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the despotism of Spain, and was succeed
go throughout the islands by the rule OF
the sword"
The incident witnessed by Messrs. VIII
cox and Sargent at APART, as above
described, is complete REPUTATION of this
statement made by Gen. Otis, unless the
general only intends to refer to the con-
dittons existing after the United States
army took the field against the Filipinos.
and after LA of the officers and 2,203 en-
listed men under his command had suf-
fered death. wounds or disease, of which
number LOIS had given up their lives.
AT the date of his report, Gen. Otis had
not been beyond the outskirts of Manila
and had not given to that city. or to any
village or city held or visited by Amert-
can troops, a vestige of any form Of civil
government. but he had destroyed such
as he found In existence, which lament
able facts are set forth on page 143 of his
report
The assertion so frequently made that
it Is only a few TagaIs who are raising
the cry of independence for the Fill
pinos receives it's quietus from Gen. Otis
when he says, on page 164 of his report:
Had the rebellion been crushed imme-
diately upon its open defiant demonStra-
ton of last February 1T would soon nave
appeared in q new form, for the mass or
the people were intoxicated with the cry
for independence and self-government
And from this it may be reasonably in
ferred that. Aguinaldo's government
is not self-constituted authority
having no support from the Filipinos,
but that 1t represents and is the outcome
of the aspirations for independence and
self government of the mass Of the peo
pie. And that this independence and
self-government were so nearly achieved
in 1898 Is proved beyond a doubt by the
testimony Of the United states naval Of
ficers. Sargent and Wilcox.
AS to the education of the Fflipinos,
Gen. Otis boasts on page 152 of his re-
port that he has established schools in
Manila "and few other cities where our
troops are stationed to give inhabitants
protection" and that in the city of
Manila 5000 or more children are attend
ing these schools But he gives away
his case and destroys the impression he
seeks to convey, namely that under his
beneficent military rule the Filipino
young idea is to receive It's first lessons
in civilization and the benefits for the
first time Of primary education. by
stating that these school children are be-
ing taught by their former teachers
Spanish and Filipino teachers who taught
them before the shadow of Gen. Otis fell
upon Filipino soil. While as to higher
education, Gen. Otis refers casually. to
the University of Manila and the efforts
state supervision. 4s
The report made by Paymaster Wilcox
and Ensign Sargent to Admiral Dewey
is thus strongly but unconsciously cor
roborated by Gen. Otis. Even in the mat
ter of the training of bands of Filipino
boys, reported by the naval officers and
referred to above, Gen. Otis on page 1874
of his report says that in May. 1899, the
insurgent forces In Cavite and Morong
provinces seemed to increase and among
them was a battalion of boys of tender
age. whose mission was to throw stones
at the enemy under the guidance OF
Providence; but one or two of the little
fellows were wounded. and, the desire
for self-preservation being stronger than
their religious enthusiasm, they were
seen no more"
This is all Gen. Otis says of the opera
tons of United States troops against
Filipino children; he says nothing at all
of active military operations against the
Filipino women who declared they would
eht for the liberty and independence of
their land.
"A man iS SlIinp for a divorce