Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-02-22

~ t0Eef. within the lass lev aeeks
have lad InaEy talks with army OIL !
ceTs TI9 are either Operating ihsse
''iocai civil gogernnentE" ~ Sefs 50 in
touch sith them a. to be fully con
Tsrsant with their processes and re-
suits Gen. OTIS statement Is sun.
ciEntiy truthful ic Re utterly mislsad-
ing according to the statements Of my
ipfozrnsnss, aud my personal obseT-a-
tisoB in some Of :hess b.wrs cDETobO-
rate these statements. | do not ind
them 10 be places 10 which civil
government 10 working smoothly
\ The inference from the quoted dispatch
! is that the results are dps 10 the
I operations Of the sannEed establish
Insnts under the headquarters order
is=Dsd Ia August last 8iy iDgesti-
+ cations and observation show that &c
suits are due to the strong hard Of
Z American military occupation. The
T local rTe8ideEte and council do little or
nothing. The people do less Jhs
I presidents may and usually Dies co-
} operate, or be il made the INSTRUMENT
7 or Medium, but the initiative and the
\ direction arc those 0! the American
/ officer, and il is to those officers and
| not to tie operation of the august
/ order, that credit Is due for the
-lbyJAI lLEklhNhiDA@7- ANSA -
the running always 50 smooth.
a few days ago &C officer told me Of
the arrest, 10 his town, Of two men,
found at 3 O'Clock in the morning,
within hundred yards OF mass OF
material piled on the railroad track for
the purpose Of EEecRiug the morning
train. Il vas not the first instance OF
tsiiDilar obstrnetipns, and the arrested
men told very crooked story to account
for their prsssncs az the time ard
place Through lark Of competent pro-
cess to convict and punish, they had
been turned iooss. Another officer told
me of the arrest. upon the clearest
evidence, On the day before, VI a China
man for rspe upon Filipino woman.
He could Try the man by court martial,
but had no way Of enforcing penalty,
and the 6and was allowed 70 go.
Another told me that in four months
of civil government IN his town, the
locally elected authorities had but once
taken tire initiative in any matter. They
J would at any time do what he told
! them to do. The single instance was
the presentation Of petition for the
expulsion from the town of all Spanish
aod Chinese traders, as interfering with
the trade OF the native Filipinos.
. Occasipnally ws get mistake In the
officer. One, volunteer Officer, told,
a few days ago. his method. He said
he had his town ''down fine III
J ] meet one n EN- he said, land he
, don't look cheerful and smiling, / Just
haul off and soak him in the Jaw. :"
! That il probably his idea of 'benero-
0 lent assimilation. 1t is probably 10 be
accepted with come discount, but there
3 may have been something behind it.
. Ii 10 somewhat curious that SO much
: Of the country in which tbs war is
! ended and the organized government
I destroyed, should bs calling for ad-
I ditionai troors. or that commanding
= officers should regard their commands
! az Of insufficient strength for the work
t they have to do. Thus. both Gen Young
; and Col. Hood, recently appointed al
o military governors of extensive dis
y trics, may be aEle to garrison some o.
= their towns and cities, but who ii
i TO protect the peaceful agrIculturisti
n against the devastating ''robber
9 bands?' Even the now pacified Panay,
% and NegIog, with its smoothly work
y ing civil government required new
q regiment a few days ago, and til,
Eorty.fourth was sent down. That give.
- to the now peaceful islands of Fanny
r Negrog, and Cebu garrison Of tiv'
y regiments, the Sixth, Eighteenth, Nine
:. tenth. Twenty sixth, and Forty fourth
70 and one battalion of the Twenty.
70 The area of their occupation Is some
r what less than that OF the combine
e districts of Gen. Young and Col. Hood
IL Hood has the Sixteenth, and YounJ
J, has the Thirty third and Third Cavalry
70 Negroes lie very peaceful island unde
its new American government, but ther
~ are bandits" enough there to make
" fair number OF troops a necessity, ant
y TO be able TO make little low ever
a. now and then.
% Tho commercial situation is unsatis
is factory to the merchants, and til
., church situation il unsatisfactory t
j. the people. This is all a dolefu
y picture, but it is far nearer to bein
re an accurate one than the official report
IN Of ''sll serene" / meet few hero VIII
90 do not look for a continuance OF no;
ID tilities. do not say Of war" Wa
70 died long ago. Hostility lives and vi
CT live until the United States sha
demonstrate their purpose to give tbes
OF people that which they now withhold
az Whore arc the promised relief froV
az oppression, that release from eXactior
ne that dismissal of obnoxious monasti
20 orders, those concessions domande
W from Spain by the Fiiipinns IN dull
~ 1891, and for which th0y were the
fighting and have been fighting sincf
ny lE what has the United States bettere
their condition, and what has ii
" United States given to them save thoi
~ promises which Spain gave to then
Ky Spanish laws, Spanish tariffs, the oil
leS noxious friais. are all continued, ar
a. the Filipino regards the American
~ the successor Of Spain.
W The future hangs on that too-lon
ue delayed action of Congress. Month
ns probably years, will elapse, and ne
order must arise before there will
~ eradicatpd from the Filipino mind II
~ idea that the American IL no more h
~ friend than was the Spaniard. Uni
DO that shall he donc, America may lot
iia' TO the necessity of a large militia
~ force in the islands. continued di
IN turbance, and repetition of the hi
DDS tory OF Spain.
- Much has been said and written
oIe "patriots" and ''great American
eh' about the necessity Of thrashing the
y people for the purpose OF diyerting t
~; iidicule OF other nations, of vi
hat dicating the honor of tho flag, and
nss demonstrating the valor Of Americ
oi soldiers. Does it not seem as II the
YIN points had been sufficiently "
asy covered &C that America could affo
~, to be Just and generous toward
oie1 opponents, the little brown men
lna Luzon? A prolonged humane war;
eur no more humane than brief a
,oo' brutal one, and its results are even Il