Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-24
THE HERALD" RAMPANT.

amusing tl note the disagreement abort
namoag 'nfanible' physIcIans.
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THE "HERALD" RAMPANT.
Th. Daserst News on Monday had o.,
editorial on the latest tldings from he
Philippines It was TO the effect NJ
.ra Insurgents we're broken up lr8
small bands Of bandits. which ii WAS
tha business OF the civil governmer.
There 90 suppress through the exe,..
ton of laws suitable 10 the exlst
conditions" The article deplosed tf
necessity Tor stin further bloodshl
after So many months spent In the ar.
duaus campaign against Aeuinaido aai
bis followers. but predicted a brigh G
day for th. Philippine archipelago. wh
happy homes for peaceful citizens
the establishment OF orderly govern.
ment and American freedom.
The Salt Lake Herald sclzes upon
single paragraph % the article al
makes a painful endeavor TO dlstort
meaning. TOR what purpose It Is ta
easy 90 perceive This Is what e
quotes from the News"
"The Manila dispatches can attentloa
90 tfa fact that the past week was Dr.
ot great losses 90 the Filipino hrlgau
10 seems the Americans rendered 1.
capable 90 further deDredauons no bs
than l008 of that class while their o06
losses were only nine killed ana sixttn
wounded
The Herald then inquiries;
sWas that the kind Of misslonay
work Christ taught Hls discipps 30
do.'
But who said anything about CHRIS,
or missionary work In this connection!
The conflict I'm Luzon Is not undertake
ln the name Of any religion. II IS. Or
has been. war. which has Justly ben
defined as he'll" just now 1t Is a gus.
ton or order or tumult, Of civil govern
mlnt or anarchy. Of American SOY.
ereignty or the triumph Of banditti Tie
struggle is not conducted on either side,
So far as we are aware, with any pre-.
tense OF acting in the name Of Christ
or as missionary work" That possibly
may come later
The Herald states that our remais
was made 'hipDantly" "as II conquat
and religion were one and the sane
Thin. what IS the matter with ihs
Herald? We made no connection be-
tween conquest and religion We mae
no aIluslon or reference 10 religion, bl,
simply gave the news as telegraph
from Manila. with few commets
showing the necessity Of establlshug
civil order lor the ultimate benefit Of
the Philippine Islands. Was there ans.
thing "nip1ant' IN that?
The Herald says:
cone must wonder at the satlsfaci1n
some people find IN the wholeaa-
slaughter of these benighted beings '
who are the some people?' Tly
are not 20 De- found connected with 'ha
Deseret News. Judging from the uf'i
Of the Heralds dissertations on hs
subject. ii might be thought that i
took great satisfaction In the "slauFh'
ter" Of American soldiers, by the p
nightsd beings now playing the part Of
guerHlas and striving 20 ruin becalse
they cannot rule. The article which PIE
Herald has strlyen so strangely TO a.
tort. spoke lu this way Of the losses to
the FIpInos during the past week
It Ra sad fact that after so many
months 0f ardu0us campaign IN the sI-
ard- the necessity for stlll further
hI01lehod exists there owing 20 ODE
ruIIcv ~ hatred Cor which % IS believed
Agulnalo O. chiefly Responsible
Not much "satlsfactlon" in that. we
Do not see how oar neighbor takes aay
satisfaction in incorporating a con-
temporary The Deseret News has 20
delight .n tha shedding OF blood, eltar
that w ODE insurgents in Manila, or %
the troops which are maintaining Pie
supremacy Of the United states In ,he
Islands that through the fortunes Of
war;" have come into the possession %
ths government on the contrary %
deplores tho necessity Tor anything %
the k.rl. But &c percelves that ihs
necessity win exist as long as hs
bands o. Tagals bent on bloodshed i'i
make assaults on the ili-
dlars and c.yl authorities who are stfy-
Ing to establish order and peace.
There are two sides to this Phillpphas
question and they can be dlscusei
nationally ana fairly. But the right ga
the Justice % the contention VIII not be
made TO appear, IN any satisfactory De-
gree. 10y misstatlng either the subj.c,
Itself or the remarks Of a friend o. q