Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-16
nd |H Insurgents
Anti.Imperialists Advise the Fill.
pinos to Perjure Themselves for
Political Effect
Dr.. Leverson's Letter Made Public
by the War Department.-In.
famous Tactics
Prominent Insurgents Urged to Issue
Lying Appeals and Seize
High Officials.

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ment. furnishes indisputabe evidence of
how the Filipino insurgents Who are
4 Shooting down American soldiers re-
ceive encouragement from the United
States
Some months ago Gen. Funston cap
tured lotof Filipino correspondence in
Luzon. 1t was translated from Spans h
under the direction of Capt John r. NJ.
Taylor of the Fourteenth infantry. Who
.ssin charge of insurgent records. In the
lot there is a letter from Or. Montague
II. Leversan. dated at Fort Hamilton,
n. y, July IL, 1899, and Addressed to
Senior G. Apaeibie. Ii says:
Dear Sin and Brother: Our friend,
Albert $. Parsonsof Lexington, gave me
your name as one 10 whom should
write az a representative Filipino
am d member of the anti-iinp@rial-
ist league of Boston, of Which George s..
BoutWell is president ard ElNin Wins
low IS secretary. l hays published many
Z articles and lesttersi defIuumeine hi. pr
ratical Nal carried on by President Me-
i lAinley5 against your people He and
I. = :
upon the territory of the natives. our
presidents are not i'll the position IT
kings. Our presidents are not in the
least authorised TO MAKE Mar wiihout
the consent Ut congress. as, Mckinley -
doing, and all persons compromised IN
this War are pirates
Should like to suggest a plan to-
You. II is rhis You should seze sonis
sott1clal Of rank in the service of the
United States, and then inform IT,. t,3i-
& eiEn consa.s that MS Mas 10 be bi6ushi
before councilof Mar for piracy ana
Write to said consuls 10 have IN pt sser=
tatiNes present a s,l.eil council III Mar
to see that it MAS regal.
Piracy would be SHOWN by ctsuduc!
ing warm violation OF the usAges ~
civilized war. and the proof would con
slst in the fact of the consent TO llllling
detenseies' prisoners and fon-coiabaf-
ants, men, women ana cffldeen, in cold
blood, and in robbery by officers, ana
soldiers, from non-conlbatants.
If We're not an old man OF more
than 60 years, | would willingly aid you
in your just defsnse.
also suggest that the Filipino con-
gress address an appeal ~ the psoi5lesoi
the United States. ahail not give YOU
out some things which will especially
influence. For example, q reference To-
the declaration Of independence must zbs
inserted, but L believe that ii is also
necessary Tor You q mention in Your
appeal tha points han made above t9&
shoM that this Systr is piracy using
them 70 bring out he want OF CHRISTIAN
feeling for the s,idiens
You mast also a3Gw that AIeIS;nley
keeps the peopleof tfla l7tlit4d 5stas4s iis#
ignorance of the true facts: 5Iia / NJ ana
the members of the cabinet have da!iio
erately lied to secure Decentralization os
the treaty of peace With Spain WITHOUT
clause which would haze assured the.
liberty Of the Filipsat,s' that they de-
liberately lied SheG tfleG3s4ld that AZ
onciliS advised Agai34a5i3 81 t55 fight ana
that a5ielsgsalrl 5 tain IN f,4,osige was
Intercepted. SFhe War was az! Vfsea from
Z Washington to secure he pas age Of
the treaty.
do aot fan to Insist p@fi ~ atroci-
tieS before nletianed, es,9erialiy the as
sassnatian III cold blood Of Women and
children and tlle sack Of property of
combatants 5perpstrated BY officers
and soldiers, especially BY Il eaptain
named Otis. Who'll believed to be i rel
alive Of she general slle not only took
no step for the punishment OF iils as
sassins, but who did not ,,efl#repti;natti
them.
II YOU can prove that women have
been violated, put that also in your
statement
You should offer to prove all these
atrocities before a commission com
posed of three Americans named by the
congress of the United States ard filfef.
Filipinos named by the F,iipino CON
gress and presided OYER by a peFsei! $ttf
some other ration chosen by the -flii,a
statssa--7he must NOT bean Engiishinan.
for they are al! ociated in The crime
II the publication Of any portion of
ttaisletter Will be of AIRY service You GA s.
Use Il hui 4 think II Would be nort
prudent to keep 1T secret
Dor NOT forget - speak of the Arneri-
can squadron which bleckafed your
coasts, bon!barding them without warn
ing to the non cofnbatanfs ard peaceful
towns, Whare war would never have
been ttog.lt of, bur shkre noW the
greater part OF the iihabitanta who
formerly We're friends Of the saited
States. have taken arms to a9enge the
deaths of their Wives and s,laa Also
speak Of the refuse of the ITIlitad stats,
and Great Britain 10 rennunce he use
{ Of explosive bullets, which Ms decided
upon in the conference of the coninlis-a
sioners al The Hague, and which the
Limited States is row using, altho their
Ise Was denounced as barbarou, i,y the
other commissioners al The Hague.
Ask the people of the United states
IT they think that they are Christians.
and ask them how they can reconcile
their pretended religion with their ores
ent conduct toward Mckinley and his
war.
This horrible war is a nightmare for
me. It may be- folly for me 10 permit
myself to be affected by ii. but tt. hor-
ror, the eternal infamy Of ii for my
country, whose people are. preparing q
state Of slavery for another, prevents
+ me from sleeping.
y II can say nothing more, but that ii
would be we'll to let the people know
that steps are being taken to introduce
mtlltarism into the United Safes some
examples of which can be shown from
the conduct eff Gen. Merriam in Idaho.
Very sincerely,
MONTAGUE. r. LEYERsoN."
vi Or. Levcrson Talks Freely.
New York. Aug. 16-Dr. Montague r.
1leVerSOn. reclining In. a n q