'
The people are INDECENT and can only be
instructed in American ideas and methods
through example. They should have a
government that is simple and strong. In
dealing with FilipinoS We are dealing with
children. OF the government that should
be given them he said:
Kind of Government Needed.
"A Philippine office in our Department
of State; an American governor general in
Manila, with power to meet daily emer-
gencies: possibly advisory council with
no power except that Of discussing meas