Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-05-03

Washington, May 1.-Major General
Macarthur yesterday gave further
testimony before the senate committee
on Philippines. He explained hisstate-
ment made OH Tuesday that absol lutte
chaos would result should Independence
he given the FilipinOs and the United
States forces be withdrawn by saying
that the people of the Philippines, be-
Ing less prepared for self-government
and administrator than any of the
Latin American republics at the time
of their emancipation from Spain, their
own unaided efforts to accomplish self
regeneration would In all probability
prove abortve.
The people of the Philippines, lie
said, have rudmentary ideas and aspi-
ratiOns, and are therefore in an es-
sentially plastic condition which, under
the tuitionary control of the United
States would, in his opinion, admit
Of rapid moulding of the body polite
into consistent, self-supporting com.
monwealth. Even the best thinkers,
he said, among the FilipinOs have no
conception whatever of the practical
mechanical efforts whereby the results
they are all anxious to obtain can he
successfully accomplished. America II
withdrawal from the islands would, In
his opinion, result in the permanent
failure of republican institutions in the
east and fratricida war WHICH would
continue. until suppressed'by some ex-
terror force. r ~
The broad generalization, he said. is
reached that the United States must re-
tain the archipelago as tuitiOnary an
mex; that we must plant our institu-
tiOns there, that we must contend for
commercial supremacy and perhaps
combat for political supremacy to over
come the inherent difficulties of the sit
uation which will require the most pro-
found efforts Of constructive states
manslrip,- ..'
Senator Patterson asked If he would
apply the sA1Me views with respect to
Japan and General Macarthur said that
IL Japan Should come into our hands
in clean manner: with a clean con-
science, pure morals and With tile same
definite purpose we lave In the Philip
pines we should by all means keep it..
He gave. 1t as his conscientious belief
that the presence OF the United States
In the philippines is an. unmitigated
benefaction to the people.
''Do you mean the Philippine people
that are left alive after, they have been
subjugated?' inquired Senator Patter-
son, ..:,.: - :",t \ Tn;vA'..F
General .MafArthtir declared that lie
! did not mean that there has been .ally
unusual obstruction. of life hi,the ISL
ands. '"The destruction.H ~ I'D he, ;-.is
simply incident: to WA r.: and, OF tSoarse,
embraces a very small percentage if
the total population. which is dense"
"',Tlirty-three and a. third percent in
one: province, remarked Senator -. Pat
terSpif,s, ,:,- -. - ;...':H ~. !i :. Z
Replying to this stateimlieahit, il ait General Gi ei.
Ma4;Arthr .fiffor,ned Senator 'I'atter-
son 1 Int III he. prsferrei to- believe that
he stsiac 4 Afthfr3 could nGthelp IT,. ~
'".WisGalYs. as mufh right to believe
that from aMAinerichn II. officer who ls
}ithc civil soverner anu who.,is' there in
| theproy VINCE as we ehaye to believe yonii,"
replied SSnaf9gc, Patterson 81 which
brought the.retort from General Mae
Arthur: ."foa. caH believe what. YOU
,wfh ahd' !. Will believe What /, ,wisl.p:
+, GeHeral1 Macarthur referred to- his
naRy efforts to bring about a cessation
of hosti!itfe4iahA, stop the. .hloodslied.
These Efforts lle ;said, were directed
to Agulna lido through some or his
frlends, because I'd hts opinion Agui-
naldo'was the incarnation Of the reyo-
luton" .{.::t ..,. .:~-. :.
- Grhersf Macarthur So i'd the disparity
between: the. killed aid 'wotinded of the
Filipino and American forces was due
to the fact'tllat the-Eilipinos know moth.
ing Of the, 4snble sight Of their rifles.
Senator Patterson, wanted to knoW,if as
a MATTER Of fact the conflicts Bet ween
our troops. aud the EiltpinDs' WERE hot
simply assaults iand pursuit. ..,.-o /!
General MacArthqE denied that, this
was so, saying that since the affair has 8
reached the ;g,ierIrla state fthe- United
States troops have had the gieafest Az.
ticnlty.in finding, the Filplnes, DO tiht
whenever the Filipinos attacked It was
in the n.q nature. ture of a surprise; the Filpino
posting himself in thick, mountain
gorges and firing first. Under these cir.
cumstantes; our offfeers'a nd .ilieh would
go' insa fter. them and theti the natural
suprBrhasy'ot thtAmaficaif showed It!
self dn1 esefy trnan, that. ieo1ld be
reached was Jsilled.ss .sNl y 900:
Responding to n-question by Senator
Carmack, General Macarthur said that
when be assumed responsibility, for the
methods adopted IN capturing ,Ag,li-
naldo hedm SO Without cUiifsrrliiG With
the 'aHtheEties 1T Washington! THE
plan was Geaaral Funston n ,l, e sal
and he: (plaqArthprl assumed the re-
sponsibility Of; approving II. .At, no
time, said G9neral Mag cArtlapr. .,:rrel,ly-
ingto an inquiry from Senator Patter.
son, idifhe Violate fhe rules s'of civilized
warfare. His position foS t1fis- subject,
he,saids WAS emidatic. ,,s.ii :,
The committee., by a ,strictparty vote,
refused to subpoena Major Cornelius
Gardner, Aguinaldo, Slxto Lopez and
Mabini.' ~ '''. '' ~.