The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-14

or a nne-Or'd pigeon. lh'r 'l'''"'''"' nus
been forccd by an external power me span
iards. Left to tnemselve-, Ike mo hne-ofed
pigeon. they will Go back quicly ana surely TO
the original type. They hay, done 1t; they arc
doing It now.
But there Is another reason why we should
! not leave them to thcu-c.yc, or turn ihcW over
to ano'hcr-our national honor. ! do not mean
that false thing known To- the Fronchman Or
Spanlard as honor, I mean thc loss OF our self
respect. the respect Of others and the breaking
Of faith with others. We cannot leave them
without going backward before the ORD, with
out losing tho respect both oi 'n" lIhplH' ana
Of nil civilized naious. We 'unnot leave them
without tdrning over the tr.hcr who hay" be-
friend.d VA 10 tho horrible orunliies Of tho
who have been hostile, We cannot leave them
without turning over those ~ the towns and
cities who have received u, well 20 certain death
at the hands Of those who have resisted Us.
'"Thore are thousand and thousand who nre
friendly 70 rs. They ara tn poaceabIy IN
lined. and they will surely be the V ctinls OF the
turbulent. because. as l have said, they do not
organic. % resist the aggr, sion, ct outlaw.
There l., no clcmcnuy and no itv, NJ regard Tor
race or relation hip In the heart of those
FIipinos who are holdIng out al the pre-
ant AKA nsr the United states q ve'nmcnt
Ihr law, Of wal. Il onr policy would
allow us to treat tie hostile Filpinos As
civilized people, would Justify ~ n putting 70
death those who arc nov failing into our
nauds. because they ar the Wo.st Typ" "
guerrillas, who will wear 10 uniform, who live
iu their home-, who work thor Leld'. Who re-
,c.ye and treat u as friends whom trry have
not he pow r 70 KIN u., VITO hit" their arms
until they see they have some small, nrty at
a. enormous. disadvantage whom hey quickly
get them ont and attack. who, whaI pressed,
aJAutJu their aims and whom c%ulturol most
por-.-toutly and bitterly deny that they ar"
soldiers or robbers; who are uEntins mon ol"
infinite and reaccahle farWcr- th" next. "ho,
iu short. violating The law u' war, have cut
themselves OIL from IL, projections Bat our
Go eminent has been generous and KIND with
them. II properly treats them a. ,ayaCes, and
hts not held them % the hard conditions Of
civilized warfare
TO turu them over to themselves. too. would
mean j -iu'e-rtuon into countless 'r.h's only
tic power of the spanish Government uu,
during go years been aJIrio max "a partially
coh.Jeut country out o. the many rib $ hat 10
found here When II came Sine" & - Spanish
Govcr0neut'- IoH'r hds disappeared. and outs
lh- not vet fully taken lis place, 'lo I"oui" ON
one side II 70 hill OF river are beginning 90 10
unfr,ui.y toNard and To- roo, murder and
steal from those on tho other side StglU- show
winch va, .uo Niud u.pN- 4 lta" mu." .u.h
conditions d., hayo prevailed dlrIu- tu" past
,,ur ,esr y.,ft ugg. tUr r,,rIu nn rIa Two
.tt. r,... .av.r..f anal o.rr.r. rr..o.
"T,. er,,.h .,.t.r, .r ,,rrrr, rpv. pweuf
i 'I'f"'E | 20 ''"n h''"N l'''' u q ''"-
mon naive comes 'U .rf work of Oh" QIgIt".-
,...r.r Dbl, a.. .-i-t. bis I,.f g.y.r ,t,,.,r4
ana -pi'td ih''n OUT a . NfI"' TOT 'h' 'aNp ''
asks. Before the President %. a town, Who
d,.,., , "a ...,rv ..g.L. will d. any act for
th' p'N'0' 'I '- '"Nh "' h' P"'i'" "7 o'l''
must ta 10 -lEhf. TIE military chef Of any dis
trio, rrtrr tra = ipro rya n- ory.ni2tuun.
~
'oV''t- NIs' contributors OF I"oh anu money
throughI - q -tr.ci. His fellow ,ouutrym"a.
,yl,l. may submit know and .gu.rf nothing
N"'' '"', '.'''' ""'' ''' -.
else thah tAa' u" VII POCKET ''''-'ua'l'l9 %.
the proceeds. The uI4-c .ot, blessed .It'.N Of
e. I'pd.r th.,r oup yo,.rrroa.iI Ia, u,,dlo-s
.
10 say lhaI IN" county u"u" sue" q n"'"""'
wound never amount 10 anything
."Tbe srornops coz, t,at tbe nation ba. su.-