Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-29

which the water cure was administered
TO woman. We did not Say at that
time that women had been subjected to
the torture referred TO, but we did de-
scribe In general way what the water
cure is said to be and how II 10 admins
tered 10 either man or woman, "as the
case may be-" But since the question
has been brought up again. II may be
well to state now that ugly rumors
have found their way into eastern
newspaper columns, to the effect that
even women have been tortured. We
hope such rumors are untrue. But they
ought to be investigated and their ma
ture revealed,
The correspondent also asks for In
formation as TO the name Of any VII
lase, and the date, lin which the orders
to which you refer were executed with
the ld-bloodedness OF an Attila"
Gen. Smith should be good authority
on this point His particular methods
Of making war Internal are the talk Of
the country. The following extract from
q report OF Gen Smith (then colonel IL
dated Capas, Nov. II, 1899, and was
published In the New York Times and
quoted in the Boston Herald Of April
"a:
In few minutes after reaching here
we discovered about two or three hun
dred insurgents coming up the railroad
track from the south. waving a nag Of
truce. l made my dispositions to re-
celve them warmly | heard three vol
leys from the cavalry, who were 20 Che
right and south Of the railroad crossing.
They dispersed quickly, going toward
the east. got word TO battalion that
Mas IN position to intercept them, and
4 few of them were killed, but they
scattered like birds, and we saw or
heard nothing more Of them"
The Boston Herald makes these OBJ
seryatlons:
II seems from this that Gen Smiths
method of carrying on civilized war
was we'll developed two years and a
half ago, long before he was sent to
wreak vengeance In Samar Even so
long ago. when a force advanced toward
him under flag Of truce, he did not
wait to find out whether the flag was
displayed in good faith or rot, but
opened fire on the natives, and killed
u few before they could get away, thus
putting the fear Of the Lord into the
hlo0d-pumps Of the misguided Great
ures,' proving TO them that he had "a
proper idea OF his duty TO God and his |
country and was true representa-
tive OF ''the best government in the
world This action Of his occurred so |
long ago that he cannot be court-mar-
tailed for IT,"
But to come 10 more recent occur |
rences. According to statement in
the New York Evening Post, Senator
Lodge has been furnished some par
ticulars about the alleged cod-blooded
of Catholic priest at Bolo,
Father Augustine The informant was
formerly a member OF Company d,
rwenty.siSth Regiment T. S voIun
Ieers He says II was reported that
he priest knew where some gold had
been deposited. He was captured In
December, 1900 and dressed In the uni
'orm Of the United States artillery.
rhen he was taken to Banato and kept
n wen. As he refused TO tell where
he gold was, he was taken to the house
# the presldente Of the village and
given the water cure According TO
he statement, this harmless treatment
must have been continued too long, for
he victim did not revive from the eff
ects Of H. surgeon was sent for.
3ut the within aid not recover. The
witness says the priest died, the men
who were implicated In the affair were
worn to secrecy, and the body was
buried in plot OF land used by the
roops as a baseball ground.
Such are the reports. The reader
vim judge for himself whether the ex-
lression 1.-THE -bloodedness OF an
sttila' is applicable to such proceed
ngs
II Is but natural that American citl-
lens should refuse to believe as long
IS possible, that their representatives
n the Philippines should have resorted
o barbarous methods. but the reports
4 atrocities are 80 many and so specific
hat they cannot be ignored altogether.
Ne do not believe that they have been
But nevertheless we think
Justice demands that the guilty ones
,e dealt with, In order that the nation
,e cleared from all responsibility. There
ire rules OF warfare, which should not
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