The sun., 1900-10-06
ARE GUILTY OF TREASON:
VIRGINIA SoLDIBRS CoNDEhNA-
TIOy or the BRYANITEs.

..r.., u.v. discouraged Our Men."H He says.
80 raconraxed Our rEnemies"-Although
n.,oc,at He Can't See How q Man Can
Con.c,.nttously He a Follower OF Bryan
nd Pt1ht Under the stars and Stripes
w.urSoroS. oct. 6.-Private Arthur T.
d.. Co,npany NJ, Thirty-ninth volunteer
In,.rtrv stationed at Santo Tomas Phlhp-
,Jna. IN A letter 20 his parents In virginia
holds the Bryanitos responsible ior the CON
,,,uance Of the Filipino rebellion ana TOT the
daaths o, hundreds Of soldiers HIS letter.
,rhIob vas published here in an evening paper
Is In part "a follows. .,,,,,.
- an urospects OF any peaceable termi-
na,,on NJ the troubles here at least until after
,hs electlon They have discouraged our
r,.n and encouraged our enemies Even
admitting tho soundness Of their views they
a.. riilty OF the highest treason and hundreds
~ deaths must Of n necessity be laid ri ther
door They tthe natiyes) have the greatest
conadenre in Mr.. Bryan, and they DON'T hesi-
tate To tell rs that "a soon IA he Is elected 'ho
soldiers will all toe sent away. and they VIII
run things to suit themselves
4 was down at Calamba a few days ago and
.,v large pictIr. ~ MIR Bryan stuck UP on
a natives hut. They all firmly believe that ho
viii be elected in November and they also be-
liavs that the anti-eNpansion are largely
IN IN. majority IN the United States. From
thar point Of view they can see II In no other
ttyb. you ace III le4e people have always been
accustomed 20 living under the most despotic
form OF government and for any one 10 criu-
c,se or disagree with the methods Of the reign
ing poyers meant no less than instant death
and conAsration Of all property, and so they
raason accnrdincly that II Mr. BryHn's party
WA. not stronger than the rogning power In
the United states II would ho impossible for
the party 10 exist. No argument can convince
them or make them understand the freedom
Of speech and action under which people AT
home live.
1t makes me weary every time | see In one
Of the Papers from the States where some anti
IA shooting oH his head about these poor, down
trodden people over here, and how they are
being imposed upon by the Americans and
vet these people who are doing all the talking
don't know any more about the true condition
OF affairs on islands than do about preach
ing a sermon. In the first place, they are bet
ter of now than they ever were in their lives
before have more liberty and more tu eat and
are making more money. We pay 20 cents a
dozen for eggs and buy every one they can
produce, and they never were sold for more
than three cents per dozen previous 10 our
coming here. We pay more for our laundry
work to these natives than we would ever
think Of doing IN the States and a soldier is
oon1rened "a have clean clothes all the time.
We pay the men - cents a day for work, which
IL more than they made In a week before.
when farmer raises a crop now he docs
not have 20 give half Of It TO the church and
the other half to the Government as he formerly
did and starve himself He can carry his goods
to market and not be robbed before he gets
there by ladrones. As for being imposed upon.
it Is "a much as a soldiers life is worth almost
70 mistreat one OF them. He does not dare
do II. for their slightest grievance is listened
to. and the offender. II he be soldier. is severely
punished.
what hurts us the most IL what the papers
at home say about US. What can we dor No
soldier can say for himself This war Is not right.
and III not fight The majority OF us will be
glad when We can return to civil life We are
all tired OF It. but we cannot leave until there is
big change In the situation. In the meantime
we need encouragement, instead OF being
branded as murderers. robbers and desperadoes.
L don't believe you will find a man in service
here who would be willing to give UP these ISL
ard IL keeps a fellow guessing. l don't
know what 20 make oft. Ihave been Demo
crat all my life and was always n great admirer
OF Mr. Bryan but cannot for the life OF me
how man can conscentiously be follower
Of Bryan and fight under the Stars and Stripes
tba fir,A