Arizona republican., 1900-09-29

neither pity nor sympathy. They are not capable of maintaining q govern : ment for themselves. and the United Star5s is right in convincing them that a contrary child can be subdued with fhe shingle where arguments fail.
 "The mistaken zeal manifested by the insurrectos, if it had been applied tp a more worthy cause would undoubtedly have deserved success,
 '.I wish to treat the subject displs- sionateIy and it would only be fair to
 the Filipinos to make allowances for their condition at the time pf the begin ming of the war with Spain. The Fil- Ipfn5s were only roo H-liIiny to aid the United Stales in breaking the power of Spain in the East Indizs but what right had they to asume that the down fall cf 'yhe spanish tyrant would give them the independence of a sovereign republic? None Whatever; and when it ! was learned that the conquerors in ! tended holding the islands by the rights of c3npues- and purchase. they sulked and wanted to lick the United States. The result of the attempt is matter of history.
 Yet one cannot blame these people for wanting independence from Span | ish power. Centuries of cppr5 ssiCn, the | almost daily visits of the taX-gatherar. and the continued ext5rtions of the 1 church, the tyrannies of the law. anI the persecution of petty officials in pro | rincial districts could not do otherwise than ergenGer a hatred fer their task. 1 masters. From the manner in which i the church ruled them it f a wonder to me that they have any religion. yet they are the most devout Catholics.
 Then again. when it became general ly known that the UnijeI States would | control the archipelago and in the l .oUrse of time give the people a form uf | government best suitel for Lleir needs, | with such franchises as they could nev- | ar hope to obtain under spanish rule. they did not accept these assurances in the proper spirit. They dlstruzCed all overtur5s; and why? Emilio Aguinaldo. whose personal ambition was to be q d5spot, under the title of president. would not permit anything inimical 10 his desires. persuaded his | followers into the pursuit of the phan- i tom by rebellion. He disseminated the news that the American government was insincere. ana they would remain in @ state of serfdom. Aguinaldo's magnetism and his impassioned Glato- . masses were ripe for rapina and blood | shed. Notwithstanding the fact thlt ASui-aldo sold them for sold during the rebellion of '?G and fled the country. i they believed in him fmqliciteIy and ac- | cepted him as their libsrator dnd future ruler. Aguinaldo and a few other am i bilious cronies We have to thank for the war. He is not a patriot as h. is des- ignated by the Atkinson school, bu- in my estimation a sc0undrel, a Judas Is- cariot, who sold his people once and would have done it again to the Amer jeans, for gold.
 NOW look at the condition of af- fairs here today. The fnsurrecti3n is over and AsUinaIdo a fusUtive. attend ed only by a handful or his once large army. All the leaders save him have | either been captured or have surrender ed. and Were set at liberty after taking the oath of allegiance.
 A few days ago I met and had short conversation with General Maca- 1 bolas, who was one of ne last of the ] insurrent generals to surrender, who ] resisted Us in several engagements. He 1 told me that the struggle was over and Chat i1 was a mistake to fight against | a nation like the United States. "I l have taken the oath Of aU5giance.' he said, with a laugh. and am now going to be a good American" | doubted his sincerity, but thought that he rather wisely submitted to the inevitable
 Tt is but natural that there should be l a feeling of animosily against Us. but this is gradually melting away, anI predict that perfect cJntentment will soon be predominant.
 As I have traVeled extensively over
 the island since the outbreak. 1 con- slider myself authority in comparing the difference between then an- now. Dur ing the advance of the American army there Was nothing bug devastation and ruin. In all towns and puebl0s the in- habiJanJs fled in terror of their lives when it became known that the dreaded
 Americans were coming. All obstacles were overcome in the path of the aG- vancing army, and whenever the enc my attempted to check that onward movement. the soil of the land was dyed with the blood of the slain. Dad
 bodies were s,r,Wn over the ulain bo-
 dies fioated silently. wijh wide, sta-mS eyes, in the watcI5 of the swlmps.
 and the dense jungle kept its quota of
 the dead. unhuicd. save by the en-
 tWiniug tea.4-lez of tropical cr-epers. and the pr"fusian e. b1a1I leaves. . plants anj sAiuis.
 No matter hov L5zty was the flight Of the enemy, the wounded. where pos
 sible were always remov-I. aul .--aa for niles ,ta path Cf the r...-L-ing
 forces Wa mark. by thin. r.I lllllr. | evidence Jf tra UorE ns Jhe EIags. , All ths i- different u,v. iIeE.s that . , We're aJIn1 J-aA tJ Il-- growth ar. , now waving Wi,f the green of ri.e anl corn. while lh- native fellows lis blow and pIodding cauiOoo. happy in the knowledge tha- his crops will nJ longer go to feeding a hungry army, and that
 the phantom of the ubiquitous tax collector no more follows in his wake. Tn all the provinces is noted a busy populace, intent on eking from the