The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-19


and produce were brought down By Mr.. Carmsh
in return therefor. 1t no doubt lucrative |
business and large profits arose rom TINS p"l.ei
At that time the American oiunoSts eNt'n"eQ ynE !
as TAR as the city Of Pasig and lagulg 'uS.
why General Otis permitted this barter Is not
known. II must have been evident to the au-
thorities that the food and supplies taken lht33
that country would only prolong hostiilies' ",H
that any money that allowed to go INTO ll.c
Lacuna de Bay country for the purchase 81 'n1t
produce would be diverted to the insuFgent cause'
The police now state that even MI 'drilaIl on
fcsses that he has paid into the coheIs OF various
FiIipiuos in the Iaguna country no less lhah
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, hu' to /
a man up a tree ii would appear mat unless WIS
vas carried on with the knowledge and consent
of the Government il could never have bceh
done as produce to the value Of that amount
could certainly not have been smuggled down
the narrow Pasg River with American patrols
keeping a STREE watch along the banks OF the
river on both sides from Manila clear UP to the
town Of Pasig.
The reader must judge for himself
whether or not this is a strong arraign-
ment of our military authorities in the
Philippines during the Otis regime con-
sidering that it was published under The
reign of martial law. which sometimes
deports editors when they are imprudent
enough to make references to illusions!
1t does seem trihe strange that Carman
should have been given trading privi-
leges with the rebels, when, as the Ma
Mia Times" explains. IL must have been
patent to the viceroyal court that the
result would place the Tagals in posi-
ton TO prolong their struggle against
American sovereignty as long as the aid
could be made available.
Tho story Zoos on fo feil how. ('arn9Q
held a monopoly of the inland water trade
with the insurgents, by way of Laguna
de Bay, until they were driven away from
the regions contiguous. Then the legiti-
mate merchants from Manila came in and
found that the favored adVenturer mad
nearly cleared up the stock of native pro-
auctions Later, when by a peremptory
order from the palace trade with points
| on or reached by way of Laguna de Bay
was prohibited, Carman was arrested
| aboard one of his cargo boats in the act
of violating the order. 1t is alleged that
! he then said that, if permitted to tele-
graph Otis, he could show that he was
acting by authority. But a telegram fail
ed of prompt response. and the smuggler
| chief was sent to Manila The next morn
| ing. as stated, Otis released Carman,
and gave him an order making him and
| his business exceptions to the general
suspension of traffic with the natives.
Except for what the country may learn
| through stray copies of Philippine papers.
and private letters, sent by hand to
Hongkong, and thence mailed home, it is
not probable that anything more will be
heard from this Carman case. which is
| typical OF the condition of affairs. which,
it was frequently charged. existed in the
! Philippines under the Otis viceroyalty.
Were the censorship and terrors of
military punishment removed, it would
! be possible TO learn a great deal about
the manner in which fortunate individ-
uals, with a political pull at home, made
fortunes in Manila. But while the Re
publican party shall remain in power over
the country, there is small likelihood that
| enough of these charnel house secrets
will transpire to serve any punitive pur-
pose. "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus."
| There is an active revival of plain talk
| in Europe regarding the fate of the COM
posite Austro-Hungarian Empire after
the end of Franz Josef's reign. While he
lives his popularity and personal in
| nuence, ii is thought, VIII be sufficient
| to hold the craZy-quilt structure to-
gether; but. after that, it is generally ex-
pected that it will fall in pieces. The
| German provinces distinctly wish to join
their brethren of the Kaiser's Empire;
the Czechs as greatly wish TO ally them
selves with Russia under an autonomous
protectorate. And the Magyars shout:
| Hungary for the Hungariansi' 1t is
just possible. however that both Russia
and Germany might be hungry for the
| IJungarans, and then the dream of in
dependent empire might not be realized
The Supreme Court met yesterday and
took a recess for two weeks. At the end
of that time there appears to be wide
spread opinion in the city that decisions
in the Porto Rico and Philippine cases
will be handed down. So, before long the
country is likely to know whether it is
the Republic of the Fathers, or has a
constitutional organization within the
States only, and is an Oriental despotism
elsewhere.
WI Ting-fang is being llonized in the
most fiattering and gorgeous way by the
university and social circles of Chicago.
1t is pleasant way Of rewarding him for
his arduous service in shaping and main
tanning our Chinese policy during the late
atrocities 1t also serves to show that a
little thing like the promotion OF his
friends at home who tortured and butch
cred the American missionary women and
children can be easily overlooked In a
country where Christian forgiveness and
the alteration Of freaks is the rule and
not the exception.
Democracy Easily RevIves.
| From the Springfield Republican1