The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-02-07
FIXING A RESPONSIBILITY
Our Government Actually Foster
ing immortality III the Philip

Our Government Actually Foster
ing immortality III the Philip
pines.
Springfield Republican.
While the Senate has agreed to the
House provision Of the army bill, abol-
ishing the sale of liquor in the post cx-
changes OF cautccns-thrrc remains to
be dealt with at Manla what Mr..
lodge well described rs far worse
evil. This is the American saloon cs-
tahlishcL by the hundreds since the
American oCcu PATTON and duly licensed
by the army authorizes at Manila. The
drunkenness and decentralization and
disease growing OU Of the location of
this American institution in Il tropical
climate formed the subject rt some dis
cuSslon durilg the Senate debate ON
the army b. last week, and brought
ont much evidence in the way Of let
ters, newspaper correspondence and
statements .! army officers, respecting
the nature OF the " civilization - we
have been Introducing TO the Philip
pine islands.
Many Senators. including admlnis-
tratlon lmpcrlalStS, strongly dcnounc-
cd this feature Of our rule in the is
Lands and declared themselves to be
in favor Of prohibiting the American
saloon there. Some amendments to
the army bill were introduced having
effect of revuklng all liquor licenses at
Manila and prohibiting the granting of
any more, and these amendments arc
yet to be acted on. This matter is now
fully under the presidents control as
commandcr-in-ch Of the army
Congress is not running the Philip
pine venture. lis the president af-
fair, and is kept solely in his hands by
his own desire. AS Senator Teller
said, in reply to Mr, Lodges dcnuncia-
tion of the American saloon evil at
Manila, {" it is in the power Of the
president TO close every one Of them
Qhe saloons) as quick as a telegraph
can reach Manila" The president is
| responsible for the situation, and need
not wait for Congress to force from
him an act of prohibition on the gov
erning authorities at Manila.
But further evil or scandal attached
to The American occupation of the
Philippines was brought up in the
course of the Senate debate. Ii is not
an agreeable subject to bring before
the general reader, but the people
have a right to know, and they ought
to know, what is being done under
the authority Of their government IN
connection with the sO-callcd civiiz-
ing Of the Philippines. We called at
tcntion to this matter duling the pres
Idcntial campaign, on the strength of
statements made by the Manila cor.
respondent Of the New Voice but IT
all appeared so incredible to at least
one good, innocent soul hcrcabouts
that he must needs apply for informa-
ton TO that source OF all truth during
Il presidential canvass---thc national
committee of his party. The answer
were trumpcd-up campaign lie.
Mr.. Teller, Of Colorado, however,
produced further testimony in the Sen
ate debate, whose truth was question:
ed by no one. Thus Miss Alice B.
Condict, physician and missionary Of
the Methodist church at Manila, has
written the following
" Several missionaries here have re-
Gently received letters from the home
land inguiring as TO the tru,h of ac-
counts published in the United States
of the licensing of houses of prOstltu-
ton for the bcncli of our United
States soldiers. | have accordingly
been making inquiries and find to my
chagrin that these shocking reports
are only too true. am forced to write
IT. Our United States gOvcrnmc It
officers have established here regular
houses for prostitute women, cXamin-
ing them every week, and giving each
a certificate, with her own photograph
on it, to securely identify The girl who
holds it. The reports arc that after
election is over in the United States
the military authorities think Of hay.
ing this system Of prevention of dis,
case more systematically carried out
here"
Pretty much every body who krows
anything at all knows that drunken.
ness, dcbauchcry and the letting loose
| Of every evil desire and propensity arc
the natural and inevitably attcndants
of army operations. War is hcll;''
war in its most hcllish form is to he
found in campaign Of conquest and