The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06

washington. May 5.-In vindication Of
 the administration policy in tSe Philip
 pines MT. Lodge (Niass) chairman of the
 Philippine Committee addressed the sen-
 ate today.
 Mir. Lodge warmly resented the imputa-
 tions cast on the President, the Secretary
 of War and the army for the. alleged
 cruelties and atrocities said to have been
 practiced in the Philippines. He said
 every effort had been employed by the
 officials in authority to prevent such
 cruelties as had been referred to and
 measures had been taken to punishs those
 guilty of them. Such things. however.
 were incidents of every 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 almost beyond human endur- ance.
 He recited scores of instances of cruelties and tortures practiced by the Filipino insurgents on American prison CTS. Many had had their ears cut off; had been disemboweled, 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 some had been buried alive. Others had been shot and boloed treacherousiy while succoring the wounded. Cases of .sWater Cure" Scarce. In the face of these horrible atrocities, some of the American troops had been guilty of administering the water cure hut 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 Militia " Affairs in the islands and paid prii- | liant tribute to his hcroism and patriot l ism.
 In a,brsef reply Mir. Rawlins Utah) de- clared that the charges which had been made were not against General Chahee or the American army. but against the Senator from Massachusetts tMr. Louse, and others who were responsible Tor the present Philippine policy. | Both the sundry civil bill and the pfi' | for the purchase of tho Rosebud 'pasan reservation were passed | MT. Lodge said tho opponents or tne bill said he. had charged that IL nau 0nonG0 | and carpet-baggers. He was aware oI inc general hostility of the Democratic marty to any man who, has made money ar is making money. MT. Lodge, ais- oussing the testimony of Governor Iaft, declared that he was one or the most candid. fair-minded of men, who hau made great sacrifices to go to the fhiiip- hines. He had labored there disinter- estedly, and, although in impaired neai,n' proposed to go back to the isiahns. He paid high tribute also to actihs uo. '. ernor Luke Wright and declared that II he and Governor Taft were not 10 pc trusted no American was to be trusted. Attack on Army.
 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, crueitles hau been committed on Filipinos. The army had been victorious and in the Fhihp- hines it now meets the same abuse the Union army met after Appomatto@. >na fee. like Grant. Is called a butcner. Ane Senator from Utah (Mr. RaWhnsl hao
 grossly exaggerated the situation III .he
 PbilippInes. It was a scourse of butter
 regret to him Godge) that any American
 officer or enlisted man should have tortur cd any Filipino or that any order hao
 been issued that on it's face seemed re-
 volting. n son,e
 "Rnt., said he, "there must be some
 reason for these alleged cruelties' He then told of three American soldiers who were captured by the Fllipinos. lnes were stripped naked and told that II they would cry Long live the Filipino he-
 public" they .might run away lhto .ns bush as they were. One Of the men slooo there naked, In the midst of the hostile hand and cried Long live America The | Filipinos tied him to a tree and the wo- men and children stoned him to death. | The other two lost their heart and crled | Long live the Filipino Republic, but | they were cut to pieces with bolos. | After that. said he, it is no wonder the
 comrades of these men went lnto pattie | with cries of vengeance.
 Chaffee's Chinese Record. 1 Mir Lodge said it had been charged by MT. Rawlins that General Chaffee had re- | ceived his education fin savagery in China, Against those cruel words he said | he cited General Chaffees oficlal record. | If was General Chaffee. the Senator said,
 who. in a conference of generals, had de- l clared his purpose to march at once upon | Pekin to save the legations. The Japan | csc general expressed the nope that ne | 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- clared that President Mckinley, "one of the most humane and generous of men. had directed the army to show the Fili- pinos the greatest kindness. From that policy the successor of President McKin- lev had not deviated. Within few days orders had gone from the White House for the investigation of alleged cruel ties and to punish any found guilty of atrocities.
 Mir. 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
 probing to the bottom charges of cruelty
 or mal-admnistration made to him. Incidents of War.
 Towns had been burned. said MT. 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 dcplored, they were incidents of war. In the speeches of the minority. he said. women ! and children had been slaughtered by myriads. but there was not In the records an authenticated case of the killing ot women ar children traceaole to the Amert- can soldiers. "All of us, he said, want
 to see justice done--we want to see those guilty of atrocities and tortures pun sshed.p
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