The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-09-01

Admiral Dewey said q guinaldo. III.
Fstan, arrived MaXiSth BK Sermissio.
on tn. Nashua: Ihave RWen. him L
fisss b shat sensa1d
enemy. He ADDS: r"AEGinaldo has
acted INDEPENDENTLY sof the squadron
Rsp5 Of his
lowed him to PASS by water recruits,
arms. and ammunition. and to take
such Spanish arms and ammunition
advised him frequently to Conduct the
war wal: ;. h h! e which he has done 7in-
| r.,....- Under His Leadershin. -
regular discipline. obtained among the
! Filipino forces. their arms and equip.
Msse Was sns Sy Il
bringing about the destruction of the
| Spanish ,p power in the philippine
ISLANDS. The INSURGENTS had driven. ti'e
there by a line Of intrenchments en- the
| land side reaching from water :t,
water. and several miles in length. The
guns guns Of Montito's fleet before, the, ar
| Spanish army frim humiliation or sur
| render. The testimony is emphatic ard
| uncontradicted that the Filipinos rem
e e in M
lions. These facts. Whatever may be
! the names employed to designate the
conduct of the Insurgents. unquestion-
ably constituted them our allies. A
great sensitiveness on this subject char
acteriZes most administrative apollo
fists bs Ill in n;6 discussing our treatment of
son or other to think that cur sub
seauent action against them wears a
little less ugly appearance if we are
ne word on ae way to aXod the
able to what an extent this
Jugglery Of Words.
is made to do substantial service in the
present Republican program. For ex-
ample. in December. 1897. the president.
referring to the suggestion OF a possible
seizure Of Cuba; characterized such. an
he came afterwards to the execution Of
precisely such a policy against the
P IN islands: he, declared it. in
a ass a. to be beneyolent
Of the United states forb fSess saVep1
under our flag. but President Schurman
OF the Philippine commission. when
president in negotiating a treaty with
the Sultan of Sulu; whereby slavery
is recognized and protected. thought he
AVOIDED voni the difficulty presented byrthe
the United States by saying that the
S ;afsnaz con eompl ad Of in the sulH
only vas md Form Fort sa Sf at
bondage." It is not complimentary 10
the common sense of the people Of the
United states that, any considerable
flee. A a'''" anu transparent aftl-
No: the Filipinos were our allies.
NO Not only do the facts prove this. but
M noe Of sh the ie Mthout A Gse he
experts that gave testimony before our
the aef ;Sd Of the treaty which
mander r. B: Bradford. who has been
in the naval service of the United
States for nearly 30 years. Senate
5 fIye; a. m 1e;4 Of the commission,
ton: Suppose the United. States in
the, progress of that war found the
leader lead of the present Philippine rebel
K Ken an a exile sen FROM qoh his country in Hong
hlm' to the islands in an American
ship. and then furnished him 1000 or
1000 stands Of. arms: and allowed him
arms in Hong. Kong and accepted his
aid in canquering Luzon. what kind Of
nation In the eyes of the, world would
and his insurgents to Spain. to be dealt
with. as they please?" Commander
Bradford answered.: 1--WE become re-
spOnslDle IOr everything he has done,
He IL Our Ally,
and we are bound to protect him. It
will be the Judgment Of history, and it
ought to be the ,iudgment of every pa
that il The Filipinos were SO e' much
9 thss svs4 s*si fa rs te dssp ealnR5
Ct Spain: they were also our allies 5suf-5
sertion upon our part Of the very claip
to govern them against their will and
without their consent which was as
them to resist. 49,. 80. s..
It is frequently alleged that. the Fill
pinos were never promised independ-
en ;ae.d by " this government: Even if this
eans foo %erf that Ne w Wasd u 5X
in refusing them their INDEPENDENCE.
II we had never passed the famous
fourth resolution in our declaration of
pendence of Cuba was guaranteed. and
to which reference has already been
ma the &c circumstances themselves,
involved Just as binding an obligation
upon us as any. that could possibly
find expression in q, formal promise.
Of Cuba and The Phi i' is st that attn IN
duty. while in the latter. though it was
1uSC dS plain, ana lnn6rcO In the cir
cumstances Just as certainly, we for
some reason chose to repudiate it. But
the statement that we never promised
the Filipinos their independence con-
veys a false impression.
Our Conduct
was such as to estop an honorable ma
ton from urging such plea as JUS
LITIGATION or excuse for attempting to
subiugate the islands, The Filipinos
made no secret of their object in rebel
ling against the Spanish government
What they desired to do was to form
a government of their own and to be
absolutely independent of Spain. The
representatives Of the United States in
the east know this object perfectly well.
The Filipinos proclaimed it to the
world. Before the departure of DeWey's
fleet for Manila the Philippine insur-
gent leaders in Hong Kong issued a
proclamation to their countrymen, the
opening portion Of which is as follows:
"Compatriots: Divine Providence is
about to place independence within our
reach and in a way the most free and
independent nation could hardly wish
for. The Americans. not from, mer7
cenary motives. but for the sake OF
humanity and the lamentations, of so
| many prosecuted people. have consid-
cred it ODDOrtune to extend their pro-
tecting mantle to our beloved country"
This proclamation was made public
and. of course; was known to every
that part Of the world A copy Of it
was transmitted tn orr soorofarv Of