The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-29
ASSASSINATION. NOT wAR.

Brigadier-General Edward B. Williston, OF
the U s. Army, who formerly commanded at
Fort McHenry, has recently benin Baltimore
having been retired from active service at the
age limit. He has suffered in health from
arduous duties at,ManiIa. where he acted as
mayor and provost marshal. His experience
there qualities him to speak Of the natives,
their traits and conduct. He says:
1.-THE whole trouble seems to me that there
has been from the first a misunderstanding be-
tween us and the Filipinos. Outside of the
Tagalos the native population is satisfied and
reeonciled and the people are pursuing their
ordinary avocations The more intelligent and
educated leaders Of the Tagalos long ago sur
rendered and have taken the oath of allegiance
to the United States. Remaining leaders are
having more authority, more money and better
time than they ever had before in their lives
and they and their followers. having been
ground down under Spanish oppression for
three centuries. cannot understand our motives
nd are suspicious of us. They say, Yes, you
promise all right; but the Spaniards promised
all right, too"
Of these Tagalos, tribe numbering about
10000 people-only about one-sixth of the
whole popuIation-he says:
..They are the only natives now under arms.
They are, and always have been. thieves and
robbers. They are much worse upon the native
Filipinos than upon anyone else, and subsist
almost entirely upon tribute which they levy
upon the native villagers. The only semblance
of war those Tagalos put up is when small
detachment Of our soldiers or some engineers
or telegraphers are moving across the country.
Then they assemDie IN large rorces and some-
ffrrraa 10 afr fey Of0
Fortunately, they are very poor shots, and as
soon as they have fired yolley they disappear
in the grass and bamboo thickets and cannot be
found. When our men reach the village to
which they are bound the same men who formed
the attacking party will be among the natives
who come to greet them with 'Buenos Ameri-
canos' and they will very likely have something
they wish to sell to u.s."
These are Aguinaldo's followers. These are
the people to whom Bryan would grant inde-
pendence, for whom be would create stable
% government, who know not what liberty
and selfgovernment are, and over whom he
would establish protectorate that the Amer
lean nation would be liable for their proceed
ings and soon become embroiled with every
government having interests in the East.
These are the people who, as soon as General
Merritt took the city of Manila, claimed the
right to occupy it, Aguinaldo demanding
palace for himself and the cession of all the
churches as spoils of war, he having always
been at variance with the Catholic church
authorities.
These are the people before whom the DEM
ocrat- Populists would have the American
Army retire and pull down the starry flag
GEN. JOHN M. PALMER died of heart disease
at his home in Springfield, ILL.,. on Tuesday
last, aged eighty-three years. He was a native
of Kentucky but his family removed 10 Illi-
nos when he was boy. He was educated
for the law and at the breaking out Of the Civil
War he entered the Union army and at its
close had risen to the rank of major general.
He had also served as soldier in the Mexican
War. He bad been Governor of his State and
also represented it in the United States Senate.
Four years ago General Palmer was the nomi-
nee of the Sound Money Democrats for Presi-
dent of the United States. Notwithstanding
the fact that he was poor man be refused to
accept a pension from the Government at the
rate of $50 per month, and when a bill doub-
ling that amount was presented to the Senate
last winter by Senator Cullom. General Palmer
promptly demanded its withdrawal