The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-05-31

have done to the Philippine Islands,
which had exactly the same right, you
would be at this moment in Cuba just
where Spain was when she excited the
Indignation of the civilized world and
We compelled her to let 20. And IL
vou had done in the Philippines as
you did in Cuba. you would be today
or would soon he in those islands as
you are in Cuba.
"Rut You made Il totally different
declaration about the Philippine Is.
lands. You undertook in the treaty to
acquire sovereignty over her for your
self. which THAT people denied. You
declared not only in tho treaty but in
many public uttcranccs in this cham
her and elsewhere that you had Il right
to buy sovereignty with money or to
treat It ns the sroils Of war or the
booty Of battle. The moment you
made that declaration the Filipino peo-
pie gave YOU notice that they treated
| It MS a declaration OF war
$50 your generals reported and so
Agninnldo expressly declared. The
president sent out an order to take
fcrcible possession. by military power,
m those islands. General Otis tried to
suppress II. but It leaked out at IlOilo
through General Miller. General Otis
tried to suppress IT. and substitute that
| they should have all the rights of the
mcst favored provinces Ito stated
That hc did that because he knew the
proclamation would bring on war.
Aud tho next day Aguinnldo covered
| tho walls Of MANILA with 81 nrOrlnma-
tlon stating what President Mckinley
had done. and saying if that were per-
sisted in he and his ncoplc would fight
aud General Macarthur testified that
A"unAldn represented Tho entire pco-
| Pile.
"So You deliberately made mp the
Issue for q fight for dominion on one
| other. When YOU determined to resort
to force fer that nurrOsc Won took
| ,lnon yourself every natural cOnse.-
cucnrc Of that condition. Tho natural
result OF Il conflict OF arms between a
nron1c coming out of subicction and
h!mllv civilized pcOD1c-Onc weak and
tho other strong with all tihc powers
and resources of civilizntion-is in
rvitnb1v MS everybody knows that
thcrc will he cruelty on one side and
retaliation by cruelty on the other.
You knew 1t even before It happened.
as wcll as you know It now that it has
happened. and the responsibility is
yours.
ar in Il conflict between Il people
fighting for independence and liberty,
l'etwecn a weak people and n people
striving to deprive them of their inde-
rcndcncc and liberty. being a strong
people always, If the nature of man re-
mains unchanged the war is converted
in the end into q conflict in which
buslwhacking, trcachery and cruelty
raw W DC ItSpOllS1"
b;Iity is with the men who made the
| war. Conflicts between white races
and brown races between superior
races and inferior races, are always
cruel on both sides. and the men who
decree with full notice that such con-
flict shall take place, are the men on
whom the responsibility rests
"Whcn Aguinaldo said he did not de.
sire the conflict to go on. and that Il
went on against his wish he was told
by our general that he would not par
lc! with him without total submission.
Ny friend from Wisconsin declared in
the senate that we would have no talk
! with men with arms in their hands,
whether we were right or wrong. The
responsibility of everything that has
happened since. which he must have
forescen if he knew anything of his.
tory and human nature, rests upon him
and the men who acted with him.
1--WE cannot get rid of this one fact.
we cannot escape IT, and we cannot
firch from it. You chose war instead
of peace. You chose force instead Of
conciliation. with full notice that ev.