Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-05-31

that some among tnelN nave so i'iT
forgotten themselves as TO counsel ana
commit. il retaliation. acts Of cruelty.
The fact that for every guilty act com
niitted by one OF our troops = hundred
acts cf far greater atrocity have bean
committed by the hostile natives upon
our troops o. upon the pedcea5le and
law-anidins natives who are friendly
to us. can not be held to excuse any
W-rcngdoer on our side. Determined
and answering effort must be made,
and is being made, to find out eVe"y
instance of barbarity on the part Of
our troops, 70 punish those guilty Of It.
and tc take. if possible even stronger
measures than have already bean
taken to minimize or prevent the &C
cuIrence o: all such instances in the
future.
SUBJECT OF CRUELTIES
From time to time there occur in our
country, to the deep and lasting shame
of our people, lynchines carried on
! under circumstances of inhuman cru
/ city and barbarity-a cruelty infinitely
worse than any that has ever been
! committed By our troops in the Philip
/ uines: worse to the victims, and Tar
more brutalizing to those guilty Of it.
! The men who fail to condemn these
| lynchings. and yet Clamor about what
! has been done in the Philippines. are
/ indeed guilty OF neglect;nS the beam in
/ their own eye while taUnting their
. brother about the n,ota-ir. his Under
stand me. These lynchngs afford Us
| no excuse for failure to stop cruelty in
] the Philippines. Every effort IS being
{ made, and viii be made to minimize
! the chances of cruelty occurring
! But keep in mind that these crueItias
! in the Philippines have been wholly cN-
/ ceptional. and have been shameIasslv
I c;la ggerGted. We deeply and bitterly
regret that any such cruelties should
have been committed, no matter how
rarely. no matter under what proVoca-
ton, by american troops. But they af-
ford far less justification Tor a general
, condemnation OF our army than these
lynchinGs afford for the condemnation
Of the Communities in which they have.
taken place IN each case it IS we'll to
condemn the deed, and it is well also TO
eff ain from including both guilty and
innocent in the same sweeping con-
demnation-
In every community there are people
! who commit acts of we'll nigh inco1-
ceivable horror and baseness IF We
fix cur eyes only upon these individ-
ua,s ard upon their acts. and If we ;or-
get the far more numerous citizens Of
upright and honest life and blind our
selves to their countless deeds of wis
dom and justice and philanthropy. il
is easy enough to condemn the com.nu-
nifty. There is not a city in this land
which we could not thus condemn il
va
record and refused to LOOK at what il
had accomplished for decency and Jus
tice and charity. Yet this is exactly
the attitude which has been taken by
toe many men with reference TO oul
army in the Philippines; and it is an
attitude both absurd and cruelty un-
just.
The rules of warfare which have bec-
promulgated by the war department
and accepted as the basis of coniuct
By our troops in the field are the lulee
laid down by Abraham Lincoln whcr
you, my hearers. were fighting for III.
CniCn. These rules provide, of course
, for the Just severity necessary in war
The most destructive of all forms o
luelty would be to show week.-mrs.:
where sternness is demanded by TO.
need. But all cruelty is forbidden, artj
. all harshress beyond what is called 10
by need. Our enemies in the Philip
, pines have not merely violated ever.
. rule of war, but have made OF thes
, violations their only method of carry
. ing on the war. We should have beel
, justified by Abraham Linccin's rules O
war in Infinitely greater severity thc
has been shown. The fact really
that cur warfare in the Philippine
2 mas been carried on with singular hu
/ manity. For every act OF cruelty l.
our mon there have been innumera bi
2cts OF forbearance. magnanimity, N
n generous kindress. These are the quli
e ties which have chara cterized the We
n IS Il whole. The cruelties have be"
K wholly exceptional. on our part.
WHO ARE T4E JUDGES?
= The guilty are to be punished; but
e furnishing them, let those who sit (
It ease at home. who walk delicately -
/ live in the soft places Of the cart
e remember also to 90 them common Iu.
II tice- Let not the effortless and III
y tempted rail overruch at strong me
y who with blood and sweat face yeai
le Of toll and days and nights o. agon
f and at need lay down their lives in y.
mote trCpic jungles to bring the ligI
rs of civilization into the worlds dan
IS places. The warfare that has eztend5
n the boundaries O. civilization at L
Is expense of barbarism and saVage