Arizona republican., 1900-07-25

| OO you k!-OE. Is more Ollndndn than Filipino? His mother is a half =ed
 Chino Filipino. and his father is a full blood John Chinaman. A mongrel of
 the worst type.
 'Ther- has be- T d great deal of eX- | aggeration and misrepresentation of conditions over re. This is the trop- | ics. with its heat. its malaria, its wet
 season and iuxuriant vegetation. One might as w-ll find fault with the cold and snow being characteristic of north | ern New York in winter, as to find fault with the climate her. Our army has 1 fought and campaigned under every
 possible condition conducive to dis ease and death. That our death rate has not been large is matter of con graduation and proves that excellent care of the men has been taken. What ever human energy has been able to accomplish in providing for the wants of the men has been done. War is not 2 picnic. A man who cannot sleep in q puddle of mud and water and gO hungry for several days at a time had better stay at home. Fellows who get into the army for political future pur- poses find that their pull won't fill their stOmachs or keep the rain off their new clothes, and take to writing narrowing tales to their home papers. I doubt if any army on earth was ever better taken care of or better provided in every way than this one. When a soldier has to q eide between throwing away. when in pursuit of the enemy: his ammunition or his rations. the reg ular hangs on to his ammunition, the hero hangs on to his grub. In war there are occasions when everything has to be abandoned. except arms and ammu- milton. Such q condition arose last fall. I was with my battalion in the mountains after AguinaIdo. For weeks We lived on rice and our pack animals and the men became half naked, bare headed and barefooted. and one could follow the command by the blood on the rocks from the mems lacerated feet. T5n men died of disease on the trail And yet I never heard an officer or man utter a word of complaint. as wrapping their pCnchos around thrDn they lay down in the mud to rest. And
 though half starved they answered with a cheer for an order 10 deploy for the attack. NO tongue can decry the honor due the regular soldier from his country.
 The Filipino people cannot be con- sidersd n masse. They are not homo geneous. There are many tribes, diff fering in language and intelligence. The Tagalogs are inc most evil of the whole lot. They are malcontents. treacherGus. born liars. natural thieves. cruel. remorseless. relentless and vim dictive. They are dark skinned and of a low grade of intelIig nee. They have no more compunction about cutting a mans throat than eating a bowl of rice
 Taken as a whole. the Filipino psopIe cannot beast of over ten per cent that can read or write It is not their fault. Seven-eigbts Of them are mere vassaIs. They have been held in mental bondage by the church. and in physical bondage by th- Spanish feudal system. They are virtuous. modest and sober. They have many admirable traits and are capable of a high intellectual and ma terial development. During the year I have been here have seen only one drunken Filipino. He was a Filipino of ficer and more cruel visaged looking monster never breathed.
 Smoking is d universal custom. Men. women and children delight n the weed. The deadly cigarette does no harm here. for it is not uncommon to see children four years old smoking cigar ties. COncubinage is a prfestly and rich mans luxury. Cock fighting and monte are the principal vices.
 Tn this town of 25.OOO people there is not book store. shoe store, or any other kind of a store that approaches the smallest affair in Phoenix. There is one drug store with a few bottles on shelf. There is no doctor hes Quinine is worth S4 in gold per ounce. Tropical sores and smallpox rage. They are children's diseases. I have never seen a full blood d Filipino woman that Is pretty. In wet weather all go bare footed. The people breed and die like hles. Fevers are the principal causes Of death. The death rate is frightfuI. The survival of the fittest here finds q terrible illustration. With doctors. msdicine and the simplest observance ot sanitation the terrible death ratr can be reduced three-quarters. This ia healthy country. There are splendid opportunities for m il with small cap- ltaI- It IS no laboring or poor mans country The people are about as fit Tor self government as cage of mon- keys They have no idea what inde- pendence means. Aguinaldo's republic was the most despotic aristocracy that ever was created. It fell before the onslaught of American troops. for moi stone in its foundation was put there Tor oth5r motive than lust of power and greed for gold. and to continue the ensiavement of man. We have the is lands. We shall keep them. There are none who dare say. Give or barter th Sc islands away For the blood of Americas best sons has been shed to plant Old Glory here to stay"