The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-06-09
To be concluded next week.
Still the War Goes On.

The official report of our losses
in the Philippines since the war
began foot up 4l8l. The death
loss has passed the 2000 mark IN
other words, two regiments have
been wiped out by death and os
many more wounded with other
thousands broken down by disease
and the disabilities peculiar to the
climate from which they will new
er recover. This is what we have
already lost, and what have we
gained to show for it and the
hundreds of millions of dollars
we have spent in the last three
years. Little, indeed, that the
American people can see. The
rainy season commenced on the
first of the present month, and
we enter upon an era of bloody
guerilla warfare with loud call
for more troops. which shows
that the sixty thousand now i'll
the Philippines are pretty we'll
used up. Still the administration
insists on maintaining a censor
ship on the news from the islands
thus compelling the American
people to depend for information
on doctored official dispatches
sent by officers in the line of pro-
motion and who are anxious To
secure "a pull'' at Washington.
The only news of reliable cha
racter received in this country is
when some newspaperman in Ma
Mia manages to slip a letter
to the English mail bags at Hong
Kong. For instance, the cores
pondent of the Chicago Record
writes from Manila under date of
April II calm and judicial re-
view of the situation. He holds
out little prospect for anything
else than Il long continued que
rilla war, costly in life and money,
and demoralizIng to American
troops and Filipino people. He
also repeats former statements Of
correspondents about the censor
ship still exercised on unfayo-
rable news, and the utter unrcIia-
bility of official dispatches cooked
up to meet political exigencies 10
the United States, and with no
idea of truthfulIy describing the
facts as they exist. Speaking on
this point the "RecOrd" CORES
pondent says:
"A dozen American soldiers
may be killed at q dozen remote
garrisons and there is not a line
of cable news to show for a total
fatality that would mark asorious
engagement. So it happens that
for many weeks there has been
little news cabled from Manila,
because the fighting has been
small and desultory and scattered
over a vast area. 1t is not strange
that this absence of war news,
coupled with the repeated assu-
rance that the war is about end
ed,' has led people at home to
believe that conditions in the
Philippines are favorable to u
peaceful occupation. Such is not
the case.
son the other hand, it is true
that the spirit Of rebellion is still
active and that connot be trapped
into battle"
The correspondent give 4
! glimpse of things as they exist 4
this brief paragraph, after ridicul-
ing the idea of the pacllicatjon Of
the islands, telegraphcd faf the
purpose of banboozIing the peo-
pie in this country. He say.
There are about 240 garisons
in the Philippine islands. eao. If
which has succeeded in cowing
the region bounded by IT. out
posts. The natives behave them
selves while they are in the I'M
mediate presence Of American
soldiers with loaded guns. But
it is not advisable for any white
man to wander beyond the out
posts of garrison, especially if
he is in danger Of being shot from
ambush or set upon and boloed.
ANY traveller who wishes to 60
from one garrison to anOthermust
/ be accompanied by a guard of sol
| diers.
! The railway from Manila to Da-
gupan is being operated, but
there is heavy garrison in every
town and a night and day guard
at every bridge. Wagon and
pack trains are fired on from am
bush every day"
We believe these are tie facts.
They are stated by n correspon-
dent whose mission is to find out
and tell the truth, and who is
not barred by a censorship that
permits no cable news that "will
hurt the administration, to go
over the wires. He waits for the
slower process of the mails that
he may send the truth. New Or
leans States.
Sea Coast Echo:-I take pleasure in an
nouncing that Mr.. C. G.. Hart is eannact-
| ed with me In the real estate business
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