The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-26

| - t,Oi Dc Noliihcheed 10 the ~,
VINO love justice and fair desisl..opie
fear that Il must be people OF THIS Is
VINO LOT the tlme being. have "a
| the reins of military control selEei
/ armies in the Philippine isIs,s our
/ are the real authors OF thesa -, Eh0
which have been there perpstrs,e-sl.lts
! The nation was startled IN tsS
| rible condition disclosed. Tba tsr-
| lican leaders feared the effect 49, pub
| sought 10 beclOud the issue bv 1ley
/ ing Senator Rawlins of "attacktre
army" In order 10 make his ross,.lshe
! even more clear and 10 show how, te,l
/ the charge. Senator Rawlins rs,. as
/ 10 Senator Lodge and others in a s-s ..sl
/ which appears in the Congressio-.l-
! Record in part as follows:
Mr.. Rawlins' Language.
The senator (Adr. LODGE quoted ~.
language employed by me-
MIR. President, / do not believe tb., NJ.
himself ever conceived this iuimit-, ~
/ outline OF policy. Perhaps IN iosg t ,-e
been Chaffee. who received his ednes-io
in savageTy and In cruelty and In bsTb.--
ity over in China. etc
Following that is the language whit
! have already quoted:
| am 10th TO hold up 70 crltieisr, 81.
| men who take their lives in their barE-
| and 20 out and fight the battles NJ ~
| republic, who are willing 10 take p,--
/ themselves those responsibilities MI
| may end only In death or IN honor. e.
| unwilling, without conclusive proof A. an an
| fact, 10 presume that any one of a. ~
| who have gone out and have aefr-f
done battle in the Philippine ISLANDS e,-
conceived this line of policy which sss
| recently been carried out there
But, Mr.. President, there is A linz. o..
policy outlined by American ofHesrs ~
the Philippines in their orders Ia H.
subordinates TO which / made allusior
IL may be that these orders ~.
necessary 10 the pacifcatioD a. ~.
philippine islands: il may be thar a..
army in the islands under the eo.
mand Of Otis, under the command a.
| Macarthur, and finally under the co,
mand OF Chaffee. came 10 the eoT.
clusiOn that no other policy would \.
effectual for the subjugation \,
paeification OF those people than The
destruction or their homes and tbs
determination OF the inhabitants.
THAT seems 10 be the conclusion q.
which these army officers arrived
These instances OF torture. Of the In.
Fiction Of the water cure in different
parts of the islands, We're frequent and
of such common repute that Il was
well known throughout the archlpe-
ago that IL was but a part OF he
general policy which il was deemed
necessary to employ in order 20 a..
compiish the subjugation OF those peo-
pie and the pacifcation Of those Isl.
ands. That may be an arraignmem
of the army OF the United States: bui
do not charge these cruelties 10 III
army OF the United States.
Fixing the Responsibility.
THE senator from Massachusetts
seeks in vain in this senate 10 have
us make an accusation which We Do
not make. namely. that the responsi.
biiity for these things rests upon the
army of the United States. The sen.
ator would better have made an e.
fort TO follow this policy 10 its original
source, and TO have fixed the respOnsi-
bility where it properly belongs. He
has truly said that cruel torture has
been inflicted upon American soldiers
in the Philippine islands. No one de-
MES IT. He admits that American SOL
diers have inflicted cruel torture upon
the inhabitants Of the islands, and no
one can dispute it. He says the armies
of the United States have been per-
! forming a duty which was incumben,
upon them, and for which they are not
responsible. admit it. ] then raised
the query-and il was but a query
that possibly these orders emanatea
from Chaffee: but. Mr.. President DO
not think Chaffee is responsible Ia any
degree for these orders. and for thl.
line of policy which has been pur
sued.
Il desire now and here TO exonerats
him and every other officer In The
|. Philippine islands. The army Of The
, United States and these officers have
, been the victims of that policy. and
those Filipsnos over there whom We
have been unable 20 protect against th'
assaults and cruelties of their formei
. compatriots their brethren and thel
friends-thOse American soldiers Who
/ performing a thankless and unhonore
. task, have gone down to unhallOWet
graves; those officers, upon whom Wil
T ever rest the stain of the promulgated
) OF the military orders 10 which / va
compelled 10 make allusiOn in the re
. marks which 1 presented to the sen
t ate, in order that tho truth Of hisior
! might be made manifest and that u
e iniquity of this policy might be dis
4 closed to the American people, not 20
e partisan ends-God forbid it-but 10
D the sake of humanity and civilization
I and for the sake OF the honor OF nj
: country.
I No Soldier Blamed.
= mo, Mr.. President; we invited you
a attention in the Inception of this busi
Y ness to the consequences which woui
[ ensue. The honored senator slttln
= upon my right (Nr BacOn), all Wl
! remember. Ia January. 1899, alluded
T the practice of cruelty in India, clean
D foreboding what would ensue II Una
: line of policy were pursued In "a
Philippine islands. AIS. MI Pres!deh
I do not lay these things al the door :
I Chaffee, or of any soldier In the I'M
: ippine islands. They are not there
p their own choice. They are there pei
r forming q. thankless task; they az
there doing that which has been don
n by honOred men elsewhere N u
4 world.
e 7 allude TO Lord Elgin. an EnglisL
n man, man OF hlgn chafd~l1l a.
good repute, man whose care.
c would disclose as many deeds OF ho,
e or and of humanity as could poss.D'
{ pertain to any OF the men WhoA y
e nave sent 10 the Philippine lslaAl
d but who was sent as the agent 10
y the execution OF an iniquitOus p0Aey !
aggression and subiugation INTO As
{ and as he surrounded the towns a.
, cities which were 10 be destroyed :
y the execution Of that policy he s4l
( TO use his own words. Il feel tld
= e there is to be a fourth term aa s..
/. TO the litany of misfortune hereal,,
. it will be war. pestilence. famine p.
o Elgin." And In the Philippine isia I
hereafter We, too. shall have q n,
e litany, and It viii be war, il VIZ VI, 7
i pestilence, II will be cruelty ~.
: cal. retaliatory cruelty upon a Ael ~.