Evening star., 1901-03-26
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Light is breaking upon Boston, the seat
| of anti-imperialism. the home of the Aguin-
aldo Aid Society. For some months there
have been appearing. at irregular intervals
| pamphlets relating to the Philippines war
bearing the imprint of the philippine In
formation Society" They have treated of
the subject in topical form, dividing under
such titles as Jose Rial, the Filipino
Patriot; Aguinaldo, a Selection From His
official Documents, Together With Author
lied Accounts of the Alleged Spanish
Bribe;'" Our Relations With the Insur-
gents Prior to the Fall of Manila. August,
lS9S; "Aguinaldo and the American Cen
erals, August, 1898, to January, 1S99;"
"Iloilo-An Episode of January 1882 and
Incidents Leading up to the Outbreak of
Hostilities:" Efforts to Secure an Armis-
tice, April and May, 1892 In the pros
pectus it was announced that the seventh
number of this series would be "Outbreak
of Hostilities. February L. 1899" All of
the promised ten have appeared now save
the final two, to deal, respectively. with
Efforts at Recognition, October and No
vember. 1S99" and Present Condition and
Attitude" Number seven is just out
Up to the present issue in the series
there has been no marked tendency toward
the expression of an editorial opinion by
the society. Although published in the
atmosphere of Atkinsonianism the pamph-
lets might well serve as the output of an
absolutely impartial historian, seeking to
lay bare the exact facts of the situation.
Naturally the first impulse of the reader
is to assume that the projectors of the
pamphlets believe that these facts will aid
the Filipino propaganda. If so, this as
sumption-or perchance this beliefs des-
tined to receive a rude shock in the char
acter of number seven, which treats, as
announced, of the Outbreak of Hostili-
ties" A dispatch from Boston describes
the editors of the series as declaring in this
issue as follows
After careful study of all the accessible
evidence we find that according to the
most authoritative statements the outbreak
occurred as a result of a treSpass by four
armed filipinos on territory admitted by
the Filipino in command to be within the
jurisdiction of the United States.
THE action of the Filipino trespassers
seems to have been an instance of bad dis
clpline IL the insurgent army Certainly it
was not ordered on that date by the in
surgent leaders, although the indications
are that the leaders intended to attack in
| few days. The claim that our forces insti-
gated the attack for the purpose of secur-
ing the votes necessary to ratify the treaty
OF peace is absolutely unsupported by any
evidence which has come to the attention
of the editors"
So here is the leaven in the lump of
Boston's anti-imperialism. All praise is
due to the men who, surrounded as they
are by influences which have sought to
draw them away from belief in and sup
port of their own government, are now
enabled conscientiously to announce that
one of the gravest Charges uttered against
that government by their feilow-townsmen
is false. The libel that our forces at Ma
nila melted the revolt met with no meas
ure of belief in the country at large, al
though it was harped upon loudly and per-
sistently throughout the campaign