The sun., 1900-10-25

all tho years on the Atlantic and the Lakes and
the plains Of our own land. The doing of JustiCe
to these wards of our nation. and the leading
of their steps along the pathway OF liberty and
pr9St"sS wIll GrIns not inJury, but & ths strength
ish effort for the good OF others
our opponents Will not lseve any OF the
Philippine Islands, or all of them put toge, hcr
when they tell ~ that the great mass ~ the
p"orl" IN those islands ar" favorable to Ameri-
,uu rather than to lhgAlog rule
lie the give YOU another ht OF testimony
1arulpp ,ficrr td Sundico. Colonel and chief
'Iirl lieutenant
",r Toodo,o Sond,co 'oi,nci. FuI Mihtorv
'h,Dt ut stan ~ SdHfO domingo
"Ny RESPECTED CuEPAND DEAR BROTHER
! have rrcriVts Nuur RESPECTED order. re-
gutdiug tl" urgHiiht0u ui IN" tOinito IN
ln,. towns oI IIragosa, Aliaga and licab. from
I don't believe II possible to organize intue-
dIHtrv Before w. can. II Will he necessary
mat tpur or i've lives br taken III "a'h in"R !
believe that what uugft To ID" done 10 those
towns j. tu make "a new conquest ui them g.
p",ally tu" town uf san Juan q" Guimha II IL
dI0iyult there to set straight the 1ugaOs and
llpcrnn. Of Importance. u, they are budy In
rlluDl and they ear" tO do nothing but pcTNerl
our soldier, This Is What / ana able to Inform,
Nuu IA fglilmcut OF the respected order OF the
'mri God guard you many year,
NAN I NlSlbHAls, HIu NNGNHIt lbh
-Four or i've lives ~ each town means that the
support ui these pnop" to the lagalog cause
shan b" procured through the terror produC'd
by iiai numhGr OF assas' mat lun,. WIN lhat
accomplished. 1akalog rule IN ia" proNino"-
Of lloonnos would forthwith assume those
just powers which are derived from the CON
sent Of the governed
You have been told tina, the present activity
~ guorrns In the Philippine I-lAnd- who,
from their hiding places IN the molntalns
ambush and murder our troops and the friendly
natives, j. the result under EXPIRES and explicit
orders from Aguiudldu, of "a d"~r" TO main
tain u show Of resistance. in the hope Of Mr.
BryHu's clrCio and for the purpose Of pro,
durlus an effect upon the people Of the ni'"d
Stat"- which will promote thnt election. Gen
Macarthur has rcpOrtcd this. Judge ! ali
has reported It Gen Wright, sturdy Demo
Craf Of Tennessee, has reported II. The whole
Philippine Commission has reported u Bu''
Of course. the opposition will not believe them
They are Americans Let me give YOU testimony
that even they will not dispute
GENERAL ORDER TO THE PHILIPPINE ARMY,
so ~!
As have in previous letters directed that
all commanders of Gu"rra- are free 10 at
tack any detachment or post of the enemy.
and continually modest the same. | reltcrate
the order the more strongly. because H. fulfil
mrut lust now j. very necessary for the adj
vantage Of IA" clu-" ot Independence Of he
Philippines IN, The approaching Presidential
election lu n" Wtcd states OF America which
takes place Ia the early part of the coming
month Of September of the present year on
account Of witch. It J.. mperatlre that before
OF June July and August We give such hard
knocks 10 The Americans that they will re~ound
iall Of the lmperiali-t party. which is trying
iu onslaVr vs.
Date 27th Of June. 1910
Signed BY the caE'aiino,G['eeTHs.TT9nlo
Under that order. and others like IT, the
GuCrrllas ~ the Philippines killed on the eth
"t Septemher Private David Allen, brick
lHvcr, Of Tyrone. IA ON the l3th OF sep
t"iuber Private William Andrews, painter,
'Ot Atlanta Ga on the 2ist Of July Corporal
ON the igth OF July. Sergt. Albert Cockaync
stcau'irtrr. Of Milwaukee VIZ on the 2ith
Of August, Private William Christman, Ipachin-
Of October eighty-fOur others riGhty-une
officers and men. and hey grIevousy wounded
many more all without purpose or reason
or expectation Of beneilt, except upon the
hopes held out to them by the Kansas city
platform and The belief that 1t was important
10 Mr. Bryan's cause that America should
seem unsuccessful in tho Philippines
How tr4ly, these murdered countrymen
Of ours could have echoed I.awtQn's words
Il would 10 God that the truth Of this whole
Philippine situation could be known TO every
one IN America a. know II
ton- of this insurrection, and the influences.
local and external, that now encourage the
enemy, as well IA the actual possibilities Of
these Islands and peoples and their relations
20 this great Fast could be uu icr-tOod at home,
We would hear no more talk Of unjust shooting
Of government into the. Flllplnos. OF Of hauling
down our flag in the Philippines
If the so-callet anti-ipperallsts would
honestly ascertain the Truth on, the ground
and not in distant America, they. whom believe
to be honest men and misinforinet, would re
convinced Of the error OF their statements and
conclusions and Of the unfortunate effect OF
III ! am shot by n Filipino bullet. It might as
well come from one OF my own men. because
know from observations confirmed 10y captured
prisoners that the continuance of hghiing is
chiefly due 20 reports that are sent out from
America"
ing the Filipino soldiers here are traitors to their
country. I do not think they know what it is
they do. But will say and think with Justice.
that the men who are revlling, and bclttllng
America here, and the men who are shooting
from ambush there. are allies In the same cause.
and both are enemies TO the interests and credit
la place Of the old motto. MY country. right
or wrong. We are told that We should adopt
aud when wrong TO bc put right" But who Is
20 be Judge as between YOU aud your country
i II the tull measure Of patriotic citizen9hir TO
and against II when IL does nOt ] cannot 80
estimate the impulses Of loyalty. In the great
tribunal OF public opinion | shall strive always
10 bring my couutrymen 10 the adoption Of
my views, butn their iudgment differing from
mine. becomes the basis OF national action
and the cause OF national conflict can find no
satisfaction In the triumph Of her foe, neither
logic nor pride OF opinion viii soften the pain
with which greet the death OF her defenders.
with all my heart and soul and hopes and prayers
] am always for my country and her victory.
aud in no other spirit do see aught but dsCUrd,
the dissolution Of allegiance and the death ot
LOYALTY
II is said that We have not acted fairly to-
ward the people OF Porto Rico The charge
has no foundation, unless In ignorance or
malice We have given 10 tho people oi Porto
Rico the most muulhcent gift ever conferred
upon one people by Hnother-the free mar
ket- Of the United States The President
recommended that the customs duties be-
tween the nited states and Porto Rico should
be removed, and Congress passed a law pro-
Vidlng for their removal. II provided for the
immediate removal ui " per cent of the duties
under the Dinglpy tarif, and for tho removal Of
the remaining II per cent whenever the people
of Porto Rico should he able 10y any other form
of taxation TO pay for the support of their
own government, with the proviso that at
the end OF two years this remnant Of duties
should cease absolutely. whether the Porto
liiCans supported their own government or
not We receive none OF the dutios The
duties collected at both ends of the line are
paid into the treasury of the island know Of
no reason why the Porto RlCans should not pay
for their own courts and schools and police.
II II much better for them than to be- treated
a. pluprr-. They do not complain Of II,
They have no right 20 complain OF it.
The reason why this TEMPORARY. pro-
vision for the, payment Of their ey-
pen-es Is made - that they have no reasonable
and fair taN laws, and II l. necessary TO devise