The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-17

Anger and humiliation strive for mas
terry AZ the American people dip further
into the dark and devious paths by
which treason has worked its foul way
in the republic. For no other word
will characterize the amazing perform
ances Of few unworthy citizens The
antics of the Atkinsons and their sort
were too. unimportant to attract the
notice Of busy world. The facts now
being made public are Of more seri-
GUS nature. For the first time in nearly
forty years we find men who enjoy the
rights and privileges of freemen con-
spring against the government that
shelters and protects them. For the
first time the guilt of the blood shed in
the Philippines is brought home not to
mere light-headedness and hysteria. but
to cold purpose and devilish intent. II
these charges, seemingly well founded.
shall be established, every man impli-
Gated seriously should be driven by a
storm OF public indignation from the
country that he has disgraced and from
association with people whom he has
insulted and sought to betray.
1t il no longer news to any one that
tho main cause OF the assault upon our
troops by the Filipinos was the opposi-
ton in the senate to the peace treaty,
or5 Aha sv,oaoh ne copotnr IJooc T., IN -
ticular. Him we may acquit, as far as
that particular act is concerned, of in
tent to bring about the frightful re-
suits that followed, although he cannot
now escape responsibility If he main
tains the same attitude in the light of
recent developments But it is also
said that this address was sent, secret
~ and in, cipher by cable to Paris and
Hongkong. for distribution among the
Filipino leaders and their following. 1t
is declared that the cost of this. amount
ing to $4,000. was paid by Andrew Car
negfe. II this is true, and the evidence
thus far Is convincing. every man en-
gagged In that diabolical work Is as d.
rectly and fully a traitor not only In
thought but in intent and in act. as IL
kill upon the forces of the United States.
Observe that there can be here no pre-
tence of excellent motive or of ignor-
ance of possible consequences Who
ever furnished or was a party to fur
nishing this matter to the Filipino junta
at Hongkong deserves to die the death
of a traitor at the hands of an out
ragged country. For the circumstances
OK the case brand him as a deliberat e
fomentor of rebellion against the United
States and an assailant of its authority
and Its arms. Why should any one send
this speech by cable? 1t was sure to
reach the Philippines in due course Of
time. Why this haste? Why undergo
this extraordinary expense? There is
but one possible answer. The bastard
might be prevented from acknowledge
ing our authority as they were ready to
do; that they might be encouraged to
attack our troops as they did forthwith.
Every gun In Filipino hands was aimed,
every trigger was pulled, by the hands
of men alien in spirit and some of them
alien in blood. Not upon Aguinaldo and
his misguided men. but upon their abet-
tors in the United States be the blood
guilt and the infamy forever.
The circumstances also declare that
this crime was not committed in hot
blood or ignorance. 1t was premedi-
tated, conscious. willfui. Else why this
secrecy? Why Is 1t that no man has
had the courage to avow the deed?
why was the infaming speech sent in
cipher? Why was the payment Of the
telegraph charges covered deep with dis
cretion7 Why has 1t taken a year to
unravel this skein. to undo the meshes
that wrap In from the light this mass