The sun., 1902-03-10

portunities for a proper understanding
of the situation. and ! venture to saw that
there are a great many men in the United
States who have done more harm with
their pens, and more harm with their
mouths, than these men did with the Krag-
Jorgensen rifles that they carried to the
enemy.
! do not want to say anything brutal
but as / say, the army feels Bit erly about
this business. | have no quarrel with the
man who thinks that We should not at
first have taken the Philippine Islands.
! have no quarrel with the man who thinks
a whole lot Of things but who does not say
too much about it now; but all those men
who have been writing and talking about
this thing and keeping this warfare alive
and in the field to-day--l say that ! would
rather see any one OF these men hanged
hanged for treason, hanged for giving
aid and comfort to the enemy-than see
the humblest soldier in the United States
Army lying dead on the field Of battle.
Applause and cheers
WHY NOT WAIT UNTIL ARMS ARE LAID DOWN.
Those Of us who have served with these
humble men, these magnificent soldiers,
these faithful fellows, feel for them in a
way that others can scarcely understand.
And now, IL YOU will pardon my very
ram bling remarks, for YOU will under
any adequate preparation, | will repeat
the request that | made before. let Us
keep still about this business i'll the war is
over and the Government Of the United
States is firmly established in the Philip
pines, and then let us get together and
fight il out among ourselves; whether wa
will allow them 10 60 entirely, whether
We will give them autonomy, or whether
we shall hold them down with an iron
hand tApplnusel
NOT PIT FOR sELF-GovERSMENT
Il cannot lie said that these people are
fl for government; II is perfectly
ridiculous 10 imagine such a thing OF
course they clamor for 1t. and of course
when ! say that they are not fit for self
government ! do not mean that they ara
not ft for some such government as has
been given TO them under Judge Taft,
but | mean absolute independence. OF
course, as ! said before, they clamor for it:
and people say: "Why don't We do with
them as we did with the Oibans? Promise
It to them and then let them have il
If You had a four-ycar-old child that
insisted upon playing with a red-hot poker.
would YOU let him have 1t? Now, I think
You would argue with him for few min
utes. and then, II he st i'll insisted, I think
you would take him into the bedroom
and spank him until he got over the idea.
No. there is no comparison between
the Cubans and the Flipinos IA far as their
capacity for self-government is concerned.
| don't lie awake nights admiring the
Cubans, and ! know them pretty well,
"
insurgents have not and never had among
them such men as that ma gnitcent Maxine
Gomez, such man as Garcia, or such
man as LRcret, and dozens of other in
surgent chiefs: such men as Palma, who
was ono ~ their leaders in the rebellion
of 'Gs
These men will see that Cuba is taken
care Of all right. Garcia put into il every
cent he had. with the exception OF n few
thousand dollars which he gave 10 his
wife 20 live on. the same with Macia the
same with dozens and dozens Of other In
surgent leaders
Some Of them wers not worth much
perhaps, but there have been absolutely
no men in the Philippine Islands, II we ex-
cept Antonio Luna. now dead, and Pablo
Tecson. who Is still living. who have char
acter and real patriotism enough 10 enable
them TO form government over there
and keep It going for as longas six months.
OUR WITHDRAWAL MEANS CHAOS
If We withdraw from the Philippines
to-day, Withdraw entirely, aud not
be half dozen kinds Of civil war
inside OF six months. there j. no pos
shle doubt Of that Every chief would
gat her his followers about him. and they
would burn and loot and march up and
down the country, each man killing those
opposed to him and We would have an
other Colombia or Ncnezuela or some other
kind Of South American trouble on our
bands at once, and the world, | am sure,
would hold the United States responsible
for, that. Gentlemen, ! thank You Loud
and prolonged applause, cries Of "Go
on" Tell W. some more" How about
Aglinaldo?" "Aguinaldo," Sc.l President
Frank L. Lawrence Of the Lotos Club. |
after Gen. Funston had seated himself, |
bent over and whispered 10 him about "A
moment or 80 and then said, Gentlemen. |
] am trying to prevail upon Gen Funs on |
30 tell " something briefly about the capt !
urr Of Aguinaldo. We have all been most |
deeply interested In the Generals remarks, |
and II We might trospass on his good nat |
ure for a very few moments more on that !