Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-11
THE WAR OVER, SAYS OTIS.
No More Real Fighting in the Philip.
piMes-Islnmds to Be POliced.


Gen. Elwell S Otis in Iesle's Weekly.
You ask me- to say when the war in the
I Eilpp!nes will be over. and to set a limit
bring affairs there to a satisfactory conclu-
sion? That is impossible, for the war in the
Philippines is already over. The insurrec-
ton ended some months ago, and all we
have to do now Is to protect the Filipinos
against themselves and to give protection
to those natives who are begging for it.
There will he no more real fighting in the
Philippines. There is no rebel army: moth
ing hut guerrilla hands skulking about in
the mountains. These bands are not even
soldiers. but ladroncs, armed robbers,
who prey upon their countrymen. 1t IS
against such men that are asked to give
protection and we must do it. Spain never
gave the Filipinos any protection. hence a
part of their grievance. We have proved
that We are strong enough to give protec-
ton against the wild and savage bands who
are too lazy to work. and when we prove
that We intend to keep our promises and
give real protection TO peaceful natives
there will be further trouble. But. of
course. the islands must be thoroughly po-
iced. and it will take Il good many men
TO do it.
Volunteers Must BE Replaced.
We cannot get along with any fewer
troops than we have in the islands at pres
unteers must be brought back as their
terms of service expire. and they must be
replaced. l think our expenditures will be
in future about what they are now. for We
cannot get along there with less force. But
in comparison with the worth of the islands
this cost is a mere baSatcile. The natives
are learning slowly to trust us, and my
idea of quelling the insurrection is simply
to keep scrupulouS faith with these people
and teach them to trust us.
7. l,, hat y,SNt holt
one word of information brought to us by
the natives. but now all this has changed,
and some of the most important informa-
ton comes to us from the natives. During
the last three months we have captured
more guns than ever before. and most of
them We're found in caches, the location of
which had been disclosed to US by the ma
tives. This IS important. for those under
arms have only fifteen thousand guns alto
gether, and they have no money and no
means of procuring any more when these
are gone
Every one asks me about Aguinaldo. He
is merely a ngurehead: his power was gone
when We broke up his government and cap
tured his advisers and his friends. 1t does
not matter whether he is dead or not. No
new rebellion will ever gather around him.
He is thoroughly discredited: you never
hear of him down there. 1t is only in
America that his name is ever mentioned.
What are my reasons for the retention
of the Philippines? Why. what else can
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Military Government for the Present.
AS for onvnrnine- the islands fo, the nreS-
emit at least they must have a military
government. Nothing else is possible at
present. In spite of the fact that peace is
practically restored all through the islands
already we have tried the experiment of es-
tat,Iisbipq courts of eouitv based on rho
An,.rican svs.euo and the Man has worried