The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-05
WEYLER's BRUTALITY ADOPTED
By the United States Army in the
Philippines.
A special dispatch from Wa5hingtt

A special dispatch from Washington
to the New York Journal says:
Slaughter Of Filininos wherever there
is an attack on the American troops Or
the 'sniping" Of American soldiers is
the programme that has been ordered
by the war department. Army officers
long ago urged that these tactics be
employed, but the fear Of their effect
upon the election prevented them from
being carried into effect Now the Or
6ers have been Issued ard the people
of the island are to De taught what war
is in earnest. The policy Of the Brit
ish in South Africa isto be copied.
ard the punishment Of villages anc set
tlements that give shelter 20 the insur-
gents is to so effected that the war de-
partment believes it will bs an easy
matter to stamp cut all signs OF t, e
present insutrec.ion. Army oficers
who have served in the Philippines
point cut that the natives wO:k in the
i.lds as amigos when the Americans
sre close at hand, and as soon as they
have passed take up their guns and pur-
sue. tagging far enough behind to
'sDipe" the soldiers, aad frequently
gatheringin sufficient numbers to create
dangerous ambushes. Under the new
policy, whenever anything of this kind
is done the whole section is to be
secured, tho men killed, huts burned
and the women and children chased
away. The innocent may thus be
punished for the acts Of the guilty, be-
cause of the impossibilty of separating
the non-comb batants from those who are
fighting. Through the fear thus in
sslllcd in the minds of tbs people, it is
believed by army officers that the na-
ti7es in self protection will refuse to
give the 'insurrectos' food and shelter,
and thus make it impossible for the
rebels to continue their depredations
and maictain their attacks upon the
American troops Army eff ,ers have
for year urged that this be done, but
prior to the election the Administration
feared to give the order.
In commenting on the above The
State says: "Weyler, it seems, was a
great military pioreer, much abuse In
his time but nov the model of the two
most enlightened nations upon earth.
His methods Of dealing with people
who persisted in struggling for the in
dependence against great odds of men
and metal were novel and drastic aud
were subject to criticism from humani-
tarials, but after all, they we're, it ap-
pears, the only hopeful! method Of CON
yinoing stubborn freemen OF their folly
in opposing great nations with great
ornaments. 1t is true that Weyler was
not successful in Cuba, neither the re-
concentration and starvation of the
women aud children nor The summary
slaughter of prisoners Of war serving TO
subdue the revolt against Spain. But
perhaps that was because Spanish pesos
we're not numerous enough to properly
sustain his plans. There is no such
difficulty in South Africa or the Philip
pines. British pound and American
dollars are equal to all demands made
upon them and the twentieth century
will open with two Simultaneous tests
of Weylerism under circumstances
promising better results than the orlgi.
nal policy attained. Nevertheless, to
make the test successful the con-
sceiences Of two nations must be wholly
stuffed"