The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-04-08
CRUELTY TO f|LIP|Nos
.. Governor of Tayabas Drsws
sad Picture.
.r-.ey AND CIVIL POWERS CLASH
es.o Our Troops Burn and Lay Waste the
uo.,ps and Lards Of Friends as
Well as Foes in the
IsIands.
.au the Associated Press.)

-.t..--cu j.. c., April 10.-WEen the
..... Committee on the Philippines met
w.. Lodge, chairman Of the COM
-.-a .ait before the committee the re-
. Major Cornelius Gardiner, civil
r..- OF the Philippine province of
r.....e. To which reference was made by
.-.~.r.r Miles in his correspondence with
-..-. Root. This report had been
..Ar.1e and this caused the adoption
r--olution at the last meeting of
-4 r4amiltee requesting the Secretary
!. Mar TO send the report to the COM
rra governor recommends that the OPP
...-.aa- against the insurgents should
t. I. . force of natives. He says:
-t- civil governor. I feel it my duty
.a saw that it is my firm conviction that
,a. tinted States troops should st the
earliest opportunity be concentrated in
... or TWO garrisons, if it is thought
a,sHrabI. that the good sentiment and
tv.Ifv that formerly existed to the Uni
It'd States Government among the people
d. This province should lie conserved and
tagonraged.
Being in close touch with the people,
having visited all the pueblos one or more
t.ues. having lived with them in their
homes. / know that suoh a sentiment once
existed. Of late by reason of the conduct
If the troops such as the extensive burn
sas Of the barrios in trying to lay waste
The country so that the insurgents can
Lot occupy it, the torturing of natives
lv s|1-cIIltd water cure and other meth
eds. in order to obtain information, the
harsh treatment of natives generally, and
the failure of inexperienced lately APP
f0lut4i Iieutenants commanding posts,
10 distinguish between those who are
treat every native as if he were, whether
or no, an insurrecto at heart, this ia
ForahIe sentiment abOV referred to, is
being fast destroyed and a deep hatred
US ~engendered. If these things
need be done. they had best be done by
native troops so that the people of the
United States Will o be credited there
with.
almost without exception, soldiers and
also many officers, refer to natives in
their presence as 'niggers' and natives
are DegInning to understand what the
Norl niger means.
The curse now being pursued in this
province and in the provinces of Batan-
g3s. Laguna and Samar is in my opinion,
sowing fhc seeds for a perpetual reyo-
luton against US hereafter whenever a
good opportunity offers. Under present
conditions the political situation in this
province is slowly retrograding and the
American sentiment is decreasing and We
ale daily making permanent
In the course above referred to, trOops
make no distinction often between the
property of those natives who are insur-
sent or insurgent synpathizers and the
property Of those who heretofore have
}Isked their lives by being loyal to he
United States and giving us information
against their countrymen in arms. Often
every house in a bGTrio is burned.
In my opinion the small number of
TreconciIiable insurgents still in arms,
although admittedly difficult to catch
does not Justify the means employed es-
pecialiy when taking into consideration
the suffering that must be undergone by
the innocent and it's effect upon the Tela-
t5ons with these people hereafter.
The work Of the Philippine Commits
sion and the laws that have been en-
acted by it, are everywhere favorably
commented upon by the natives. The
efforts being made for the general educa-
ION OF the people are appreciated by
81. The provincial government and the
municipal governments established are
slowly bringing order out of chaos and
s4t1eay. and there begins to be visible
.~E-EyWhere in this province progress and
prosperity. True loyalty and content
"'nL can only come under a benign civil
EaFornmeut.
The attitude Of the army, thereby
meaning most of it's officers and sol
"-+'@. is, however, decidedly hostile to
@-e provincial and municipal govern
'"1t IN this province and to civil gov
e.1-Aent in these islands in general. In
Manila especially, it is intensely so, ever
among The higher officials. The work
't The commission in the establishment
" provincial government is ridiculeG
0+'a I'D presence of the natives. 1t is
Openly stated that the army should re-
"ah .u charge for the next twenty years
'"'flges committed by officers and
""'rfS against natives in an organized
"'"+ I alty and province, when report
,+ the rresidentes, or governor t,
" "H-ijarE authorities are often 20
L1''"Hed. Ibis, in my opinion, is I'm,
'+"".e. beCause natives begin t,
+|- local self government prom
MON. viii not last long and tina
f -I.2ht disturbance in a province
IL. any time be made the pretex
a-5.a place it under military rule
.A. Is Just the thine tie insur
al heart. most desire.
T. mas been stated that a Filipin
ID oriental docs rot appreciate jus
injury treatment and tina he ccnsid
1t an evidence of weakness and tina
and harsh measures are the Onl
@ mat are permanently e~tfectiv
ga lHlIncs. / have found that jus
t. ''1' treatment. uniform and con
g.. rs the only way by which thes
c, can be permanently retained a
qr .. and satisfied with Unite
@oFereignity."
b.. ire report is a copy Of a ,ette
''-eF~i Corbin by General Chaffe.