The age-herald., 1902-05-06
Does Not Defend CrueIties But Tells of Hardships on
 ]. s. Soldiers
RAWL|NS IN REPLY PUTS
 BURDEN ON THE POLICY
Says Army Officers Are Not to Blame, But It Is the, Administra- ton Which Is at
 Fault.

IA WASHINGTON, May 5.-ln Vlndl- NAf cation of the administration VI policy in the Philippines MT. Lodge, Massachusetts, chairman of the Philippine committee addressed the Sen- ate today. MT. Lodge warmly resented khe imputation cast on the President, khe Secretary of War and the army for the alleged cruelties and atrocities said 90 have been practiced in the Philip pines. He said every effort had been employed by the officials in an effort to prevent such oruelties as had been re- ierred to and measures had been taken Do punish those guilty of them. Such things, however, were incidents of ev- ary war. and could not be prevented absolutely. He had no defense to make of many of the cases of torture which had been cited but the men of the American army had been provoked al- most beyond human endurance. He re- sited scores of instances of cruelties and tortures practiced by the Filipino in- Jurgents on American prisoners. Many had had their ears cut off; had been disembowelled had been driven into streams and while drowning, shot to death; had been tied to trees and stoned to death by women and children and buried alive. Others had been shot and boioed treacherously while succoring the wounded. In the fact of these horrible atrocities, some of the American troops had been guilty of administering the water cure" but the instances of this kind were isolated and no part of the general policy in the Philippines. He warmly defended General Chaffee for his conduct of military affairs in the is- lands and paid a brilliant tHbute to his heroism and patriotism.
 Rawlins Makes Good Point.
 In brief reply MT. Rawhns of Utah declared that the charges which had been made were not against General Chaffee or the American army, but against the Senator from Massachusetts, MT. Lodge and others, who were responsible for the present Philippine policy. Both the sun dry civil bill and the bill for the pur- chase of the Rosebud Indian reservations were passed.
 At o'clock MT. Lodge began his speech of the Philippine government bill. The
 
 that it opened the way to exploiters, sym dicates and oarpetbaggers. He was aware of the general hostility of the Democratic party to any man who made money or who is making money. MT. Lodge dis cussing the testimony of Governor Taft, declared that he was one of the most candid, fair minded of men who had made great sacrifices to go to the Philippines. He had labored there disinterestedly, and although in impaired health, proposed to go back to the islands He paid high tribute also to acting Governor Luke Wright and declared that if he and Gov ernor Taft were not to be trusted no American was to be trusted.
 The attack of the minority, however, had not been confined to the Philippine commission. Democratic Senators had made an attack on the American army because 1t was charged cruelties had been committed Filipinos The army had been victorious and in the Philippines many crimes were committed which would happen to any nations army under similar conditions.
 Education In Savagery.
 Mir Lodge said it had been charged by MT Rawlins that General Chaffee had received his education fin savagery' in China. Against those cruel words he said It was General Chaffee the senator said, It was General Chaffee' the senator said, who in a conference of generals, had de- clared his purpose to march at once up- m Pekin to save the legations. The Jap anese general expressed the hope that he might be permitted to accompany the American leader. The march was made and Chaffee had won lasting fame.
 In the Philippines he said, General Chaffee had conducted warfare in the most humane manner possible. He de- cIared that President Mckinley, one of the most humane and generous of men, had directed the army to show the Filipinos the greatest kindness. From that policy the successor of President Mckinley had not deviated. Within a few days orders had gone from the White House for the investigation of alleged cruelties and to punish any found guilty of atrocities.
 Mr Lodge made a warm defense Of the Secretary of War asserting that In the long list of distinguished men who had occupied that office, there never had been an abler, more public-spirited or patriotic man than Secretary Root.
 The secretary had done his full duty in nrobing to the bottom charges of cruelty or maIadministration made to him.
 Towns had been burned, said Mir. Lodge in the course of this war, as towns had been burned in the course of every war and while such cases were to be deplored they were incidents of war. In the speeches of the minority, he said. women and children had been slaughter ed by myriads. but there was not in the records an authenticated case of the killing of women or children traceab ble to the American soldiers. All of us," he said, want to see justice done-we want to see those guilty of atrocities and torture punished"
 High Tribute to Army.
 He paid a high tribute to the Am erican army in the Philippines. all of the mem bers of which he pointed out. were vol uutAsrs. They represented thoroughly