Hutchinson gazette., 1900-08-02
Especial cWrcspondenccl

the fact that II has failed TO do the
only effective thing that ought to
have lain within It's power.
II ought to have been able to throw
big force into China and rescue our
citizens NJ the first intlmatlon of Sc
rious danger If II had done that ana
then withdrawn from the country
and sent every Chinnman packing
home from these shores II would have
won the admiration of the civilized
world
In such nm action the president OF
fhe United States need not have
wasted time cooperating with foreign
powers and getting cninSled In their
jealous chickering's,
Everybody knows now that the nd
ministration has deceived the people
about the condition Of the Philip
pines. Its boastruI olusion In the
speech accepting the nominations
about Manila being an advantageous
base Of operations in case Of Aslotic
war has proved boomerang
Our troops might as well have been
at home rs in Manila for all the use
they have been in This crisis, They
were so cnfcebl,d by disease that
they were unfit to fight the Chinese
even IL the administration had dcci.
sion enough TO pull them ont of the
Philippines and leave the settlement
of that trouble until some time when
our own citizens we're in less danger,
The ConRcr Message.
The administration now claims that
Il is pinning It's faith to the alleged
message from Minister Conger, re.
ceivcd through Chinese sources, stat
ing that our citizens were alive but
sorely bcsiegcd by the Chinese. The
dispatch was not dated, but the adj
ministraton claims 10 have supplied
that information from unknown
sources and makes II July rs,
Even II the minister were alive at
that date, it is difficult 80 see how II
improves the situation for the Od-
ministration. II Is admitted that no
troops will start for Peking until aft.
.,pr August I, aud the date OF starting
depends ON the whim Of the COM
mandcrs of the allied forces,
The continental powers do not cred
IL the Congcr message in the least,
They believe that the foreign inhnh-
itants were mUSsacred early in July
and that this is message which
Congcr tried to send out but which
The Chinese intercepted, They sent
IL later to defer the outburst of wrath
at the news of the massacre.
An Administration Trick.
II Is difficult to discuss the Chinese
question intclligently because the adj
ADMINISTRATION is mp TO its usual trick
of ccnsoring all dispatches, II gives
out its own version or nothing at all,
Just ns II sees IT,
The experience in the Philippine
situation gives good ground to believe
that subsequently the public will find
that the administration has nll along
known facts which ii did not choose
to diyulgc
II Is now said that the imperial
government of China has asked Me-
Kinley 80 use his good offices to eN>
tricate II from the difficult and dan
gerous position in which it has been
placed by the Boxer uprising,
This looks like the entering wedge
Of an attempt TO discOim all respon-
sibiIity for any atrocities which may
have been committed and to so wind
mp the administration in q net of
diplomacy that nothing will ever be
done either to punish outrages which
have been committed or prevent their
repetition in the future. France per-
emptorily declined n similar request
from China. Mckinley Is drifting
nlong and will get in the midst OF
various unpleasant complications.
The $4,000 troops to be sent from this
country will not reach China before
September They can involve this
country in plenty Of trouble, but il
is difficult to discover what good they
can do.
Democrats ON Record.
Bryan and the other democratic
leaders have put themselves ON rec
ord MS earnestly favoring protection
10 our citizens, bnt no participation
in any scheme of grabbing territory.
COnceRIinR the Facts.
News comes from the Philippines
that 200 OF them were killed by our
troops last week. 1t requires the
killing of large number OF these
alien people in order to prepare them
for the beauties of the Mckinley
carpetbag regime.
A report has also escaped the cen
sor that from five to ten OF our sol
diers are dying daily with the bubonic
plague. This is the rainy season and
our troops suffer untold hardships.
Senator Pettigrew publishes a let
ter which he received from the Fill
ipino who conducted negotiations
with Admiral Dewey, in which the
Filipinos were promised independence
IL they would help Dewey defeat the
Spaniards on land.
OF course the administration press
Bneers at this, but 1t should not do SO,
for tons Of extracts from the Con-